Known For
Complete Filmography

The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self
An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

Arthur Hailey's Detective
2005
Writer
Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convict...

Missing Pieces
2001
Teleplay
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.

Murder in the Mirror
2000
Writer
Mary meets Paul, marries Paul and when Paul is murdered becomes the number one suspect. While the police are preparing their case against her she begi...

Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
1997
Writer
Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees...

Five Desperate Hours
1997
Writer
Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), an unstable fugitive from the law, bursts into the home of suburban housewife Claire Ballard (Sharon Lawrence), an...

Close to Danger
1997
Writer
A college student (Rinna) typing a manuscript for a novelist (Estes) begins to realize he's planning to carry out the murder mystery in real life.

We the Jury
1996
Writer
Jury has to decide on a murder case but some of the jurors have their own agendas or are biased. Sounds like '12 Angry Men' but this is not a remake. ...

Undue Influence
1996
Teleplay
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from th...

To Sir, with Love II
1996
Writer
After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city ...

Death Benefit
1996
Writer
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young...

In the Lake of the Woods
1996
Writer
John Waylan is a candidate for U.S. senator; near the end of the campaign he is accused of ordering and participating in a massacre in a Vietnamese vi...

A Family Divided
1995
Writer
College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roge...

Deadly Vows
1994
Writer
Tom Weston is a short tempered truck driver who has always aspired to live big. He begins dating Bobbi Gilbert, who is half his age and plans on marry...

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Writer
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly...
Murder Between Friends
1994
Writer
True story about two friends become involved in murder when the wife of one of them begins cheating on her spouse.

Murder of Innocence
1993
Teleplay, Associate Producer
In this shocking account based on a true story, newlywed Laurie Wade finds her marriage, and eventually the rest of her life, shattered by her deep-ro...

Final Appeal
1993
Teleplay
A lawyer must defend his sister in the court of law who's accused of murdering her seemingly perfect, but in fact very abusive husband.

In the Shadow of a Killer
1992
Writer
Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.

Till Death Us Do Part
1992
Teleplay
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990
Writer
A look at the dangerous and bizarre life of an undercover cop who lives on the edge and the strife and heartbreak that comes with the job. There is al...

Badge of the Assassin
1985
Book
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police dete...

A Question of Honor
1982
Book
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.

Contract on Cherry Street
1977
Novel
A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutally gunned down.

The Sentinel
1977
Production Design
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...