ABOUT THE CAST

As an actor, producer, and writer, RYAN PHILLIPPE (John “Doc” Bradley) has quickly established himself as one of Hollywood’s most versatile young talents.

Phillippe was recently seen in “Crash,” Paul Haggis’s Oscar®-winner for best picture. Since then, he has starred in the independent feature “Five Fingers,” co-starring Laurence Fishburne.

He has completed production on “Breach” from director Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass”), based on the true story of an upstart FBI agent’s power game with mole Robert Hanssen, set for release early next year. Phillippe is currently in production on the Untitled Kimberly Peirce Project (“Boys Don’t Cry”), which centers on a U.S. Army sergeant who is “stop-lossed” after completing his tour of duty in Iraq.

Phillippe’s many diverse roles began with Disney’s “White Squall,” which enabled him to work with acclaimed director Ridley Scott. In his early films, Phillippe was able to work with exceptional actors and directors in such films as “Little Boy Blue” with Natassja Kinski, Greg Araki’s “Nowhere” (the third film in Araki’s controversial trilogy), “Homegrown” with Billy Bob Thornton, and “Playing By Heart” with the ensemble cast of Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, and Gena Rowlands.

Starring roles soon followed in the boxoffice smash “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Cruel Intentions,” co-starring Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Miramax’s “54” with Mike Meyers.

Phillippe co-starred in Robert Altman’s Oscar®-nominated film “Gosford Park”; “Igby Goes Down,” with Susan Sarandon and Kieran Culkin; “Anti- Trust” for MGM co-starring Tim Robbins; Paramount Classics’ “Company Man” with Sigourney Weaver; Artisan’s “Way of the Gun”; and Miramax’s “The I Inside.”

Phillippe has also formed the production company Lucid Films, which is housed by Intermedia Films. Lucid Films produces projects for all mediums. The company’s first production is “White Boy Shuffle.”

One of the most gifted actors of his generation, JESSE BRADFORD (Rene Gagnon) is making his mark in Hollywood as he continues to challenge himself with a diversity of roles.

Bradford was most recently seen in Merchant/Ivory’s “Heights,” opposite Glenn Close, James Marsden, and Elizabeth Banks. Prior to that, he starred in Don Roos’s “Happy Endings” opposite Lisa Kudrow.

Bradford will soon start production on Yann Samuell’s “My Sassy Girl,” a remake of the hit South Korean romantic comedy. Bradford will star opposite Elisha Cuthbert.

Bradford is well known for his roles in Peyton Reed’s “Bring it On,” opposite Kirsten Dunst, and John Polson’s thriller “Swimfan,” opposite Erika Christensen. Both films debuted at No. 1 at the box office, in August 2000 and September 2002 respectively.

Bradford made his breakthrough performance in Steven Soderbergh’s acclaimed “King of the Hill.” His role in this film garnered him a Best Actor nomination by the Chicago Film Critics. Bradford’s other film credits include: James Ivory’s “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries,” Iain Softley’s “Hackers,” Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet,” “ Michael Radford’s “Dancing at the Blue Iguana,” and Nickolas Perry’s “Speedway Junky.”

On television, Bradford guest starred on NBC’s Emmy winning drama, “The West Wing” as Ryan Pierce, the intern to Joshua Lyman (Bradley Whitford). Bradford graduated from Columbia University in New York and currently resides in Los Angeles.

ADAM BEACH (Ira Hayes) may be best known for his critically acclaimed portrayal of Victor Joseph in “Smoke Signals,” which won the Filmmaker’s Trophy Award and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Adam also starred opposite Nicolas Cage in “Windtalkers,” the story of the Navajo Code Talkers, who spoke their language as a code during World War II.

Beach has recently completed filming “Comanche Moon,” a 6-hour CBS miniseries, written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry (who recently won screenwriting Oscars® for “Brokeback Mountain”). He plays Blue Duck opposite a star-studded cast that includes Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn. Next, Adam will take on the lead role of Charles Eastman in the HBO film adaptation of the world-renowned book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. He will star opposite Aidan Quinn and Anna Paquin, who plays the young missionary that married Eastman.

Beach’s many studio and independent feature films include “The Big Empty,” “The Art of Woo,” “Posers” “Last Stop,” “Now and Forever,” “My Indian Summer” (Best Actor In A Feature Film by First Americans In The Arts), “A Boy Called Hate,” “The Adventures of Joe Dirt,” opposite David Spade, and “Mystery, Alaska.”

On television, Beach has starred in the television films “Johnny Tootall,” “Skinwalkers,” and “Spirit Rider,” among many others. He has also appeared in several episodes of television, including such programs as “JAG,” “Third Watch,” “The Dead Zone,” “Lonesome Dove,” “Touched By An Angel,” “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Madison,” “Dead Man’s Gun,” a co-starring role as Charlie in CBC’s “The Rez,” and guest-starring on “First Wave.” In Canada, Beach will next star in “Moose TV,” a limited-run comedy series for Canadian television.

Beach was born in Manitoba, Canada, and began acting in Winnipeg when he was a teenager. At the age of 16, he was introduced to an extras casting director and the meeting landed him a spot in the film “Lost in the Barrens,” playing Graham Greene’s canoe mate. Beach spent the next four years in the theatrical world of Manitoba small theatre.

It wasn’t long before Beach was cast as the lead in “Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale” opposite Mandy Patinkin. It was Canada’s own Bruce McDonald, however, that finally recognized Beach’s true potential and penchant for the absurd, casting him as Frank Fencepost in the screen adaptation of W.P. Kinsella’s “Dance Me Outside.” This film garnered him critical acclaim both in Canada and the United States, and landed him a Best Actor award from the American Indian Film Festival.

Beach’s work is strongly rooted in his Native heritage, bringing a unique and diverse perspective to his craft. His commitment to his spiritual development through traditional grass dancing enhances his work. Beach spends his spare time playing hockey and generously donating his voice and enthusiasm in support of Native Youth. He also sings and plays guitar in his own band, Jesus Murphy.

BARRY PEPPER (Mike Strank) first gained critical attention for his remarkable portrayal of Private Jackson in the Academy Award®- and Golden Globe-winning feature “Saving Private Ryan,” directed by Steven Spielberg. Pepper most recently starred in Tommy Lee Jones’s directorial debut, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” which was shown in competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and made a Gala presentation at last year’s AFI Film Festival. For his performance, Pepper received a nomination for Best Supporting Male at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards.

Pepper executive produced and starred in the title role of ESPN’s “3: The Dale Earnhardt Story,” a biopic of the NASCAR star, who died in a crash during the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. He was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for his performance.

Pepper executive produced and starred in “The Snow Walker,” a gripping epic of love and the struggle for survival in the hauntingly beautiful Canadian arctic. The film was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and Vancouver Film Festival. The film received nine Genie Award nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Pepper. The film also garnered six awards, including Best Actor for Pepper, at the Leo Awards, which celebrate excellence in British Columbia Film and Television. The film also had a successful run on the film festival circuit.

Other feature film credits for Pepper include Spike Lee’s “25th Hour”; Mel Gibson’s “We Were Soldiers”; “Knockaround Guys”; “The Green Mile”; “Enemy of the State”; and many others.

His starring role in the HBO feature “61*” earned him nominations for a Golden Globe, an Emmy and a Critic’s Choice Award.

Pepper will next star in the feature film “Unknown” with Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear for The Weinstein Company.

Pepper grew up on the West Coast of Canada in a very unconventional style. At the age of five, his family launched a 50 ft. sailboat, which they hand built in a barn behind their home. Christened the “Moonlighter,” she would become their home for the next five years, throughout an incredibly adventurous voyage throughout the Islands of the South Pacific. Like the early explorers before them, they used a sextant and celestial navigation to find places like Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, and the Marquesa Islands. Pepper was educated by his parents through correspondence courses and was enrolled in public school whenever possible, in such places as Raratonga and New Zealand. The Polynesian people Pepper met on the remote Islands were expressive through storytelling, dance and music. These formative years developed his love of performance and, with no television and confined to a sailboat for month long crossings between countries, Barry intensely nurtured his imagination and creativity skills. The Peppers returned to Canada where they built a farm on a small Island off the West Coast. The town was very eclectic – a community made up of farmers, hippies, poets, painters, and musicians. He discovered his acting passion through his involvement in the Vancouver Actors Studio.

JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY (Keyes Beech) is a well-known face to television viewers and feature film audiences alike. He has been seen in a recurring role as Adam Solomon on “Law & Order” and featured in guest roles on such shows as “CSI,” “Alias,” and “Sex and the City.”

Hickey has also been seen in such feature films as “Flightplan,” “The Bone Collector,” and “The Anniversary Party.” He currently co-stars in “Infamous,” in which he plays Jack Dunphy opposite Toby Jones’s Truman Capote. In January, Hickey will co-star in Paramount’s “Freedom Writers,” opposite Hilary Swank. He is currently filming “Then She Found Me,” starring Helen Hunt and Bette Midler.

JOHN SLATTERY (Bud Gerber) has been lauded for his work in film, on television, and on the stage, where he most recently appeared opposite Cynthia Nixon in the Tony nominated play “Rabbit Hole.” He can also be seen this fall in “The Situation,” an independent film about America’s presence in Iraq, directed by Philip Haas. Other films include the Sundance award winner “The Station Agent,” “Traffic,” “Mona Lisa Smile,” “Sleepers,” and “City Hall.” He recently completed filming Disney’s “Underdog” and is writing the screen adaptation of “The Extra Man” by Tony Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg; he is currently shooting “Charlie Wilson’s War” for director Mike Nichols and “Reservation Road” for writer/director Terry George. He lives in New York City.

With an undeniable screen presence and talent that has enabled him to work on several of the most successful films of the past few years, PAUL WALKER (Hank Hansen) has made the leap to leading man status. When given the opportunity to work with director Clint Eastwood, Walker jumped at the chance.

Walker received critical praise for his performance earlier this year in “Running Scared” and the box-office hit “Eight Below.” Prior to that, he appeared in “Into the Blue” for director John Stockwell.

In 2003, he starred in director John Singleton’s “2 Fast 2 Furious.” In the sequel to the previous year’s box-office hit “The Fast and the Furious” (in which he also starred), Walker reprised his role as Brian O’Connor, a cop who is stripped of his badge and recruited to infiltrate the Miami street racing circuit in an effort to redeem himself.

Walker’s credits also include “Joy Ride,” “The Skulls,” “Varsity Blues,” “Pleasantville,” “She’s All That,” “Brokedown Palace,” and “Noel.” When not on location, Walker resides in Los Angeles.

JAMIE BELL (Ralph Ignatowski) is best known for his award-winning role in Stephen Daldry’s highly acclaimed “Billy Elliot,” for which he was honored with the Best Actor award at the BAFTAs and the Best Newcomer Award for the British Independent Film Awards. Jamie went on to join an all-star cast in Douglas McGrath’s “Nicholas Nickleby” as Smike, then completed a lead role in David Gordon Green’s “Undertow,” opposite Dermot Mulroney and Josh Lucas.

2005 was a huge year for Bell. Jamie starred in the feature film “Chumscrubber” opposite Ralph Fiennes and Carrie-Anne Moss; the film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was released August 5, 2005. Following “Chumscrubber,” Jamie starred in the lead role in “Dear Wendy,” directed by award-winner Thomas Vinterberg, which also premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. “Dear Wendy” was released September 2005. Jamie closed the year as part of the stellar ensemble cast of Peter Jackson’s “King Kong.”

Bell will next star in the title role of the British film “Hallam Foe.” He is currently in production on the sci-fi adventure thriller “Jumper” for director Doug Liman.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

In 2005, CLINT EASTWOOD (Director/Producer/Composer) received the Academy Awards® for Best Picture and Best Director – his second in both categories – for “Million Dollar Baby.” The film also earned Oscars® for Hilary Swank (Best Actress) and Morgan Freeman (Best Supporting Actor) and nominations for three more (Best Actor for Eastwood, Best Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay). In 2003, Eastwood’s critically acclaimed drama, “Mystic River,” debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, earning him a Golden Palm nomination and the Golden Coach Award. “Mystic River” went on to win six Academy Award® nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay) and two Oscars® (Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor). In 1993, Eastwood’s foreboding, revisionist western, “Unforgiven,” won nine Academy Award® nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editor and Best Sound) and four Oscars® (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Editor). Eastwood also received the Academy’s Irving Thalberg Memorial Award in 1995.

Eastwood was first honored by the Golden Globes in 1971 with the Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite; in 1988, he was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. The following year, he was honored with the Golden Globe for Best Director for “Bird” and in 1993, he was awarded Best Director for “Unforgiven.” Nominated in 2004 for his direction of “Mystic River,” Eastwood took home his third Best Director Golden Globe in 2005 for “Million Dollar Baby.” He was also nominated in 2005 for his score to that film. In addition to the Thalberg Award and DeMille Award, Eastwood’s many other lifetime career achievement awards include honors from the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Film Institute and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the French Film Society, the National Board of Review, the Henry Manicini Institute (Hank Award for distinguished service to American music), and the Hamburg Film Festival (Douglas Sirk Award). He is also the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor, awards from the American Cinema Editors and the Publicists’ Guild, an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Wesleyan University, and, as a five-time winner of Favorite Motion Picture Actor from the People’s Choice Awards, a 1999 nominee for Favorite All-Time Movie Star. In 1991, Eastwood was Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society’s Man of the Year, and in 1992, he received the California Governor’s Award for the Arts.

No stranger to the Cannes Film Festival, Eastwood served as president of the jury in 1994 and has been given Best Picture Golden Palm nominations for “White Hunter, Black Heart” in 1990, “Bird” in 1988 (which won for Best Actor and Best Sound), and “Pale Rider” in 1985.

Clint Eastwood Filmography “Letters from Iwo Jima” (2007) – directed, produced “Flags of Our Fathers” (2006) – directed, produced “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) – directed, produced, starred “Mystic River” (2003) – directed, produced “Blood Work” (2002) – directed, produced, starred “Space Cowboys” (2000) – directed, produced, starred “True Crime” (1999) – directed, produced, starred “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” (1997) – directed, produced “Absolute Power” (1997) – directed, produced, starred “The Stars Fell on Henrietta” (1995) – produced “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995) – directed, produced, starred “A Perfect World” (1993) – directed, produced, starred “In the Line of Fire” (1993) – starred “Unforgiven” (1992) – directed, produced, starred “The Rookie” (1990) – directed, starred “White Hunter Black Heart” (1990) – directed, produced, starred “Pink Cadillac” (1989) – starred “Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser”(1988) – executive produced “Bird” (1988) – directed, produced “The Dead Pool” (1988) – starred “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986) – directed, produced, starred “Pale Rider” (1985) – directed, produced, starred “City Heat” (1984) – starred “Tightrope” (1984) – produced, starred “Sudden Impact” (1983) – directed, produced, starred “Honkytonk Man” (1982) – directed, produced, starred “Firefox” (1982) – directed, produced, starred “Any Which Way You Can” (1980) – starred “Bronco Billy” (1980) – directed, starred “Escape from Alcatraz” (1979) – starred “Every Which Way But Loose” (1978) – starred “The Gauntlet” (1977) – directed, starred “The Enforcer” (1976) – starred “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976) – directed, starred “The Eiger Sanction” (1975) – directed, starred “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974) – starred “Magnum Force” (1973) – starred “Breezy” (1973) – directed “High Plains Drifter” (1973) – directed, starred “Joe Kidd” (1972) – starred “Dirty Harry” (1971) – starred “Play Misty for Me” (1971) – directed, starred Starred: “The Beguiled” (1971) “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970) “Two Mules for Sister Sara” (1970) “Paint Your Wagon” (1969) “Where Eagles Dare” (1968) “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968) “Hang ‘Em High” (1968) “The Witches” (1967) “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” (1966) “For A Few Dollars More” (1965) “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964) Appeared: “Lafayette Escadrille” (1957) “Ambush at Cimarron Pass” (1957) “Escapade in Japan” (1957) “Star in the Dust” (1956) “The First Traveling Saleslady” (1956) “Away All Boats” (1956) “Never Say Goodbye” (1956) “Tarantula” (1955) “Lady Godiva” (1955) “Francis in the Navy” (1955) “Revenge of the Creature” (1955) Television: “Amazing Stories” (1985) directed segment, “Vanessa in the Garden” “Rawhide” (1959-1966) starred “Mister Ed” (1962) guest “Maverick” (1959) guest “Highway Patrol” (1958) guest “West Point” (1957) guest

WILLIAM BROYLES, JR. (Screenwriter) most recently adapted the screenplay for “Jarhead,” based on the book by Anthony Swofford. Prior to that, he penned the adaptation of Warner Bros.’ hit animated feature “The Polar Express,” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Nominated for an Academy Award® and WGA Award for his 1996 adaptation of “Apollo 13,” he was also named Screenwriter of the Year at the 2001 ShoWest convention. Broyles’ other adapted screenplays include Adrian Lyne’s “Unfaithful,”

Tim Burton’s “Planet of the Apes,” and the television miniseries “J.F.K.: Reckless Youth.” His original screenplays include “Cast Away,” his first collaboration with Zemeckis and Hanks, “Entrapment,” starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the feature-length pilot for the television series he created, “China Beach.”

A graduate of Rice University, Broyles is a founding editor of the respected Texas Monthly magazine and a former editor of Newsweek. He served in the Marines as a fighter pilot in Vietnam and wrote the book Brother in Arms based on his return visit to that country 15 years later as a journalist.

On March 5, 2006, PAUL HAGGIS (screenwriter) became the first person in the history of the Academy Awards® to write two back-to-back Best Picture winners, for “Crash” and the previous year’s winner, “Million Dollar Baby.” “Crash,” a movie Haggis co-wrote, directed and produced, was nominated for six Academy Awards®, and on that evening Haggis took home both Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscars®. Just weeks prior, the cast of “Crash” won SAG’s highest award for Best Ensemble, and Haggis and Bobby Moresco won Writers’ Guild, BAFTA and Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Haggis was also nominated for the Director’s Guild Award, and the film received a number of other honors, including a Golden Globe nomination and the Grand Prize at the Deauville Film Festival. Upon its release in May 2005, “Crash” proved to be one of the very few independent hits of the year; with a $6.5m budget, and to date has taken in over $55m domestically.

Haggis’s career in film began in 2000, after years of success in TV, when he optioned the short story and wrote the script “Million Dollar Baby” on spec. Once Haggis’ producing partner got the script to Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby” became a reality. In 2004, Eastwood shot Haggis’s first draft without any changes, and less than a year after having first read the script, “Million Dollar Baby” was in theatres. The picture went on to gross over $100 million dollars in the U.S. and earned four Academy Awards®.

Most recently, Haggis adapted the screenplay for “The Last Kiss,” based on the Italian film “L’Ultimo Bacio,” written by Gabriele Muccino. Haggis is collaborating with Eastwood on “Letters from Iwo Jima,” Clint Eastwood’s companion film to “Flags of Our Fathers.” Additionally, Haggis recently completed writing services on “Casino Royale,” the latest James Bond film, set to reach theatres in November 2006.

Currently, Haggis has a wide variety of projects in various stages, including “Against All Enemies,” from the book by Richard A. Clarke for Sony Pictures, “Death and Dishonor” with journalist Mark Boal for Warner Bros., and “Honeymoon with Harry” from the book by Bart Baker for New Line. He also has a new drama series, “The Black Donnellys,” set to premiere on NBC in the fall.

Haggis has created a variety of shows for television; his favorite being the critically acclaimed CBS series “EZ Street.” Although the series was short-lived, it still routinely turns up on critics’ Top Ten lists. The NY Times recently named it one of the most influential TV series of all time, saying “without ‘EZ Streets,’ there would be no ‘Sopranos.’”

In March of 2003, Razor Magazine made a list of “nonconformists that defy dictates, the iconoclasts that cling to independent thought, the radicals that refuse adherence – that give us pause. They are what legends are made of.” Along with Sam Shepard, Julian Schnabel, Baz Luhrmann, Lance Armstrong, Richard Branson, Robert Shapiro, John Irving and Bill Clinton, Razor named writer-director Paul Haggis as one of their “25 Mavericks” of the year. Haggis is the recipient of many awards, including two Academy Awards®, one WGA Award, one BAFTA, two Emmys, the Humanitas Prize, TV Critics Association Program of the Year Award, Viewers For Quality Television Founders Award, Banff TV Award, Columbia Mystery Writers Award, six Geminis, two Houston Worldfest Gold Awards and the Prism Award.

He also accepted the EMA Award, Genesis Award, Ethel Levitt Memorial Award for Humanitarian Service, Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Director and the WGA’s prestigious Valentine Davies Award, awarded to Haggis for “bringing honor and dignity to writers everywhere.”

Haggis is co-founder of Artists for Peace and Justice, a member of the Board of Directors of The Hollywood Education and Literacy Project; For the Arts – For Every Child; the Environmental Media Association; and a founding board member of ECO, the Earth Communications Office. He is also a member of The President’s Council of The Defenders of Wildlife, and a member of the Advisory Board of The Center for the Advancement of Non-Violence.

STEVEN SPIELBERG (Producer) is a principal partner of DreamWorks Studios, which he co-founded with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in October 1994 and which was sold to Paramount Pictures in early 2006. Under their leadership, DreamWorks has enjoyed critical and commercial success, and has been responsible for some of the most honored films in recent years, including three consecutive Best Picture Academy Award® winners: “American Beauty,” “Gladiator,” and “A Beautiful Mind” (the latter two co-productions with Universal). One of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers, Spielberg has directed, produced, or executive produced some of the top- grossing films of all time, including “Jurassic Park” and “E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial.” Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award® winner, earning two Oscars® for Best Director and Best Picture for “Schindler’s List,” and a third Oscar® for Best Director for “Saving Private Ryan.”

A DreamWorks/Paramount co-production, the critically acclaimed World War II drama “Saving Private Ryan,” starring Tom Hanks, was the highest- grossing release (domestically) of 1998. It was also one of the year’s most honored films, earning five Oscars®, including the one for Spielberg as Best Director, as well as two Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director. Spielberg was also recognized by his peers with a Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award, and shared with the film’s other producers in the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Theatrical Motion Picture Producer of the Year. That year, the PGA also presented Spielberg with the prestigious Milestone Award for his historic contribution to the motion picture industry.

“Saving Private Ryan” also won Best Picture honors from the New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, British and Broadcast Film Critics Associations, with the Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics also naming Spielberg Best Director.

In 1994, Spielberg won two Academy Awards®, for Best Director and Best Picture, for the internationally lauded “Schindler’s List,” which received a total of seven Oscars®. The film also collected Best Picture honors from the major critics organizations, in addition to seven BAFTA Awards, including two for Spielberg. He also won the Golden Globe Award and received his second DGA Award.

Spielberg won his first DGA Award for his work on “The Color Purple.” He has also been honored with Academy Award® nominations for Best Director for “Munich,” “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Additionally, he earned DGA Award nominations for those films, as well as “Empire of the Sun,” “Jaws” and “Amistad.” With ten in all, Spielberg has received more DGA Award nominations than any director in history, and, in 2000, he received the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 2005, Spielberg directed two films - “War of the Worlds” and “Munich” - and was a producer on, “Memoirs of a Geisha.” “War of the Worlds” starred Tom Cruise and was a contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells’ classic futuristic novel. “Munich,” a historical thriller set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, earned five Academy Award® nominations including Best Picture and Best Director for Spielberg. The Universal/DreamWorks co-production starred Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, and Geoffrey Rush. “Memoirs of a Geisha,” directed by Rob Marshall and based on the best-selling book by Arthur Golden won three Oscars® for Best Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design. Spielberg’s other recent films include “The Terminal,” starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and “Catch Me If You Can,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

Spielberg also wrote, directed and produced “A.I.,” which was realized from the vision of the late Stanley Kubrick. In 2000, Spielberg won the Stanley Kubrick Britania Award for Excellence in Film, presented by BAFTA - Los Angeles.

Born on December 18, 1946, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Spielberg was raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona. He started making amateur films while still in his teens, later studying film at California State University, Long Beach. In 1969, his 22-minute short “Amblin” was shown at the Atlanta Film Festival, which led to his becoming the youngest director ever to be signed to a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.

Four years later, he directed the suspenseful telefilm “Duel,” which garnered both critical and audience attention. He made his feature film directorial debut on “The Sugarland Express” from a screenplay he co-wrote. His other earlier film credits as director include “Always,” “Hook,” and the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” sequels “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

In 1984, Spielberg formed his own production company, Amblin Entertainment. Under the Amblin banner, he has served as producer or executive producer on more than a dozen films, including such successes as “Gremlins,” “Goonies,” “Back to the Future I, II, and III,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” “An American Tail,” “The Land Before Time,” “The Flintstones,” “Casper,” “Twister,” “The Mask of Zorro,” “Men in Black” and “Men in Black II.” Amblin Entertainment also produces the hit series “ER” with Warner Bros. TV.

Spielberg’s other TV endeavors include executive producing with Tom Hanks the award-winning miniseries “Band of Brothers” for HBO and DreamWorks Television. Based on the book of the same name by the late Stephen Ambrose, the fact-based World War II project won both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Miniseries. Also an Emmy winner for Best Miniseries was 2002’s “Taken” which Spielberg executive produced for DreamWorks Television and The Sci-Fi Channel. In 2005, Spielberg and DreamWorks Television partnered with TNT to executive produce the 12-hour limited series “Into the West” which followed two multi-generational American and Native American families with each telling the dramatic stories of the development of the West from their distinct points of view. Coming in 2007 is “On the Lot,” an unscripted series which will allow aspiring director/filmmakers to vie for a studio development deal at DreamWorks. “On the Lot” is produced by Mark Burnett Productions, DreamWorks Television and Amblin Television. The reality series, which will air on Fox, was created by Spielberg and Mark Burnett, who will also serve as executive producers.

Spielberg has also devoted his time and resources to many philanthropic causes. The impact of his experience making “Schindler’s List,” led him to establish the Righteous Persons Foundation using all his profits from the film. He also founded Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which has recorded more than 52,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies. Spielberg executive produced “The Last Days,” the Shoah Foundation’s third documentary, which won the Academy Award® in 1999 for Best Documentary Feature. In 2005, the Foundation’s repository of testimonies was transferred to the University of Southern California. The new USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education will be dedicated to research and scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, Spielberg is the chairman emeritus of the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, which combines the efforts of pediatric health care, technology and entertainment to empower seriously ill children.

ROBERT LORENZ (Producer) has worked alongside Clint Eastwood for more than a decade, collaborating on 10 films together, including “Mystic River,” for which Lorenz was nominated for an Academy Award® as producer. Lorenz executive produced the Academy Award® winner, “Million Dollar Baby,” and “Blood Work.” Currently, he is producing, along with Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, “Letters from Iwo Jima, “ the companion film to “Flags of Our Fathers.”

Lorenz oversees all aspects of the films produced at Eastwood’s company, Malpaso Productions, from development through production, post-production, marketing and distribution. Presently, he is also developing “Rails and Ties,” a film to be directed by Alison Eastwood. The Warner Independent Picture is set to begin filming in early 2007, with Lorenz as producer.

Lorenz attributes his successful working relationship with Clint Eastwood to a shared interest in compelling human dramas, and a similar, no-nonsense approach to filmmaking. He is proud to share in Malpaso’s well-earned reputation as an efficient, well-oiled production machine.

Lorenz grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and moved to Los Angeles to begin his film career in 1989. He has over twenty films to his credit as an assistant director and joined Eastwood in that capacity in 1994. He has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1993 and the Producers Guild of America since 2005. Lorenz met his wife, Melissa, while working together on “The Bridges of Madison County.” They live in the Los Angeles area with their two children.

TIM MOORE (Co-Producer) has overseen the physical production of Clint Eastwood’s last four films – “Flags of Our Fathers,” the upcoming “Letters from Iwo Jima,” the Oscar®-nominated “Mystic River,” and the Oscar®-winning “Million Dollar Baby.” As he played a role in making Eastwood’s legendary style of filmmaking possible – with few takes, coming in under budget, wrapping early – Moore has developed a first-rate reputation in his field. In addition to Eastwood, Moore works closely with director Rowdy Herrington, collaborating on the films “Jack’s Back,” “Road House,” and “A Murder of Crows.”

Moore also produced “Animal Factory” starring Steve Buscemi for Franchise Pictures and co-produced “White River Kid” for producer Eli Samaha. He also served as the production manager on the Marine Corps action thriller “Semper Fi” for Dreamworks/NBC and produced the noted MOW “Stolen from the Heart” for CBS with the legendary Leonard Hill.

His management skills were honed while at UCLA, where he met fraternity brother John Shepherd. Shepherd and Moore went on to produce four award-winning independent features, including “The Climb,” “The Ride,” “Eye of the Storm,” and last year’s ESPY nominee, “Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius.” He lives in Hermosa Beach with his wife Bobbe and their two dogs. They are actively engaged in the Amanda Foundation, which promotes the adoption of homeless pets nationwide.

TOM STERN (Director of Photography) was the director of photography on the Academy Award®-nominated film “Mystic River” and the Academy Award®-winner “Million Dollar Baby,” following his service in that capacity on “Blood Work.” Stern was promoted by Clint Eastwood to director of photography after working with Malpaso Productions for over two decades as chief lighting technician. His other recent credits as director of photography include “Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius”; “Romance & Cigarettes,” directed by John Turturro; “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”; and “The Last Kiss.” Stern’s credits with Eastwood include “Space Cowboys,” “A Perfect World,” “Unforgiven,” and “The Rookie.” He was also credited as lighting consultant on “Bird” and as gaffer for “Heartbreak Ridge,” “Pale Rider,” “Tightrope,” “Sudden Impact,” and “Honkytonk Man.”

In addition to the Eastwood films, Stern also worked as chief lighting technician on “Road to Perdition,” “American Beauty,” “The Phantom” (Los Angeles unit), “Dangerous Minds,” “Class Action,” and “Impulse.” As gaffer, Stern is credited with “Spaceballs,” “Twice in a Lifetime,” “All the Right Moves,” “White Dog,” and “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” and as second unit camera operator on “Running Scared.”

The late HENRY BUMSTEAD (Production Designer) was a two-time Academy Award®-winning production designer. He received the Oscar® for both “The Sting” and “To Kill A Mockingbird,” with additional credits including some of the most notable films in the history of Hollywood. Early assignments as an art director, such as “Come Back Little Sheba,” “The Bridges at Toko-Ri,” “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” and “Vertigo,” for which he was nominated for an Academy Award®, set the tone for his work to follow.

Bumstead’s career highlights, including the two Oscar®-winners, feature credits such as “Topaz,” “Joe Kidd,” “High Plains Drifter,” “Slaughterhouse- Five,” “The Great Waldo Pepper,” “Front Page,” “Family Plot,” “Slapshot,” “Father Goose,” “Same Time Next Year,” “A Little Romance,” “The World According to Garp,” “The Little Drummer Girl,” “Knock on Wood,” “A Time of Destiny,” “Funny Farm,” “Her Alibi,” “Ghost Dad,” “House Calls,” and “Cape Fear” with Martin Scorsese.

In conjunction with Eastwood’s Malpaso Productions, Bumstead has worked on “Unforgiven,” for which he was again nominated for an Academy Award®, “A Perfect World,” “The Stars Fell on Henrietta,” “Absolute Power,” “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” “True Crime,” “Space Cowboys,” “Blood Work,” “Mystic River,” and “Million Dollar Baby.”

Bumstead’s final film credit is Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima,” the companion film to “Flags of Our Fathers.”

JOEL COX (Editor) has worked with Clint Eastwood for more than 30 years, including the films “Million Dollar Baby,” “Mystic River,” “Blood Work,” “Space Cowboys,” “True Crime,” “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” “Absolute Power,” “The Bridges of Madison County,” “A Perfect World,” and “Unforgiven,” for which he won an Academy Award® for Best Editor.

Cox has spent his entire career at Warner Bros., most notably on Eastwood’s films. The relationship began in l975 when Cox worked as an assistant editor on “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” Since then, Cox has cut 20 more films that have, in some combination, either starred, been produced or directed by Clint Eastwood.

Cox’s credits as co-editor with his mentor, noted editor Ferris Webster, include “The Enforcer,” “The Gauntlet,” “Every Which Way But Loose,” “Escape from Alcatraz,” “Bronco Billy,” and “Honkytonk Man.”

“Sudden Impact” was Cox’s first film as editor, a title he has held ever since, including credits on “Tightrope,” “Pale Rider,” “Heartbreak Ridge,” “Bird,” “The Dead Pool,” “Pink Cadillac,” “White Hunter, Black Heart,” and “The Rookie.”

DEBORAH HOPPER (Costume Designer) began her association with Clint Eastwood more than 20 years ago as the women’s costume supervisor on “Tightrope.” She continued in that role on Eastwood’s films “Pale Rider,” “Heartbreak Ridge,” “Bird,” “The Dead Pool,” “Pink Cadillac,” and “The Rookie,” before overseeing all costumes on Eastwood’s films – first, as costume supervisor on “Absolute Power,” “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” and “True Crime,” and then, as costume designer on “Blood Work,” “Mystic River,” and “Million Dollar Baby,” as well as “Flags of Our Fathers” and the upcoming “Letters from Iwo Jima.”

Hopper was awarded an Emmy for her work as a women’s costumer on “Shakedown on the Sunset Strip,” a telefilm set in the 1950s. Other credits for Hopper as both costume supervisor and women’s costume supervisor include “Mulholland Falls,” “Showgirls,” “Chaplin,” “Exit to Eden,” “Intersection,” “The Haunting,” “Strange Days,” “Dear God,” and “Basic Instinct,” among numerous others.

Hopper began her career designing costumes for touring Broadway productions, ice shows, and the Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Ballet companies. A native of that city, Hopper relocated to San Francisco, where she joined the San Francisco Opera and Ballet Companies in the costume department. During the four years she served with these companies, Hopper was involved with many local and touring seasonal productions, featuring such international opera stars as Beverly Sills and Luciano Pavarotti and such ballet legends as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Suzanne Farrell. On a visit back home, she started her film career as a location seamstress on the television miniseries “Centennial,” and soon after, joined Universal Studios, costuming first for television and then for film. Hopper later joined Eastwood’s Malpaso production company, continuing her feature film work.

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