MICHAEL BAY (Director/Executive Producer)
ALEX KURTZMAN & ROBERTO ORCI (Screenplay by, Story by)
JOHN ROGERS (Story by)
LORENZO di BONAVENTURA (Producer)
TOM DESANTO (Producer)
DON MURPHY (Producer)
IAN BRYCE (Producer)
STEVEN SPIELBERG (Executive Producer)
BRIAN GOLDNER (Executive Producer)
MARK VAHRADIAN (Executive Producer)
JEFF MANN (Production Designer)
PAUL RUBELL, A.C.E. (Editor)
GLEN SCANTLEBURY (Editor)
THOMAS A. MULDOON (Editor)
DEBORAH L. SCOTT (Costume Designer)
STEVE JABLONSKY (Composer)
DAVE JORDAN (Music Supervisor)
SCOTT FARRAR (Visual Effects Supervisor)
ALLEGRA CLEGG (Co-Producer)
JOHN FRAZIER (Special Effects Supervisor)
SCOTT BENZA (Animation Supervisor)
SHARI HANSON (Visual Effects Producer)
KEN BATES (Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director/Co-Producer)

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

MICHAEL BAY (Director/Executive Producer) After launching his career as an award-winning commercial and music video director, launching his career as an award-winning commercial and music video director, Michael Bayquickly emerged as one of Hollywood's boldest and most bankable feature film directors.

(Left to right) SHIA LaBEOUF, Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL BAY and JOSH DUHAMEL on the set of "TRANSFORMERS"

Characterized by his aggressive visual style, high-octane action sequences and quick-cut editing that have become the L.A. native's cinematic signature, Bay's half-dozen films have topped nearly $2 billion in worldwide ticket sales. Now established as one of the industry's elite action filmmakers, Bay's latest effort is "TRANSFORMERS," one of this summer's most hotly anticipated movie events.

Bay has been dazzling audiences since the premiere of his first feature film, "Bad Boys" starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, in 1995. Nominated for Best Action Sequence at the MTV Movie Awards, the film grossed over $140 million worldwide, making it Columbia Pictures' top-grossing film of that year. Bay's impressive sophomore effort, "The Rock," starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, followed a year later. Shot on location on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, "The Rock" surpassed Bay's blockbuster debut, taking in more than $300 million worldwide. His third directing effort, "Armageddon," which he produced with Jerry Bruckheimer, starred Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, and earned over $550 million around the globe.

Bay continued his hot streak in 2001, directing the epic "Pearl Harbor" and sharing producer credit on the film with Bruckheimer. Their collaboration once again bore fruit, as "Pearl Harbor" raked in $450 million in box office receipts worldwide. In 2003, Bay reteamed with Smith, Lawrence and Bruckheimer for the summer hit "Bad Boys II." The filmmaker's most recent effort was the action thriller "The Island" starring Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean and Steve Buscemi, which earned receipts totaling more than $160 million.

Bay's production company, Bay Films, remains one of the most cutting-edge production entities in Hollywood today and continues to grow. Five years ago, Bay joined forces with producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to create Platinum Dunes, a company whose mission is to make films with budgets under $20 million that would give talented commercial and video directors the chance to break into the feature world.

The first offering from the company was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," a re-imagining of the 1974 cult classic, which opened to top-notch reviews and grossed over $110 million worldwide. The company's second film, "The Amityville Horror," reached receipts of more than $108 million. Two more films quickly followed: the original script, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Beginning," which earned $51 million; and a re-conceptualization of the 1986 thriller, "The Hitcher," that garnered close to $20 million.

In 2006, Bay became an owner and co-chairman of premiere visual effects house Digital Domain. While maintaining DD's stature in the effects business, Bay will also use the company to create cutting-edge video games and bridge the gap between cinematic and VFX imagery.

Fresh out of film school in 1989, Bay began directing commercials and music videos for Propaganda Films. His works for such acts as Meat Loaf, Aerosmith, Tina Turner, Donny Osmond, and the DiVinyls won the young filmmaker recognition, acclaim, and a number of MTV Video Award nominations. He won the coveted Best Music Video prize in 1992.

When Bay's first television spot -- for the American Red Cross --was honored with a Clio in 1992, it heralded the aspiring film director's rapid ascent from unknown film school grad to creative force. Over the next three years, the Wesleyan University graduate would direct some of the best known and most acclaimed advertising campaigns in the world, including those for Nike, Budweiser, Coca Cola, Reebok and Miller. In 1995, Bay was honored by the Directors Guild of America as Commercial Director of the Year.

Bay is the youngest director to have won nearly every award bestowed by the advertising industry. He won the Grand Prix Clio for Commercial of the Year for the irreverent "Got Milk?/Aaron Burr" commercial; this famous spot, along with two others in the "Got Milk?" campaign created by Bay, won Best Campaign of the Year at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

In Cannes, at the world's largest competition for commercials, Bay won the Gold Lion for "The Best Beer" campaign for Miller, and the Silver Lion for the "Got Milk?" spot.

Bay's next film is "The Horsemen," which he executive- produced. Scheduled for release in December, the fifth release under the Platinum Dunes banner stars Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Peter Stormare and Eric Balfour under the direction of Jonas Åkerlund.

ALEX KURTZMAN & ROBERTO ORCI (Screenplay by, Story by) have been partners-in-imagination since high school. Penning adventure stories and making ambitious home movies prior to meeting each other, they soon realized the magic of their combined creativity and began to dream of one day making Hollywood movies together.

After high school, each traveled to different corners of the U.S. to attend college --Kurtzman to NYU, then Wesleyan, and Orci to the University of Texas --where they continued to write scripts in tandem over the phone. They landed their first writing job in television on the popular adventure shows "Hercules" and "Xena: Warrior Princess," where they ascended to the position of head writers at the unusually young age of 23. Kurtzman and Orci subsequently went on to become writers and executive producers on the acclaimed, award-winning television spy thriller "Alias."

Their produced feature film writing credits include "The Legend of Zorro" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas; Michael Bay's sci-fi thriller "The Island" starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor; "Mission: Impossible III," starring Tom Cruise in the iconic role of super-agent Ethan Hunt; the upcoming "Star Trek" feature film to be directed by J.J. Abrams for Paramount Pictures; and another Michael Bay project, "2012: The War for Souls" for Warner Bros., which they will also produce. Next in the pipeline is the action-adventure "Amazon," which chronicles the life of a female gladiator and is set to star Scarlett Johansson. In addition to these writing projects, Kurtzman and Orci are producing a continually growing slate of movies for a variety of Hollywood studios.

JOHN ROGERS (Story by) Raised in the United States, John Rogers moved to Montreal to get his theoretical physics degree and wound up staying. In 1988, he took a comedy writing course at the Comedy Nest in Montreal. Within a year, he was invited to perform at the International Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, the largest all-comedy event in the world. At Just for Laughs, a booker for the Melbourne Comedy Festival spotted Rogers and brought him out to Australia as part of a three-man show which ran for two months.

Back in North America in 1990, Rogers honed his routine in the competitive Boston comedy scene. Along the way he tended bar, slept in his car and on couches, and co-wrote a comedy show on a Boston Top-10 radio station. It was while bartending in a Harvard hangout, recounting road stories to the waiters after the bar had closed, that his offbeat style gelled. From bungee jumping to theoretical physics, relationships to exploding cars, Rogers' material doesn't come across as just a string of one-liners. The routine is one of those wandering, eclectic, after-hours conversations friends will have, leapfrogging from story to story.

After another four years of touring --headlining clubs in both Canada and the U.S., performing at over two hundred colleges and special corporate shows -- Rogers really peaked in the summer of 1994. He appeared in the "Just for Laughs Showtime Special" with Kelsey Grammer and Brett Butler, and signed a six-episode sitcom development deal with CBS, where he starred in the CBS/Touchstone Television pilot "In the Mood." As a stand-up, Rogers has starred in two solo network comedy specials, has received three Gemini-Award nominations (Canadian Emmys) and has been hailed by The Montreal Gazette as "one of the funniest people on the planet."

When Rogers' pilot was somehow left off of CBS' fall schedule, it was not long before he found himself in the employ of CBS once again --this time as a writer on the series "Cosby," for which he served as a writer-producer for three years. After his third season on the series, he signed an overall deal with Big Ticket Television, where he wrote pilots for CBS, NBC and USA. Rogers also found the time to create the Sony animated series "Jackie Chan Adventures" with Jackie Chan, which became a runaway hit on the Kids WB. In 2004, John returned to television to develop and executive produce a show based on the DC graphic novel Global Frequency for the WB network.

Not one to rest on his television laurels, Rogers decided to add feature film screenwriter to his resume with the Morgan Creek/Warner Bros. production "American Outlaws," which led to subsequent assignments including the Paramount action film "The Core" and Warner Bros.' "Catwoman."

Rogers is currently getting set to make his directorial debut on Studio Canal's "Honor Among Thieves," produced by two of his cinematic heroes, John Woo and Terence Chang.

LORENZO di BONAVENTURA (Producer) was born in New York. His father, Mario di Bonaventura, is an international conductor. Di Bonaventura received his undergraduate degree in intellectual history at Harvard College and earned a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. He began his professional life operating a river rafting company and later joined Columbia Pictures and worked in distribution, marketing and in the office of the President.

Producers IAN BRYCE (left) and LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA (right) on the set of "TRANSFORMERS"

In February 1989, di Bonaventura joined Warner Bros. While at Warner Bros., he was involved in over 130 productions. Among his biggest commercial and critical successes were "Falling Down," "A Time to Kill," "The Matrix," "Analyze This," "The Perfect Storm," "Ocean's Eleven," "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "Training Day" and "Scooby-Doo."

In January 2003, di Bonaventura formed a production company based at Paramount Pictures. Di Bonaventura Pictures most recently produced "Four Brothers" and "Shooter," both of which starred Mark Wahlberg, "Constantine" starring Keanu Reeves, "Derailed" starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen and "Doom" starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Karl Urban.

Di Bonaventura's upcoming films include "Stardust," starring Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro, and the thriller "1408," starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.

TOM DESANTO (Producer) is a self-described pop-culture junkie and has developed a reputation as a filmmaker with a great instinct for discovering franchises where no one else is looking. With "X-Men," "Battlestar Galactica" and "TRANSFORMERS," he has become known as the "fan's producer."

Having grown up in New Jersey as the son of a police officer, DeSanto has always had a true passion for movies, television, and all things pop culture. He is the proud owner of more than 30,000 comic books and dreamed since his childhood of bringing the characters he loved to the big screen.

DeSanto co-produced the film version of Stephen King's "Apt Pupil," which was the start of his fruitful relationship with director Bryan Singer. It was DeSanto's dream to do "X Men" and his take on the universe that brought Singer, who had never read comic books, into that world in 1996. In addition to his duties as executive producer on "X-Men," DeSanto co-wrote the story and worked as screenwriter on the draft which earned the film its green light. "X-Men" earned over $300 million worldwide and was the foundation for the lucrative 20th Century Fox franchise.

After "X-Men," DeSanto pulled "Battlestar Galactica" out of mothballs, developing the new project for Universal Television. "Battlestar Galactica" was the #1 rated miniseries on cable in 2003. The surprise ratings success spurred Universal to launch a new series, which is currently the #1 rated series on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Returning to the world of "X-Men," DeSanto shot, edited, and produced the DVD "X-Men 1.5," which was one of Fox's top- selling DVDs. He continued as part of the guiding force for "X2: X-Men United," which earned over $400 million box office worldwide. The "X-Men" franchise has since gone on to gross over $1 billion around the world.

Due to his reputation as the "fan's producer," DeSanto was approached by a group of first-time filmmakers who were struggling to create a feature documentary chronicling the "Lord of the Rings" phenomenon. After seeing some footage and assessing potential for the film, DeSanto agreed to come aboard as executive producer and mentor, securing finishing funds for the project. The result was the award-winning "Ringers: Lord of the Fans," which was promptly snapped up by Sony for DVD release in November 2005 and was a surprise hit. The documentary was nominated for a Saturn award for Best DVD Release of 2005.

DeSanto is currently developing the best-selling video game property "City Of Heroes" for television and features. Knowing the world of superheroes very well, he has written the bible for the Hollywood version of the property. He is also currently writing and producing an animated film version of the "Teen Titans" for DC Comics and Warner Bros. It will continue his reputation of bringing universes that he loves to life. But DeSanto is also making the move into creating a whole new universe for the world of pop culture with "Dino- Sapiens," which asks the question "what if the dinosaurs didn't all die out? What if some dinos aurs not only survived...but evolved!?"

DON MURPHY (Producer) was born on probation on Long Island, New York, and grew up dreaming of making movies. After receiving his Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, he moved to Los Angeles, where he received his MFA degree from the prestigious University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. This was also the first time he figured out what a producer actually was.

With no clear plan, Murphy decided to try producing, and right out of the gate ended up producing "Natural Born Killers," based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Oliver Stone. That film attracted so much attention it was eventually canonized in a best-selling book, Killer Instinct. Since then he has focused on producing films he wants to see, be they Stephen King's "Apt Pupil," directed by Bryan Singer, or Alan Moore's "From Hell," directed by the Hughes Brothers and starring Johnny Depp.

In addition to "TRANSFORMERS," Murphy currently has two other films ready for release: "Shoot `Em Up," written and directed by USC classmate Michael Davis, and "While She Was Out," starring Kim Basinger. written and directed by Susan Montford.

IAN BRYCE (Producer) was a producer on Sam Raimi's mega- blockbuster action adventure "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire as the web-casting superhero, which was the top- grossing film domestically of 2002. The following year, he produced Antoine Fuqua's drama "Tears of the Sun," starring Bruce Willis, and in 2005 he produced Michael Bay's "The Island."

Producers IAN BRYCE (left) and LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA (right) on the set of "TRANSFORMERS"

Bryce had earlier won a Golden Globe Award and earned an Academy Award® nomination for his work as a producer on Steven Spielberg's widely acclaimed World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan." The movie won Best Picture honors from numerous critics' organizations, including the New York, Los Angeles and Broadcast Film Critics associations. Bryce also shared a Producers Guild of America Award for the film. He went on to produce Cameron Crowe's nostalgic comedy-drama "Almost Famous," which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture -- Musical or Comedy, and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Picture.

Bryce's other producing credits include "Forces of Nature," starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock; the action thriller "Hard Rain," with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; Penelope Spheeris' big-screen version of the classic television series "The Beverly Hillbillies"; and Jan de Bont's blockbusters "Twister" and directorial debut film "Speed."

Born in England, Bryce started his career as a production assistant on the third installment of the first "Star Wars" trilogy, "Return of the Jedi." He moved up to second assistant director on Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and later served as a production manager on "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

In addition, Bryce served as the line producer/production manager on Philip Kaufman's "Rising Sun," and was an associate producer/production manager on Tim Burton's smash hit "Batman Returns." He also worked as a production manager on such films as Francis Ford Coppola's "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," Ron Howard's "Willow" and Joe Johnston's "The Rocketeer."

STEVEN SPIELBERG (Executive 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 coproductions 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."

(Left to right) Executive Producer STEVEN SPIELBERG, Producer IAN BRYCE and Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL BAY on the set of "TRANSFORMERS"

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 10 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.

Spielberg is currently at work on the fourth installment of the "Indiana Jones" adventure which is starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf, and will be released in theaters worldwide May 22, 2008. In 2006, Spielberg produced two films with director/producer Clint Eastwood "Flags of Our Fathers," nominated for two Academy Awards®, and it's companion film, "Letters From Iwo Jima," which was nominated for four Oscars® including Best Picture. 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' classis 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 Brittania 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 22minute 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 May 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 were 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.

BRIAN GOLDNER (Executive Producer), a toy industry veteran, is Hasbro, Inc.'s Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since early 2006.

Before being named COO, Goldner led Hasbro's U.S. Toy Division as President with responsibility for such well-known brands as Transformers, G.I. Joe, Littlest Pet Shop, Nerf, Super Soaker, Playskool and My Little Pony. He is credited with re-igniting and driving efforts for the company's core brands.

Goldner, who joined Hasbro in 2000, also led the effort to reposition Tiger Electronics to focus on the development of electronics specifically for `tweens.' Under his leadership, Hasbro launched the popular Furreal Friends line and, most recently, the I-Dog line and Tooth Tunes. In addition, Goldner oversaw Hasbro's acquisition of a Marvel license, giving Hasbro the rights to produce toys and games for several Marvel properties, including Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer."

Prior to joining Hasbro, Goldner served in management roles at Bandai America, J. Walter Thompson, Lowe and Partners and Leo Burnett Advertising. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Executive Education Program at the Amos Tuck School.

MARK VAHRADIAN (Executive Producer) was born in Mission Viejo, California. He is a graduate of Duke University and the UCLA School of Law. He spent eight years as a film executive at the Walt Disney Company and three years as president of Jerry Weintraub Productions, and is currently President of production for di Bonaventura Pictures. He has worked on such films as "Annapolis," "Flight Plan," "Miracle," "Remember the Titans," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Con Air," "Enemy of the State" and the upcoming "Nancy Drew." MITCHELL AMUNDSEN (Director of Photography) has worked for director Michael Bay consistently since his debut film "The Rock" in 1996.

Amundsen was the cinematographer on Luc Besson's "Transporter II," starring Jason Statham and Alessandro Gassman, and most recently worked on Martin Scorsese's documentary on the Rolling Stones, "Shine a Light," as one of a select group of top cinematographers asked to shoot concert footage of the band's "A Bigger Bang" tour. The distinguished group of photographers included Stuart Dryburgh, Robert Elswit, Tony C. Jannelli, Ellen Kuras, Andrew Lesnie, Emmanuel Lubezki, Albert Maysles, Anastas N. Michos, Declan Quinn and Robert Richardson.

He has worked as one of the leading camera operators in motion pictures, television, commercials and videos for over 15 years. Some of his credits include as the director of photography for second unit include "Mission: Impossible III," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "The Island," "National Treasure," "The Bourne Supremacy," "Seabiscuit," "Bad Boys II," "Pearl Harbor" and "Edtv," to name a few. He is currently in Czech Republic at work on "Wanted," starring Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, for Universal Pictures.

JEFF MANN (Production Designer) From his debut on the hit film "Gone in 60 Seconds," Jeff Mann has created the look of one hit film after another. His visual aesthetic can be seen in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and "Swordfish." He is currently collaborating with director Ben Stiller on DreamWorks' "Tropic Thunder," starring Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., scheduled to go before cameras later this summer.

Mann was born in San Diego, California. As a young man his family and friends encouraged him to develop his artistic talents. Instead, he set out upon a series of varied and offbeat experiences that have given him a unique perception of the world. Bonds he developed in the art and music scene led to working in the art department on music videos, which quickly segued into work on television commercials. His natural artistic ability and acquired skills, together with a strong work ethic, helped to catapult him through the ranks. He quickly advanced to art director and, by 1995, Mann was busy working as one of the top commercial production designers in the industry.

His resume of commercials includes many award-winning ads for such diverse directors as Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, Dominic Sena, Lance Acord, Jonathan Glazer and the late Herb Ritts, to name a few. Mann's client roster includes Kodak, American Express, Nike, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola and many more. Mann lives in South Pasadena with his daughter and wife, who is also an artist.

PAUL RUBELL, A.C.E. (Editor) last worked for director Michael Bay and producer Steven Spielberg on the science- fiction action-adventure "The Island."

He earned Academy Award® nominations for his work on Michael Mann's dramatic thriller "Collateral," as well as for Mann's true-life drama "The Insider." He also received Eddie nominations from his peers at the American Cinema Editors Guild for his work on both films, along with a BAFTA nomination for "Collateral." Most recently, he was the editor on Mann's big-screen version of "Miami Vice." Among his other film credits are the live-action 2003 version of "Peter Pan," "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," "S1m0ne," "XXX," "The Cell," "Blade," "The Stone Boy" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau."

For television, Rubell has edited a number of acclaimed long-form projects. He was nominated for an Emmy Award and received an Eddie Award for his work on the miniseries "Andersonville," earned both Emmy and Eddie Award nominations for the ABC telefilm "My Name is Bill W" and gained an additional Eddie nomination for HBO's "The Burning Season."

His other made-for-television movie editing includes "David," "The Jacksons: An American Dream," "Stay the Night," "Finding the Way Home," "Challenger," "Home Fires Burning," "Echoes in the Darkness" and "Dress Gray."

GLEN SCANTLEBURY (Editor) last worked for director Michael Bay on "Bad Boys II." Prior to that, he was an editor on "Two for the Money," starring Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo; the 2003 remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" starring Jessica Biel; "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," with Angelina Jolie in the title role; "Joy Ride," starring Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski and Steve Zahn; and "The General's Daughter," co-starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.

Scantlebury was born and raised in Annadale, Virginia, and attended Virginia Commonwealth University. A pioneer in the art of editing feature films on video, in 1987 he cut the Tom Waites' concert film "Big Time" on video.

He subsequently worked at Zoetrope Studios for five years where he edited "The Spirit of '76." During this time he was also an additional editor on "The Godfather: Part III"and was co-editor on "Bram Stoker's Dracula." He served as a film editor on Simon West's debut film, "Con Air," and worked with Michael Bay's team on the hit film "Armageddon," as well as providing additional editing on "The Rock."

In addition to feature films, Scantlebury has edited numerous music videos and documentaries, including Neil Young's "Muddy Tracks" and Werner Herzog's "Little Dieter Needs to Fly."

Scantlebury is also an independent filmmaker teamed with his wife Lucy Phillips. The pair made the independent features "My Tiny Universe" and "Steel America." They live in San Francisco.

THOMAS A. MULDOON (Editor) has worked on numerous commercials, music videos and trailers for television and motion pictures. He made his feature film editing debut on Michael Bay's "Armageddon" and went on to work with Bay on "Bad Boys II" and "The Island." Muldoon was also an editor on Guy Ritchie's "Star" and on Dominic Sena's remake of the classic "Gone in 60 Seconds."

He began his career in 1980 as an assistant editor at San Francisco's Varitel Video, where he advanced to oversee all television series for the company and went on to spearhead their first shop in Los Angeles. In 1986, Muldoon left to embark on a freelance career and found work at all the top production facilities in Hollywood, followed by a stint editing and directing at ABC in Japan.

As the music industry grew, Muldoon turned his attention to music videos and worked for such high-profile artists as Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, Harry Connick, Jr., Mariah Carey and Jon Bon Jovi.

In 1992, he and three partners founded their own commercial post-production editorial company, Superior Assembly Editing Company. The firm worked for the top advertising firms on award-winning campaigns for such clients as Coca-Cola, Nike, Miller Brewing, Isuzu and many others, as well as editing motion picture trailers and promos for film and television. In late 1995, Muldoon, along with John Murray and Scott Carleton, formed Nomad Editing, which remains one of the leading post-production houses in the entertainment industry.

DEBORAH L. SCOTT (Costume Designer) was honored with an Academy Award® for Best Costume Design in 1988 for her work on James Cameron's record-breaking blockbuster "Titanic." She also received a prestigious BAFTA Award nomination for the film.

Scott previously worked for director Michael Bay on "The Island" and "Bad Boys II," and for producer Steven Spielberg on his science-fiction thriller "Minority Report." More recently, she designed the costumes for "Reign Over Me," starring Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle and Jada Pinkett Smith, "Seraphim Falls," with Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan, and Andy Garcia's "The Lost City." Scott is currently at work on the Warner Bros. comedy "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway.

Her other films include "The Upside of Anger," "The Patriot," "Wild, Wild West," "Heat," "The Indian in the Cupboard," "Legends of the Fall," "Sliver," "Jack the Bear," "Hoffa," "Defending Your Life" and "Back to the Future," among others.

STEVE JABLONSKY (Composer) was first introduced to music at the age of 12 when his grandfather bought him a clarinet as a birthday gift. He quickly developed a passion for music, performing in several orchestras during his teenage years and graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in music study.

His interest in composing film music started early, influenced in particular by such composers as Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer. Jablonsky states, "I've always been drawn to their music because of the amazing melodies they write and the way they use those melodies to tell a story."

In 1996, Jablonsky's talent was noticed quickly by prominent film composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Working with Gregson-Williams, Jablonsky fostered and refined his skills as a film composer. As their relationship grew stronger, Jablonsky's musical talent developed. He collaborated with Gregson-Williams on numerous films, including dramatic scores for "Smilla's Sense of Snow," "Deceiver," "The Magic of Marciano" and 20th Century Fox's hit teenage film "Light it Up." They also worked on such action films as "The Replacement Killers," Michael Bay's "Armageddon" and Tony Scott's "Enemy of the State." In addition, Jablonsky scored several independent films including "Border to Border" and "Sorrow's Child."

Jablonsky's talent can also be seen in comedic and animated films. He has composed additional music for "The Borrowers" and DreamWorks' acclaimed "Antz" and "Chicken Run," as well as Disney's "The Tigger Movie." As Jablonsky's musical talents grew more diverse, he met new challenges when asked to participate in the scoring of the popular video game "Metal Gear Solid 2," as well as the acclaimed ESPN television series "Sports Century: The Century's Greatest Athletes."

Jablonsky has collaborated with Zimmer on various projects, including Ridley Scott's "Hannibal" and Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer's blockbuster "Pearl Harbor," in addition to his work on the DreamWorks animated theatrical release "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," as well as completing an original score for the Emmy-nominated HBO original film "Live from Baghdad," starring Michael Keaton and directed by Mick Jackson.

In recent years, Jablonsky paired again with director Michael Bay, composing original music for DreamWorks' film "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, and on Sony Pictures' release "Bad Boys II," starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. He also composed the music for Bay's new company, Platinum Dunes, on their thrillers "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "The Amityville Horror," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" and "The Hitcher."

Jablonsky scored the theme for the ABC drama "Threat Matrix," as well as the original score for the Japanese anime film "Steam Boy," directed by renowned "Akira" creator Katsuhiro Otomo. His work can also be heard on the hit television series "Desperate Housewives."

DAVE JORDAN (Music Supervisor) most recently served as music supervisor on "Ghost Rider," "Black Christmas," "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties," "Date Movie," "Man About Town," "Fantastic Four," "Kicking & Screaming," "The Upside of Anger" and "Elektra."

His other credits include "Dude, Where's My Car?," "The Fast and the Furious," "Daredevil," "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "The Punisher."

SCOTT FARRAR (Visual Effects Supervisor) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1981 as a camera operator on "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and was promoted to visual effects supervisor on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" in 1987.

In 1985, Farrar received an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for his work on "Cocoon." His ability to carry out the vision of filmmakers has earned him several additional honors, including Oscar® nominations for "Backdraft" in 1991 and "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" in 2001. On "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," ILM created the first real-time interactive on-set visualization process allowing filmmakers to place actors in virtual sets providing complete freedom with camera moves, earning Farrar a British Academy Award nomination for best achievement in visual effects. As a member of the DGA, Farrar's futuristic environments in "Minority Report" earned him another British Academy Award nomination. He was most recently nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for "The Chronicles of Narnia."

His other projects at ILM include "XXX: State of the Union," "The Pacifier," "Peter Pan," "Tears of the Sun," "Space Cowboys," "The Haunting," "Deep Impact" and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," to name a few.

Prior to coming to ILM, Farrar worked as a freelance cameraman in the LA area. In 1975, he was invited to visit the set of the then-unknown "Star Wars" and saw the first motion control system in action. Inspired by what he saw, he began work for Robert Abel and Associates, and eventually for Doug Trumble, working on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."

A California native, Farrar received his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Design with an emphasis in Film from the University of California at Los Angeles.

ALLEGRA CLEGG (Co-Producer) has produced many films for Revolution Studios, among them "America's Sweethearts," "13 Going on 30" and "Christmas with the Kranks." While at the studio, she also produced three films for Happy Madison, including "Anger Management," "Master of Disguise" and "The Benchwarmers."

Prior to her tenure at Revolution Studios, Clegg worked on such films as "Galaxy Quest," "The American President" and "City of Angels."

She is currently at work on Sony Pictures' "Tonight He Comes," starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron, for director Peter Berg.

JOHN FRAZIER (Special Effects Supervisor) Academy Award®- winner John Frazier was born in Richmond, California. As a child, he moved with his family to southern California, where he was raised and has remained to raise his own family. He attended Canoga Park High School and Los Angeles Trade Tech, where he studied high-rise construction and freeway design.

In 1963, Frazier started designing special effects props at the Haunted House nightclub in Hollywood. The owner recognized his aptitude for creativity and got him a job at NBC, where he began working in live television. Shortly thereafter, he became the department head for special effects. While at the network, Frazier worked with some of the great entertainers in television, including Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Rowan & Martin and Bob Hope. He also served as coordinator on the series "The F.B.I." and the miniseries "Roots" and "George Washington."

Frazier stayed in his position at NBC until 1970, when he joined Local 44 and started working in special effects for motion pictures. Since that time, he has worked on over 45 feature films, including the recent hits "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Spider-Man 3." Among his other films are the two previous "Spider-Man" movies, "Déjà Vu," "The Island," "Bad Boys II," "Tears of the Sun," "Windtalkers," "Pearl Harbor," "Cast Away," "Space Cowboys," "The Perfect Storm," "The Haunting," "Hard Rain," "Outbreak" and many, many more. His next film set for release is Peter Berg's "The Kingdom."

In 2005, Frazier was honored with an Academy Award® for his work on "Spider-Man 2," along with John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara. Previously, he received nominations for "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon," "Speed" and "Twister." This past year was no exception, when Frazier was nominated for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for "Poseidon." He won the British Academy's award for "Twister," and two Clio Awards for his work on the Honda "Art Gallery" and Lexus "Ball Bearing Accuracy" television ad campaigns.

SCOTT BENZA (Animation Supervisor) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1997 as an animator. He holds a degree in commercial art with a minor in video production. Prior to his work at ILM, Scott worked as a senior animator for Microsoft Inc. in Redmond, Washington. As a lead animator at Industrial Light & Magic, he is responsible for many aspects of the development of a CG character, as well as for providing creative and technical direction to animators.

Some of his most notable projects have included animation and simulation work for the Rock Monster in "Galaxy Quest" and development for crash/destruction simulations for Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor."

He has also made key contributions to "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," "Mission: Impossible III," "The Island," "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," "Hulk" and "Wild, Wild West," among others.

SHARI HANSON (Visual Effects Producer) began working at ILM in 1997, honing her skills in the demanding, fast-paced commercial and music video world. Her client roster is a virtual who's who of major advertisers, among them Proctor & Gamble, XM Satellite Radio, Universal Studios, Energizer, Pepsi, Taco Bell, Discovery Channel, Fox Sports Net, Bell Atlantic, Toyota and PG&E.

In 2003, Hanson expanded her repertoire to include motion pictures. One of the few women working in computer arts in the entertainment business, Hanson is a respected visual effects producer, having overseen the computer- generated effects on such mammoth features as "Mission: Impossible III," "The Island," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Hulk."

KEN BATES (Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director/Co-Producer) A native of Southern California, Ken Bates, was raised in El Monte and West Covina. He never imagined his talent for gymnastics and his competitive nature would land him deep into the world of creating exciting action for movies, television and commercials.

After paying his dues as an extra and stunt player, Bates earned a coveted role as protégé to the late Dar Robinson. Hollywood soon came calling, needing his unique talent and specialized equipment designed especially for high falls (ten stories and above). By 1988, he'd made a serious name for himself as Alan Rickman's stunt double in "Die Hard" and, in 1993, he earned an Academy Award® for Scientific and Technical Achievement for his Bates Decelerator System.

He was the stunt coordinator and frequently the second unit director on such films as "The Island," "The Italian Job," "The Movie Hero," "Bad Company," "Training Day," "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon," "Con Air," "The Rock" and "Bad Boys." Bates was a stunt consultant on "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning," "The Amityville Horror," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003) and "Bad Boys II." His stunt work can be seen in dozens of action-adventure projects: "Waterworld," "The Mask," "The Crow," "Demolition Man," "True Romance," "Lethal Weapon 3" and "The Last Boy Scout," among many, many more.

Bates is currently working on several television and motion picture projects. His series, "Full Contact," is in development at Fox and his feature film project, from a script written by Michael Miller and entitled "American Heroes," is currently in the works.