- 2008: Filmed the twenty-second James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace" starring Daniel Craig in the lead role
- 2007: Directed the feature adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"; the film follows an Afghani-American man who returns to his war-ravaged country to save the son of his former best friend
- 2006: Helmed the comedy "Stranger than Fiction," starring Will Ferrell as an IRS Agent whose world is turned upside-down when he begins to hear his life being chronicled by a narrator only he can hear
- 2005: Directed the thriller "Stay" about a psychiatrist (Ewan McGregor) whose suicidal client (Ryan Gosling) makes some bizarre predictions that come true
- 2004: Directed Johnny Depp as Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie in "Finding Neverland"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and was nominated by the Directors Guild for Outstanding Directorial Achievement
- 2001: Directed Halle Barry in her Academy Award-winning performance as the wife of a man on death row in "Monster's Ball"
- 2000: Helmed the drama "Everything Put Together" about a woman coping with the loss of a child; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
- 1995: Directed first feature "Loungers" which won the Slamdance Audience Award
- 1993: Graduated from NYU's prestigious film program
- 1993: Made two documentary films for European television
- 1990: Left home for New York City at age 20
- Raised up in a winter resort in eastern Switzerland




