He then moved to Los Angeles (where he currently lives) and worked as an actor, performance artist, photographer and other jobs.
[1] His own screenplay, Sweet Home Alabama, became a box office hit when the film, starring Reese Witherspoon, was released in 2002.
The title Latter Days refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[2] He directed and produced the 2008 film Kiss the Bride, starring Tori Spelling, and is a screenwriter for the 2009 film New in Town, starring Renée Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr.
He mentioned in a 2004 interview that some of his idols are James L. Brooks, Sydney Pollack and Billy Wilder.