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Steven Brill
STEVEN BRILL (Director) is a native of Utica, New York, and
went on to study film, theater and acting at Boston University. Upon
graduation, he moved to Los Angeles, where he began auditioning as an actor
and writing screenplays on spec. In his spare time, Brill would go skating
at public ice rinks - which proved a fortuitous hobby. One day while
watching a Pee Wee hockey practice, he was struck by the idea for "The
Mighty Ducks."
Brill scripted the film, recalling his own youth hockey experience, and sold
it to Walt Disney Pictures in 1990. Emilio Estevez was cast as Coach
Gordon Bombay in the 1992 release. One year later, The Mighty Ducks of
Anaheim entered their first NHL season. Brill next wrote and executive-produced
the 1995 sequel "D2-The Mighty Ducks" and, in 1997, "D3-The
Mighty Ducks."
Brill's motion picture directorial debut came in 1995 with the Disney
film "Heavyweights," a comedy about a group of kids at a weight-loss
summer camp starring Ben Stiller. He co-wrote the script with Judd Apatow,
with Joe Roth's Caravan Films serving as producer. Brill wrote
and directed "Late Last Night" in 1998 for Screenland Pictures,
which starred Emilio Estevez, Steven Weber and Catherine O'Hara, and
chronicled one intense night in the life of a man in Los Angeles.
In 1999, Brill wrote "Ready to Rumble" for Warner Bros. The
film starred Oliver Platt and Martin Landau. He then directed and co-wrote "Little
Nicky" with Adam Sandler for New Line Cinema. Also starring in
the picture were Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette and Reese Witherspoon. Brill
followed that up by directing Sandler in 2002's "Mr. Deeds," which
co-starred Winona Ryder and grossed more than $125 million at the box office. Brill
then re-wrote and directed "Without a Paddle" for Paramount Pictures.
He is also currently developing projects as a writer/director with: Working
Title/Universal, New Line Pictures, DreamWorks and HBO.
Aside from writing and directing, Brill has kept busy as an actor on such diverse
films as "sex, lies and videotape," "Postcards from the Edge," "Edward
Scissorhands," "Batman Returns," "The Mighty Ducks," "When
a Man Loves a Woman," "The Wedding Singer" and "Big
Daddy."
KRISTOFOR BROWN
KRISTOFOR BROWN (Story by/Screenplay by) first teamed up
with Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen as Writer/Producer on the critically acclaimed
Fox-TV series "Undeclared."
Brown initially
gained attention as head writer, voice director and co-producer of MTV'S "Beavis
and Butt-Head," working alongside series creator Mike Judge. He
also served as script consultant and voice supervisor for the feature film "Beavis
and Butt-Head Do America."
He was head writer/senior producer of another hit MTV series, "The Tom
Green Show," before hooking up with Apatow and making the transition
to prime-time sitcoms and feature films. Brown has since contributed
to other Apatow productions, including "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "The
40-Year-Old Virgin." He and Seth Rogen also contributed to the
Will Ferrell comedy "Kicking & Screaming."
Brown was five foot three inches tall and wore braces and glasses when he began
high school in his hometown of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. He quickly learned
to avoid bullies.
"Drillbit Taylor" is his first produced feature
film screenplay credit.
Brown is currently developing another feature for Apatow.
Seth Rogen
SETH ROGEN (Story by/Screenplay by) has emerged leading a
new generation of comedic actors, writers and producers. Nominated for
an Emmy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy
Series, Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy in Vancouver, Canada,
at 13 years of age. After moving to Los Angeles, Rogen landed supporting
roles in Judd Apatow's two critically acclaimed network television comedies, "Freaks
and Geeks" and "Undeclared." On the latter, Rogen was
also hired as a staff writer at 18.
Shortly after, Rogen was guided by Apatow toward a film career. In 2005,
Rogen was cast by Apatow in the hit feature comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," which
opened at #1 at the box office where it remained at the top perch for two weekends
in a row. The film went on to gross over $175 million worldwide and helped
to put Rogen on the map as an up and coming film star. In 2005, the film
was named one of the 10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year by AFI
and took home Best Comedy Movie at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Rogen
was a co-producer on the film as well.
In June 2007, Rogen starred in the summer comedy "Knocked Up," opposite
co-stars Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann, a film that has grossed
almost $150 million in the United States. In August, Rogen was seen in
the summer blockbuster "Superbad" (a semi-autobiographical comedy),
which he co-wrote and executive produced with writing partner Evan Goldberg;
to date the film has grossed over $120 million domestically.
Rogen recently wrapped production on the action comedy "Pineapple Express," which
he co-wrote with Evan Goldberg. It is slated for release later this year
through Sony Pictures. Earlier this year, he was heard as the character
Hogsqueal in "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and seen in the comedy "Fanboys." His
upcoming projects include lending his voice to "Kung Fu Panda" for
DreamWorks Animation and the classic Dr. Seuss story "Horton Hears a
Who!" Rogen is currently penning the upcoming "Green Hornet" script
with Goldberg, in which he will also star.
Rogen's film credits also include "Donnie Darko," "You,
Me and Dupree" and the Apatow-produced comedy "Anchorman: The Legend
of Ron Burgundy."
Judd Apatow
JUDD APATOW (Producer) is considered one of the most sought-after
comedy minds in the entertainment business and has been closely associated
with many of the biggest comedy films in recent years. He made his feature
directorial debut with the 2005 summer box office smash "The 40-Year-Old
Virgin," a film he also co-wrote with the film's star, Steve Carell,
for Universal Pictures. The film opened #1 and spent two weeks in the
top perch before proceeding to gross over $175 million globally. The
film garnered numerous awards and nominations, including being named one of
AFI's "10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year," and
it took home Best Comedy Movie at the 11th annual Critics Choice Awards. The
film also earned Apatow a nomination for Best Original Screenplay by the Writers
Guild of America.
In 2007, Apatow released his directorial follow-up, "Knocked Up," a
film he also wrote and produced. To date, the film has grossed almost
$150 million domestically. It was followed by another runaway hit, "Superbad," which
he produced, and later in the year "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," starring
John C. Reilly. Upcoming are "Pineapple Express," "Forgetting
Sarah Marshall" and "Step Brothers."
Previous producer credits include "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Kicking & Screaming," "The
Cable Guy," "Celtic Pride," "Heavyweights" and "Talladega
Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Apatow also co-wrote the screenplay
for the remake of "Fun with Dick and Jane," starring Jim Carrey
and Teá Leoni, which grossed over $200 million worldwide.
Apatow is perhaps best recognized for his work as an executive producer of
the critically praised, award-winning series "Freaks and Geeks," which
debuted in the 1999-2000 season. Apatow previously worked as a writer,
director and producer on the award-winning and widely acclaimed series "The
Larry Sanders Show," starring Garry Shandling. Apatow's television
credits also include working as a consulting producer on the animated series "The
Critic" and creating and executive-producing "Undeclared."
SUSAN ARNOLD and DONNA ARKOFF ROTH
SUSAN ARNOLD and DONNA ARKOFF ROTH (Producers) are the producers
of eight films under their Roth/Arnold Productions banner. Their previous
projects include the romantic comedy "13 Going on 30," starring
Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo; "America's Sweethearts," starring
Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones and John Cusack; "Forces
of Nature" starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock; and the black comedy "Grosse
Pointe Blank" starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver. They also
produced the horror film "The Haunting" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Liam Neeson, Owen Wilson and Lili Taylor, and the critically acclaimed "Unstrung
Heroes" directed by Diane Keaton and starring Andie MacDowell, John Turturro
and Michael Richards. Roth/Arnold's auspicious producing debut, the offbeat
romantic comedy "Benny & Joon," starred Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart
Masterson and Aidan Quinn.
Susan Arnold came to producing following a successful career as an independent
and studio casting director. Donna Arkoff Roth began as a script reader
at American International Pictures before segueing into production and development,
working for such noted independent filmmakers as Roger and Julie Corman and
Lawrence Gordon. Arnold and Roth have been best friends for over 20 years.
FRED MURPHY, ASC
FRED
MURPHY, ASC (Director of Photography) has an impressive list of
credits, including "RV," "Anamorph," "Dreamer," "Secret
Window," "Autofocus," "The Mothman Prophecies," "October
Sky," "Stir of Echoes," "Dance with Me," "Metro," "Faithful," "The
Fantasticks," "Murder in the First," "Jack the Bear," "Scenes
from a Mall," "Enemies: A Love Story," "Fresh Horses," "Full
Moon in Blue Water," "Best Seller," "The Dead," "Five
Corners," "Hoosiers," "The Trip to Bountiful," "Eddie
and the Cruisers" and "Heartland."
Murphy was
co-cinematographer with Henri Alekan on "The State of Things," which
won the Golden Lion at the 1983 Venice Film Festival. His feature film
career began with the release of "Girlfriends"in 1978. His
television work includes "Witness Protection," "The Final
Days," "Sessions," "The Gardener's Son" and
the pilots for "Nothing Sacred" and "Lipstick Jungle."
Murphy was
born and raised in New York City, and attended Columbia University and The
Rhode Island School of Design.
JACKSON DE GOVIA
JACKSON
DE GOVIA (Production Designer)
previously teamed up with Judd Apatow to create the comedic world of "The
40-Year-Old Virgin." He has designed such high-profile comedy
and action films as "The Stepford Wives"; "The Score," with
Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton; "Bowfinger," starring Eddie
Murphy and Steve Martin; Tony Bill's "My Bodyguard"; the original "Die
Hard" and its sequel, "Die Hard: With a Vengeance"; "Speed"; "Roxanne"; "Multiplicity"; "Volcano"; "Sister
Act"; and "Red Dawn," among others. He most recently
completed Henry Miller's psychological thriller "Anamorph" and
the romantic comedy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
Born in Oklahoma City, De Govia attended the University of San Francisco, acting
and designing for the USF College Players. In the '60's in San
Francisco he designed six productions for The American Conservatory Theatre,
and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" for The Little Fox Theater. He
was hired by Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope to design the telepic "The
People," directed by John Korty. He moved to Hollywood in the 1970s,
designing the cult classic "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" and the classic
television series "The Six Million Dollar Man," and he began the '80s
with ABC's epic miniseries "The Winds of War."
De Govia served as President of the Art Directors Guild from 1999 to
2002.
Thomas J. Nordberg
THOMAS J. NORDBERG (Editor) edited the action film "The
Guardian" after collaborating for the sixth time with Oliver Stone on "Alexander," having
previously worked in various editing capacities on "Any Given Sunday," "U-Turn," "Nixon," "Natural
Born Killers" and "Heaven and Earth."
In 1985, Nordberg graduated with honors from film school at New York University. For
a number of years he stayed in New York and worked in production on hundreds
of television commercials and several feature films, including "Angel
Heart" and "Birdy." In 1989, he moved to Los Angeles
to pursue a career in feature film editing.
Nordberg worked as an assistant editor for a variety of directors and was given
his first shot at editing by Stone on "Natural Born Killers." He
has subsequently broadened his skills as a film editor on the features "What
Women Want," "Scary Movie 2," "Mnemosyne" and "Holes."
Karen Patch
KAREN PATCH (Costume Designer) most recently designed costumes
for "You, Me and Dupree," "Bad News Bears" and "Team
America: World Police." Her additional credits include "The
School of Rock," starring Jack Black, and "The Royal Tennenbaums," for
which she received the Costume Designers Guild Award.
Patch also designed costumes for Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" and "Bottle
Rocket," as well as costumes for "Simpatico," "My Girl," "Homeward
Bound: The Incredible Journey," "Bright Angel," "Chattahoochee" and "The
Big Picture."
Christophe Beck
CHRISTOPHE BECK (Music) has composed the score of well
over 40 feature films and nearly 20 television shows. With over 15 years
of experience, Beck has scored a wide array of projects, including such action
films as "The Sentinel" and "Elektra," the comedies "Charlie
Bartlett," "The Pink Panther" and "Bring It On," and
such dramas as "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Year of
the Dog."
He also recently composed the scores of "The Seeker: The Dark is Rising," "Fred
Claus," starring Vince Vaughn, "License to Wed," starring
Robin Williams, and "We Are Marshall" starring Matthew McConaughey,
Matthew Fox and David Strathairn. His other film credits include "School
for Scoundrels"; "Yours, Mine and Ours"; "Taxi"; "A
Cinderella Story"; "Saved!"; "Garfield"; "Cheaper
by the Dozen"; "American Wedding"; and "Just Married."
He began his scoring career on the Canadian television series "White
Fang," and from there went on to score three seasons of the hit television
series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," for which he won an Emmy Award
for Outstanding Music Composition.
MANISH RAVAL & TOM WOLFE
MANISH RAVAL & TOM WOLFE (Music
Supervisors) most recently worked on "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" starring
John C. Reilly, the Farrelly brothers' "The Heartbreak Kid" starring
Ben Stiller, and several episodes of "Carpoolers."
They previously collaborated with the Farrellys on eight films. Their
other feature credits include "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Donnie
Darko," "Jackass: Number Two," "In the Land of Women" and "Orange
County."
They just completed their third original score, for the Jay Roach-produced
film "Smother," which stars Diane Keaton, Liv Tyler and Dax Shepard.
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