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In Development:

1. Monk on Fire (details only on IMDbPro)

Writer:

• In Production
• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. The 39 Steps (2011) (announced) (screenplay)
   
   
2. Ask the Dust (2006) (screenplay)
3. Mission: Impossible II (2000) (screenplay)
   ... aka M:I-2 (USA: DVD box title (promotional abbreviation))
   ... aka Mission: Impossible II (Germany)
   
   
4. Without Limits (1998) (written by)
5. Mission: Impossible (1996) (screenplay)
   ... aka Mission Impossible
6. Love Affair (1994) (screenplay)
7. The Firm (1993) (screenplay)
8. The Two Jakes (1990) (characters) (written by)
9. Days of Thunder (1990) (screenplay) (story)
   
   
10. Tequila Sunrise (1988) (written by)
11. Frantic (1988) (uncredited)
    ... aka Frantic (France)
12. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) (uncredited)
13. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) (uncredited)
14. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) (writer) (as P.H. Vazak)
15. Deal of the Century (1983) (uncredited)
16. Personal Best (1982) (writer)
    
    
17. Heaven Can Wait (1978) (uncredited)
18. Orca (1977) (uncredited)
    ... aka Orca: Killer Whale
    ... aka The Killer Whale
19. The Missouri Breaks (1976) (uncredited)
20. Shampoo (1975) (written by)
21. The Yakuza (1974) (screenplay)
    ... aka Brotherhood of the Yakuza (UK: video title)
22. Chinatown (1974) (written by)
23. The Parallax View (1974) (uncredited)
24. The Last Detail (1973) (screenplay)
25. The New Centurions (1972) (uncredited)
    ... aka Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police
26. Cisco Pike (1972) (uncredited)
27. Drive, He Said (1971) (uncredited)
    
    
28. Villa Rides (1968) (screenplay)
29. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (uncredited)
30. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1 episode, 1964)
        - The Dove Affair (1964) TV episode (written by)
31. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) (screenplay)
    ... aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia (UK: complete title)
    ... aka Last Tomb of Ligeia
    ... aka Ligeia
    ... aka Tomb of the Cat
32. "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1964)
        - The Chameleon (1964) TV episode (story) (teleplay)
33. "Breaking Point" (1 episode, 1964)
        - So Many Pretty Girls, So Little Time (1964) TV episode (writer)
34. "The Lloyd Bridges Show" (2 episodes, 1963)
        - A Personal Matter (1963) TV episode (teleplay)
        - My Daddy Can Beat Your Daddy (1963) TV episode (writer)
35. Last Woman on Earth (1960) (screenplay)
    

Actor:

• 2000s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. Suspect Zero (2004) (uncredited) .... Professor Dates
   ... aka Suspect 0 (Philippines: English title)
   
   
2. The Pick-up Artist (1987) .... Stan
   
   
3. Shampoo (1975) (uncredited) .... Party Guest
4. Drive, He Said (1971) .... Richard
5. The Zodiac Killer (1971) (as Robert Tubin) .... Man in Bar #3
   ... aka The Zodiak Killer (USA: video box title)
   ... aka Zodiac (USA: promotional title)
   
   
6. Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) (as Edward Wain) .... Sparks Moran/Agent XK150/Narrator
7. Last Woman on Earth (1960) (as Edward Wain) .... Martin Joyce
   

Director:

• In Production
• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s

1. The 39 Steps (2011) (announced)
   
   
2. Roads of Asgard (2009) (V)
3. Ask the Dust (2006)
   
   
4. Without Limits (1998)
   
   
5. Tequila Sunrise (1988)
6. Personal Best (1982)
   

Producer:

1. The Bedroom Window (1987) (producer)
2. Personal Best (1982) (producer)
   

Miscellaneous Crew:

• 1980s
• 1960s

1. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) (story consultant)
   ... aka Little Nemo (Japan: English title)
   
   
2. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (special consultant)
   

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

1. The Young Racers (1963) (second assistant director)
   

Thanks:

• 2000s
• 1980s

1. "Independent Lens" (special thanks) (1 episode, 2006)
       - A Sad Flower in the Sand (2006) TV episode (special thanks)
2. Wonderland (2003) (the producers and director wish to thank)
3. Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV) (special thanks)
   
   
4. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) (thanks)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1970s

1. AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty (2008) (TV) .... Himself
2. You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V) .... Himself - Interviewee
3. Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008) (V) .... Himself
4. Chinatown: Filming (2007) (V) .... Himself
5. Chinatown: The Legacy (2007) (V) .... Himself
6. Chinatown: The Beginning and the End (2007) (V) .... Himself
7. 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV) .... Himself
   ... aka Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die (UK: complete title)
8. Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) (V) .... Himself
9. Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... Interviewee
10. The Outsider (2005) .... Himself
11. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters (USA: complete title)
12. A Decade Under the Influence (2003) .... Himself
13. Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
14. Rescued from the Closet (2001) (V) .... Himself
15. Playing the Field: Sports and Sex in America (2000) (TV) .... Himself (Film Director)
16. Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2' (2000) (V) .... Himself
    ... aka Behind the Mission: The Making of 'Mission: Impossible II' (USA: DVD title)
    
    
17. Chinatown Revisited with Roman Polanski, Robert Evans and Robert Towne (1999) (V) .... Himself
18. "American Masters" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
        - Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998) TV episode .... Himself
19. "Cadillac Desert" (1997) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
20. "CBS This Morning" .... Himself (1 episode, 1990)
        - Episode dated 20 July 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Himself
    
    
21. The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay