He is known for writing and directing the 2009 film Sin Nombre and the 2011 film Jane Eyre; he also was the director and executive producer of the first season of the HBO series True Detective, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
Ia dikenal sebagai penulis dan sutradara film Sin Nombre (2009) dan Jane Eyre (2011); ia juga merupakan sutradara dan produser eksekutif musim pertama seri True Detective di HBO dan memenangi Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.