After settling in the United States he worked on many American films, such as "Baby It's You" (1983) for John Sayles; "Old Enough" (1984) for Marisa Silver; "Under the Cherry Moon" (1986) for Prince; "After Hours" (1985), "The Color of Money" (1986), "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Goodfellas" (1990), "The Age of Innocence" (1993), "Gangs of New York" (2002) and "The Departed" (2006) for Martin Scorsese; "Broadcast News" (1987) and "I'll Do Anything" (1994) for James L. Brooks; "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989) for Steve Kloves; "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) for Francis Ford Coppola; "Sleepers" (1996) for Barry Levinson; and "Wild Wild West" (1999) for Barry Sonnenfeld.