No relation to Dean Stockwell, despite a popular misconception.
His wife, Helene Henderson, is a native of Sweden of African decent.
She owns and runs Lavender Farms Catering, which uses organic food and
is popular in the entertainment community.
Brother of historian Evelyn Welch and uncle of British singer Florence Welch, who is Evelyn's daughter with her British husband Nick Welch.
His ancestry includes English, Irish, one eighth Lithuanian, and one eighth Belarusian Jewish.
Was originally slated to direct After the Sunset (2004), but dropped out of the production in the summer of 2003.
He was one of three writers to do a rewrite on "The Extractors", an unmade screenplay written by James DeMonaco and Kevin Fox for MGM.