- 2008: Directed Dane Cook and Kate Hudson in the comedy "My Best Friend's Girl"
- 2004: Helmed the sequel, "The Whole Ten Yards," starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry and Amanda Peet
- 2002: Directed Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the NBC sitcom "Watching Ellie"
- 2000: Directed the football comedy "The Replacements," co-starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman
- 1998: Directed Matthau and Lemmon in their final film together, "The Odd Couple II"
- 1995: Helmed the sequel "Grumpier Old Men," co-starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
- 1995: Directed episodes of wife's sitcom "Caroline in the City" (NBC)
- 1992: Directed the pilot episode of the popular FOX series, "Melrose Place"
- 1992: Directed the ensemble feature about doctors working in a severely underfunded veterans' hospital, "Article 99"; also starred Thompson
- 1989: TV series directorial debut, the "Only Sin Deep" episode of the HBO series, "Tales from the Crypt"; co-starred Lea Thompson
- 1988: Third collaboration with John Hughes (scripted), directing Dan Aykroyd and John Candy in "The Great Outdoors"
- 1987: Directed future wife, Lea Thompson in "Some Kind of Wonderful"; second collaborated with John Hughes (wrote and produced)
- 1986: Made feature directing debut with the John Hughes scripted, "Pretty in Pink"
- Partnered in the successful movie trailer company Kanew-Manger-Deutch
- Worked in the advertising department of United Artists
- Directed productions for the Ensemble Studio Theater in NYC




