Recipient of the Jury Award at the 1998 Aspen Shortsfest in the Best Student Comedy category for "Titsiana Booberini․"
Winner of a Young Hollywood Award in 2002 in the Class Act (Hottest Young Filmmaker) category
Won his first award for Best Film at the Atom Film Festival when he was only 15
Quote: "My theme as an artist is [to portray] having the courage to stand up for what you believe in-a sense of belonging, not as a sense of conformity, but as being you without changing who you are․"
Perhaps best known for his directing "Monster-in-Law" and "Legally Blonde․"
Awards
2009EDA Special Mention Award-Hall of Shame:winner