CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) Directors & Cast

ANNA BODEN and RYAN FLECK (Directors/Story by/Screenplay by), BRIE LARSON (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel), SAMUEL L. JACKSON (Nick Fury), and GEMMA CHAN (Minn-Erva)

ANNA BODEN & RYAN FLECK (Director/Story by/Screenplay by) met on the set of a student film when Boden was studying film at Columbia University and Fleck was a student at New York University film school. Together they began their collaborations with the documentary "Young Rebels."

In 2006 Fleck and Boden wrote, and Fleck directed, the feature film "Half Nelson," starring Ryan Gosling, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. The film also won movie of the year at the AFI Awards, with Boden and Fleck being nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay as well as Fleck winning best director at several regional awards, including the Gotham Awards, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the Philadelphia Film Festival.

Boden and Fleck followed the film by writing and directing the independent film "Sugar," which was an introspective sports drama that followed the life of a talented Dominican baseball player. The film won movie of the year at the AFI Awards and received critical praise.

In 2010, Boden and Fleck wrote and directed the film "It's Kind of a Funny Story," starring Keir Gilchrist, Lauren Graham, Zach Galifianakis and Zoë Kravitz. They followed the film by writing and directing the road movie "Mississippi Grind," starring Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds and Sienna Miller.

On television, Boden and Fleck have directed episodes of HBO's "Room 104," Showtime's "Billions," "The Affair" and "The Big C." Fleck has also directed three episodes of "Looking."

BRIE LARSON (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel) won the 2016 Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, Critics' Choice and National Board of Review awards for her breakthrough lead performance in the film "Room," directed by Lenny Abrahamson and adapted from the best-selling book by Emma Donoghue, about a young woman and her 5-year-old son who finally gain their freedom after being held captive for years.

Most recently, Larson starred in "The Glass Castle," based on the best-selling memoir by Jeannette Walls, reteaming her with director Destin Daniel Cretton. The film was released by Lionsgate in August 2017. Earlier that year, she starred in Warner Bros.' "Kong: Skull Island," directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, which earned $566 million worldwide, and the Martin Scorsese executive-produced '70s crime thriller "Free Fire," directed by Ben Wheatley. The latter premiered at the 2016 Toronto and London film festivals.

Next up, Larson will be seen in Cretton's "Just Mercy," alongside Michael B. Jordan, scheduled to be released in January 2020. She is also set to produce and star in the upcoming "Victoria Woodhull" for Amazon Studios-about the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States.

In addition to acting, Larson is a writer and director. Her feature film directorial debut, "Unicorn Store," premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. She also starred. A short film she wrote and directed, "The Arm," won the Special Jury Award for Comedic Storytelling at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2013, Larson starred in "Short Term 12," her first collaboration with director Destin Daniel Cretton. Her dramatic role as Grace, the director of a foster care facility, earned her best actress wins at the Locarno Film Festival and Gotham Awards, and a best actress nomination at the Critics' Choice Awards. The Los Angeles Times labeled her the "It Girl" of the SXSW Film Festival, where the film first premiered.

Larson has worked with top directors and co-stars on notable films, including Judd Apatow's "Trainwreck" opposite writer/star Amy Schumer; Rupert Wyatt's "The Gambler" opposite Mark Wahlberg; James Ponsoldt's "The Spectacular Now" opposite Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller; Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, "Don Jon"; Phil Lord and Chris Miller's "21 Jump Street" as the love interest to Jonah Hill; Oren Moverman's "Rampart" as the defiant daughter of Woody Harrelson; Edgar Wright's "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"; and Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg" as a young temptress flirting with Ben Stiller.

Larson is still widely recognized for her portrayal of Toni Collette's sarcastic and rebellious daughter in Showtime's breakout comedy-drama "United States of Tara," which was created by Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody and based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg. She has appeared onstage at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival in the role of Emily in "Our Town" and recurred on the FX cult favorite series "The League." A native of Sacramento, Larson started studying drama at the early age of 6, as the youngest student ever to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Larson currently resides in Los Angeles.

Appearing in well over 100 films, SAMUEL L. JACKSON (Nick Fury) is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Jackson's portrayal of Jules, the philosopher hitman, in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" made an indelible mark on American cinema. In addition to unanimous critical acclaim, he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as well as a best supporting actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for his portrayal. Last June, Jackson voiced Frozone in the long-awaited sequel to Disney's "The Incredibles." This January, Jackson starred in the follow-up to M. Night Shyamalan's iconic film "Unbreakable" with Bruce Willis and James McAvoy, entitled "Glass." Jackson also stars in the upcoming "Shaft" reboot, scheduled for a June release, and "Spider-Man: Far From Home," which releases in July. He is currently filming "The Banker," which is directed by George Nolfi and also stars Nicholas Hoult and Anthony Mackie.

In 2017, Jackson starred in Lionsgate's "The Hitman's Bodyguard" with Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek and Gary Oldman, in addition to Warner Bros.' "Kong: Skull Island" with Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston. In 2015, Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-nominated Western "The Hateful Eight." He starred as Major Marquis Warren, alongside Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kurt Russell. That same year, Jackson appeared in Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq."

In 2016, Jackson was seen in David Yates' "The Legend of Tarzan," starring alongside Alexander Skarsgard, Margot Robbie and Christoph Waltz, in addition to Tim Burton's "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children." Also in 2016, Jackson completed production on Brie Larson's directorial debut, "Unicorn Store"; "The Last Full Measure," with Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer and Ed Harris; as well as Dan Fogelman's "Life Itself."

In 2012, he co-starred in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" as Stephen, with Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio. He also starred in "Marvel's The Avengers," which is part of his nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios. Jackson reprised his role in both Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," which was released in April 2014, and the 2015 sequel "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."

GEMMA CHAN (Minn-Erva), one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch 2018, was recently seen starring in the box-office hit "Crazy Rich Asians." After graduating with a law degree from Oxford University, Chan was offered a job with a leading law firm but turned it down to train at the prestigious Drama Centre London.

Chan has shown her range in television dramas such as the BAFTA best drama series winner "Sherlock," alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and with standout turns in comedies including Showtime/ITV's "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" and Channel 4's award-winning "Fresh Meat." Chan has appeared in some of Britain's best-loved television, including "Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars," with David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan, and BAFTA and International Emmy Award-winning sitcom "The IT Crowd." She also starred in BBC One's "True Love," a five-part drama from director Dominic Savage; "Shetland," written by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves; the second series of Sky Living's supernatural drama "Bedlam"; and as one of the leads in the Channel 4 drama "Dates," named in The Guardian's Best TV of 2013.

In 2015, Chan appeared in the BBC's six-part drama "The Game," with Tom Hughes and Brian Cox, which premiered on BBC America. She was also featured in the comedy series "Brotherhood" on Comedy Central. 2015 also saw Chan take the lead role as Anita, an anthropomorphic robot, in the eight-part science-fiction drama "Humans," Channel 4's most successful drama in 20 years. Chan's role as Anita saw her nominated in the best actress category in the NME Awards 2016. The second series of "Humans" aired in late 2016, and Chan reprised her lead role in the third series, which began in May 2018. In July of 2016, Chan provided the voice for Dewdrop in the animated television series "Watership Down" for BBC One. Additionally, she voiced the role of Snow White in the animated Christmas special "Revolting Rhymes," which aired on BBC One in December 2016. Chan's film credits include the critically acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated "Submarine" and "The Double," nominated for best film at the London Film Festival, both directed by Richard Ayoade.

She also appeared in the BAFTA-nominated psychological thriller "Exam," nominated for best feature at the Raindance Film Festival 2009, directed by Stuart Hazeldine, and "Shanghai," a World War II drama directed by Mikael Hafstrom. In 2014, Chan made her Hollywood film debut in Paramount's spy thriller "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit," directed by Kenneth Branagh. In 2015, she was cast in the French film "Belles Familles," written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Later in 2015, Chan filmed David Yates' "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," written by J.K. Rowling. Last year, she completed filming the action thriller "Stratton," directed by Simon West, and starred in "London Fields," directed by Mathew Cullen.

Most recently she can be seen as Bess of Hardwick in "Mary Queen of Scots," directed by Josie Rourke. The film released in the U.S. last December. Next she will be seen in "Intrigo: Dear Agnes," the second feature of director Daniel Alfredson's trilogy based on the thriller novels by Swedish writer Hakan Nesser.

An accomplished stage actress, Chan made her debut in the British premiere of Bertolt Brecht's "Turandot" at the Hampstead Theatre. In November 2013, she was chosen by Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker to star as Athena in the world premiere of "Our Ajax" at the Southwark Playhouse. Chan performed in the sell-out run of the critically acclaimed "Yellow Face," by Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang, at the Park Theatre and, in May 2014, appeared in the National Theatre's revival of "Yellow Face." In 2015, Chan starred in the West End revival of Harold Pinter's masterpiece "The Homecoming," at The Trafalgar Studios.

Her work on "Humans" led to her making the one-off documentary "How to Build a Human," which followed the creation of "Chanbot," built by a leading team of AI experts, designers and special effects companies.

Chan is classically trained on the violin and piano and is a passionate supporter of human rights, working with charities including UNICEF.

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