He was responsible for 'The Informers', a brilliant film about dissociation which took deserved liberties with the Bret Easton Ellis book, but 'Arbitrage' is his first feature-length narrative movie as both writer and director. It follows an ageing business tycoon, played by Richard Gere in what might be the performance of his career, as he attempts to deal with cascade of potentially ruinous events and save his fortune, family and reputation.