Was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director for "Seraphim Falls" in 2007
Won four awards for "Bullet in the Brain" in 2001: one each from the USA Film Festival, the Stony Brook Film Festival, the St․ Louis International Film Festival, and the San Francisco International Film Festival
Started out as a writer and director on the 1997 film "Box Suite․"
Quote: "(On "Seraphim Falls"): "It's an entertaining chase movie, but it's also about finding out what's important and when to let go of things so you don't destroy yourself․""
Quote: "(On "Seraphim Falls"): "To me, the best Westerns have a mythic nature to them․ Anytime you take two men and strip down what drives them to the primal essentials, you have a myth․""
Best known as the writer and director of "Seraphim Falls" and as the consulting producer and director of "Hell on Wheels․"
Shot a scene for "Hell on Wheels" during a tornado, which ended up in the episode and many people assumed was a digital effect
Awards
2007Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Director:nominated