At 18 he attended the university of La Sorbonne then earned a scholarship to go to film school in Los Angeles.

He debuted his smash feature film, Stomp the Yard, at number one in the US for Sony.

He went on to direct the explosive Warner Bros. action comedy The Losers, starring Chris Evans, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana.

He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed French murder mystery The Mark of the Angels, starring Gérard Depardieu, and followed by directing the theatrical summer horror film Slender Man for Sony.

White has also directed episodes on television series such as Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, For All Mankind, Billions, Justified, The Americans, The Terminal List, Amazing Stories, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, The Following, Person of Interest, Major Crimes and Sleepy Hollow.