Attended the University of Southern California, where he studied film
Began his career as a documentary filmmaker for the evangelist Billy Graham in the early 1970s
Was an associate producer on the TV series "The Partridge Family" in 1973
Quote: "As corny as it sounds, I don't want to make shows I couldn't sit and watch with my children if they were little․"
Quote: "Everybody brings a value system to their work․․․They see the world and characters and interaction through the eyes of what their world view is․ There's places we don't want to go in storytelling․ There's behavior we don't want to endorse․"
Best known as the co-creator and executive producer of "Step by Step" and "Family Matters" as well as the writer and executive producer of "Perfect Strangers․"
Was an executive script consultant on the TV series "Happy Days․"