Since Jack of Diamonds (1967), Glattes has worked as a first assistant director on such productions as A Walk with Love and Death (John Huston, 1969), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971), Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972), Rosebud (Otto Preminger, 1975), Twilight's Last Gleaming (Robert Aldrich, 1977), Too Many Chefs (Ted Kotcheff, 1978), The Betsy (Daniel Petrie, 1978), All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979), Still of the Night (Robert Benton, 1982), Star 80 (Bob Fosse, 1983), Power (Sidney Lumet, 1986) and The Morning After (Sidney Lulmet,1986) among others. As a Unit Production Manager, he has worked on Nadine (Robert Benton, 1987), The Handmaid's Tale (Volker Schlondorff, 1990), Blue Chips (William Friedkin, 1994) and Hart's War (Gregory Hoblit, 2002).