In the early 1990s he worked for a time in America, directing television films and miniseries for various networks there.
He directed Lynda La Plante's adaptation of her own novel Killer Net that year, and later gained credits on Paul Abbott's acclaimed Clocking Off, a Red Production Company series for BBC One.
In 2001 he directed a modern-day adaptation of the story of Othello, produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network and starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes.
This was not the only connection between the two productions: Keeley Hawes also co-starred in Tipping the Velvet with Rachael Stirling, who had a smaller role in Othello.
His second feature, Stormbreaker — based on Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider novel of the same name — was released in the summer of 2006.