Born 1954 in San Francisco, CA
 

Lives and works in New York
 

EDUCATION
 

After Tiepolo, Ensor and Carracci, Sonnabend Gallery

 

Butchers, Dragons, Gods and Skeletons, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort

Worth, TX; July 18 – October 25
 

Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art,

Washington D.C., September 19, 2010–January 9, 2011; installation will

travel to: the Palazzo Reale in Milan, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
and the Gardens of the Château de Versailles, France

At the Edge, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH
 

FILMOGRAPHY
 

FEATURES:
 

The Situation (Director)

a color film in 35mm, 111 minutes

with performances by: Connie Nielsen and Damian Lewis
 

Lathe of Heaven (Director)

a color film in 35mm, 90 minutes

with performances by: James Caan, Lukas Haas, David Strathairn and

Lisa Bonet
 

Up at the Villa (Director)

a color film in 35mm, 115 minutes

with performances by: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn and Anne

Bancroft
 

The Blood Oranges (Director and Co-Writer)

a color film in 35mm, 93 minutes

with performances by: Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee
 

Angels and Insects (Director and Co-Writer)

a color film in 35mm, 116 minutes

with performances by: Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit and Mark

Rylance; Premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival; topgrossing

U.S. independent film of the year; nominated for an Academy

Award in costume design
 

The Music of Chance (Director and Co-Writer)

a color film in 35mm, 98 minutes

with performances by: James Spader and Mandy Patinkin

Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (in the Un Certain Regard section)
 

Magicians of the Earth: Kings of the Water

Magicians of the Earth: Seni's Children
 

Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara

 

Scenes and Songs from Boyd Webb

 

FILM RETROSPECTIVES

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York

The Tate, London

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

AWARDS