FILMMAKER BIOS

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (PRODUCER)
Great stories, well told. They can be for audiences in darkened movie theatres or home living rooms. They can feature great movie stars or introduce new talent. They can be true adventure, broad comedy, heartbreaking tragedy, epic history, joyous romance or searing drama. They can be set in the distant or recent past, an only-imagined future or a familiar present. Whatever their elements, though, if they begin with a lightning bolt, they are stories being told by Jerry Bruckheimer, and they will be great stories, well told.

The numbers—of dollars and honors—are a matter of often-reported record. Bruckheimer’s films have earned worldwide revenues of over $14.5 billion in box office, video and recording receipts. In the 2005-6 season he has a record-breaking eight series on network television. His films—15 of which exceeded the $100 million mark in U.S. box office receipts— have been acknowledged with 35 Academy Award nominations, five Oscars, eight Grammy Award nominations, five Grammys, 23 Golden Globe nominations, four Golden Globes, 53 Emmy Award nominations, 12 Emmys, 16 People’s Choice nominations, six People’s Choice Awards, numerous MTV Awards, including one for Best Picture of the Decade for Beverly Hills Cop and 14 Teen Choice Awards.

But the numbers exist only because of Bruckheimer’s uncanny ability to find the stories and tell them on film. He is, according to the Washington Post, “the man with the golden gut.” He may have been born that way, but more likely, his natural gifts were polished to laser focus in the early years of his career. His first films were the 60-second tales he told as an awardwinning commercial producer in his native Detroit. One of those mini-films, a parody of Bonnie and Clyde created for Pontiac, was noted for its brilliance in Time Magazine and brought the 23- YEAR-old producer to the attention of world-renowned ad agency BBD&O, which lured him to New York.

Four years on Madison Avenue gave him the experience and confidence to tackle Hollywood, and, not yet 30, he was at the helm of memorable films like Farewell, My Lovely, American Gigolo and 1983’s Flashdance, which changed Bruckheimer’s life by grossing $92 million in the U.S. alone and pairing him with Don Simpson, who would be his producing partner for the next 13 years.

Together the Simpson/Bruckheimer juggernaut produced one hit after another, including Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop, Bad Boys, Dangerous Minds and Crimson Tide. Box office success was acknowledged in both 1985 and 1988 when the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) named Bruckheimer Producer of the Year. And in 1988 the Publicists Guild of America chose him, along with Simpson, Motion Picture Showmen of the Year.

In 1996, Bruckheimer produced The Rock, re-establishing Sean Connery as an action star and turning an unlikely Nicolas Cage into an action hero. The Rock, named Favorite Movie of the Year by NATO, grossed $350 million worldwide and was Bruckheimer’s last movie with Simpson, who died during production.

Now on his own, Bruckheimer followed in 1997 with Con Air, which grossed over $230 million, earned a Grammy and two Oscar nominations and brought its producer the ShoWest International Box Office Achievement Award for unmatched foreign grosses.

Then came Touchstone Pictures’ megahit Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler and Steve Buscemi. Directed by Michael Bay, it was the biggest movie of 1998, grossing nearly $560 million worldwide and introducing legendary rock band Aerosmith’s first #1 single, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”

By the end of the millennium, Bruckheimer had produced Enemy of the State, starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman and Gone in 60 Seconds, starring Cage, Angelina Jolie and Robert Duvall, both grossing over $225 million worldwide; Coyote Ugly, whose soundtrack album went triple platinum; and the NAACP Image Award-winning Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington. His peers in the Producers Guild of America acknowledged his genius with the David O. Selznick Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures.

He began the 21st century with triple Oscar-nominee Pearl Harbor. Starring Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale and directed by Bay, the film was hailed by World War II veterans and scholars as a worthy re-creation of the event that brought the United States into the war. In addition to multiple award nominations and the Oscar for Best Sound Editing, it earned over $450 million in worldwide box office and has topped $250 million in DVD and video sales.

Black Hawk Down, the story of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, starred Hartnett, Eric Bana and Ewan McGregor and was directed by Ridley Scott. The adaptation of the Mark Bowden bestseller was honored with multiple award nominations, two Oscars and rave reviews.

Turning his hand toward comedy in 2003, Bruckheimer released the raucously funny Kangaroo Jack, a family film that won an MTV Award for Best Virtual performance for the kangaroo.

And later in 2003, Bruckheimer unveiled Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Keira Knightley and directed by Gore Verbinski, the comedy/adventure/romance grossed more than $630 million worldwide, earned five Academy Award nominations and spawned two sequels: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and the next chapter slated for a summer 2007 opening.

Following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Films That Begin With The Lightning Bolt have included Bad Boys II; Veronica Guerin, starring a luminous Cate Blanchett as the Irish journalist murdered by Dublin crime lords; and King Arthur, with Clive Owen starring in the revisionist re-telling of the Arthurian legend.

In 2004 National Treasure, starring Cage and Sean Bean in a roller-coaster adventure about solving the mystery of untold buried treasure, opened to cheering audiences and grossed more than $335 million worldwide.

Glory Road, the story of Texas Western coach, Don Haskins, who led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship in 1966, debuted in early 2006 starring Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Al Shearer, Mehcad Brooks and Emily Deschanel. The film was honored with an ESPY Award for “Best Sports Movie of the Year” for 2006, while the writers received a Humanitas Prize for work that “honestly explores the complexities of the human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life.”

Summer 2006 brought the theatrical release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which sailed into the record books by becoming not only Bruckheimer’s most financially successful film, but the highest grossing movie opening ever in the history of film: $132 million in its first three days. Shattering projected estimates, the film earned $55.5 million the first day of release. Seizing $44.7 million on the second day, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest became the first movie to top $100 million in only two days. In its first eight weeks, the film surpassed the $1 billion dollar mark worldwide, easily distinguishing itself as the number one movie in the world.

Teaming for the sixth time with director Tony Scott, Bruckheimer is currently in production on Déjà Vu, the story of an ATF agent who falls in love with a complete stranger as he races against time to track down her brutal killer. The film stars Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton and Jim Caviezel and is scheduled for a late 2006 release.

Could the master film storyteller make the same magic in 47 minutes for the living room audience? Apparently. As Time Magazine recently wrote, “The most successful producer in film history…is on his way to becoming the most successful producer in the history of TV.”

Bruckheimer brought the power of the lightning bolt to television in 2000 with C.S.I., starring William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger. It quickly became the number one show on television, averaging 25 million viewers a week, and, along with its two spin-offs, C.S.I.: Miami— distinguished as the biggest television series hit on a global scale in 2005 as well as being broadcast TV’s #1 primetime series for the summer of 2006—and C.S.I.: NY, helped catapult languishing CBS back to the top of the broadcast heap.

Bruckheimer Television broadened its imprint by telling compelling stories and delivering viewers in huge numbers with Without a Trace, Cold Case, three-time Emmy Award-winning Amazing Race and Close to Home on CBS, and Justice for Fox. Bruckheimer consistently has four series listed in the top ten shows on television.

In 2006, Bruckheimer was honored with a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Arizona, his alma mater. “Bruckheimer is unique in the industry in that his creative vision spans both large and small screens. We are pleased to recognize his work through this honor,” said Maurice Sevigny, dean of the UA College of Fine Arts.

Variety selected Bruckheimer as their Showman of the Year for 2006. This award— determined by Variety’s top editors and reporters—is presented to an individual who has had significant economic impact, innovations and/or breakthroughs in the entertainment industry.

Bruckheimer was presented with the Salute to Excellence Award from The Museum of Television and Radio for 2006 for his contribution to the television medium.

The Los Angeles Times listed Bruckheimer as number 8 in its 2006 The Power Issue, which features the 100 people who wield the most influence in Southern California. Premiere magazine ranked Bruckheimer as number 10 on its list of 2006 power players, while Forbes magazine positioned the producer at 42 on its 2006 Celebrity 100 List.

Bruckheimer has been successful in many genres and multiple mediums because he’s a great storyteller.

Look for the lightning bolt. The best stories are right behind it.

TONY SCOTT (DIRECTOR)
Director Tony Scott has created a series of landmark action films, mastering the balance of technical virtuosity with an exuberant sense of tempo. Scott, a member of the exclusive club of billion dollar-grossing directors, has been one of mainstream Hollywood's more reliable and stylish action filmmakers since the mid-1980s. With one high profile project set for release and many more in development, Scott shows no sign of slowing the pace.

DÉJÀ VU marks Scott’s third collaboration with Denzel Washington and his sixth collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer. In 1995, he directed CRIMSON TIDE, starring Washington and Gene Hackman and produced by Bruckheimer, which received both critical and popular acclaim. Scott went on to direct Washington again in the 2004 action thriller MAN ON FIRE, this time alongside Dakota Fanning and Christopher Walken.

Scott made his feature debut in 1983 with the modern vampire story THE HUNGER, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. The movie was adapted as a trilogy for Showtime in 1998, in which Scott directed one episode starring Giovanni Ribisi and David Bowie. In 1986, Scott directed Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in the mega-blockbuster TOP GUN, whose stunning aerial sequences helped make the film a global success. Scott confirmed his place as one of Hollywood's premiere action directors the following year with BEVERLY HILLS COP II, starring Eddie Murphy.

Scott's ability to mine box office gold from a deft blending of material and talent was evident in Touchstone Pictures' ENEMY OF THE STATE. Reuniting Scott with Gene Hackman and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the political thriller starring Will Smith, became one of the biggest hits of 1998. In 2001, Scott directed Universal’s SPY GAME, a taut, ambitious thriller that reunited screen giants Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. In 2005, after years of development, Scott finally brought his beloved project DOMINO to the screen with an all-star cast lead by Kiera Knightley portraying real life bounty hunter Domino Harvey.

Scott’s Additional film credits include: REVENGE (1988), with Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn; DAYS OF THUNDER (1990), starring Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall; THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991), with Bruce Willis; the critically acclaimed TRUE ROMANCE (1993), starring Christian Slater, Roseanna Arquette and Christopher Walken, with a script by Quentin Tarantino; and THE FAN (1996), starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes.

Born in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, Scott attended the Sunderland Art School, where he received a fine arts degree in painting. While completing a yearlong post-graduate study at Leeds College, he developed an interest in cinematography and made ONE OF THE MISSING, a half hour film financed by the British Film Institute and based on an Ambrose Bierce short story. He then went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts degree at the Royal College of Arts, completing another film for the British Film Institute, LOVING MEMORY, from an original script financed by Albert Finney.

In 1973, Scott partnered with brother Ridley to form the London-based commercial production company, RSA. Over the next decade, Scott created some of the world’s most entertaining and memorable commercials, honing his film vocabulary and picking up every major honor in the field, including: a number of Clio awards, several Silver and Gold Lion Awards from the Cannes International Television/Cinema Commercials Festival, and London’s prestigious Designers & Art Directors Award. While working as a commercial director, Scott also made three movies for television: two documentaries and a one-hour special entitled “Author of Beltraffio” from the story by Henry James. In 2002, under the RSA banner, Scott produced a series of stylish short film adver-tainments for automaker BMW starring Clive Owen. Scott himself directed one of these shorts entitled BEAT THE DEVIL that featured Owen, James Brown and Gary Oldman.

In 1995, the two brothers went on to form the film and television production company Scott Free. With offices in Los Angeles and London, the Scott’s have produced such films as IN HER SHOES, TRISTAN + ISOLDE and the soon to be released THE ASSISSINATION OF JESSE JAMES, starring Brad Pitt. They also executive produce the hit CBS series “Numbers”, currently in its third season, as well as the upcoming TNT mini-series “The Company,” starring Chris O’Donnell and Michael Keaton.

MIKE STENSON (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Mike Stenson is president of Jerry Bruckheimer Films for which he supervises all aspects of film development and production. Before joining the company, he was an executive in charge of production at Disney, responsible for many Bruckheimer films including “Armageddon,” “The Rock,” “Crimson Tide,” and “Dangerous Minds.” Stenson served as a producer on “Bad Company,” and “Gone in Sixty Seconds” and as an executive producer on “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Glory Road,” “National Treasure,” “King Arthur,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Bad Boys 2,” “Veronica Guerin,” “Kangaroo Jack,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Coyote Ugly” and “Remember the Titans.” Stenson is currently executive producing “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” the third of the Pirates series, as well as a sequel to the 2004 hit “National Treasure.”

Born and raised in Boston, Stenson graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master of business administration. After his undergraduate stint, he started as a production assistant in New York and worked for two years in independent film and television as an assistant director and production manager before returning to Boston to complete his graduate education. After completing business school, Stenson moved to Los Angeles where he began his tenure at Walt Disney Studios in Special Projects for two years before moving into the production department at Hollywood Pictures as a creative executive. He was promoted to vice president and subsequently executive vice president during his eight years with the company, overseeing development and production for Hollywood Pictures as well as Touchstone Pictures. In addition to the many Bruckheimer films, Stenson also developed several other films and nurtured them through production including “Rush Hour,” “Instinct,” “Six Days, Seven Nights,” and “Mr. Holland’s Opus.”

While at Disney, many filmmakers attempted to woo Stenson away from the studio, but not until 1998 did he entertain leaving. With his newest position at the helm of Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Stenson spearheaded Bruckheimer’s plan to expand the company’s film production schedule.

CHAD OMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Chad Oman is the president of production for Jerry Bruckheimer Films for which he oversees all aspects of film development and production. Oman produced, along with Bruckheimer, “Remember the Titans ” starring Denzel Washington for Walt Disney Pictures, and “Coyote Ugly” starring Piper Perabo and John Goodman for Touchstone Pictures.

His executive producer credits include “Glory Road,” “National Treasure,“ “King Arthur,” “Veronica Guerin,” as well as the block-buster hits “Pirates of the Caribbean” directed by Gore Verbinski, and starring Johnny Depp, “Bad Boys II” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, “Black Hawk Down” directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Josh Hartnett, “Pearl Harbor” starring Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and Josh Hartnett, “Gone in 60 Seconds” starring Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie and Robert Duvall, “Enemy of the State” starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman, “Armageddon” starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, and “Con Air” starring Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich. Oman recently executive produced “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” the second of the Pirates series.

In addition to his work on JBF’s many motion picture projects, Oman also supervised production on several television projects including ABC’s drama “Dangerous Minds” starring Annie Potts, and the ABC drama “Swing Vote” written by Ron Bass, and starring Andy Garcia.Prior to joining Simpson Bruckheimer in 1995, Oman was a founding employee of the Motion Picture Corporation of America. After six years, he left the independent production company as senior vice president of production.

Oman served as an associate producer on “Dumb and Dumber” starring Jim Carrey, executive produced Touchstone Pictures’ “The War at Home” starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates and Martin Sheen, and co-produced on “The Desperate Trail” with Sam Elliot, and “The Sketch Artist” starring Drew Barrymore and Sean Young. Oman produced “Hands That See” with Courtney Cox and “Love, Cheat and Steal” with John Lithgow and Eric Roberts. Oman graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in finance. He also attended the University of California at Los Angeles where he studied screenwriting and New York University where he participated in the undergraduate film production program. He was born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas.

TED ELLIOTT (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Ted Elliott is an Academy Award®-nominated writer who, with his partner Terry Rossio, wrote the DreamWorks animated feature “Shrek,” winner of the first Academy Award® for Best Animated Film in 2002.

In 2003, Elliott and Rossio co-wrote Jerry Bruckheimer’s production of “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” winner of the People’s Choice Awards for Best Picture and recipient of five Academy Award® nominations, including Best Actor for Johnny Depp. They went on to write the recent blockbuster sequel “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and the forthcoming finale to the trilogy, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

In 1992, the pair co-wrote the highest-grossing film of the year, the Disney animated feature “Aladdin” starring Robin Williams. Their live-action feature-film credits also include “Little Monsters”, “Small Soldiers,” “Godzilla” and “The Mask of Zorro.”

In 1996, Elliott and Rossio became the first writers signed to an overall writing and producing deal at DreamWorks SKG. In addition to “Shrek,” their animated projects at DreamWorks include “The Road to El Dorado” featuring Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh; “Antz” (creative consultants) featuring Woody Allen; and “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas” (creative consultants) featuring Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

BARRY H. WALDMAN (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Barry H. Waldman’ collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on such box office hits as “National Treasure,” “Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys II,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Armageddon,” and “The Rock.” Waldman recently worked with director Tony Scott on “Domino.” Other film credits include “Kangaroo Jack,” and prior to producing he acted as the production manager on “Batman & Robin” and “The Craft.”

Born and raised in New York, Waldman moved to Florida to complete his studies at the University of Miami. Upon graduation, he paid his dues as a production assistant before quickly moving up the ranks to become an assistant director on various independent films and television programs. He first met producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay when he worked on the second unit of the original “Bad Boys,” which sparked a long running association with both entertainment moguls.

Waldman realized his ambition as he quickly progressed to producing and production managing such popular television shows as “Key West” and “Dead at 21,” which garnered a Genesis Award and a Cable Ace nomination. Another highlight included producing a documentary shot on location in Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica depicting the war between the Sandanistas and Contras. When Waldman decided to make a transition to feature films, he relocated to Los Angeles and has continued to work non-stop on some of the industry’s most prestigious big-budget projects.

Bicoastal, Waldman resides in Los Angeles and Miami with his wife and son.

DON FERRARONE (ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/CONSULTANT)
Don Ferrarone is a former Chief Inspector with the U.S. Marshal’s Service and a legendary DEA agent. As a US Marshal Ferrarone established the International Most Wanted Program eventually assuming control of both foreign and domestic fugitive operations. Ferrarone led the international hunt for the murderous Dr. Josef Mengele, the ruthless Nazi concentration doctor known as the “Angel of Death”. While in DEA Ferrarone successfully prosecuted the infamous Nicky Barnes a.k.a. “Mr. Untouchable” in New York City (soon to be the subject of a documentary titled American Gangster), ran highly successful paramilitary counter drug operations in the jungles of South America, and supervised the immobilization of the notorious “Opium Warlord” known as Khun Sa, leader of the Shan United Army in Burma. He retired as Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division responsible for much of the U.S.-Mexican border. He previously collaborated with Jerry Bruckheimer as an associate producer on “Bad Boys II,” directed by Michael Bay, providing an authentic inside view into drug cartels operating in the U.S. He also consulted with Bruckheimer and Tony Scott on “Man on Fire,” starring Denzel Washington, and “Enemy of the State.”

BILL MARSILII (WRITER)
Bill Marsilii comes to screenwriting after a thriving career as a comedy writer/performer in New York. He was in the original Off-Broadway cast of “Tony 'N Tina's Wedding,” and has been featured at Caroline's on Broadway, Catch a Rising Star and numerous other theatrical venues. His television work includes writing and starring in two comedy pilots for the Hallmark Channel, and he has written feature screenplays for Walt Disney Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, TriStar, Warner Bros., and Paramount Pictures. His screenplay “Jingle” is now at Nickelodeon Movies, where he is co-producing it with Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio and Sandra Bullock.

TERRY ROSSIO (Co-WRITER and EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Academy Award®-nominated writer Terry Rossio co-wrote “Shrek,” the first ever Oscar winner for Best Animated Film. With writing partner Ted Elliott, Rossio also co-wrote “Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl,” which received five Oscar nominations and won the People's Choice Award for Best Picture. The pair went on to co-write the sequel “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” and are at work on the third installment of the trilogy due in theatres in Summer 2007. Other credits include: “Aladdin” (1992's highest grossing film); “The Mask of Zorro” starring Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones; and “Shrek 2” (as Creative Consultants), currently the highest grossing animated film ever.

In 1996, Elliott and Rossio became the first writers signed to an overall writing and producing deal at DreamWorks SKG. Their animated projects at DreamWorks, in addition to “Shrek” and “Shrek 2” include: “The Road To El Dorado,” featuring Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh; “Antz” (as Creative Consultants), featuring Woody Allen; and “Sinbad” (Creative Consultants), featuring Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

PAUL CAMERON, ASC (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
Cinematographer Paul Cameron A.S.C., who previously collaborated with director Tony Scott on “Man on Fire”, won a BAFTA award in 2004, Best Cinematography for Michael Mann’s “Collateral”. His inventive visual style can also be seen in “Swordfish”, “Gone in Sixty Seconds” and the upcoming “In the Land of Women”. Cameron has shot hundreds of commercials and music videos for the best in the business. He won the prestigious CLIO Award twice, most recently in 2003, Best Cinematography for “Beat the Devil”, a 9-minute commercial/film for BMW starring Clive Owen. Born in Canada, Cameron studied at State University of New York. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

CHRIS LEBENZON, A.C.E, (EDITOR)
Chris Lebenzon has teamed up many times with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott, earning Academy Award® nominations for his work on “Crimson Tide” and “Top Gun”. He also worked with Bruckheimer and Scott on "Enemy of The State" "Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop 2". He teamed up with Bruckheimer on “Pearl Harbor,” “Gone in Sixty Seconds,” “Armageddon,” and “Con Air. Lebenzon has also collaborated numerous times with director Tim Burton on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factor,” “Corpse Bride,” “Big Fish,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Mars Attacks,” “Ed Wood,” “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Batman Returns.” His other credits include “Radio,” “XXX,” “The Last Boy Scout,” “Revenge,” “Midnight Run,” and “Weird Science.”

HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS (COMPOSER)
Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood’s most sought after composers, working on a variety of high-profile projects, both live-action and animated.

On the live-action side, he most recently composed the scores for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” directed by Andrew Adamson, (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe) “Kingdom of Heaven” directed by Ridley Scott, “Domino” and "Man on Fire," both directed by Tony Scott and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," starring Renée Zellweger. Gregson-Williams' live-action credits also include "Veronica Guerin," "Phone Booth," "Spy Game," "Enemy of the State," "The Match," "The Borrowers," "The Replacement Killers," "Deceiver" "Smilla's Sense of Snow," "The Rundown" and "Return to Sender."

Gregson-Williams also composed the music for the blockbuster film "Shrek 2" and previously won an Annie Award for the score to the original "Shrek". Other animated films include "Team America: World Police", "Chicken Run", "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," "Antz" and the recently released “Flushed Away.”

Born in England to a musical family, Gregson-Williams earned a scholarship from the music school of St. John's College in Cambridge at the age of seven. By age 13, he had been a soloist on over a dozen records, and then earned a coveted spot at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He started his film career as an orchestrator and arranger for composer Stanley Myers, and went on to compose his first scores for the veteran English director, Nicolas Roeg.

Gregson-Williams' initiation in to Hollywood film scoring was then quickly facilitated by his collaboration and friendship with Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer - this resulting in Gregson-Williams providing additional music for such films as "The Rock," "Broken Arrow," "The Fan," "Muppet Treasure Island," "Armageddon", "As Good as it Gets" and "The Prince of Egypt."

Upcoming projects for Gregson-Williams include “Seraphim Falls” starring Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson and Anjelica Huston, “The Number 23” starring Jim Carrey and the highly anticipated “Shrek the Third.”

CHRIS SEAGERS (PRODUCTION DESIGNER)
Chris Seagers began his association with Tony Scott as a supervising art director and production designer for the Moroccan portion of “Spy Game,” and most recently worked for Scott on “Man on Fire” and “Domino.” Seagers was the production designer on the spy spoof “Johnny English,” and the art director on “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” and “The End of the Affair.”

His other credits as art director include “Saving Private Ryan,” for which he was part of the design team that was nominated for the prestigious Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, “The Good Thief,” “The Crying Game” and “A Kiss Before Dying.”

ELLEN MIROJNICK (COSTUME DESIGNER)
Ellen Mirojnick’s first feature film as costume designer was “French Quarter,” followed by the 1980 breakout hit “Fame,” which she was assistant designer to Kristin Zea. Mirojnick later designed the “Fame” television pilot. Mirojnick was costume designer on “The Flamingo Kid,” and “Nobody’s Fool” shortly thereafter.

In 1987 Mirojnick’s long association with Michael Douglas began with “Fatal Attraction” and “Wall Street” followed by “Black Rain,” “Basic Instinct,” “The Ghost in the Darkness,” “A Perfect Murder,” “One Night at McCool’s,” “Don’t Say a Word,” and “It Runs in the Family.”

Along with “Fatal Attraction,” Mirojnick also worked with director Adrian Lyne on “Jacobs Ladder,” and “Unfaithful,” the later for which she was nomination for a Contemporary Design Award from the Costume Designers Guild.

“Starship Troopers,” “Showgirls,” “Basic Instinct,” “Hollow Man,” were a few of the cult favorites Mirojnick collaborated with director Paul Verhoven.

Mirojnick was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, along with designer John Mollo, for their work on “Chaplin.” Other film credits include “What Women Want,” Speed,” “Twister,” and “The Chronicles of Riddick,” to name a few.

Mirojnick herself was the subject of a documentary on costume design ”Hollywood Fashion Machine Special: The Costume Designer” (2000). She even played a physics teacher in the the romance drama “Reckless.”

Her designs for the telefeature “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” garnered her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costume Design (for a Variety or Music Program).

Mirojnick’s designs will be seen in the upcoming drama “The Sentinel” starring Michael Douglas, Keifer Sutherland, and Eva Longoria, and the romantic comedy “Failure To Launch” starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey.

BRIAN GREENE (CONSULTANT)
Brian Greene is one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists and an acclaimed communicator of cutting-edge scientific concepts. A professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University known for a number of groundbreaking discoveries, he is also a bestselling author.

His national bestseller, The Elegant Universe (Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Aventis Prize, Britain’s top science book award), explores how the theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics transformed our understanding of the universe, and introduces string theory, a concept that might be the key to a unified theory of the universe. The book has sold more than a million copies. This was followed by The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality, whichspent 6 months on The New York Times bestsellers list and inspired The Washington Post to describe him as “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.”

In fall 2003 Greene hosted the Emmy Award-winning NOVA special, “The Elegant Universe,” on PBS, taking audiences on a thrilling journey through hidden dimensions, superstrings and black holes in a quest to unify the laws of nature. The response to “The Elegant Universe” was phenomenal, drawing more than twice the average TV audience for a NOVA series. The program received a 2004 Peabody Award for broadcast excellence. Greene has also made cameo appearances in the films “Frequency,” “Maze” and “Mimzy.”

A graduate of Harvard and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, Greene is also co-director of Columbia’s Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP).

Greene is working with Robert LePage to develop his "Strings and Strings" collaboration with The Emerson Quartet for a series of performances at Lincoln Center in 2008. He also is organizing the first annual World Science Festival, a weeklong exploration of science, from cutting-edge research to works in theatre, film, and the arts inspired by science. The festival, which Greene is co-founding with the four-time National Emmy Award winning producer Tracy Day, will be held in New York City in 2008.