Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television (1988)
Graduated from Wesleyan University in 1985. Is one of at least six recent graduates of this Connecticut college to rise to success as a film director, along with fellow alumni such as Miguel Arteta, Michael Bay, Ruben Fleischer, Joss Whedon, and Benh Zeitlin.
Fittingly enough for the director of "Meg", he was born on exactly the same date as Chris Rebello...who portrayed Michael Brody in the original "Jaws".