Education
He graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California (1962), University of California, Berkeley (1966), and the Yale School of Drama (1973).
He graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California (1962), University of California, Berkeley (1966), and the Yale School of Drama (1973).
He has been married to actress Kathy Baker since 2003. He was Artistic Director of The Phoenix Theatre (New York) from 1980–1982. He has also staged plays at the Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Longwharf Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mark Taper Forum, Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Goodman Theatre.
He has directed over 100 hours of television, including dramatic and comedy series as well as movies-of-the-week.