In 1977, his voice was sent into space on the Voyager spacecraft along
with other recorded messages, music, photographs and sounds of Earth.
His greeting, "Hello from the children of planet Earth," was featured
in the movie Starman (1984)
Dropped out of high school to study film at UCLA; he graduated Summa
Cum Laude.
Attended The Mirman School, a K thru 8 private school for mentally
gifted children in Bel-Air, California. A fellow alumnus of Mirman is
Crispin Glover (though they are years apart).
Wrote his first (produced) teleplay at age 22.
Two older half-brothers - Dorion and Jeremy, a younger half-sister Sasha and a younger half-brother in Sam.