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One of Hollywood’s hottest rising stars, MANDY MOORE (Sandy) is quickly making her mark on the big screen while she continues her success as a solo recording artist.
Moore recently completed production on John Turturro’s musical Romance and Cigarettes, starring opposite James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mary-Louise Parker. She also recently starred in Brian Dannelly’s acclaimed film Saved, produced by Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern and co-starring Jena Malone, Eva Amurri, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit and Mary-Louise Parker. 
Moore starred in Andy Cadiff’s Chasing Liberty for Warner Bros. Pictures and Clare Kilner’s How to Deal for New Line.   She also starred opposite Shane West in Adam Shankman’s box-office success, A Walk to Remember for Warner Bros. Pictures. Walk was based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks.  Additionally, Mandy performed four songs which were featured on the Walk soundtrack.
Moore made her feature film debut playing a haughty, cruel and popular high school cheerleader in the smash hit comedy The Princess Diaries.  Directed by Garry Marshall, the film also starred Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway and Hector Elizondo.
Moore’s critically acclaimed album, Coverage, was released in October of 2003.  On the album, she is featured singing contemporary versions of songs by Elton John, Joan Armatrading, Todd Rundgren and Cat Stevens, among many others.  It was Moore’s idea to bring these songs to a younger generation. 
Moore came to national attention with the 1999 release of her debut album, So Real, which reached platinum status in a remarkable three months and produced the top ten single Candy.   Moore’s second album, I Wanna Be With You (Special Edition) was released in May, 2000 and also went platinum.  Her self-titled third album is currently in stores and features the hit single Cry.
Additionally, Moore launched an exclusive line of contemporary tees called MBLEM in August 2004.  MBLEM is available in over 100 various trend setting boutiques across the nation. 
Moore was raised in Orlando, Florida and currently lives in Los Angeles. 


MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN (Clydesdale) is probably best known for his role opposite Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, for which his performance garnered an Academy Award nomination. Duncan first came to prominence in Armageddon, and re-teamed with Bruce Willis in the comedy The Whole Nine Yards. He also starred with Mark Wahlberg in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, and received critical acclaim for his performance in the Showtime original drama They Call Me Sir. Most recently, he starred as the voice of “Tug” in the animated film Brother Bear; as the villainous “Kingpin,” opposite Ben Affleck in the big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil; and opposite The Rock in the adventure picture The Scorpion King. Duncan’s other motion picture credits include See Spot Run, Bulworth, The Player’s Club and Night at the Roxbury.
Born and raised in Chicago, Duncan studied communications at Alcorn State University in Mississippi. After a stint in security, he worked in commercials before making his feature debut in F. Gary Gray’s comedy, Friday.
Duncan will soon be seen in the hit thriller Pursued, co-starring Christian Slater and Estella Warren, the indie flic D.E.B.S and Sin City, directed by Robert Rodriguez. He recently wrapped production on the film American Crude alongside Jennifer Esposito, Ron Livingston and Rob Schneider and on the fantasy film George and the Dragon with Patrick Swayze. He is currently in production on Michael Bay’s The Island.

JEFF FOXWORTHY (Reggie) is one of the most respected and successful comedians in the country. He is the largest selling comedy-recording artist in history, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and best selling author of 11 books. Foxworthy stars in and executive produces the television series Blue Collar TV, which he created for the WB network. Blue Collar TV came about due to the success of the film Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Movie and the highly successful concert tour. The movie premiered on Comedy Central and was the highest rated movie in the channel’s history. The movie is now available on DVD/VHS and to date has sold more than 2.5 million units. The soundtrack for this movie was RIAA certified gold and continues to chart in the Billboard Comedy Chart’s top 10.
The sequel Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again will be available on DVD December 7, 2023 and will premiere on Comedy Central on February 13, 2005. Warner Bros. Records recently released the soundtrack.
Jeff also hosts The Foxworthy Countdown, a weekly syndicated three-hour radio show. The show, featuring Jeff bringing fans the current Top 25 country hits, as well as interviews with stars, is carried in over two hundred and twenty markets across the United States. Jeff received a CMA nomination in 2001 for Broadcast Personality of the Year.
Jeff also has an HBO special and two Showtime specials to his credit. With critical acclaim and rave reviews from the first special, Jeff landed his second Showtime special, which earned a CableACE Award nomination. Jeff has also been bestowed with a People’s Choice Award as “Favorite Male Newcomer” for The Jeff Foxworthy Show. He also won TNN’s “Comedian of the Year” three years in a row.
Currently, Jeff has a line of greeting cards and specialty products through American Greetings that are available at all Wal-Mart stores. In October 2003, The Nevada Gaming Commission granted approval for Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. to place its Jeff Foxworthy™ You Might Be A Redneck If…� video slot games in Nevada casinos.
Away from the stage, an interest which Jeff holds near and dear is the Duke University Children’s Hospital in Durham, NC. Jeff is the Honorary Chairman of the Duke Children’s Classic Golf Tournament. With Jeff’s help, the hospital, which specializes in treating children with cancer, has raised over $4 million in the last four years.

JOSHUA JACKSON (Trenton’s Pride) has been working non-stop since the hit series Dawson’s Creek ceased production.
Jackson will soon make his West End (London) stage debut in A Life In The Theatre alongside Patrick Stewart. This acclaimed comedy by the Pulitzer Prize and Olivier Award winning playwright and Oscar nominated screenwriter, David Mamet, will be directed by Lindsay Posner and will open at the Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue in London at the end of January. This hilarious and poignant play is inspired by Mamet’s early backstage experiences and his own brief career as an actor.
On the feature film front, Jackson will soon star in Cursed, opposite Christina Ricci for director Wes Craven, which will be released in February of 2005. He has also completed production on three independent films including Americano, with Dennis Hopper; Shadow Dancer, alongside Harvey Keitel; and Aurora Borealis, with Donald Sutherland and Juliette Lewis.
Well known as Dawson’s Creek’s fast-talking, self-deprecating “Pacey Witter,” Jackson has been working in front of the camera for over fifteen years. His first feature film was Michael Bortman’s Crooked Hearts, which was quickly followed by the Mighty Ducks trilogy, Digger and Andre the Seal. Jackson’s other credits include The Skulls, Rose Troche’s acclaimed drama The Safety of Objects, the HBO Films version of Moises Kaufman’s groundbreaking play The Laramie Project, Gossip, Bryan Singer’s Apt Pupil and Cruel Intentions. He has also had noted cameos in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11, Scream 2, Urban Legend and I Love Your Work.
During the sixth season of Dawson’s Creek, Jackson made his directorial debut on the episode Lovelines. The Vancouver native divides his time between his hometown and Los Angeles.

Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, JOE PANTOLIANO (Goose) landed his first professional role in 1972 when he played “Billy Bibbit” in the national touring company of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.  He worked in regional theater and has appeared in over 40 Off-Broadway productions. In 2003, he starred on Broadway, opposite Rosie Perez in Frankie and Johnny.
After his move to Hollywood, Pantoliano landed the plum role of Angelo Maggio in the NBC miniseries From Here to Eternity, starring Natalie Wood, Kim Basinger, Peter Boyle and William Devane. He returned to the stage in Los Angeles, winning a Dramalogue Award and a Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best Actor in Orphans. He received his second Dramalogue Award as Best Actor for Italian American Reconciliation, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, and he was nominated for a CableACE Award for one of the original episodes of the horror series Tales From the Crypt, directed by Richard Donner. His other television credits include the highly acclaimed CBS drama EZ Streets, for which he was nominated for a Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor; The Handler on CBS; and The Sopranos, for which he won the 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama series.
Pantoliano has appeared in over 40 films including Risky Business, The Goonies, La Bamba, Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Bad Boys I & II, Bound and Daredevil. Pantoliano has also produced and starred in several movies, including Taxman and Second Best.
Following his starring role in Bound in 1997, Pantoliano re-teamed with the Wachowski brothers in 1999, co-starring opposite Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne in Warner Bros. Pictures’ smash hit The Matrix. He also starred in Christopher Nolan’s hit film Memento, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay and won Best Director, Best Feature and Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2002.
Pantoliano has also published his first book, Who’s Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-up Guy (Dutton Publishing), which was a New York Times best seller.
He will next be seen in spring 2005 in The Moguls, starring opposite Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, Tim Blake Nelson and Glenne Headly.

MICHAEL ROSENBAUM (Ruffshod) was voted one of People Magazine’s Most Eligible Bachelors of 2002 and stars on the hit television series Smallville on The WB, where he plays the popular “Lex Luthor” of this Sci-Fi drama.
Rosenbaum will also be seen in the upcoming Wes Craven film Cursed, with Christina Ricci, and was recently seen in Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin.  He also starred in Sorority Boys, co-starring Barry Watson and Harland Williams.
Additionally, Rosenbaum starred in the feature Urban Legend opposite Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Josh Jackson and Rebecca Gayheart. He also starred in the television sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, opposite Selma Blair on The WB.
Rosenbaum took on lead roles while pursuing a theater degree at Western Kentucky University and doing summer stock in North Carolina.  He moved to New York to pursue acting and quickly landed roles in Off Broadway productions and small independent films.  Rosenbaum then segued into guest-starring appearances on several sitcoms and a recurring role in the Amsterdam Kids skit on The Conan O’Brien Show.  In the same month, he landed both the series regular role of “Jonathan” on the WB show Tom and a role in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, directed by Clint Eastwood. 

Despite ending his seven-year run as host of It’s Showtime at the Apollo and his six-year run of The WB’s The Steve Harvey Show, the Grammy nominated, original King of Comedy, STEVE HARVEY (Buzz), remains one of the busiest and most talented comedians in Hollywood today, gracing stage, screen, television and radio audiences worldwide.
With great anticipation, Harvey returned to primetime television in 2003 as host and executive producer of The WB’s Steve Harvey’s Big Time and returned for the second season in Fall 2004, expanding to a one hour talk/variety/comedy/music show. Harvey also hit the silver screen with 4 movie releases… The Fighting Temptations, with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonce Knowles, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Love Don’t Cost A Thing, the box office smash You Got Served, starring B2K, and Johnson Family Vacation, re-uniting Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer.
And if film and TV aren’t enough, Steve Harvey continues steering the helms of his popular daily morning drive radio show in Los Angeles, California and syndicated in Dallas, Texas. The Steve Harvey Morning Show, now in its fourth year, continues to boast top ratings with loyal listeners, chart topping artists, award winning celebrities and American Idols on Harvey’s A.M. shift.
Always known for his impeccable and undeniable style, designers on all fronts have joined forces with Harvey in the creation of “The Steve Harvey Collection,” featuring suits, shirts, ties, hats and shoes coming soon to stores around the country.
A native of Cleveland Ohio and the youngest of five children, Harvey makes his home in Dallas with his family. He and his wife continue their unending pursuit and commitment to further opportunities in local schools in both cities with their generous contributions to the Steve and Mary L. Harvey Foundation. Mr. Harvey has been chosen as the National Spokesperson for Burger King and is currently a Spokesperson for GMC Yukon Denali.

Nominated for a 1999 Emmy Award for his memorable role as “Dennis Finch,” the wise-cracking, power-hungry assistant on Just Shoot Me, DAVID SPADE (Scuzz) was previously best known for his five-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Nominated for a Golden Globe in 1999 and 2000, and an American Comedy Award in 1999 for his work on Just Shoot Me, Spade’s film career also continues to grow.
Last year, Spade joined the cast of the popular ABC comedy 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. This year, Spade created his own Comedy Central show, which he will executive produce and write along with pal Hugh Fink (former “SNL” writer). The show is a half hour comedy spoof on Hollywood, ala Spade’s famed Saturday Night Live sketch “Hollywood Minute.” The show will premiere in January of 2005.
Spade was last seen starring in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, which he co-wrote with Fred Wolf. Previously, Spade starred and co-wrote Joe Dirt. He is also the lead voice in the animated holiday classic, The Emperor’s New Groove with Eartha Kitt, John Goodman and Wendie Malick.
Born in Birmingham, Michigan, and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Spade began his career by performing stand-up comedy in clubs, theaters and colleges across the country. He made his television debut on “SNL” and was soon named the Hot Stand-Up Comedian of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine. In addition to “SNL,” Spade has guest-starred on the critically acclaimed The Larry Sanders Show and appeared in HBO’s 13th Annual Young Comedians Special. In 1999, he headlined his own HBO special, David Spade: Take the Hit.
Spade co-starred with “SNL” alumnus Chris Farley in the films Tommy Boy and Black Sheep, and the pair won a 1996 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo for the former. His other feature credits include Reality Bites, Light Sleeper and Coneheads. In 1999, Spade starred in the romantic comedy Lost & Found, for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.

A musical and cultural icon, hip-hop Renaissance man, entrepreneur, and Hollywood’s newest leading man, SNOOP DOGG (Lightning) is quickly becoming the hottest commodity in the world of entertainment.
Snoop’s music fans won’t be disappointed this year with two new projects on the rise. He has just released his anticipated solo record Snoop Dogg R&G: Rhythm & Gangsta The Masterpiece (Geffen Records). The first single, Drop It Like It’s Hot, has already achieved great success. Additionally, Snoop re-connected with his childhood friends, Nate Dog and Warren G on the successful album 213: The Hard Way.
Furthering his entrepreneurial status, Snoop is partnering with leading modern fashion performance brand Pony, to create a shoe collection called “The One and Only.” The collection will be available in exclusive stores globally for the Fall/Winter 2005 collection.
Snoop recently wrapped the independent film The Tenants with Dylan McDermott. He was last seen on the big screen starring in the comedy hit Soul Plane. Earlier this year, he appeared as the powerful, but extremely lovable gangster “Huggy Bear” in the hit comedy Starsky & Hutch, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson.
Snoop’s other film credits include Half Baked, John Singleton’s Baby Boy, the critically acclaimed Training Day, opposite Denzel Washington, The Wash with Dr. Dre and Todd Phillips’ Old School. Snoop could also be heard as the voice of “Ronnie Rizzat” in Malibu’s Most Wanted starring Jamie Kennedy. His first feature role in a major motion picture was as the title character in the urban horror film Bones, co-starring Pam Grier. In addition to his film career, Snoop was recently featured in his own comedy/variety show Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, on MTV.
Snoop Dogg was born Calvin Broadus in Long Beach, CA in October 1971. His rise to fame began in 1993 with the release of his debut album Doggystyle. Fueled by the rapper’s street credentials and criminal infamy, the anticipation for the album was unprecedented – selling 1.5 million albums in advance of the release. It was the first debut rap album to hit the charts at number one. His sixth and most recent studio album is entitled Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss. In addition, he has contributed songs to a number of movie soundtracks including Bad Boys II, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Dr. Doolittle II and Save the Last Dance.

FRED DALTON THOMPSON (Sir Trenton), former United States Senator, prosecutor and accomplished film and television actor, reprises his recognized Law & Order character of District Attorney “Arthur Branch,” in NBC’s Law & Order: Trial by Jury, the new drama series from executive producer Dick Wolf.
After growing up in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, Thompson attended Memphis State University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science. He went on to receive a law degree from Vanderbilt University. Two years later, Thompson was named an assistant United States attorney and later served as minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee. His experience with the Watergate scandal is detailed in his memoir, At That Point in Time. In 1994, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate and was re-elected for a second term in 1996.
In addition, Thompson is also a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think-tank.
Thompson first appeared on screen in the feature film Marie in 1985, portraying himself in the fact-based story of a high-profile case he handled in Tennessee. Since then, he has appeared in numerous other movies and television programs, including the features In the Line of Fire, Die Hard II, The Hunt for Red October and the television series China Beach, Wiseguy and Matlock.
Thompson will retain his dual starring role as “Branch” on the original series Law & Order.

A two-time Oscar winner and seven-time nominee, DUSTIN HOFFMAN (Tucker) is distinguished as one of the cinema’s most acclaimed leading actors.
Hoffman caught the world’s attention for his role as “Benjamin Braddock” in Mike Nichol’s Academy Award nominated film, The Graduate.  Since then, he has been nominated for six more Academy Awards, for such diverse films such as Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, Tootsie (a film he also produced through his company, Punch Productions) and Wag the Dog. Hoffman won the Oscar in 1979 for his role in Kramer Vs. Kramer and again in 1988 for Rain Man.
Hoffman currently stars in David O. Russell’s comedy I Heart Huckabees with Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg, Lily Tomlin and Jason Schwartzman.  A husband-and-wife team (Hoffman and Tomlin) play detectives, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Additionally, he currently stars in Marc Forster’s Finding Neverland opposite Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.  Finding Neverland is a tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of James Barrie, the real-life author of the children’s classic Peter Pan.  Set in London in 1904, the film follows Barrie’s creative journey to bring Peter Pan to life, from his first inspiration for the story up until the play’s life changing premiere.  Finding Neverland premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Hoffman will soon star in Jay Roach’s Meet the Fockers, the sequel to Meet the Parents, opposite Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbara Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo.  The film is about the hell that breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time. Hoffman plays “Mr. Focker,” the father of “Gaylord Focker” (Ben Stiller).  Meet the Fockers will be released on December 22, 2004.
Hoffman recently starred in Gary Fleder’s Runaway Jury, opposite John Cusack, Gene Hackman and Rachel Weisz; James Foleys Confidence, opposite Edward Burns and Rachel Weisz and Brad Silberling’s Moonlight Mile, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Susan Sarandon.
His other film credits include: Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man, Straight Time, Agatha, Ishtar, Dick Tracy, Billy Bathgate, Mad City, Hero, Sleepers, Sphere, American Buffalo, Hook and Outbreak.
On stage, Hoffman has had an equally impressive career.  His first stage role was in the Sarah Lawrence College production of Gertrude Stein’s Yes is For a Very Young Man.  His performance in this play led to several roles Off Broadway for which he won the Obie and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor.  His success on stage caught the attention of Mike Nichols, who cast him in The Graduate.  In 1974, Hoffman made his broadway directorial debut with All Over Town. In 1984, Hoffman garnered a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of “Willy Loman” in the Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, which he also produced.  In addition to starring in the Broadway production, a special presentation aired on television and Hoffman won the Emmy Award.   Additionally, Hoffman received a Tony Award Nomination for his role as “Shylock” in The Merchant of Venice, which he reprised from his long run on the London Stage.
As a producer, Hoffman produced Tony Goldwyn’s feature film A Walk on the Moon starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin.  He executive produced The Devil’s Arithmetic, which won two Emmy Awards.
Hoffman was born in Los Angeles and attended Santa Monica Community College.  He later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse before moving to New York to study with Lee Strasberg.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG (Franny) began performing at age eight in New York with the Children’s Program at the Hudson Guild and the Helena Rubenstein Children’s Theatre. Later, she moved to the Bay Area and joined the Blake Street Hawkeyes Theatre in Berkely, partnered with David Schein. Moving shortly into solo performances, Goldberg created The Spook Show which she toured throughout the United States and Europe. It was at this 1983 performance that Whoopi caught the attention of Mike Nichols, who offered to present her in her own Broadway show. An evening of original material, written and created by Whoopi, the show opened to the Lyceum Theatre to critical acclaim, which was later taped for the HBO special Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway, and the record album of her Broadway show won a Grammy Award as Best Comedy Recording of the year in 1985.
Whoopi’s Broadway show also turned out to be an audition for Steven Spielberg, who casting the film version of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. The film launched her film career and, in addition to an Academy Award nomination, earned her the 1985 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Motion Picture, as well as the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture. Since The Color Purple, Whoopi has starred in such motion pictures as Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Burglar, Fatal Beauty (for which she won a second Image Award), Clara’s Heart, Ghost, The Long Walk Home (earning her a third Image Award), Soapdish, and Robert Altman’s The Player. Her performance as “Oda Mae Brown” in Ghost – the highest grossing movie of 1990 – earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, the NAACP Image Award, the British Academy (BAFTA) Award, the Movie Award, an American Comedy Award and the Saturn Award (presented by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films).
Her other credits include the box-office hit Sister Act which garnered her yet another Golden Globe Award nomination, and the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, in addition to winning the Image Award for Motion Picture of the Year. Her film credits also include her Image Award-nominated performance in Sarafina!, Made in America, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and Corinna, Corinna.
She appeared in a cameo role in The Little Rascals and in the feature film, Star Trek: Generations. She went on to star in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Boys on the Side, Moonlight and Valentino, Eddie and Bogus, The Associate, Ghost of Mississippi, How Stella got her Groove Back, The Deep End of the Ocean, Girl, Interrupted, Kingdom Come and Rat Race.
Whoopi commemorates the 20th anniversary of her original one-woman show with a limited engagement production on Broadway. Whoopi…The 20-Year Anniversay is currently running on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre through January. Whoopi is also executive producer of Lifetime’s Strong Medicine and its forthcoming spin-off series, as well as Nickelodeon’s Whoopi’s Littleburg and an upcoming series about the world of girls’ soccer.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

FREDERIK DU CHAU (Director/Story) studied at the film department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in his native Belgium from 1984 to 1988. He simultaneously traveled the world as a camera assistant for several major European news organizations until his graduation from film school, when he worked as an animator/director for television and commercials in Europe.
In 1989, his short film The Mystery of The Lamb was selected for the Los Angeles Animation Celebration film festival, which brought him to the United States. At the Baer Animation Studio in Los Angeles, he worked as an animator on numerous commercials, which featured animation, combined with live action. He then co-directed the animation/live action short film Sony Wonder, with Hoyt Yeatman of Dreamquest, and directed the animation for the direct to video hit Land Before Time: Time of the Great Giving.
After spending time working as a storyboard artist for animation legend Chuck Jones, he directed the feature animation film Quest for Camelot for Warner Bros. Pictures. This film received a Vision Award for Best Picture in 1999.
He also directed a pilot presentation for Forest Whitaker’s Spirit Dance Entertainment entitled Stripped, for which he created a new look that transforms live action into animation in real time.
In 2000, Du Chau, along with Kirk DeMicco, wrote Hong Kong Phooey, a live action comedy about a Kung Fu fighting dog, based on the popular Hanna-Barbera cartoon. This project was sold to Alcon Entertainment.
Also with Kirk DeMicco, Du Chau wrote Sky Boys in 2002, a drama about two Irish brothers who fall in love with the same woman while building the Empire State Building. The project is set up at Ascendant Pictures.

Co-Presidents ANDREW A. KOSOVE and BRODERICK JOHNSON (Producers) founded Alcon Entertainment in 1997 (named after the ally of Hercules – a mythological archer who never missed his target) to develop, package, finance and produce feature length theatrical motion pictures and television programming, backed financially by Frederick W. Smith, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Federal Express Corporation.
Kosove and Johnson draw from common professional goals and a shared alma mater, Princeton University, where they were classmates beginning in 1989. Kosove graduated magna cum laude with a joint degree in politics and economics. Johnson, who earned his degree in economics, later worked as a quantitative analyst for Saloman Brothers in New York. 
Since its launch seven years ago, Alcon has quickly risen to prominence by successfully attracting top veteran filmmakers and up-and-coming talent alike, and was featured in the 2000 Entertainment Weekly’s “Power 100” issue. Following its maiden effort for Warner Bros. Pictures, the David Spade and Sophie Marceau comedy Lost & Found, Warner Bros. Pictures released Alcon’s second film, My Dog Skip, a $7.5M production that was the #1 family film in America for four consecutive weeks. The film, which starred Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane and then-unknown Frankie Muniz, grossed $35M domestically and became one of the most profitable films of the year. Alcon followed with the hit comedy Dude, Where’s My Car? starring Ashton Kutcher. 
Shortly after the success of My Dog Skip, Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon entered into a $300m exclusive, long-term worldwide distribution agreement. Alcon’s next project under its new relationship with Warner Bros. Pictures was The Affair of the Necklace, directed by Charles Shyer and starring Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank. The period drama earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Recently, Alcon saw Warner Bros. Pictures release the $67M hit Insomnia, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank. Following Racing Stripes, Alcon’s next release will be The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based upon the New York Times bestseller, starring Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera and Blake Lively. The company also announced that it will team up with Brett Ratner and his Rat Entertainment partner Jay Stern to produce the live-action/CGI family comedy Hong Kong Phooey, based on the beloved children’s property. Most recently, Denzel Washington has agreed to direct and produce Alcon’s Brothers in Arms: The Story of the 761st, based upon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s book of the same title.

After deciding that Investment Banking wasn’t his game, ED McDONNELL (Producer) boarded a flight to Los Angeles with $200 and was hired as a secretary at United Artists, then MGM, and moved on to become an executive for nine years at Paramount.
He started as an assistant in low budget productions, and then joined Henry Winkler as an executive and was involved in such pictures as Young Sherlock Holmes. McDonnell went on to join Steven Segal, and spent the next six years producing his movies, such as Under Siege, Under Siege 2, Dark Territory, On Deadly Ground and Glimmer Man. He then joined Paul Witt at Warner Bros. Pictures where he produced such movies as Three Kings and Insomnia.
In 2001, McDonnell formed Maple Shade Films and has since produced Original Sin, A Walk to Remember, Shanghai Knights and Catwoman.

LLOYD PHILLIPS’ (Producer) motion picture credits include The Legend of Zorro, which is currently in production, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas; Vertical Limit, starring Chris O’Donnell and Bill Paxton, directed by Martin Campbell; and Beyond Borders, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. He also served as Executive Producer on Sergei Bodrov’s Running Free, produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Phillips also co-produced Terry Gilliam’s Twelve Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt; Heart of High Country; Lee Tamahori’s The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin; Ruby Cairo (aka Deception), starring Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen; Nate and Hayes, and Warlords of the 21st Century (aka Battletruck).

STEVEN P. WEGNER (Executive Producer/Story) is the Vice President of Development for Alcon Entertainment, the motion picture production and finance company headed by producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
Steven has been heading motion picture development for Alcon for the past six and half years and currently supervises their entire 14 picture slate. He set up the Christopher Nolan-directed feature film, Insomnia, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank, at Alcon, which went on to gross $120 million worldwide.
He also supervised the development and co-produced the teen comedy Love Don’t Cost a Thing starring Nick Cannon and Steve Harvey, as well as the romantic-comedy Chasing Liberty, starring Mandy Moore. In addition, he is the co-producer of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which is due for release in the summer of 2005.
Steven is presently overseeing the development of the live-action version of Hanna-Barbera’s cult cartoon Hong Kong Phooey, and the black comedy The Whole Pemberton Thing.
Steven also developed the feature film comedies Lost & Found and Dude, Where’s My Car?
Prior to arriving at Alcon, Steven worked as a freelance script analyst for production companies such as New Line, Largo, JVC, Woods Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. Steven got his start in the business as an intern for Arnold Kopelson Productions and is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television.

PHILIP A. PATTERSON (Co-Producer/1st Assistant Director) began his career in Australia making television advertisements in the early 80’s. He started working on feature length productions in 1984 and the lessons learned on films such as Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee II, A Cry in the Dark and The Rescue offered the opportunity to work on American based productions, The Mosquito Coast and At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Moving to the U.S. in 1991 led to work on Lorenzo’s Oil, Mr.Wonderful, The Getaway, Little Big League, Beyond Rangoon, Empire Records, Twelve Monkeys, Flipper, Switchback, The Edge, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Running Free, Vertical Limit, Lost in La Mancha, Scooby Doo and Beyond Borders.

KIRA DAVIS (Co-Producer) began her film career in 1994 on a small film called Love Is All There Is, starring Angelina Jolie. It was on this production that she met the two co-presidents of Alcon Entertainment, and began working with them as an assistant in 1997. A year later, Davis was promoted to production executive and now serves as Vice President of Production and Marketing for the company. During her tenure at Alcon, she has overseen the productions of Lost & Found, My Dog Skip, The Affair of the Necklace, Insomnia, Love Don’t Cost A Thing, Chasing Liberty and most recently is executive producing The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based on the best-selling book of the same name.
Davis is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She studied theatre with an emphasis in directing and graduated magna cum laude from New Mexico State University. After graduating, she worked in a series of professional theatres, including La Jolla Playhouse and the Mark Taper Forum, before becoming Alcon’s first official employee.

KIRK DE MICCO (Co-Producer/Story) is currently co-writing a script with John Cleese for Dreamworks Animation. He and Cleese recently co-wrote a script based on the Roald Dahl novel The Twits to be directed by Mark Mylod.
After selling his first script A Day in November to Arnold Kopelson Pictures and Warner Bros Pictures, he worked on the Warner Bros. Pictures animated features Quest for Camelot and New Gods, which was based on the comic book by Jack Kirby. He also wrote Sky Boys, which is set up at Ascendant Pictures. In addition to uncredited studio rewrites, he has also sold pitches for a Looney Tunes movie entitled Rock Jam to Warner Bros. Pictures, a pitch entitled “Splitting Adam” and the feature film version of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Hong Kong Phooey.
He has recently executive produced a two hour documentary for the Discovery Channel and his script Space Chimps is in pre-production.

Director of Photography DAVID EGGBY (A.C.S.) began his career in stills, serving as a Naval Airman Photographer with the Royal Australian Navy for 6 years. He then worked on several police TV dramas, commercials, mini series, and made for television movies.
His first feature film was George Miller’s groundbreaking futuristic adventure Mad Max in 1977. Since then, he has established himself and is well known in the U.S. and overseas for his visually innovative style. His talent for visual effects & action movies has garnered him repeat collaborations with several directors including Rob Cohen (Daylight, Dragonheart, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) and Simon Wincer (Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man, Quigley Down Under, Lightning Jack).
 Eggby recently completed filming the comedy movie Ugly Americans. Some of his other film credits include Scooby Doo, Pitch Black, Horseplay, Blue Streak, Virus, Fortress, Warlock, The Blood of Heroes and The Naked Country, Buddies and Kansas.

TOM FINAN (Editor) has worked on a host of notable films including Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, The Emperor’s New Groove, Stuart Little, Hercules, The Lion King, Pet Cemetery II, Grand Isle, Problem Child, It Had to Be You and The Wizard. His television credits include They’ve Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping, Writer’s Block, Tales From the Crypt and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
As an associate editor, Finan worked on Oliver Stone’s Platoon, which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing, and Salvador. Among his assistant editor credits are Gremlins and the Academy Award-nominated film Coal Miner’s Daughter.

WOLF KROEGER (Production Designer) received a BAFTA Award nomination in 1992 for Best Production Design for his work on Last of the Mohicans. He also garnered a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction for Shadow of the Wolf in 1993, and another in 1985 for The Bad Boy. In 1986, he received another Genie Award nomination for his work on It Rained All Night the Day I Left.
Kroeger’s motion picture credits in art direction and production design include Beyond Borders, Equilibrium, Reign of Fire, Enemy at the Gates, Running Free, The 13th Warrior, The Edge, The Three Musketeers, Casualties of War, The Year of the Dragon, Ladyhawke and In Praise of Older Women.

Born in Mesa, Arizona, DAVID F. SCHMIDT (Screenplay/Story)   grew up in Mission Viejo, California. In 1975, he was the second round draft choice of the Boston Red Sox and signed with the organization straight out of high school. He played in the position of catcher from 1975-1982, with a brief stint in the big leagues in 1981. 
Following his professional baseball career, Schmidt went into the insurance business for a few years, until he got sick of wearing a suit.  Over the next several years he worked at a variety of odd jobs, including installing cabinets and delivering for Sears three days a week while attending college.
About 10 years ago, his cousin (Daniel Knauf, creator of the HBO series Carnivale) showed him a script he had written called Blind Justice. Schmidt thought he’d give screenwriting a try, so he read a couple of books on the craft and took a crack at it.
Schmidt’s first script, Highrider, was optioned by Alcon Entertainment.  He subsequently pitched them another idea about a half-breed horse who dreamed of running against the thoroughbreds.  Alcon had him write the screenplay, and later on the protagonist was changed from a horse to a zebra. The title of the movie was also changed to Racing Stripes.
 Highrider has recently been optioned again, as well as another of Schmidt’s scripts, Dog Gone Genius, about a dog that bites through a computer cable and becomes a genius.
 Schmidt currently lives in Laguna Beach.

DEVA ANDERSON (Music Supervisor) began her career in Amherst, Massachusetts working both as a DJ and in music sales while attending Hampshire College. At Hampshire, Deva was awarded the prestigious Threshold Grant to research African American music from slavery times to rap. After graduation, upon returning to the West coast, Deva landed a job at the Concrete Foundations Forum, planning their acclaimed annual convention. She then made the move to the music trade journal Hits Magazine where she co-wrote a column, promoted music to radio stations, managed bands and worked in concert promotions. From there, Deva was asked to music supervise Tom Hanks’ directorial debut That Thing You Do! for Play-Tone, the development company headed by Gary Goetzman and Hanks.
After the film, Deva was asked to head the music department for Play-Tone Productions and established her own company, Deva Anderson Music Supervision. She has supervised a diverse group of feature films including My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Dog Skip, Anywhere But Here, Murder By Numbers, The Truth About Charlie, Star Maps and Beloved. Deva has also music supervised various television films/mini-series including Tuesdays With Morrie, Their Eyes Were Watching God and HBO’s From The Earth To The Moon. Her current projects include the upcoming films Because of Winn Dixie and Last Holiday. She is a favorite with directors Wayne Wang and Jonathan Demme, as well as Oprah Winfrey’s production company Harpo Productions.
Deva was also tapped as the head executive of Play-Tone Records which is distributed through Sony Soundtracks. She has been the soundtrack executive on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, as well as certified Gold soundtracks Bring It On, Band of Brothers, Josie & The Pussycats, The Sopranos and Sex & The City.

MARK ISHAM’S (Composer) dynamic and diverse musical career has included a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award and multiple Grammy, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his material both as a composer and as a recording artist/instrumentalist. His wide range of talents and eclectic musical interests have produced over 50 film scores and several albums of electric jazz, classic acoustic jazz and New Age music, in addition to dozens of special projects and recordings. As a trumpet player, he is in high demand and has been a guest soloist for some of today’s top recording artists in jazz, pop, rock, classical and country music.
Born in New York, Isham began his musical career as a trumpet player, first in classical music and then in jazz. His mother was a violinist and his father taught music and history, and Isham began his studies in classical piano, violin and trumpet at an early age. As a young man, he played trumpet in the Oakland and San Francisco Symphonies and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. He went on to play in various jazz and rock bands and in his early 20’s he forged into electronic music, becoming a renowned synthesizer programmer. Yet trumpet remained Isham’s primary focus as he established parallel careers as a classical trumpeter, jazz stylist, rock guest artist and solo instrumentalist. Since then, he has evolved into one of the busiest film composers in Hollywood. Whatever the creative outlet, Mark Isham continues to be one of the most fascinating, prolific and provocative artists on the scene.
As a film composer, Isham’s credits number over 50 including The Cooler, Miracle, Twisted, Life As A House, October Sky, Kiss the Girls, Varsity Blues, At First Sight, Blade, Fly Away Home, A River Runs Through It, Rules Of Engagement, Men Of Honor, Save the Last Dance, Point Break, Nell, Of Mice and Men, The Net, The Majestic, Crash and In Her Shoes. Since his first film score for the critically acclaimed film Never Cry Wolf in 1983, Isham’s musical capability has led him to compose scores for every combination, from large orchestras to intimate jazz ensembles to electronic instruments. His musical versatility is well utilized; he composes in any style – often using classical, jazz, and pop throughout a single score, threading these elements together into the story.

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