After working as an actor, he made his directorial debut with Crack (1991), based on a theatre piece that he had already directed and performed on stage.

The West (1998) was the sequel to The East, and was a road movie about young boys driving from New York to Los Angeles.

La Bomba - Once Upon A Time In Little Italy (1999), a comedy about mafia lifestyle in New York City, featured Shelley Winters.

The cast included actors Max Von Sydow, F. Murray Abraham, Ornella Muti, and Dolph Lundgren.

[6] In 2009, he directed a western comedy shot in New Mexico, Doc West, starring Terence Hill, Paul Sorvino and Clare Carey.