
August 13, 1968 · 57 years old
American screenwriter and Film Director

Eleven love stories set in one of the most loved and hated cities of the world: New York City.

A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.

A talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet.

As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame - a woman who often changes identities - reenters his life at a birthday dinner party.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for denying the existence of Hell.

An Albanian family is torn apart by a murder, resulting in a blood feud that makes eldest son Nik a prime target and forces his sister, eldest daughter Rudina, to leave school in order to take over the family business.