Cutthroat Island
In 1995, he appeared opposite Geena Davis in the romantic action-adventure film "Cutthroat Island". Modine made his feature directorial debut with "If... Dog... Rabbit...", which came after the success of three short films debuting at the Sundance Film Festival: "When I Was a Boy" (co-directed with Todd Field), "Smoking" written by David Sedaris, and "Ecce Pirate" written by Modine.