A graduate of Brown University, Providence, RI. Formerly an editor at the Detroit Free Press, he became a Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter who worked successfully with Sydney Pollack. His other film credit is the screenplay for RANDOM HEARTS (1999).  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay written directly for the screen) 1981: ABSENCE OF MALICE  Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1985: OUT OF AFRICA 2 nominations, 1 Award