Now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood, Brad Silberling launched his career in television and film as a production assistant on a CBS Schoolbreak Special even before he completed his MFA at the UCLA Film School in 1987. In terms of his knowledge and understanding of the entertainment industry, however, he was even then almost a veteran, having grown up around the business, thanks to his father, producer and network executive Robert Silberling. His student film, Repairs, for which his advisor was acclaimed director Martin Ritt, won him a contract with Universal, but it also impressed powerhouse television producer Steven Bochco, who, over the next several years, brought in Silberling to direct episodes of L. A. Law, Cop Rock, Doogie Howser, MD, and NYPD Blue. His work on television continued into the nineties, when an award-winning episode of Brooklyn Bridge directed by Silberling brought him to the attention of Steven Spielberg, who hired him to direct Caspar (1995). Remarkably, his debut feature became a colossal hit, leading to his assignment to helm City of Angels (1998), with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan, another top-grossing and well-reviewed picture. Parlaying this success into the freedom to write, produce, and direct more personal films, Silberling’s next project was Moonlight Mile (2002), with Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, based upon his own experiences after the 1989 murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer. Having scored another commercial success with the imaginative 2004 film Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Silberling returns to smaller films with this year’s 10 Items or Less, with Morgan Freeman. Married for over 10 years to actress Amy Brenneman, his recent television credits include directing the pilot episode of her long-running series Judging Amy.