From 1993 to 2005, he was Vice President of Production & Development at
MacGillivray Freeman Films, a production and distribution entity in the giant screen,
70 mm film industry. Previous to his involvement in the
IMAX industry he worked for over ten years as a screenwriter, and wrote a number of feature film scripts which were either purchased or commissioned by the major studios, including
Warner Brothers,
Columbia Pictures,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and
Paramount Pictures, and worked with such producers as
Jerry Bruckheimer,
Jonathan Taplin,
Ray Stark, and
Steve Tisch. He has served on the Informal Science Review Panel of the
National Science Foundation (NSF), which determines which media projects receive NSF grants, as well as on the board of directors of the
Environmental Media Association (EMA), creators of the Green Seal program for environmentally sustainable motion picture and television production practices. He has been a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1995, and served for over 15 years on the Executive Committee of the Academy's Documentary Branch. == Awards and recognition ==