Teaching three writing courses at Chapman University in Orange, California.
For his contributions to the screenplay for Sahara (2005), which he ultimately did not receive screen credit for, he was paid $500,000.
Has one son from his first marriage to Christine Atwood: Joaquin Atwood-Ward (born 1974) and is father-in-law of Monica Orthurber (Monica Linda Ward).
Has one daughter from his former wife, actress Rosanna DeSoto: Sylvana Bonifacia Soto-Ward (Sylvana Ward Durrett) (born 1981) and is father-in-law of Adam Ballard Durrett.