Biography

He attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a BFA degree in Art History. He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before making his 2002 film, Equilibrium. In numerous interviews he cites Equilibrium as his directorial debut and first film, in which he also has a cameo role as a practitioner of the fictional martial art Gun Kata; however in fact the first picture he directed was "One Tough Bastard" for Live Entertainment.

Filmography

• One Tough Bastard (1995) (director)
• Sphere (1998) (adaptation)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) (writer)
• Equilibrium (2002) (writer/director)
• The Recruit (2003) (writer)
• Ultraviolet (2006) (writer/director)
• Street Kings (2008) (writer)
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009) (writer)
• Salt (2010) (writer)
• Total Recall (2012) (writer)
• Point Break (2015) (writer)
• Salt 2 (TBA) (writer)

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