Dan Gordon was head writer of the hit TV series "Highway to Heaven;" his screenwriting credits include "The Hurricane, Murder in the First, Wyatt Earp, " and "The Celestine Prophecy." He is the author of the stage adaptations of "Terms of Endearment" and "Rain Man;" cofounder of the Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking in Sedona, Arizona; and has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University School of the Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts, UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, and Tel Aviv University.