American screenwriter
Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television
Is the grandson of Alfred G. Vanderbilt , who is Gloria Vanderbilt s first cousin.
Second cousin, once removed, of journalist Anderson Cooper , and fourth cousin of actor Timothy Olyphant.
Is the great-grandson of Alfred G. Vanderbilt , who died on the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, partly precipitating the entry of the United States into World War I.
