Has creative roots in theater, and in tabletop role-playing.
Learned the business of film through getting work as a financier of independent motion pictures.
Eats a raw food diet.
Frequently bicycles across Los Angeles rather than drive or take public transportation, for health and environmental reasons.
Studies Jeet Kune Do under Sifu Marcus Lovemore.
Managed a neuroscience lab for almost two years.
Graduated from the theater department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Is an alum of Phillips Andover Academy, class of 1996.
Went to Space Camp three times, and Space Academy once.
Practices meditation daily.
Prefers working with actors who have a strong background in classical theater.
Began his career as a lighting designer for stage production.
Speaks fluent Russian.
Names his top ten favorite films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Fanny & Alexander, Solyaris, Autumn Sonata, RoboCop, Star Wars, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, The Right Stuff, District 9 and Avatar.