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Date of Birth

10 January 1960, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Mini Biography

He graduated from Columbia University in 1984 with a MFA in screenwriting and directing, having studied with producer Michael Hausman and director Milos Forman. His first film, _End of the Line (1988)_, was a Sundance Institute project and was released by Orion Classics. He has since written projects for Imagine Entertainment and TriStar Pictures and has directed numerous documentaries for PBS, Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, CBS, Fox, USA Network and NBC.

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Spouse

Lee Cunningham

(1991 - present)

Trivia

First job: Directed parks and tourism commercials for the state of Arkansas. Boss: Bill Clinton.

Currently in Baltimore, working on the second movie of his career to be filmed in Maryland, Ladder 49 (2004). His last feature, Tuck Everlasting (2002) also filmed in the state, near the town of Bel Air (close to the famous Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland).

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