- 2008: Helmed the third film in The Mummy franchise, "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor"
- 2005: Executive produced "XXX: State of the Union"
- 2005: Helmed the thriller "Stealth" starring Jamie Foxx and Jessica Biel
- 2002: Reunited with Diesel for the spy thriller "XXX"
- 2001: Enjoyed a box-office hit as director of "The Fast and the Furious" starring Vin Diesel
- 2000: Helmed the poorly received thriller "The Skulls"
- 1998: Directed the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"
- 1993: Breakthrough directorial project, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"
- 1990: First film released by The Badham/Cohen Group, "Bird on a Wire"
- 1985: Appointed president of Keith Barish Productions
- 1985: Began directing regularly for episodic TV
- 1984: First film as screenwriter, "Scandalous"
- 1980: Feature film directing debut, "A Small Circle of Friends"
- 1978: Left Motown to form his own production company
- 1975: First film as producer, "Mahogany" (Motown)
- 1973: Became executive vice president of the motion picture divsion of Motown Records at age 24
- 1969: While a college sophomore, assisted director Daniel Petrie on the NBC TV movie "Silent Night, Lonely Night"
- Evaluated and recommended the script for "The Sting" (1973); project was set up at Universal within a week
- Hired by producer Martin Jurow to try writing screenplays
- Hired as an assistant to Richard Berger, vice president of 20th Century FOX TV
- Served as vice chairman of Keith Barish Productions
- Began directing TV commercials
- Worked as a reader for the International Famous Agency (now part of ICM)
- Served as director of the made-for-TV movies at 20th Century FOX
- Formed The Badham/Cohen Group with director John Badham, merging their two separate deals with MCA




