Studied anthropology and documentary film at Hampshire College
Quote: "I decided that the only way I could make documentaries was to get into editing, so I called a friend from high school that worked at Cannon Films․ They hired me for $300 a week․"
Often works on adapting screenplays from novels including works by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Herman Melville
After spending several years with Interscope Communications and Radar Pictures, she moved to Imagine Entertainment after being named co-president of the studio's motion picture division
Often works on productions being helmed by Ron Howard
Once taught film at Kobe College in Japan while spending a year overseas studying filmmaking