Trivia

He is credited with creating the sport of Ultimate Frisbee.

Collects houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Considered the primary founder of Ultimate Frisbee at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey (1968).

Attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania where he formed the first collegiate Ultimate Frisbee team (1970).

Produced three hit action movies that take place at Christmas time: Lethal Weapon (1987), Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990).

Caricatured in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (within his own cameo), Grand Canyon (1991), True Romance (1993) and I'll Do Anything (1994).

He grew up in South Orange, New Jersey.

Attended the New York University Film School.

Manages two production companies - Silver Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment. Co-owned by Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis.

He has produced two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Die Hard (1988) and The Matrix (1999). He has also appeared in one film that is in the registry: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Set up Silver Pictures in 1984 with a original three-year first look agreement at 20th Century-Fox when Lawrence Gordon was running the studio, then moved to Warner Bros. in 1987 and remained there for 25 years until 2012, when the company was moved to Universal Pictures.

Designated Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as his favorite all-time movie for an AFI poll.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 7, 1993.

Has a home, Auldbrass Plantation, South Carolina.

Currently resides in Los Angeles and Malibu, California.