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Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.
Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none were as captivated as the 12-year-old Rodriguez, who sat with his friends in a crowded cinema. Many people watch films and arrogantly proclaim "I can do that." This young man said something different: "I WILL do that. I'm gonna make movies." That day was the catalyst of his dream career. Born and raised in Texas, Robert was the middle child of a family that would include 10 children. While many a child would easily succumb to a Jan Brady sense of being lost in the shuffle, Robert always stood out as a very creative and very active young man. An artist by nature, he was very rarely seen sans pencil-in-hand doodling some abstract (yet astounding) dramatic feature on a piece of paper. His mother, not a fan of the "dreary" cinema of the 1970s, instills a sense of cinema in her children by taking them on weekly trips to San Antonio's famed Olmos Theatre movie house and treats them to a healthy dose of Hollywood's "Golden Age" wonders, from Sergio Leone to the silent classic of Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
In a short amount of time, young Robert finds the family's old Super-8 film camera and makes his first films. The genres are unlimited: action, sci-fi, horror, drama, stop-motion animation. He uses props from around the house, settings from around town, and makes use of the largest cast and crew at his disposal: his family. At the end of the decade, his father, a salesman, brings home the latest home-made technological wonder: a VCR, and with it (as a gift from the manufacturer) a video camera. With this new equipment at his disposal, he makes movies his entire life. He screens the movies for friends, all of whom desperately want to star in the next one. He gains a reputation in the neighborhood as "the kid who makes movies". Rather than handing in term papers, he is allowed to hand in "term movies" because, as he himself explains, "[the teachers] knew I'd put more effort into a movie than I ever would into an essay." He starts his own comic strip, "Los Hooligans". His movies win every local film competition and festival. When low academic grades threaten to keep him out of UT Austin's renowned film department, he proves his worth the only way he knows how: he makes a movie. Three, in fact: trilogy of short movies called "Austin Stories" starring his siblings. It beats the entries of the school's top students and allows Robert to enter the program. After being accepted into the film department, Robert takes $400 of his own money to make his "biggest" film yet: a 16mm short comedy/fantasy called Bedhead (1991).
Pouring every idea and camera trick he knew into the short, it went on to win multiple awards. After meeting and marrying fellow Austin resident Elizabeth Avellan, Robert comes up with a crazy idea: he will sell his body to science in order to finance his first feature-length picture (a Mexican action adventure about a guitarist with no name looking for work but getting caught up in a shoot-'em-up adventure) that he will sell to the Spanish video market and use as an entry point to a lucrative Hollywood career. With his "guinea pig" money he raises a mere $7,000 and creates El Mariachi (1992). But rather than lingering in obscurity, the film finds its way to the Sundance film festival where it becomes an instant favorite, wins Robert a distribution deal with Columbia Pictures and turns him into an icon among would-be film-makers the world over. Not one to rest on his laurels, he immediately helms the straight-to-cable movie Roadracers (1994) and contributes a segment to the anthology comedy Four Rooms (1995) (his will be the most lauded segment).
His first "genuine" studio effort would soon have people referring to him as "John Woo from south-of-the-border". It is the "Mariachi" remake/sequel Desperado (1995). More lavish and action-packed than its own predecessor, the movie--while not a blockbuster hit--does decent business and launches the American film careers of Antonio Banderas as the guitarist-turned-gunslinger and Salma Hayek as his love interest (the two would star in several of his movies from then on). It also furthers the director's reputation of working on low budgets to create big results. In the year when movies like Batman Forever (1995) and GoldenEye (1995) were pushing budgets past the $100 million mark, Rodriguez brought in "Desperado" for just under $7 million. The film also featured a cameo by fellow indie film wunderkind, Quentin Tarantino. It would be the beginning of a long friendship between the two sprinkled with numerous collaborations. Most notable the Tarantino-penned vampire schlock-fest From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). The kitschy flick (about a pair of criminal brothers on the run from the Texas Rangers, only to find themselves in a vamp-infested Mexican bar) became an instant cult favorite and launched the lucrative film career of ER (1994) star George Clooney.
After a two-year break from directing (primarily to spend with his family, but also developing story ideas and declining Hollywood offers) he returned to "Dusk till Dawn" territory with the teen sci-fi/horror movie The Faculty (1998), written by Scream (1996) writer, Kevin Williamson. Although it's developed a small following of its own, it would prove to be Robert's least-successful film. Critics and fans alike took issue with the pedestrian script, the off-kilter casting and the flick's blatant over-commercialization (due to a marketing deal with clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger). After another three-year break, Rodriguez returned to make his most successful (and most unexpected) movie yet, based on his own segment from Four Rooms (1995). After a string of bloody, adult-oriented action fare, no one anticipated him to write and direct the colorful and creative Spy Kids (2001), a movie about a pair of prepubescent Latino sibs who discover that their lame parents (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) are actually two of the world's greatest secret agents. The film was hit among both audiences and critics alike.
After quitting the Writers' Guild of America and being introduced to digital filmmaking by George Lucas, Robert immediately applied the creative, flexible (and cost-effective) technology to every one of his movies from then on, starting with an immediate sequel to his family friendly hit: Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) which was THEN immediately followed by the trilogy-capper Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003). The latter would prove to be the most financially-lucrative of the series and employ the long-banished movie gimmick of 3-D with eye-popping results. Later the same year Rodriguez career came full circle when he completed the final entry of the story that made brought him to prominence: "El Mariachi". The last chapter, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), would be his most direct homage to the Sergio Leone westerns he grew up on. With a cast boasting Antonio Banderas (returning as the gunslinging guitarist), Johnny Depp (as a corrupt CIA agent attempting to manipulate him), Salma Hayek, Mickey Rourke, Willem Dafoe and Eva Mendes, the film delivered even more of the Mexican shoot-'em-up spectacle than both of the previous films combined.
Now given his choice of movies to do next, Robert sought out famed comic book writer/artist Frank Miller, a man who had been very vocal of never letting his works be adapted for the screen. Even so, he was wholeheartedly convinced and elated when Rodriguez presented him with a plan to turn Miller's signature work into the film Sin City (2005). A collection of noir-ish tales set in a fictional, crime-ridden slum, the movie boasted the largest cast Rodriguez had worked with to that date. Saying he didn't want to mere "adapt" Miller's comics but "translate" them, Rodriguez' insistence that Miller co-direct the movie lead to Robert's resignation from the Director's Guild of America (and his subsequent dismissal from the film John Carter (2012) as a result). Many critics cited that Sin City was created as a pure film noir piece to adapt Miller's comics onto the screen. Co-directing with Frank Miller and bringing in Quentin Tarantino to guest-direct a scene allowed Rodriguez to again shock Hollywood with his talent.
In late 2007, Rodriguez again teamed up with his friend Tarantino to create the double feature Grindhouse (2007). Rodriguez's offering, Planet Terror (2007), was a film made to be "hardcore, extreme, sex-fueled, action-packed." Rodriguez flirts with his passion to make a showy film exploiting all of his experience to make an extremely entertaining thrill ride. The film is encompassed around Cherry (Rose McGowan), a reluctant go-go dancer who is found wanting when she meets her ex-lover El Wray (played by Freddy Rodríguez) who turns up at a local BBQ grill. They then, after a turn of events, find themselves fending off brain-eating zombies whilst trying to flee to Mexico (here we go off to Mexico again). Apart from directing, Rodriguez also involves himself in camera work, editing and composing music for his movies' sound tracks (he composed Planet Terror's main theme). He also shoots a lot of his own action scenes to get a direct idea from his eye as the director into the film. In El Mariachi (1992), Rodriguez spent hours in front of a pay-to-use, computer editing his film. This allowed him to capture the ideal footage exactly as he wanted it. Away from the filming aspect of Hollywood, Rodriguez is an expert chef who cooks gourmet meals for the cast and crew. Rodriguez is also known for his ability to turn a low-budgeted film with a small crew into an example of film mastery. El mariachi was "the movie made on seven grand" and still managed to rank as one of Rodriguez' best films (receiving a rating of 92% on the Rotten Tomatoes film review site).
Because Rodriguez is involved so deeply in his films, he is able to capture what he wants first time, which saves both time and money. Rodriguez's films share some similar threads and ideas, whilst also having differences. In El Mariachi (1992), he uses a hand-held camera. He made this decision for several reasons. First, he couldn't afford a tripod and secondly, he wanted to make the audience more aware of the action. In the action sequences he is given more mobility with a hand-held camera and also allows for distortion of the unprofessional action sequences (because the cost of all special effects in the film totaled $600). However, in Sin City (2005) and Planet Terror (2007), the budget was much greater, and Rodriguez could afford to spend more on special affects (especially since both films were filmed predominately with green screen) and, thus, there was no need to cover for error.
Playing by his own rules or not at all, Robert Rodriguez has redefined what a filmmaker can or cannot do. Shunning Hollywood's ridiculously high budgets, multi-picture deals and the two most powerful unions for the sake of maintaining creative freedom are decisions that would (and have) cost many directors their careers. Rodriguez has turned these into his strengths, creating some of the most imaginative works the big-screen has ever seen.Director and Screenplay- Producer
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Jerry Bruckheimer is a film and television producer born on September 21, 1943 in Detroit. He graduated from high school in 1961 before it was moving to Arizona. He started his career in 1968 to produce television commercials and advertising for the firm BBD&O in New York.
He left the commercial industry, and branched out into film production and served as associate producer for Dick Richards on the films The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975). He started out his production company Jerry Bruckheimer & Associates and then served as producer on the following two films Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and March or Die (1977) before the duo broke up.
He then became an independent producer, serving his job on his films American Gigolo (1980), Defiance (1980), Thief (1981), Cat People (1982) and Young Doctors in Love (1982) throughout the early 1980s, for one of their major studios.
In 1979, Don Simpson met Bruckheimer while working on "American Gigolo" for Paramount. In 1982, Simpson left Paramount Pictures to start out its own independent company with a deal at Paramount, and weeks later, Simpson's production services were merged with Bruckheimer's. During his lifetime, he produced films in the 80s and 90s for Paramount like Flashdance (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and its sequel Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Top Gun (1986) and Days of Thunder (1990), most of them met with success.
After the minor failure of "Days of Thunder", Simpson and Bruckheimer severed its ties with Paramount, and signed a deal with The Walt Disney Studios. In the mid 90s, both Simpson and Bruckheimer produced The Ref (1994), Bad Boys (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), Dangerous Minds (1995) and The Rock (1996). In 1995, Simpson and Bruckheimer terminated its relationship, and the next year Simpson died.
Bruckheimer expanded its activity on television with a deal at Touchstone Television. He produced two shows Dangerous Minds (1996) for ABC and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) for Rysher Entertainment and TV affiliates and two telepics Max Q (1998) and Swing Vote (1999), both for ABC.
The next few Bruckheimer productions after Simpson died in the late 90s and the early 2000s were Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Enemy of the State (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Coyote Ugly (2000). In 1998, he established Technical Black Films to produce the film Remember the Titans (2000). In 1999, his Bruckheimer production company signed a deal with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions to produce films over a two year period.
In 2000, Bruckheimer hit big with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). The success of the show led to spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: NY (2004) and CSI: Cyber (2015). He followed the franchise up with the reality show The Amazing Race (2001), of which it is also an success made Bruckheimer a major producer for the CBS network. In 2001, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows. He followed up his TV career with Without a Trace (2002) and Cold Case (2003).
In 2001, he produced two war films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Black Hawk Down (2001). The former received negative critical reaction, and the latter gained them critical acclaim. He followed up in 2002 with Bad Company (2002). Throughout the 2000s, Bruckheimer was an active entertainment producer, working on the films Kangaroo Jack (2003), Veronica Guerin (2003), King Arthur (2004), Glory Road (2006), Deja Vu (2006), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and G-Force (2009) for Disney Studios, and the TV shows Profiles from the Front Line (2003), Skin (2003), E-Ring (2005), Just Legal (2005), Close to Home (2005), Justice (2006), Eleventh Hour (2008), Dark Blue (2009) and The Forgotten (2009).
He is the creative force for franchise films. In 2003, he made a sequel to his "Bad Boys", Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and he launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, starting with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), and spawning sequels like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and the "National Treasure" franchise, comprising of two films National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).
In 2007, he had to partner with MTV to create a game studio, and joined the ZeniMax board of directors. In 2009, he launched Jerry Bruckheimer Games, and by 2011 rumored to be worked on three titles, before it was shut down in 2013.
By the 2010s, he was in declining force, and his films Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), The Lone Ranger (2013), 12 Strong (2018) and Gemini Man (2019) are turned out to be box office disappointments, and his TV shows Miami Medical (2010), Chase (2010), The Whole Truth (2010), Hostages (2013), Training Day (2017) and Council of Dads (2020) turned out to be failures after one season.
In 2013, he signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce follow-up films to "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and their deal with Disney ended. Three years later, he terminated its deal with Warner Bros. Television and a year later signed with CBS Television Studios. His minor box office success rolled in with Deliver Us from Evil (2014). His only big TV hits came in from the decade were Lucifer (2016) and L.A.'s Finest (2019).
Bruckheimer was named as one of the investors of a proposed sports arena in Las Vegas, and had been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League (NHL) to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the arena. Bruckheimer was also named as one of the investors of a proposed Seattle-based NHL expansion team whose application was submitted in early 2018. The NHL Board of Governors voted to approve the team, named the Seattle Kraken, on December 4, 2018, which will start play in the 2021-22 season. Jerry Bruckheimer was part of an investment group that also included Tim Leiweke (Oak View Group) and David Bonderman (minority owner NBA's Boston Celtics).
He is currently on post-production on the sequel to his 1986 film "Top Gun", Top Gun: Maverick (2022) for Paramount Pictures.Producer- Writer
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Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight creative relationship with her sister Lilly. After the siblings dropped out of college, they started a construction business and wrote screenplays. Their 1995 script, Assassins (1995), was made into a movie, leading to a Warner Bros contract. After that time, the Wachowskis devoted themselves to their movie careers. In 2012, during interviews for Cloud Atlas and in her acceptance speech for the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award, Lana spoke about her experience of being a transgender woman, sacrificing her much cherished anonymity out of a sense of responsibility. Lana is known to be extremely well-read, loves comic books and exploring ideas of imaginary worlds, and was inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in creating Cloud Atlas.Producer, p.g.a.- Production Manager
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Grant Hill was born in Australia. He is known for Titanic (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998) and Cloud Atlas (2012).Producer- Producer
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Roy Lee was born on 23 March 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for Barbarian (2022), It (2017) and The Ring (2002).Producer, p.g.a.- Producer
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Wesley Coller is known for Watchmen (2009), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and Man of Steel (2013).Producer- Producer
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Charles Roven is an American film producer who produced dozens of films made by Warner Brothers and Atlas Entertainment. His produced films include Scooby-Doo, The Dark Knight trilogy, Wonder Woman, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman 1984, Man of Steel, Suicide Squad, Zack Snyder's Justice League, 12 Monkeys, Justice League, Get Smart and American Hustle. He was married to Dawn Steel until her death in 1997.Producer, p.g.a.- Producer
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Richard Suckle is an American film producer who produced several films for Warner Brothers and Atlas Entertainment. He notably produced Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, The Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, American Hustle, Wonder Woman 1984, Extreme Movie, The International, Dirty John, Fallen, The Monster and Suicide Squad. He was nominated an Academy Award for producing American Hustle.Producer- Producer
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Denise Tanchanco is known for Carmen Sandiego (2019), Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014) and The Fruitless Quests of Nabiu.Producer- Producer
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Hitoshi Okuno is known for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) and Sonic Mania Adventures (2018).Producer- Visual Effects
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Mayumi Tachikawa is known for Samurai Frog Golf (2022), Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022).Producer- Deborah Snyder is an American film producer and wife of Zack Snyder. She produced several of Zack's films including Watchmen, Sucker Punch, Army of the Dead, 300, Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League and the director's cut Zack Snyder's Justice League. She also produced other non-Snyder DC films including Aquaman, The Flash, Wonder Woman and The Suicide Squad.Executive Producer
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Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and superhero films, including 300 (2007), Watchmen (2009), Man of Steel (2013) and its upcoming sequel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Snyder is the co-founder of Cruel and Unusual Films, a production company he established in 2004, alongside his wife Deborah Snyder and producing partner Wesley Coller.Executive Producer- Writer
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Seth Grahame-Smith was born on 4 January 1976 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), It (2017) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016). He has been married to Erin Stickle since 2004.Executive Producer- Producer
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Gale Anne Hurd was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became involved in production. She formed her own production company, Pacific Western Productions, in 1982 and went on to produce a number of box-office hits including The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986) and The Abyss (1989). All were directed by James Cameron, whom she later married and divorced. She also later married and divorced Brian De Palma. She is currently the recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America.Executive Producer- Writer
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James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and had his first experience as a director with a two week stint on Piranha II: The Spawning (1982) before being fired.
He then wrote and directed The Terminator (1984), a futuristic action-thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton. It was a low budget independent film, but Cameron's superb, dynamic direction made it a surprise mainstream success and it is now regarded as one of the most iconic pictures of the 1980s. After this came a string of successful, bigger budget science-fiction action films such as Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). In 1990, Cameron formed his own production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. In 1997, he wrote and directed Titanic (1997), a romance epic about two young lovers from different social classes who meet on board the famous ship. The movie went on to break all box office records and earned eleven Academy Awards. It became the highest grossing movie of all time until 12 years later, Avatar (2009), which invented and pioneered 3D film technology, and it went on to beat "Titanic", and became the first film to cost two billion dollars until 2019 when Marvel took the record.
James Cameron is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. He was formerly married to producer Gale Anne Hurd, who produced several of his films. In 2000, he married actress Suzy Amis, who appeared in Titanic, and they have three children.Executive Producer and Story- Bruce Berman is Chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures. The company has a successful joint partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures to co-produce a wide range of motion pictures, with all films distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
Under the Village Roadshow Pictures banner, Berman has executive produced such wide-ranging successes as Clint Eastwood's Oscar® nominated "American Sniper," starring Bradley Cooper; the animated adventure "The Lego Movie," directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; director Baz Luhrmann's box office hit "The Great Gatsby," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire; director Guy Ritchie's hit action-adventure "Sherlock Holmes," starring Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law and its sequel "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,"; the "Ocean's," series starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney; the acclaimed drama "Gran Torino," directed by and starring Clint Eastwood; the blockbuster "I Am Legend," starring Will Smith; and George Miller's Oscar® winning animated adventure "Happy Feet."
Berman's upcoming credits include George Miller's post-apocalyptic action-adventure "Mad Max: Fury Road," starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron; Brad Peyton's action-thriller "San Andreas," and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; Ron Howard's action-adventure "In the Heart of the Sea," based on the Nathaniel Philbrick's bestseller about the dramatic true journey of the whaling ship Essex starring Chris Hemsworth; and "Concussion," a National Football League sports drama starring Will Smith.
Berman was named Chairman and CEO of VRP in February 1998. Previously, he spent 14 years at Warner Bros., joining the company in 1984 as Production Vice President and then serving as Senior Vice President of Production. In September 1989, he was named President of Theatrical Production and two years later, Worldwide President of Theatrical Production. During his tenure at Warner Bros. he produced and distributed numerous films including "Twister," "A Time to Kill," "Batman Forever," "The Fugitive," "The Client," "Outbreak," "Disclosure," "Dave," "The Bodyguard," "Under Siege," "Malcolm X," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," "Goodfellas," "Presumed Innocent," and the Oscar®-winning Best Picture "Driving Miss Daisy." In May of 1996, Berman started Plan B Entertainment, an independent motion picture company based at Warner Bros.
Berman graduated magna cum laude from UCLA in 1975 with a degree in United States History. He also attended Cal Arts Film School and Bennington College. Berman got his start in the motion picture business working with Jack Valenti at the MPAA while attending Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. After earning his law degree, he landed a job at Casablanca Films in 1978. Moving to Universal, he worked his way up to a production vice president in 1982.Executive Producer - Producer
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David Katzenberg was born on 22 March 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for It (2017), The Goldbergs (2013) and Just Beyond (2021).Executive Producer- Karin Wachowski is known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021).Executive Producer
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Born September 30, 1979, Jonathan Peter Kasdan's first acting performance in a major motion picture was at the tender age of 3 in "The Big Chill" as the son of Harold, played by Kevin Kline.
Then at age 5, Jonathan Kasdan went on to play an outpost boy in what many critics consider to be the best Western of the 1980s: "Silverado," also starring Kevin Kline as misfit-turned-sheriff Payden, Kevin Costner's character, Jake, Scott Glenn's portrayal of Emmett, and of course, Danny Glover as Malcolm "Mal" Johnson, in their oft awkward efforts to bring justice to the Old American West.
Jon played the 'boy' in a doctor's office in "The Accidental Tourist" alongside William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis.
In 1990 Jon was a lovable Dominic in the John Kostmayer comedy "I Love You to Death," again with Kevin Kline.
But instead of having a big breakaway role in the 1994 neo-classic Western "Wyatt Earp," the 14-year-old played the role of Bar Boy with leading man Kevin Kline. Alas, Jon had to settle for winning the trifecta of his third-in-a-row boy role.
In 2002, he acted in two films as a trainee in "Big Trouble" and Barry in "Slackers".
Continuing the dream in 2003, Jon played a bit part as Defuniak in "Dreamcatcher" with Morgan Freeman.
But in 2007 Jon Kasdan bypassed mere acting, taking the helm of the dramatic romantic comedy, "In the Land of Woman," as its 27-year-old writer/director. In an impressive finish for his directorial debut, his $11 million budget movie earned $12 million at the box office.
Then lightning struck twice as 32-year-old Jonathan Kasdan had two films released the same week in January of 2012, as writer/director of "The First Time" with Dylan O'Brien and Britt Robertson, and back as an actor in the role of Officiant in the Sony Pictures Classics "Darling Companion" with Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline who all got upstaged by a dog named Freeway.
But if anything, Jonathan Kasdan is a survivor. Having been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 17, he went on to act, direct and write films. His television presence is memorable as an actor in Dawson's Creek and noteworthy is his writing of Freaks and Geeks.
Jonathan is the brother of actor Jake Kasdan and son of Lawrence and Meg Kasdan, both famous directors and writers who, remarkably, have been married since 1971.
And what's next for Jon Kasdan? And action Comedy called "My Spy" co-written with his brother Jake. Oh, and a yet unnamed 2018 Han Solo Star Wars Anthology starring Alden Ehrenreich as Han, where Jon shares the screenplay credit with his father Lawrence Kasdan.
It all goes to show that in an industry that sometimes is faulted for having a dearth in creativity, with a family like the Kasdans, there's hope for Hollywood.Executive Producer- Producer
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Philip A. Lord is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Christopher Miller. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and won Best Animated Feature.Executive Producer- Producer
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Christopher Miller is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Philip A. Lord. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and won Best Animated Feature.Executive Producer- Producer
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Jesse Ehrman is known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Ocean's Eight (2018) and This Is Where I Leave You (2014).Executive Producer- Writer
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Joe Casey is a writer/producer/content creator whose career in comic books, television and feature films has spanned more than two decades. Along with lengthy stints writing Superman, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, GI Joe and many others, Casey is the creator of Marvel's America Chavez (from Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness). He is also known for his Eisner Award-nominated cosmic superhero epic, Gødland. His critically-acclaimed runs on series such as Wildcats and Automatic Kafka landed on numerous "best of the decade" lists. His genre-busting cult-favorites Officer Downe and Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker helped propel him onto MTV.com's list of the 10 best writers of 2011. Comics Alliance described him as "the most dangerous man in comics." Casey's Officer Downe feature film was released in 2015 with Casey as the creator/screenwriter/producer based upon his original graphic novel.
He is a founding partner of Man of Action Entertainment, the writers' collective behind pop culture's largest franchise characters as well as original characters published by their MOA imprint at Image Comics. Their creations include Ben 10, the $6 billion boys' action franchise and Generator Rex, both for Cartoon Network. MOA previously launched Disney XD's Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel's Avengers Assemble as EXP/writers. MOA also created the characters and team Big Hero 6, featured in Disney/Marvel's Academy Award®-winning feature, the first comic book IP to win for Best Animated Feature. In addition to creating successful video games, toy lines and comic books, MOA are the creator/producer/writers of current and upcoming feature films and live-action TV series based on their original comic books and graphic novels.Executive Producer- Writer
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Joe Kelly was born on 24 September 1972 in Fairlawn, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Ted Lasso (2020), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Saturday Night Live (1975).Executive Producer- Producer
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Loranne Turgeon is known for Unforgiven (1992), In the Line of Fire (1993) and I Am Number Four (2011).Executive Producer- Producer
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Garrett Grant is known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), 6 Underground (2019) and Hairspray (2007).Executive Producer- Writer
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Steven T. Seagle is an American professional writer from Biloxi, Mississippi, who has worked extensively in the fields of animation and comics. He was a founding member of the writer collective "Man of Action Entertainment", joining forces with fellow writers Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Duncan Rouleau. They were the creators of the popular animated series "Ben 10" (2005-2008), which has spawned several sequel series. Seagle has served as a college instructor for Ball State University, Pasadena City College, and Mt. San Antonio College.
In 1965, Seagle was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. The city houses the Keesler Air Force Base, and serves as a base for both the 81st Training Wing and the 403d Wing of the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Seagle's father was Jack Seagle, a member of the United States Air Force. Due to his father's military career, the Seagle family moved frequently. Seagle was partially raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as his father was twice transferred to the nearby United States Air Force Academy.
Seagle was introduced to comic books c. 1971, when his mother purchased an issue of "Spider-Man" as a gift for Seagle's brother and an issue of the "Avengers" for Seagle himself. By chance, Seagle's introduction to Marvel Comics' stories was the "Kree-Skrull War" story-line, a space opera story depicting conflict between two rival space-faring races of aliens. By 1978, Seagle started collecting comics as a hobby. His favorite title were the "X-Men", where he enjoyed stories by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.
Following his father's retirement from the Air Force, Seagle and his family moved back to Colorado Springs. Seagle received his secondary education at Coronado High School, within Colorado Springs. During his high school years, Seagle was an amateur musician. He participated in a marching band, an orchestra, a jazz band, and a group of chamber singers. As a summer job, Seagle worked at Flying W Ranch. It was a working cattle ranch, active from 1953 to 2012.
Seagle started working as a comic book writer in the late 1980s. His first notable work was the black-and-white mini-series "Kafka" (1987) for the short-lived publisher Renegade Press (1984-1989).The series was well-received, and was nominated for an Eisner Award. He subsequently created the unrelated mini-series "The Amazon" (1989) for Comico. In 1991, Seagle published the one-shot comic book "In Thin Air: The Mystery of Amelia Earhart ". It was inspired by the mysterious disappearance of aviator Amelia Earhart in 1937.
Following a hiatus of a few years, Seagle emerged as a new writer for Wildstorm in 1994. He wrote stories for the team books "WildC.A.T.s" and "Stormwatch", at a time when "WildC.A.T.s" was a flagship title for the company. He also wrote solo stories for popular characters from WildC.A.T.s, in particular the telepath Voodoo/Priscilla Kitaen, the immortal warrior Zealot/Lady Zannah, and the renegade spy Grifter/Cole Cash.
Also in 1994, Seagle started contributing stories to DC Comics, one of the dominant publishers of American comic books. His early contributions included a two-part story for the Justice League and two stories for a revamped version of Hawkman. He found more success as one of the main writers for the retro series "Sandman Mystery Theatre" (1993-1999), chronicling the early adventures of vigilante Sandman/Wesley Dodds in the late 1930s. Seagle remained as one of the series' main writers from 1994 to 1999. The series often took inspiration from real social problems and political issues of the interwar period, and was praised for its mature storytelling. Seagle was twice nominated for Eisner Awards for his work in the series, raising his reputation in the industry.
Seagle soon had the opportunity to work for Marvel Comics as well. In the winter of 1997, Seagle replaced Scott Lobdell as the main writer of the "Uncanny X-Men". His debut issue was #350, featuring a trial of Gambit/Remy LeBeau for past crimes. With his teammates shocked to learn that he had once served their archenemy Mister Sinister/Nathaniel Essex, and that he had unwittingly served as an associate member of the villainous Marauders in a massacre. Seagle thus concluded Lobdell's long-running story-line concerning Gambit's shady past. Seagle continued writing the series from 1997 to 1999, though he was not able to conclude some of the subplots which he had introduced.
In 2000, Seagle co-founded the writer collective "Man of Action Entertainment", with other experienced comic book writers. Their first major assignment was writing the script for the role-playing video game "X-Men Legends" (2004) which made use of several major and minor characters of the X-Men franchise. The co-writers chose Magma/Alison Crestmere as the game's lead character, because they wanted a chance to flesh out an underused character from the comics. The game sold well, soon receiving its own sequel. It was also cited as an inspiration for another video game project y Marvel, "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance".
In 2005, Seagle and his writing partners concluded their years of work on the basic premise and script for their first animated series "Ben 10" (2005-2008). The series was produced by Cartoon Network, with animation provided by the Cartoon Network Studios. It introduced the character of Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson as a young human boy who could shape-shift into powerful alien forms. The de facto co-protagonist was Ben's cousin Gwendolyn "Gwen" Tennyson, a highly intelligent girl with innate magical powers. The series was a hit of its era, lasting for 4 seasons and 52 episodes. A number of sequel series introduced various different incarnations of Ben and Gwen over the following decade. Seagle has often provided input for the sequels, though other writers were credited with their development.
Seagle and his writing partners had another chance to work with Marvel characters, scripting several episodes for the animated series "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" (2010-2012). Man of Action served as supervising producers and frequent writers for "Ultimate Spider-Man" (2012-2017), a show which featured adolescent Spider-Man/Peter Parker as an operative of SHIELD instead of a solo hero.
Seagle and Man of Action were credited for the development of the animated series "Avengers Assemble" (2013-2019), which introduced a large cast of Marvel's classic heroes and villains. The series lasted for 5 seasons and 127 episodes. It introduced (among others) animated versions of HYDRA, AIM, the Black Order, the Squadron Supreme, the Inhumans, and the Thunderbolts.
In 2014, Man of Action were credited as creators for the team Big Hero 6 in the characters' eponymous animated film. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau had created the comic book version of this team in 1998, but Marvel Comics had only made sporadic use of this concept over the following years. Disney found that the concept had potential, and the team became the focus of a new animated franchise.
Man of Action co-produced the computer-animated series "Zak Storm" (2016-2018), which featured a misfit crew of adventurers sailing on a sentient ship. The series was syndicated for broadcast in multiple countries, and its first season was well-received. Plans for a second season ended in development hell. Man of Action next developed the video game adaptation "Mega Man: Fully Charged" (2018-2019), based on a Japanese franchise by Capcom. The series lasted a single season and 52 episodes, with its finale concluding the stories of several characters.
Seagle has been less active as a writer in the 2020s, but has never fully retired. By 2022, he was 57-years-old. He has entertained audiences across several mediums for 35 years, and created several characters with enduring popularity. And he has introduced modern audiences to fresh takes on the superhero genre.Executive Producer- Producer
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Logan McPherson is known for Sonic Prime (2022), Max Steel (2013) and Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014).Executive Producer- Producer
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As Chief Content Officer at WildBrain, Stephanie Betts is responsible for overseeing WildBrain's content slate, cultivating an artist-led culture of creative excellence at WildBrain Studios. Ms. Betts' expertise lies in building and leading strong, creatively driven teams, and in producing series that kids around the world will love. Ms. Betts fosters an integrated approach across development, production and studio operations, drawing on her considerable experience and expertise in launching such notable WildBrain series as Snoopy in Space; The Snoopy Show; Strawberry Shortcake's Berry in the Big City; Go, Dog. Go!; Chip & Potato; Degrassi and many more. Prior to joining WildBrain, Ms. Betts worked as a Producer and Development Executive at Breakthrough Films and Television, and previously at Atomic Cartoons.Executive Producer- Producer
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Anne Loi, EVP M&A and Chief Commercial Officer, works closely with senior management and the Company's talented content teams to help drive WildBrain's leading slate of kids' and family shows. She oversees content and IP investments, key external partnerships, and research & insights in addition to her responsibilities in mergers and acquisition activities. Ms. Loi has been a core member of WildBrain's leadership team since the Company's founding in 2006, coming over with DECODE Entertainment when it merged with Halifax Film to form WildBrain's predecessor, DHX Media. Prior to joining WildBrain, Ms. Loi was Vice President of Financial Strategy at Extend Media and before that, she held various management positions at IMG Group (now Lavalife), Proctor & Gamble and Deloitte. Ms. Loi is a Chartered Professional Account (Ontario), holds a BA from Western University and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.Executive Producer- Producer
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Josh Scherba, President, oversees WildBrain's talented teams responsible for creating award-winning kids' and family content and delivering it to audiences worldwide. Mr. Scherba has been with the company since its founding in 2006, and since that time, his passion for kids' and family content has been central to driving WildBrain's growth into a leading supplier to streaming platforms and broadcasters worldwide. As a key member of WildBrain's executive team, Mr. Scherba plays an integral role in setting and driving WildBrain's strategic priorities, with oversight on the Company's 360-degree approach to unlocking the value of brands in WildBrain's deep library of content. He has spearheaded numerous major partnerships for WildBrain with companies such as Apple TV+, Netflix, SEGA, the BBC, Mattel and others. His portfolio includes the company's leading animation and live-action production business, WildBrain Studios; its global content distribution business; its suite of Family-branded broadcast channels in Canada; its leading YouTube-based AVOD network, WildBrain Spark; and its fast-growing content and licensing operations in China.Executive Producer- Producer
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Simon Kinberg is a British film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for producing the X-Men films, Fant4stic, Logan, the Deadpool films, Cinderella and The Martian. He directed Dark Phoenix, the finale of the X-Men Beginnings films. He created Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set after Revenge of the Sith and before Rogue One. He also wrote Mr. and Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand and Jumper.Executive Producer- Director
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Erik Wiese is an Emmy and Annie-nominated Writer, Director, and Storyboard Artist who works in both feature and television animation. He recently directed a Peanuts special for Apple+. Immediately prior, Erik was an Executive Producer, Writer, and Director on Sonic Prime for Netflix. Previously, he was a Director at Illumination Entertainment, directing several Minions shorts and commercials. Erik began his career working as a Supervising Animator on the animated video for Bjork's "I Miss You." He then began working with Stephen Hillenburg on character development for the SpongeBob pilot and stayed with the show for several seasons as a Storyboard Artist / Writer. He was also Head of Story on the Spongebob feature Spongebob: Sponge Out of Water. His other TV work includes co-creating, directing, and executive producing two seasons of Nickelodeon's The Mighty B!, a cartoon starring Amy Poehler. Erik attended Cal Arts and Art Center College of Design Pasadena. He holds dual American and German citizenship.Executive Producer and Additional Screenplay Material- Producer
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Haruki Satomi is known for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (2022).Executive Producer- Producer
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Yukio Sugino is known for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021) and Lost Judgment (2021).Executive Producer- Producer
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Shuji Utsumi is known for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021) and Lost Judgment (2021).Executive Producer- Toru Nakahara is known for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Sonic Prime (2022).Executive Producer
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Rick Jaffa was born on 8 May 1956 in Dallas County, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Jurassic World (2015). He has been married to Amanda Silver since 29 June 1989. They have two children.Story- Writer
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Amanda Silver was born on 24 May 1963 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Jurassic World (2015). She has been married to Rick Jaffa since 29 July 1989. They have two children.Story- Josh Friedman is known for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), War of the Worlds (2005) and Chain Reaction (1996). He has been married to Christine Albrecht-Buehler since 4 August 2002. They have one child.Story
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Shane Salerno is the co-screenwriter of the forthcoming Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Avatar 3 (2025), Avatar 4 (2029), Avatar 5 (2031) produced and directed by Oscar winner James Cameron. He has been a professional screenwriter since the age of 19. In the years that have followed Detour Magazine has named Salerno as "one of Hollywood's true shapers of popular culture" and Fade In magazine selected him as one of the "100 people you need to know in Hollywood". His diverse screenwriting is distinguished by the quality of directors who have chosen him to write their films including Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Ron Howard, Oliver Stone, William Friedkin and Michael Bay among many others.
Salerno produced and directed the documentary film Salinger, a documentary on the mysterious life of Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger. The film was released theatrically and was also an American Masters television special. The film features interviews with friends, colleagues and members of Salinger's inner circle that have never spoken on the record before as well as film footage, photographs and other material that has never been seen.
Salerno is also a New York Times bestselling author. He co-wrote the biography Salinger about J.D. Salinger with David Shields. The book was a New York Times bestseller and a #1 national bestseller. The book also made bestseller list for NPR, Independent Booksellers, Barnes & Noble and The Los Angeles Times. It was also named an Amazon Best Book of the Month and received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.
He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Memphis, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and San Diego. He attended ten schools in twelve years on both coasts of the United States.
His film debut happened when he was in high school. At 17 he wrote, produced and directed the award winning documentary film Sundown: The Future of Children and Drugs. The film debuted on Larry King Live in September 1991. Sundown won several notable "best documentary of the year" honors and was showcased on major talk shows and news programs around the world. Shane was also honored individually, in separate ceremonies, in both houses of Congress.
The critical acclaim Sundown received led nine-time Emmy winner Gregory Hoblit to invite a then 19 year old Shane to apprentice on the first season of NYPD Blue as a writer-director. Shane has credited the backstage pass to the brilliant, gritty series during a year when they were honored with a record 26 Emmy nominations as a front line film school.
Salerno is the co-writer and executive producer of Savages, directed by three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone, based on the acclaimed crime novel by Don Winslow which the New York Times voted as one of the "top ten books of 2010". The all-star cast includes Taylor Kitsch, John Travolta, Blake Lively, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Aaron Johnson, Emile Hirsch and Mia Maestro. Universal Pictures will release the film in the fall of 2012.
Salerno one of the few screenwriters to have found success in both film and television: he's the co-writer of #1 blockbusters Armageddon and Shaft, and served as one of the writer/producers of Hawaii Five O during its Golden Globe-nominated first season.
Salerno is also one of the select screenwriters to have sold both pitches and spec scripts to studios for over $1 million.
By the age of 22 he was consistently writing the highest rated episodes of the hit Fox TV series New York Undercover. Shane's gritty, street wise episodes attracted the attention of film producers. At the end of the first season, Shane asked Universal television to be let out of his three-year contract in order to pursue the feature film opportunities that he was being offered.
The first feature screenwriting job Salerno accepted was the adaptation of the World War II submarine thriller Thunder Below for producer-director Steven Spielberg and the newly formed Dreamworks Pictures. Shane next sold the spec script A Season in Hell for $600,000 to Dino DeLaurentiis who also asked him to polish the screenplay of Breakdown starring Kurt Russell. Breakdown was released by Paramount Pictures to critical acclaim.
Salerno experienced his breakthrough at the age of 24 when director Michael Bay recruited Shane to rewrite the Jerry Bruckheimer produced Armageddon based on an original screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh. The blockbuster film debuted at #1 on July 1, 1998 and was the highest grossing film of the year, earning over $570 million worldwide.
In 1998, at the age of 25, Variety selected Shane as one of the "hottest new creatives on the film scene." Based on Thunder Below and Armageddon, John Singleton, the youngest director ever nominated for an Oscar, telephoned Shane and asked him to serve as his writing partner on "Shaft" which Paramount Pictures was mounting. The Singleton-Salerno collaboration (aided by novelist Richard Price) resulted in Shane's second #1 film when "Shaft" debuted at the top of the box office on June 16, 2000.
That year, Shane (now 27) returned to television by co-creating (with acclaimed novelist Don Winslow), executive producing and serving as show-runner, head writer, and music supervisor for the NBC television series UC: Undercover starring Vera Farmiga (Martin Scorsese's "The Departed"), Oded Fehr (Showtime's "Sleeper Cell") and Golden Globe winner Ving Rhames. The series won and was nominated for awards in acting, cinematography and sound.
Salerno is also the co-writer of the 3-D re-imagining of Fantastic Voyage, produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau and Rae Sanchini for Twentieth Century Fox.
On January 29, 2010, the website Deadline Hollywood broke an exclusive story and review of Salinger, a feature-length documentary about reclusive author J. D. Salinger that Salerno directed, produced and financed himself. The documentary was kept secret for five years. The film features interviews with 150 subjects including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack, Danny DeVito, John Guare, Martin Sheen, David Milch, Robert Towne, Tom Wolfe, E.L. Doctorow, Pulitzer Prize winners A. Scott Berg and Elizabeth Frank, Gore Vidal, and "many other fans, journalists, filmmakers, playwrights, and artists inspired by Salinger's work." Michael Fleming, the first journalist in the world to view the film, said Salerno's picture was "arrestingly powerful and exhaustively researched." Additionally, Fleming announced that Salerno had co-written a 700 page biography on Salinger with New York Times bestselling author David Shields. The Salinger film was profiled in Entertainment Weekly and Newsweek and is scheduled for release in 2012.
In 2010, Salerno joined the writing-producing team of Hawaii Five-0. In its first season, Hawaii Five-0 also won the "Favorite New TV Drama" at the 37th People's Choice Awards on January 5, 2011. Series star Scott Caan was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Danny on Hawaii Five-0. In addition to his producing duties, Salerno was credited for writing the episode "Po'ipu" (Episode 9) on November 15, 2010, co-writing "El Malama" (Episode 16) on February 7, 2011 and "Ho'op'i" (Episode 20) on April 18, 2011 which featured a special guest appearance by Sean Combs.
In addition to his own writing, Salerno also runs The Story Factory a company that produces the work of screenwriters and authors. The company has had six New York Times bestsellers.
In 2004 Salerno became the youngest "Guest of Honor" speaker in the history of the Los Angeles Screenwriting Expo. He made follow up appearances in 2005, 2006 and 2011.Story- Showrunner
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Geneva Robertson-Dworet was born on 8 May 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Geneva is a writer and producer, known for Fallout (2024), Captain Marvel (2019) and Tomb Raider (2018). Geneva is married to Hayes Davenport.Screenplay- Writer
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Yuji Naka was born on 17 September 1965 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for ChuChu Rocket! (1999), Burning Rangers (1998) and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Writer
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Hirokazu Yasuhara was born on 12 October 1965 in Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion, Fatal Labyrinth (1991) and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Writer
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Naoto Ohshima was born on 26 February 1964 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Burning Rangers (1998), Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Music Department
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Alan Menken is an American composer, songwriter, music conductor, director and record producer.
Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Pocahontas (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores and songs for Little Shop of Horrors (1987), Newsies (1992), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Home on the Range (2004), Enchanted (2007), Tangled (2010), among others.
He is also known for his work in musical theatre for Broadway and elsewhere. Some of these are based on his Disney films, but other stage hits include Little Shop of Horrors (1982), A Christmas Carol (1994) and Sister Act (2009).
Menken has collaborated with such lyricists as Lynn Ahrens, Howard Ashman, Jack Feldman, Tim Rice, Glenn Slater, Stephen Schwartz and David Zippel. With eight Academy Award wins, Menken is the second most prolific Oscar winner in the music categories after Alfred Newman, who has 9 Oscars. He has also won 11 Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, Emmy Award, 7 Golden Globe Awards and many other honors.Original Songs (Music) and Original Score Composer and Producer- Music Department
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Glenn Slater was born in 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Tangled (2010), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017) and Sausage Party (2016).Original Songs (Lyrics)- Music Department
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Michael Higham was born on 25 April 1970. He is a composer, known for The Little Mermaid (2023), High Fidelity (2000) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007).Music Supervisor- Music Department
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Trygge Toven was born on 15 October 1982 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. Trygge is known for Fallout (2024), Westworld (2016) and Amsterdam (2022).Music Supervisor- Music Department
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Michelle Silverman was born on 29 August 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Aquaman (2018), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Good Boys (2019).Music Supervisor- Music Department
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Emily Richardson is a Music Supervisor for film & TV, and an experienced Music/Sync & Licencing Consultant, having worked in major and independent music publishers and record labels. She is also a Composer Agent representing a boutique roster of film composers including Anne Nikitin, Erran Baron Cohen, Savage & Spies and Hugo De Chaire.Assistant Music Supervisor- Additional Crew
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Emmy Award nominated Casting & Dialogue Director. Experience in animation features, televisions series, theme park theatrical and video games. Collette Sunderman is an American director principally involved with voice direction for animated television, film productions and video games. Her credits include The Powerpuff Girls (1998), Samurai Jack (2001), What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002), Duck Dodgers (2003), Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004), Chowder (2007), and Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010).Casting and Voice Director- Additional Crew
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Keythe is an actor/director/writer who lives in Los Angeles. Keythe is best known for his portrayal of Thane Krios in Mass Effect, Kellogg in Fallout 4 and Eruptor in the Skylanders series of video games. Commercial VO campaigns include Scottrade, Orbit Gum and Hornitos Tequila. Keythe has voice directed the animated series Rugrats, As Told By Ginger, The Wild Thornberries and Adventure Time! as well as dozens of video games including Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (the highest grossing video game of all time), Final Fantasy XV and God of War. Keythe is also the co-author of "Bat Boy: The Musical" (with Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe) which is the recipient of the Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Off-Broadway Musical. Bat Boy has been produced all over the US and has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Spanish and German.Casting and Voice Director- Actor
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Christian La Monte is known for My Life as a Zucchini (2016), Garo the Animation (2014) and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019).Casting and Voice Director- Actress
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Katelyn Gault was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Aggretsuko (2018) and Final Faction (2020). She has been married to Kyle McCarley since 29 October 2016.Additional Voice Director- Actor
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Tony Oliver was born on 12 May 1958 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an actor and producer, known for Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo (1978), Akira (1988) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). He has been married to Barbara Oliver since 7 July 1979. They have two children.Additional Voice Director- Casting Director
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Sarah Finn was born on 1 February 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a casting director and producer, known for Crash (2004), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).Celebrity Casting, C.S.A. (as Sarah Haley Finn)- Devon Mack is known for Valley of Bones (2017), Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997) and Go, Dog. Go! (2021).as Sonic the Hedgehog (Prime)
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Shannon Chan-Kent is a Canadian actress and soprano singer from Vancouver, British Columbia. She has performed with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra. She has often worked as a voice actress in animation. Her best known role was providing the singing voice of the regular character Pinkie Pie in the fantasy series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" (2010-2019). In the same series, she provided the regular voices of the recurring antagonist Silver Spoon and the female dragon Smolder. Chan-Kent also voiced several significant characters in the spin-off series "Equestria Girls".
Chan-Kent voiced Misa Amane in the English dub of "Death Note" (2006-2007). Misa was depicted as a young model with traumatic experiences, who gained the eyes of a Shinigami (death spirit). At the cost of shortening her own life span, Misa could learn a person's real name and lifespan just by looking at their face. She used this ability to feed information to the supernatural serial killer Kira/ Light Yagami, due to her unrequited love for him and her agreement with his vigilantism. Kira viewed her only as a useful tool instead of a love interest.
Chan-Kent voiced Christina Sierra in "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" (2007-2009). Christina was a computer programmer aboard the mothership "Ptolemaios", and was previously a runaway from an unnamed space colony. Christina was repeatedly trying to befriend her introverted co-worker Feldt Grace and to spend private time with her, despite their different personalities and interests. Christina was eventually killed in action, using her dying moments to offer life advise to Feldt. Feldt mourned the loss of her closest friend.
In "Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures" (2010-2013), Chan-Kent voiced the regular character Cherry Jam. The character was depicted as a semi-retired professional singer, who had just started a new career as a music teacher. She had reportedly tired of constant music tours, and was seeking to settle down and to develop closer bonds with her new friends. Cherry enjoyed having a less hectic lifestyle than the one she previously experienced, and found joy in simple things.
Chan-Kent voiced Larmina, the Blue Lion pilot in "Voltron Force" (2011-2012). The character was the niece of Princess Allura (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) and a replacement pilot for her aunt. Larmina was an entirely new addition to the Voltron franchise's cast. This series lasted for a single season and 26 episodes, ending on a cliffhanger. A planned second season was never produced due to budget problems.
Chan-Kent voiced Beatrice "Trixie" Sting in the science fiction series "Slugterra" (2012-2016). The character was a female member of the Shane Gang, and served as a strategist for her team. Trixie viewed her teammates as her surrogate family, and tried to convince her secretive teammate Eli Shane to confide to her about his mysterious past. Trixie had aspirations to become a documentary filmmaker.
Chan-Kent voiced the antagonist Lemon Zest in the animated film "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games" (2015). The character was a leading member of the Crystal Prep Academy Shadowbolts. She and her teammates obsessively pursued victory at an academic and sporting competition, serving as the rival team to the film's protagonists. Lemon was portrayed as a rock music enthusiast, and as rather insensitive to the needs and emotions of her teammate Twilight Sparkle. In a moment of danger towards the film's ending, Lemon helped in pulling to safety both Rarity (one of her rivals at the contest) and Fleur de Lis (one of Lemon's classmates).
Chan-Kent voiced the antagonist Wallflower Blush in the television special "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Forgotten Friendship" (2018). Wallflower was depicted as a lonely girl, who kept being forgotten by people with whom she interacted regularly. She eventually gained a magical artifact which could erase or modify the memories of others. So she decided to take revenge on the popular girl Sunset Shimmer, by using this power to isolate Sunset from her friends and to turn her into a social outcast (like Wallflower herself).
Chan-Kent performed the singing voice of returning antagonist Sonata Dusk in the animated special "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Sunset's Backstage Pass" (2019). As before, Sonata was depicted as a formerly powerful siren who has been exiled into a human world and transformed into a human. In the special, Sonata and her depowered teammates were pursuing careers as music performers. Their old enemy Sunset Shimmer accused the sirens of being responsible for a mysterious time loop. The sirens revealed that they have had no access to magic for quite some time, and were not aware of any magic plot.
Chan-Kent has been announced as the new voice actress of the anthropomorphic hedgehog Amy Rose in the upcoming series "Sonic Prime" (2022-). Amy is typically depicted as Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. Her signature weapon is a hammer, which she typically uses as a melee weapon. By 2022, Chan-Kent was 34-years. She seems to have no plans to retire yet.as Amy Rose (Prime) (voice)- Actress
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Kazumi Evans is a Canadian voice actress, primarily active since the 2010s. Before starting her acting career, she trained as a dancer in the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, the Richmond Academy of Dance, and the Goh Ballet. She has voiced several major characters in animated series and films.
Evans' first major role in animation was serving as the singing voice of the co-protagonist Rarity in the fantasy series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" (2010-2019), which lasted for 9 seasons. In the same series, she served as the singing voice of the supporting character Princess Luna. She also voiced four minor characters: the musician Octavia Melody, the bibliophile Moondancer, the florist Rose, and the animal herder Wrangler. In the "Equestria Girls" spin-off series, Evans voiced both Rarity and the villainous siren Adagio Dazzle.
In the mini-series "Wolverine vs. Sabretooth" (2014), Evans voiced two of Marvel Comics' female superheroes: Rogue/Anna Marie and Boomer/Tabitha Smith. In the magical girl series "LoliRock" (2014-2017), Evans voiced the co-protagonist Princess Iris. Iris was the blonde lead singer in the eponymous music band of the series, where each musician had magical powers. The character's design was primarily based on actress Taylor Momsen.
Evans voiced the female spy Rouge the Bat in the comic science fiction series "Sonic Prime" (2022-2024), which lasted for 3 seasons. The series was based on the Sonic video games, where Rouge has been appearing as a major character since her debut in 2001. Rouge is typically depicted as both a treasure hunter and a spy, and as a competent schemer.as Rouge the Bat (Prime) (voice)- Actress
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Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York. Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning. Melissa is the oldest of eight children, some from her mother's second marriage. Six sisters, Trisha Hart, Elizabeth Hart, Emily Hart, Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Samantha Hart, and Mackenzie Lee Hart, who is the only sibling who never appeared on Melissa's TV series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996). Her brother is Brian Hart.
Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's Circle Repertory Lab Company: "Beside Herself" in 1989 (starring Lois Smith and William Hurt) and "Imagining Brad" in 1990. She was also in the National Actors Theater production of "The Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen (as understudy of three of the children in the play). Melissa cites Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn as early acting inspirations and still collects memorabilia of the former. For the past few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York University. She's now living in Connecticut.as Thorn Rose (voice)- Actress
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Amy Jo Johnson is an American/Canadian actress and filmmaker. Amy grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. As a child she competed as a gymnast, learning skills that would later be of great use to her in her breakthrough role as Kimberly Hart the Pink Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993). She gave up competing when she was 17, and concentrated more on her acting interests, appearing in various community theatre projects. Once she graduated from high school she went to New York to study at the American Musical Dramatic Academy. After two years there she moved to California where she landed the aforementioned part as the Pink Ranger also in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995). After her stint there she went back to the theatre as well as doing several television movies. Amy's own talents as a musician came into play in her role as Julie Emrick on Felicity (1998). After several more years of acting in Los Angeles Amy then moved her life to Toronto, Ontario and has become a Canadian citizen. She mainly focuses now on writing/directing and hanging with her daughter Francesca.as Prim Rouge (voice)- Actor
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Brendan James Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Canadian parents Carol Mary (Genereux), a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a journalist and travel executive. He is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. As his parents frequently moved, Brendan can claim affinity with Ottawa, Indianapolis, Detroit, Seattle, London and Rome. His early exposure to theatre, particularly in London, led him to Seattle's Cornish Institute. After graduation he found a minor role as Sailor #1 in River Phoenix's Dogfight (1991), then somewhat more substantial roles in Encino Man (1992) and School Ties (1992). He expresses a preference for playing "fish out of water" men. Five more years of supporting work led finally to the title role in George of the Jungle (1997), a role which fully utilized his charm and beefy good looks, as well as offering him a chance to show off his comic talents. He describes this role as the one which dramatically altered his career. Critical raves for his role in Gods and Monsters (1998) pointed to yet another dimension to his dramatic persona.as Gnarly Knuckles (voice)- Actress
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Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the movie The Piano (1993), which was shot in New Zealand. At age 16, she relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her last two years of high school (graduating in 2000). She then moved to New York where she attended Columbia University for one year. Between 2001 and 2004, she worked almost exclusively on stage in both New York and London. In 2007, Anna was cast in HBO's True Blood (2008), which concluded shooting its seventh and final season in 2014.as Mangey Tails (voice)- Actor
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Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor, film producer, and director. Evans began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in school productions and community theatre.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lisa (Capuano), who worked at the Concord Youth Theatre, and G. Robert Evans III, a dentist. His uncle is former U.S. Representative Mike Capuano. Chris's father is of half German and half Welsh/English/Scottish ancestry, while Chris's mother is of half Italian and half Irish descent. He has an older sister, Carly Evans, and two younger siblings, a brother named Scott Evans, who is also an actor, and a sister named Shana Evans. The family moved to suburban Sudbury when he was 11 years-old. Bitten by the acting bug in the first grade because his older sister, Carly, started performing, Evans followed suit and began appearing in school plays. While at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, his drama teacher cited his performance as "Leontes" in "The Winter's Tale" as exemplary of his skill. After more plays and regional theatre, he moved to New York and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
On the advice of friends, he landed an internship at a casting office and befriended a couple of the agents he regularly communicated with - one of whom later took him on as a client. The screen - not the stage - then became his focus; Evans soon began auditioning for feature films and television series. Evans made one of his first appearances on The Fugitive (2000) (CBS, 2000-2001), a remake of the 1960s series and feature film starring Harrison Ford. In the episode "Guilt", Evans played the son of a small-town sheriff who tries to exact revenge after Dr. Richard Kimble - incognito as a liquor store owner - refuses to sell him and his friends alcohol. After small roles in Cherry Falls (1999) and The Newcomers (2000) - two unknown low-budget features - Evans appeared in Boston Public (2000) (Fox, 2000-2004) as a murder suspect. He then appeared in his first major feature, Not Another Teen Movie (2001), a spoof on teen comedies wherein he played a jock who makes a bet that he can turn an unpopular and unkempt girl (Chyler Leigh) into prom queen.
After filming a couple of television pilots he was confident would be successful - Just Married (2003) and Eastwick (2002) - he appeared in another listless teen comedy, The Perfect Score (2004), playing an average, ho-hum student who takes part in a plot to steal the SAT test. Hijinks naturally ensue. Then, Evans broke through to the Big Time, grabbing the lead in the kidnapping thriller, Cellular (2004), a suspenseful B movie with a cheesy gimmick - a random wrong number on his cell phone forces him into a high-stakes race to save an unknown woman's life. Despite an unassuming performance from Evans and Kim Basinger as the damsel in distress, Cellular (2004) failed to break any box office records or please a wide majority of critics. Evans then prepared himself for super stardom when he signed on to play Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (2005), 20th Century Fox's long-awaited adaptation of the Marvel comic. Although the film was wildly uneven and disappointing, Evans nearly stole the show with his energetic, unfettered performance. In that year itself, Chris was noticed by critics and made it into magazine and Internet countdowns, scoring himself a third position of the hot body countdown from Gay.com and #18 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.
The year 2007 also proved to be one successful year for Chris, as he had two movies released around the world that same year, starting with the second installment of the Marvel franchise Fantastic Four. Chris received positive reviews for his performance. The Nanny Diaries (2007), where Evans played Harvard Hottie, showed his sensitive. The year 2008 saw Chris Evans' part of the movie Street Kings (2008), playing the character Detective Paul Diskant. The movie is about police officers trying to cover up their wrongdoings and audiences got to see a serious side of Chris. In the same year, Chris also worked on the movie The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008).as Shadow the Hedgehog (Prime) (voice)- Actor
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Trevor Dion Nicholas is known for Aladdin: Live from the West End, The Americans (2013) and Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country (2018).as Big the Cat (Prime) (voice)- Actor
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Dennis Haysbert was born on 2 June 1954 in San Mateo, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Far from Heaven (2002), 24 (2001) and Heat (1995). He was previously married to Lynn Griffith and Elena Simms.as Hangry Cat (Prime) (voice)- Actor
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Jason Marnocha was born on 9 March 1989 in Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Combiner Wars (2016), Carole & Tuesday (2019) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012).as Megatron (voice)- Actor
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Ray Chase is best known for his versatility as a voice actor in video games, animation, and feature films. He's played countless protagonists in JRPGs, starting with Noctis in Final Fantasy XV (2016), and brought his same cinematic energy to Brother Nier in NieR Replicant: ver.1.22474487139... (2021), and Alphen in Tales of Arise (2021). On the flip side he's played wildly different and iconic roles such as brave Roy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018), evil Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), the corporate Rhys Strongfork in Borderlands 3 (2019), the devious Master of Masters in Kingdom Hearts III (2019), mafioso Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012), and the flamboyant Puri Puri Prisoner in One Punch Man (2015).
He got his start making YouTube videos and working on audiobooks, narrating over a hundred before setting his sights on breaking into voice acting. After getting some small roles in anime, his first big break came with Noctis in 2016. After making dozens of appearances in more anime and games, he's begun to break into feature films. In 2021, director James Wan chose him to give voice to the sinister Gabriel in Malignant (2021), imbuing the antagonist with dramatic flair.
He is a con fixture making appearances all over the world with his show "Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying" (LAVA) with fellow voice actors Robbie Daymond and Max Mittelman. They stream weekly on Twitch playing games they have made appearances in.as Optimus Prime (SG) (voice)- Actor
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Daman Mills is an American voice actor and ADR Director from Seattle, Washington. He is known for his work in anime and video game dubs, and works frequently with Square Enix, Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Bang Zoom! Entertainment, most notably as Frieza from Dragon Ball Super. He has also voiced in Genshin Impact, Pokémon, Trigun: Stampede, Bleach, Haikyuu, My Hero Academia, Fire Emblem, Shin Megami Tensei V, Evangelion and Final Fantasy VII Remake.as Starscream (SG) (voice)- Actor
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Mahershala Ali is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.
He can be seen in the independent feature film, Moonlight, as well as reprising his role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, Gary Ross's civil war era drama The Free State of Jones, and Netflix's award-winning series House of Cards as well as Marvel's Luke Cage.
Ali's previous feature film credits include Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines, Wayne Kramer's Crossing Over, John Sayles' Go For Sisters, and David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Again on television, he appeared opposite Julia Ormond in Lifetime's The Wronged Man for which he subsequently received an NAACP Nomination for Best Actor. Ali also had a recurring role on Syfy's Alphas, as well as the role of Richard Tyler, a Korean War pilot, on the critically acclaimed drama The 4400 for three seasons.
On the stage, Ali appeared in productions of Blues for an Alabama Sky, The School for Scandal, A Lie of the Mind, A Doll's House, Monkey in the Middle, The Merchant of Venice, The New Place and Secret Injury, Secret Revenge. His additional stage credits include appearing in Washington, D.C. at the Arena Stage in the title role of The Great White Hope, and in The Long Walk and Jack and Jill. In February 2016, Ali made his New York Broadway debut in Kenny Leon's Smart People.
Born in Oakland, California and raised in Hayward, Ali received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications at St. Mary's College. He made his professional debut performing with the California Shakespeare Festival in Orinda, California. Soon after, he earned his Master's degree in acting from New York University's prestigious graduate program.as Soundwave (SG) (voice)- Actor
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Jason Marnocha was born on 9 March 1989 in Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Combiner Wars (2016), Carole & Tuesday (2019) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012).as Megatron (voice)- Actor
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Ron Perlman is a classically-trained actor who has appeared in countless stage plays, feature films and television productions.
Ronald N. Perlman was born April 13, 1950 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy (Rosen), is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, Bertram "Bert" Perlman, now deceased, was a repairman and a drummer. His parents were both from Jewish families (from Hungary, Germany and Poland).
With a career spanning over three decades, Perlman has worked alongside such diverse actors as Marlon Brando, Sean Connery, Dominique Pinon, Brad Dourif, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Jude Law, Christina Ricci, Federico Luppi, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Wincott and Elijah Wood to name a few.
While he has never been a bankable star, Perlman has always had a large fan-base. He started out strong as Amoukar, one of the tribesmen in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Academy Award-winning film Quest for Fire (1981), for which he earned a Genie Award nomination. Perlman teamed up with Annaud again, this time as a hunchback named Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986). His first real breakthrough came later when he landed the role of the noble lion-man Vincent, opposite Linda Hamilton on the fantasy series Beauty and the Beast (1987). His work in this role earned him not only a Golden Globe Award but an underground fan following. Sadly the series was canceled in its third season shortly after Hamilton's character's death.
After that, he spent time doing supporting work on television and independent films such as Guillermo del Toro's debut Cronos (1992) (where a lifelong friendship and collaboration between the director and Perlman would blossom) as Angel and his first lead role as One in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's surreal The City of Lost Children (1995). His first real big role in a mainstream film came when Jeunet wanted him for the brutish Johner in his first Hollywood outing Alien: Resurrection (1997). Perlman has also used his distinctive voice to his advantage, appearing in many animated films/series, commercials and he is a video game fan favorite because of his work on such games as the Fallout series.
It was not until much later he received worldwide fame when his good friend Guillermo del Toro helped him land the title role in the big-budget comic book movie Hellboy (2004). Del Toro fought the studio for four years because they wanted a more secure name, but he stood his ground and in 2004, after almost 25 years in and out of obscurity, Perlman became a household name and a sought out actor. Perlman has had one of the most offbeat careers in film, playing everything from a prehistoric ape-man to an aging transsexual and will always be a rarity in Hollywood.
Other notable roles include the cunning Norman Arbuthnot in The Last Supper (1995), sniper expert Koulikov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), vampire leader Reinhardt in Blade II (2002), his reprisal of Hellboy in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) and biker chief Clarence Morrow on the popular series Sons of Anarchy (2008).
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Opal, and their two children, Blake and Brandon.as Optimus Primal (voice)- Actor
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Michael Ironside has made a strong and indelible impression with his often incredibly intense and explosive portrayals of fearsome villains throughout the years. He was born as Frederick Reginald Ironside on February 12, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ironside was a successful arm wrestler in his teenage years. His initial ambition was to be a writer. At age fifteen, Michael wrote a play called "The Shelter" that won first prize in a Canada-wide university contest; He used the prize money to mount a production of this play. Ironside attended the Ontario College of Art, took acting lessons from Janine Manatis, and studied for three years at the Canadian National Film Board. Ironside worked in construction as a roofer prior to embarking on an acting career.
Ironside first began acting in movies in the late 1970s. He received plenty of recognition with his frightening turn as deadly and powerful psychic Darryl Revok in David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981). He was likewise very chilling as vicious misogynistic psychopath Colt Hawker in the underrated Visiting Hours (1982). Other memorable film roles include weary Detective Roersch in the sadly forgotten thriller Cross Country (1983), the crazed Overdog in the immensely enjoyable Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), the hard-nosed Jester in the blockbuster smash Top Gun (1986), ramrod Major Paul Hackett in Extreme Prejudice (1987), loner Vietnam veteran "Ben" in Nowhere to Hide (1987), the ferocious Lem Johnson in Watchers (1988), and lethal immortal General Katana in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991).
Moreover, Ironside has appeared in two highly entertaining science fiction features for Paul Verhoeven: At his savage best as the evil Richter in Total Recall (1990) and typically excellent as the rugged Lieutenant Jean Rasczak in Starship Troopers (1997). Ironside showed a more tender and thoughtful side with his lovely and touching performance as a hardened convict who befriends a disabled man in the poignant indie drama gem Chaindance (1991); he also co-wrote the script and served as an executive producer for this beautiful sleeper. Michael was terrific as tough mercenary Ham Tyler on the epic miniseries V (1984), its follow up V: The Final Battle (1984), and subsequent short-lived spin-off series.
Ironside also had a recurring role on the television series SeaQuest 2032 (1993). Among the television series he has done guest spots on are The A-Team (1983), Hill Street Blues (1981), The New Mike Hammer (1984), The Hitchhiker (1983), Tales from the Crypt (1989), Superman: The Animated Series (1996), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), The Outer Limits (1995), ER (1994), Smallville (2001), ER (1994), Desperate Housewives (2004), Justice League (2001) and Masters of Horror (2005). More recently, Ironside garnered a slew of plaudits and a Gemini Award nomination for his outstanding portrayal of shrewd biker gang leader Bob Durelle in the acclaimed Canadian miniseries The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (2003).
In addition to his substantial film and television work, Ironside has also lent his distinctive deep voice to TV commercials and video games.as Rhinox (voice)- Actor
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Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch) was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas. While growing up, he had taken an interest in martial arts after having seen the works of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, winning several martial arts competitions as a result. After being informed about the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) by his martial arts teacher, Bosch subsequently joined the show's second season as Adam Park (replacing Walter Jones, who had played the character in season 1), and reprised the role in both films based on the franchise as well as Power Rangers Zeo (1996) and Power Rangers Turbo (1997)
His main claim to fame, however, arrived in the form of his voice acting career in anime and video games, when he landed the role of Kaneda in a redub of Akira (1988) that was recorded by Pioneer in 2001, with Cam Clarke having previously voiced the character in the 1988 Streamline dub. This ultimately lead to further roles in more anime series and games in the years that followed, including Vash the Stampede in Trigun (1998), Renton Thurston in Eureka Seven (2005), Genma Shiranui and Sasori in the Naruto franchise, Yu Narukami in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008), and, most notably, Ichigo Kurosaki in the Bleach franchise. Among Bosch's later roles include Sabo in One Piece (1999) from 2020 onward, Toji Suzuhara in Netflix's 2019 redub of Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), and Ryogi in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2017), among others.as Cheetor (voice)- Actor
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Frank Todaro's an L.A. based voice actor & actor. He also hosts radio programs & live events. Through voice-overs, he has sought reign over the Decepticons as the treacherous Starscream in several Transformers animated series & video games. He has tried reigning in his more adventurous brother as Mugman in The Cuphead Show! (2022). He provides creature sounds for various TV shows, movies & games in addition to performing on stage & behind it as a puppeteer in his native NYC.as Rattrap (voice)- Joe Anoa'i was born on 25 May 1985 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), The Wrong Missy (2020) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). He has been married to Galina Anoa'i since 6 December 2014. They have five children.as Predacon Megatron (voice) (as Joe 'Roman Reigns' Anoa'i)
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Marc Swint was born on 18 June 1987 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Anime Abandon (2011), Street Fighter V (2016) and The Dragonphoenix Chronicles: Indomitable (2013).as Dinobot (voice)- Jeanne Carr is known for Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (2020), Logic & Marshmello: Everyday (2018) and Conan (2010).as Blackrachnia (voice)
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Daniel Ross was born on 4 August 1980 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for MultiVersus (2024), Diablo IV (2023) and Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures (2019).as Waspinator (voice)- Actor
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Wally Wingert is an American voice actor, collector and comedic actor from South Dakota. He is most well-known for voicing the Riddler in several Batman video games and cartoons, dozens of characters in Family Guy, Ant-Man from Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Almighty Tallest Red and Mortos der Soulstealer in Invader Zim, Renji Abarai in Bleach, Green Eyed Skeleton Man in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and Jon Arbuckle in Garfield.as Tarantulas (voice)- Actor
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Edward Bosco was born on 24 January 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Dust: An Elysian Tail (2012), Hazbin Hotel (2019) and Resident Evil Village (2021).as Rumble, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Graduated from the University of New Orleans in 1999 where he won "Best Actor" for his portrayal of 'Pale' in 'Burn This'. He followed up with performances as Sebastian in 'Twelth Night' and Nicholas Beckett in 'What the Butler Saw'. Nick is the son of an Italian mother and a Spanish father. Real mother, Lisa Ann Collura, passed away in 1985.as Frenzy, Additional Voices (voice)- Actress
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Shelby Young is a Los Angeles-based actor with an extensive background in voice over, voice-matching, motion capture, looping/ADR and on-camera. A self-proclaimed nerd with an affinity for cats, theme parks and sushi, Shelby has amassed a large social media following by way of Tiktok and Youtube where she shares fun voice over, impressions and comedy related videos. In the world of VO, Shelby might be best known for her work in the Star Wars galaxy, voicing multiple characters across their animation titles and video games, including voicing Princess Leia Organa in projects such as Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, Disney Channel's Star Wars Forces of Destiny and Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales! Shelby's also known by video games fans for her work as Soph Blazkowicz, whom she brought to life through both voice and movement via MoCap, in Wolfenstein: Youngblood as one of the first-ever playable female characters in the long-standing franchise. Shelby's resume includes other AAA franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, Final Fantasy and Dead Rising 3, where she voiced and provided MoCap for the lead role of Annie. You can currently hear Shelby recur as Rayna on Nickelodeon's, "Baby Shark's Big Show!" and she can be heard in the upcoming, and highly anticipated, God of War: Ragnarök. When she's not working in animation and games, Shelby spends her time "stepping into the mouths" of celebrities, by voice-matching for an ever growing list of Hollywood's leading ladies (and young men) in multiple high-profile film and television projects. In the on-camera world you may know Shelby as Leah from the Emmy-winning American Horror Story, KC in the Best Picture Oscar®-nominated The Social Network, or Kinsey on Days of Our Lives.as Birdie, Flamewar (SG), Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Matt Yang King is best known for his role as Marty Mantle on Riverdale, his acclaimed work on the David Fincher/Tim Miller Netflix series Love, Death and Robots as well as his long running stints on 24, Numb3rs, Supah Ninjas and Strong Medicine. Matt has voiced many iconic characters in television and film; from Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday with Daisy Ridley, to Transformers, Fortnite, Justice League vs. The Fatal Five, Batman Ninja, and Warcraft's Illidan Demon Hunter.
King has appeared on numerous TV shows, as a series regular on the shows Washington Field (2009) and GI Joe: Renegades (2010), and guest starring on everything from Friends to Bones, Frasier to 24. He is most noted for his long running roles on Strong Medicine as Dr. Matt Lin, and on Numb3rs as Agent Matt Li. King is also widely known for his iconic voice work in many movies, television shows, and video games. His characterization of Nicky "Tunnel Rat" Lee on GI Joe: Renegades (2010) was nominated for a BVTVA Television Voice Acting Award.
King is the winner of the CAPE/Hollywood Foreign Press Young Screenwriters Award, a Semi-Finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship for screenwriting and the creator of The World of Steam; now in development. He is also the co-creator of Goblins Animated, a new animated show based on the work of Tarol Hunt.as Swindle (SG), Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City, Momo and Appa in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Perry the Platypus in Phineas & Ferb, Sunny Jim in Lobo, Kevin the Sea Cucumber in SpongeBob SquarePants, Numbuh Four in Codename: Kids Next Door and Gravemind in Halo 2.as Maximal Computer, Special Vocal Effects, Additional Voices (voice)- Actress
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Amy Johnston is known for Accident Man (2018), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Deadpool 2 (2018).as DeLorean Voice, Predacon Computer, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Charles Parnell was born on 26 October 1964 in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Top Gun: Maverick (2022), The Killer (2023) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).as Blaster (SG), Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Max Mittelman was born in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Max is an actor, known for One Punch Man (2015), Spider-Man (2017) and Persona 5 (2016).as Renegade Knucks, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Beau Billingslea was born on 18 December 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), The Blob (1988) and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001). He is married to Cecelia Marie Thompson. They have two children.as Tigatron, Additional Voices (voice)- Actress
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Elizabeth Maxwell was born on 13 October 1983 in the USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for Attack on Titan (2013), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) and A Perfect Getaway (2009).as Airazor, Additional Voices (voice)- Nicholas Andrew Louie is an Asian-American (Voice) Actor. Known for working frequently with Sound Cadence Studios, NYAV Post, Okratron 5000, How It Should Have Ended, The Countdown, and more. Since 2011, he's been in various professional productions which include Dubbing, Animations, Audio Dramas, Video Games, Narrations, Parodies, etc. Nowadays, he also puts focus into creating and fleshing out his own projects. He's still heavily active in voice over and hopes to continue to be for years to come.as Cyclonus (SG), Vehicon Trooper, Additional Voices (voice)
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Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school students selected for the National Foundation for the Arts' "Arts '82" program, later he earned a scholarship to Syracuse University.
Kevin is well-known by various voice works, mostly villainous. He lent his voice to based-upon video game film Mortal Kombat (1995) as Goro, he was also in Matrix Revolutions (2003) as Deus Ex Machina, and made a brief appearance in Clerks II (2006) as a police officer. To mention that he did a brief additional voices for mega hit Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).
He did voice in many animated films and TV series, such as "The Mask - The Animated Series" (1995), "The New Batman Adventures" (1997), "Pokemon" (1998), "Powerpuff Girls" (1998), "Voltron: The Third Dimension" (1998), "Family Guy", Lilo & Stitch (2002), as well as "Lilo & Stitch" TV series, "Codename Kids Next Door" (2002), Batman VS Dracula (2005) (V), where he voiced Joker, "Mummy The Animated Series" (2003), TMNT (2007) as General Aguila, "Transformers Animated" (2007) as Omega Supreme and Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), as Lucius Fox.
He also did voices in such video games as Halo 2 (Tartarus), Kingdom Hearts (Sebastian) and others. He lives in Los Angeles and likes to work in Manhattan.as Thunderwing (SG), Bulkhead, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Arif S Kinchen is an acclaimed actor, musician, voice actor and charity streamer on Twitch. He is best known on-screen for his roles in Trippin', Christmas in Compton, and as La Marr Hicks in SPARKS. Arif also has an expansive voice-over resume including hundreds of commercials, campaigns, and promos that include clients such as CA Lottery, AT&T, and the NBC network. You can hear Arif's vocal dexterity as Jazz in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, multiple characters in both The Mandalorian (TV Series) (S3) and Star vs. the Forces of Evil and Pixar's 2023 Hit ELEMENTAL as The Concrete Foreman - to name a few. Arif has also lent his talents to AAA games including Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Deathloop, as Pierce Washington in The Saints Row franchise and most recently Starfield.as Jazz (SG), Additional Voices (voice)- Roman Varshavsky was born on 1 November 1968 in Almaty, Kazakhstan USSR. He is an actor, known for Whiteout (2009), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011).as Scourge (SG), Additional Voices (voice)