Held Long Island high school record for 3200 meter/2 mile run (indoors) from 1987 until 2002 (9:02.5). Ranked 4th in US outdoors in the 3200 meter run (8:55.2) in 1987.
For three years in a row, he had a film on The National Board of Review "Top Ten Independent Films" Award List: Win Win (2011), Hello I Must Be Going (2012), and In a World... (2013).
Dartmouth College grad.
Joined AMPAS in 2016.
Edited music video for The National, "Think You Can Wait" (for the film Win Win).