- Began his writing career writing horoscopes for vending machines and subway scales.
- Launched a successful production company, with Richard D. Zanuck, in the 1970s with two of Steven Spielberg's early films, The Sugarland Express (1974) and Jaws (1975).
- Began in films as a story editor for 20th Century Fox.
- Educated at Stanford and Columbia School of Journalism.
- Launched his production company, The Manhattan Project Ltd, in 1988.
- Was editor-in-chief of "Liberty" magazine before entering films and was married to Helen Gurley Brown, the motivating force behind "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
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