Writer/Director/Cameraman
- Nothing But a Man, (1964) co-produced and photographed
- To Fly! (1976) writer
- Alambrista! (1977) writer/director and cinematographer, about a young Mexican who illegally crosses into the United States
- Short Eyes (film) (1977) director
- Saving Grace (1986)
- Extremities (1986) – director
- Dominick and Eugene (1988) director
- Triumph of the Spirit (1989) director
- The Plot Against Harry (1989) produced and photographed
- Talent for the Game (1991)
- American Me, (1992) produced with Edward James Olmos
- We Are The Children (1993)
- Roosters (1993)
- Caught (1996)
- Panda: The China Adventure (2001) Imax film director
- Human Error (2004)
- William Kurelek's The Maze (2011) co-directed with David Grubin