He was formerly the head of production at Paramount Pictures.

He began his career as a studio executive at Walt Disney Productions and its Touchstone Pictures division in 1985, eventually serving as Disney's vice-president of production.

[1] He is a native of La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California.

His well-known films have included Pretty Woman (1990), The Italian Job (2003), and Body of Lies (2008).

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