SCOTT WIPER – DIRECTOR

JOEL SIMON - PRODUCER

VINCE McMAHON (Chairman, WWE)

MICHAEL LAKE – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

JED BLAUGRUND – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DEREK G. BRECHIN – EDITOR

ROSS EMERY, A.C.S. – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

GRAHAM ‘GRACE’ WALKER – PRODUCTION DESIGNER

FILMMAKERS BIOS

SCOTT WIPER – Director

Steve Austin with director Scott Wiper on the set of THE CONDEMNED

Director/writer Scott Wiper is a graduate of Wesleyan University where his thesis film won the prestigious Frank Capra Prize for Best Student Film. In 1996 he wrote and directed his first feature “Captain Jack” and then in 2000 “A Better Way to Die,” which was financed by Newmarket and acquired by Sony Screen Gems and HBO. "A Better Way to Die" has since developed a cult following. Wiper recently wrote two scripts for Warner Bros: “Salvation” for veteran director Walter Hill and Silver Pictures and “Salvaged Lives” for Outlaw Productions. He also penned “Day for Night,” based on his original pitch sold to Hyde Park/MGM, with Lion Rock Productions and Vince Newman producing.

JOEL SIMON - PRODUCER

Joel Simon is president of WWE Films, which handles a diverse slate of entertainment projects. Most recently he produced “The Marine”, starring WWE Raw Superstar John Cena, which was distributed by 20th Century Fox and “See No Evil” starring WWE SmackDown Superstar Kane, which was distributed by Lionsgate.

Previously, Simon served as president of Quincy Jones Media Group and Quincy Jones/David Salzman Productions, overseeing all feature and television productions from the late 1990s through 2001. Prior to that, he was partnered for nearly a decade with producer Bill Todman, Jr. in Todman/Simon Productions, which had a first-look deal with Lorimar and Warner Bros. Pictures, and whose feature releases included “Married to the Mob” and “Hard to Kill”. For television, the company produced the CBS series “People Next Door” and the movie-of-the-week “The Innocent”, which aired on NBC, as well as numerous network pilots.

Among Simon’s additional production credits are the feature comedy “Vacuums”, starring Chevy Chase; the blockbuster hits “X-Men” and “X-Men 2; “Wild Wild West starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline and Salma Hayek; “Steel”, starring Shaquille O’Neal and “The In-Laws” starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks; plus the television movie “Passing Glory” for TNT, and “Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America”, a five-hour VH1 original documentary mini-series.

VINCE McMAHON (Chairman, WWE)

Vince McMahon, Chairman of the Board of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE), is a third generation promoter who has made WWE into the global phenomenon it is today. As a pioneer in the television syndication and pay-per-view businesses, a recognized television personality throughout the world, a visionary promoter and a fearless marketer, he continues to make his presence known as a leader within the broadcast and entertainment industries.

In 1972, McMahon joined his father’s company, Capitol Wrestling Corporation, on a full-time basis. By 1979, the company had syndicated programming to 30 television stations. In 1982, he purchased the Capitol Wrestling Corporation from his father and decided to take what had been a regional operation and turn it into a national venture.

McMahon soon became a pioneer in the cable television industry by leveraging the new technologies of pay-per-view and closed-circuit television for the first WrestleMania. Now, not only had he built a brand that people would watch in syndication, he had built the WWE into a brand that people would pay to watch. WrestleMania III in 1987 attracted 93,173 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome, setting an indoor attendance record that still stands. In April 2000, more than a million fans purchased WrestleMania X-6, at the time making it the most watched non-boxing event in pay-per-view history. Wrestlemania has achieved the one million buys level four more times since then. In fiscal year 2006, approximately six millions households purchased WWE pay-per-view events, making the company the largest pay-per-view event programming provider in the world

Today, WWE produces new television programming 52 weeks a year. Programs such as “Monday Night RAW” and “Friday Night SmackDown” are ratings successes that can be seen in more than 100 countries and heard in 19 languages.

As the television audience has grown exponentially, so has the live event audience. In 2006, WWE performed 346 live events, including 61 international events, entertaining more than 2.0 million fans.

Under McMahon’s leadership, the company continues to grow. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WWE. WWE has started WWE Films, which will produce and fully finance two to four motion pictures a year, and is making inroads into digital media platforms with new video on demand, broadband and mobile services. In recognition of WWE’s work to support children over the past 20 years, Vince, in 2005, was appointed to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America National Advisory Council. He is a tireless supporter of the U.S. military; the WWE was the recipient of the USO of Metropolitan Washington’s first ever “Legacy of Hope” award for WWE’s extensive support of our troops and the USO’s Operation Care Package program and in 2007, WWE received the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award for its support of deployed service members in Iraq and Afghanistan.

MICHAEL LAKE – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Michael Lake has over thirty-six years’ experience in production and management within the Australian and international film industry. For the past 14 years he has run the Warner Roadshow Studios and during this time he has been instrumental in attracting productions valued at $1.6 billion to the Gold Coast, resulting in around $800 million being spent within the region. From 1998 to 2005 he split his time between the Gold Coast and Los Angeles where he was Executive Vice President of World Wide Feature Film Production for Village Roadshow Pictures. In 2006 he returned to the Gold Coast to establish his own production company and consult to Warner Roadshow Studios and Production Services.

JED BLAUGRUND – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Jed Blaugrund is a native of Albuquerque, NM and received his BA in Critical Studies from the USC School of Cinema/Television. He began his career at the Bedford Falls Company, where he was the assistant to director Edward Zwick (“Blood Diamond”, “The Last Samurai”, “Legends of the Fall”) and worked on both “Legends of the Fall” and “My So-Called Life”. He then joined the nascent Turner Pictures as an executive under Amy Pascal and worked on such films as “Michael” and “Any Given Sunday”. Blaugrund then joined the Universal-based production company Mostow-Lieberman, supervising films for producer Hal Lieberman and director Jonathan Mostow (“T3: Rise of the Machines”, “U-571”). He is current Vice-President of Production at WWE Films, where he finds and develops film and television projects to be produced by WWE Films. He was the Co- Producer of “The Marine” and executive produced “See No Evil”.

DEREK G. BRECHIN – EDITOR

Derek Brechin’s many credits as editor include “The Patriot”; “Romeo Must Die”; “Thirteen Ghosts”; “Stargate”; “Cradle 2 The Grave”; “Exit Wounds”’ “Deep Blue Sea”; “Cutthroat Island” and “Breakdown”. Credits as additional or assistant editor include “Die Hard”; “Paycheck”; “Amityville 3-D” and “The Entity”.

ROSS EMERY, A.C.S. – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Most recently Ross Emery filmed “The Cave” on location in Bucharest, Romania. Other credits include “The Matrix” and “The Matrix Reloaded”, as second unit director of photography; “Stories Of Lost Souls”; “117”; “Bangers”; “Book Of Dreams: Welcome To Crateland”; “Dark City”, additional photography, and “The Island of Dr Moreau” as second unit director of photography.

GRAHAM ‘GRACE’ WALKER – PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Graham “Grace” Walker is one of Australia’s most talented production designers. Most recently he served as production designer on “The Reaping” starring Hilary Swank, for producer Joel Silver/Warner Bros. Other feature film credits include “Queen Of The Damned”, “Gothika” and “Ghost Ship” all for producer Joel Silver/Warner Bros.; USA Films’ “Pitch Black” starring Vin Diesel; “The Island Of Dr. Moreau”, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer; Peter Weir’s “Picnic At Hanging Rock”; George Miller’s “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” and “Mad Max II”; Peter Faiman’s “Crocodile Dundee”; Phillip Noyce’s “Dead Calm”, starring Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill; “The Sum Of Us”; Yahoo Serious’ “Reckless Kelly”; “Around The Bend”; “Sons Of Steel” ; “Les Patterson Saves The World”; “The Coca Cola Kid”; “The Winds Of Jarrah”; “Hoodwinked”; “Chain Reaction”; “The Irishman”; “Break Of Day” and “Summerfield”. He also served as design consultant on the animated feature “Fern Gully”.