Ha lavorato con tutti da da Oliver Stone (1986) a Martin Scorsese (1988) passando per Michael Cimino (1980), Tony Scott (1983), Walter Hill (1984), William Friedkin (1985), Alan Parker (1988), David Lynch (1990), Paul Schrader (1992), Wim Wenders (1993), Phillip Noyce (1994), Julian Schnabel (1996), Anthony Minghella (1996), Abel Ferrara (1998), David Cronenberg (1999), Sam Raimi (2002), Robert Rodriguez (2003), Wes Anderson (2004), Lars von Trier (2005), Spike Lee (2006), Olivier Assayas (2006), Werner Herzog (2009), Stephen Sommers (2013), Kenneth Branagh (2017)….

E’ stato nominato 4 volte all’Oscar (ancora mai vinto): Platoon, Van Gogh – Sulla soglia dell’eternità, Un sogno chiamato Florida, L’ombra del vampiro