When studying at Penn, he saw The House of Yes and saw things in the play that he felt he could make cinematic.
He contacted the author of the play in Wendy MacLeod and got a manuscript copy by saying he was a film producer.
[2] He directed the comedy films Freaky Friday,[3] Mean Girls,[4] Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,[5] Mr. Popper's Penguins,[6] and Vampire Academy.
Other movies he directed include Head Over Heels, The Spiderwick Chronicles[8], Bad Santa 2, Magic Camp, He's All That[9], and more.
He was attached to direct a movie called Minimum Wage written by Scott Atkinson and Tegan West.