Education:     Sacramento State College; UCLA (film)

Commercially successful writer who scripted David Cronenberg's fine adaptation of Stephen King's THE DEAD ZONE (1983) and has recently specialized in action/adventure blockbusters.

1978   STRAIGHT TIME                            assistant director

1983   THE DEAD ZONE                          associate producer

1987   INNERSPACE                                filmscreenwriter

1987   THE LOST BOYS                            screenwriter

1988   FUNNY FARM                                 screenwriter

1989   INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE                     screenwriter

1989   LETHAL WEAPON 2                       screenwriter