ragtime music

Directed 'Ragtime' (1981), a sweeping epic that captures the turn-of-the-century American landscape where ragtime music was central to cultural transformation.

Created 'Diner' (1982) and other films that authentically evoke early 20th-century American culture with ragtime as a defining musical backdrop.

Used ragtime music extensively in 'The Godfather' trilogy to underscore the historical period and immigrant American experience of the early 1900s.