He shared the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Drama Series with the production team when they won in 2008 and 2009.
In 2000 he began working in television as an assistant unit production manager for the second season of HBO drama The Sopranos.
In 2002 he joined the production staff in the junior role of associate producer for the fourth season.
He hired Hornbacher as a producer and unit production manager for the pilot episode "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in 2007.
He made his directorial debut with the season's ninth episode "Wee Small Hours".