A theater director who trained under an American Film Institute Directors Fellowship, he has found himself in demand as a screenwriter. He wrote segments for
HBO's
miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, in which he appeared playing a small part as a
Grumman engineer. He created, wrote, and produced the short-lived
television series ''
The Lyon's Den''. He served as an executive producer on
Summerland, a co-executive producer and writer for the
second season of
24, and is co-creator of the
Battlestar Galactica prequel series
Caprica. He wrote the
pilot episode of
Caprica, but left the series to become the
showrunner of
Persons Unknown. In March 2010, he joined the writing staff of
Stargate Universe, for its second season. In 2012, he joined the
second season of the
TNT science-fiction Falling Skies as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. ==References==