Synopsis TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION begins after an epic battle left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans (led by Mark Wahlberg), Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world. About the Cast Mark Wahlberg (Cade Yeager) earned both Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations for his standout work in the family boxing film “The Fighter“ and Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed drama “The Departed.“ Wahlberg has played diverse characters for visionary filmmakers such as David O. Russell, Tim Burton and Paul Thomas Anderson. His breakout role in “Boogie Nights“ established Wahlberg as one of Hollywood’s most sought-­‐‑after talents. Wahlberg’s remarkable film career began with “Renaissance Man,“ directed by Penny Marshall, and “The Basketball Diaries,“ with Leonardo DiCaprio, followed by a star turn opposite Reese Witherspoon in the thriller “Fear.“ He later headlined “Three Kings“ and “The Perfect Storm,“ with George Clooney, and “The Italian Job,“ with Charlize Theron. Wahlberg then starred in the football biopic “Invincible,“ with Greg Kinnear, and “Shooter,“ based on the best-­‐‑selling novel Point of Impact. He reunited with “The Yards“ director James Gray and co-­‐‑star Joaquin Phoenix in “We Own the Night,“ which he also produced. Other projects include “The Lovely Bones,“ “The Other Guys,“ “Contraband“ and “Ted.“ Most recently, he starred in Michael Bay’s “Pain & Gain“ with Dwayne Johnson, “2 Guns“ with Denzel Washington, and “Lone Survivor“ for director Peter Berg. Up next is Rupert Wyatt'ʹs “The Gambler.“ Also an accomplished film and television producer, Wahlberg has won many awards, among them a Golden Globe, a Peabody and a BAFTA. He has also been nominated for an Oscar®, nine Golden Globes and five Emmys. In addition to “Entourage,“ “The Gambler,“ “Lone Survivor,“ “Broken City,“ “Contraband,“ “The Fighter“ and “We Own the Night,“ Wahlberg is executive producer of the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire“ as well as the A&E series “Wahlburgers“ and “Breaking Boston.“ He also executive produced HBO’s “Entourage,“ “In Treatment“ and “How to Make It in America.“ A committed philanthropist, Wahlberg founded The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in 2001 to benefit inner-­‐‑city children and teens. Stanley Tucci (Joshua Joyce) has appeared in over 50 films and countless television shows. He has appeared in over a dozen plays, on and off Broadway and has been behind the camera working as a writer, director, and producer. Tucci is well known for his role as Julia Child’s husband in the 2008 blockbuster hit “Julie and Julia.“ He reached his widest audience yet in the box office sensation, “The Hunger Games,“ and its sequel “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire“ playing the role of Caesar Flickerman. He will soon be seen in the third installment, “The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay, Part One“ later this year, and is currently filming “Part Two,“ set for release in 2015. Tucci was nominated for an Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, SAG Award and received a Broadcast Film Critics nomination for his performance in Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones.“ More recently, Tucci'ʹs voice can be heard in the popular “Muppets Most Wanted,“ along with those of Christoph Waltz, Salma Hayek, Lady Gaga, Ray Liotta and Danny Trejo. Tucci appeared in “Some Velvet Morning,“ directed by Neil LaBute and costarring Alice Eve, which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival this past December. Last year he also appeared in the Bill Condon directed “The Fifth Estate,“ a film about the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and colleague Daniel Domscheit-­‐‑Berg. In addition to his various accomplishments in film, Tucci was also nominated for an Emmy for his guest role on “ER.” His appearance on “Monk,” received critical praise and an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Furthermore Tucci won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in TV movie “Winchell.“ His performance as the fast-­‐‑talking tattler, who exposed secrets and scandals left audiences and critics alike singing his praises. “Winchell,“ directed by Paul Mazursky, provided Tucci with one of the juiciest roles of his diverse career. Tucci was also awarded a Golden Globe for his role in HBO movie “Conspiracy.“ His brilliant portrayal of Lt. Colonel Adolf Eichmann delivered a truly petrifying experience, where he often deceived others with his all but friendly smile. Tucci additional endeavors include being a writer, director, and producer. He premiered the film “Blind Date“ at The Sundance Film Festival -­‐‑-­‐‑ directing, starring, and co-­‐‑writing this Van Gogh remake. Another directorial effort was USA Films’ “Joe Gould’s Secret,“ which starred Ian Holm as bohemian writer ‘Joe Gould’ and Tucci as ‘Joseph Mitchell,’ the famed writer for The New Yorker. The film, set in New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1940s, tells the story of the strange meeting and long lasting friendship between Gould and Mitchell, as well as the stories Mitchell wrote about Gould and his life. “Big Night,“ Tucci’s first effort as co-­‐‑director, co-­‐‑screenwriter, and actor on the same film, earned him numerous accolades, including the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, a recognition of Excellence by the National Board of Review, an Independent Spirit Award, The Critics Prize at the 1996 Deauville Film Festival, and honors from the New York Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics. Tucci’s second project, “The Imposters,“ a film which he wrote, directed, co-­‐‑
produced, and starred, was an Official Selection at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and was acquired by Fox Searchlight Pictures later that year. The 1930’s farce starred Tucci and Oliver Platt as a pair of out-­‐‑of-­‐‑work actors who find themselves aboard a cruise ship passengered by Steve Buscemi, Alfred Molina, Lili Taylor and Hope Davis. His work on television includes his appearance as a re-­‐‑occurring guest star on TNT’s “Bull,” “Equal Justice,” “Wiseguy,” “The Equalizer,” “thirtysomething” and “The Street.” Tucci earned an Emmy nomination for his work in “Murder One.” He has appeared in many plays including Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Execution of Hope, The Iceman Cometh, Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Misanthrope. He has also performed in a number of off-­‐‑Broadway plays, at Yale Repertory Theater and SUNY Purchase, where he first studied acting. Stanley made his directorial debut on Broadway with a revival of Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor starring Tony Shalhoub. The production received a Tony Award nomination for Best Revival of a Play. Tucci’s additional film credits include “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,“ “The Company You Keep, “ “Jack the Giant Slayer, ““Captain America, ““The First Avenger,““Margin Call,“ “Burlesque,“ “Easy A, ““The Tale of Despereaux,“ “Kit Kitteredge: An American Girl, ““Swing Vote,“ “What Just Happened,“ “The Devil Wears Prada,“ “Shall We Dance,“ The Terminal,“ “The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,“ “Spin, ““Road to Perdition,“ “America’s Sweethearts,“ “Sidewalks of New York,“ “A Mid Summer Nights Dream,“ “The Alarmist,“ “Deconstructing Harry,“ “The Daytrippers,“ “Big Trouble,“ “A Life Less Ordinary,““Kiss of Death,“ “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle,““It Could Happen to You,“ “The Pelican Brief,“ “Prelude to a Kiss,“ “In the Soup,“ “Billy Bathgate“ and “Slaves of New York.“ Kelsey Grammer (Harold Attinger) has excelled at the highest level in theatre, television and film as an actor, producer, and director. An initial role as Dr. Frasier Crane on “Cheers“ developed into the cornerstone of the Juilliard-­‐‑trained actor’s career. Grammer played the celebrated character in three different television series (“Cheers,” “Wings“ and “Frasier“) over a span of 20 years, tying the record for longest-­‐‑running television character. Portraying Crane, Grammer has won five Emmys, two Golden Globes and a SAG Award and has received an unparalleled 16 Emmy nominations, eight Golden Globe nominations, and 16 SAG nominations. Grammer most recently lent his voice to the iconic Tin Man in “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return,” which was nominated for Best Feature at the 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Additionally, he recently starred in and was executive producer of Starz drama “Boss,” for which he was honored with the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Mayor Tom Kane. Grammer’s upcoming projects include: “Think Like a Man Too,” Lionsgate’s “The Expendables 3,” New Redemption Pictures’ “Reach Me,” and the highly anticipated fourth installment of the “Transformers” film series, “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Grammer starred in “La Cage aux Folles” on Broadway in 2010 for which he received rave reviews as nightclub owner Georges. His performance earned him a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Grammer created Grammnet NH Productions, a TV production company which has produced such hit television shows as the Emmy-­‐‑winning “Medium,” for NBC, and “The Game” and “Girlfriends,” for CW. Other Grammnet producing credits include the NBC productions “The Innocent,” “Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny,” “Fired Up,” “In Laws” and “Gary the Rat.” For PAX, he produced “World Cup Comedy.” For FOX, he starred in and produced “Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show.” Grammer has directed single episodes of “Everybody Hates Chris,” “My Ex Life” and “Out of Practice.” He has also directed several episodes of “Frasier,” one of which earned him a DGA nomination. Grammer also starred and served as executive producer of the ABC comedy “Hank.” Also accomplished as a voice-­‐‑over artist, Grammer plays the character Sideshow Bob on “The Simpsons,” for which he won an Emmy in 2006. He has also lent his voice to the feature films “Toy Story 2,” “Anastasia” and “Teacher’s Pet,” to the television series “Father of the Pride” and “Gary the Rat,” and to the Emmy-­‐‑nominated “Animal Farm” for TNT. He also stars as the Tin Man in the upcoming “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return.” Grammer’s other acting credits include The Weinstein Company’s “I Don’t Know How She Does It, “ MGM’s remake of “Fame,” Paramount Pictures’ “Middle Men,” Vivendi Universal’s “An American Carol,” Disney’s “Swing Vote,” FOX’s blockbuster hit “X-­‐‑Men: The Last Stand,” FOX’s “Back To You” in which he also served as executive producer, “A Christmas Carol” for NBC, “Benedict Arnold” for A&E, “Mr. St. Nick” for ABC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame, “Fifteen Minutes” for New Line Cinema, “Down Periscope” for 20th Century Fox and “Even Money” for Yari Film Group. Grammer began acting in plays at Pine Crest Preparatory School in Fort Lauderdale, where his teenage stage success inspired him to apply to Juilliard. He developed an interest in Shakespeare and began his professional acting career at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. He continued in regional theatre, and finally made his way to New York with roles in the off-­‐‑Broadway productions “Sunday in the Park with George,” “A Month in the Country” and the Obie Award-­‐‑winning “Quartermaine’s Terms.” He scored on Broadway in “Macbeth” and “Othello.” Before long he appeared in two TV miniseries: first as Stephen Smith in “Kennedy” (NBC, 1983), and next as Lieutenant Stewart in “George Washington” (CBS, 1984). Grammer then landed the role of Dr. Frasier Crane in “Cheers.” Originally, the show’s creators wanted John Lithgow for a brief recurring role, but the actor was unavailable. Grammer'ʹs former Juilliard classmate Mandy Patinkin suggested him to the New York casting director and he got the job, parlaying six episodes into a career that would span two decades, after which he would return to the stage and receive critical acclaim as Professor Higgins in “My Fair Lady.” He also performed the title role in “Richard II” and Lucio in “Measure for Measure” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Grammer was born at St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and was raised in New Jersey and Florida. He lives in the Los Angeles area and New York. Nicola Peltz (Tessa Yeager) is a 19-­‐‑year-­‐‑old rising star who starred opposite Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in the hit A&E drama series “Bates Motel.“ Prior to that, she starred opposite Dev Patel in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender.“ She will next be seen in the coming-­‐‑of-­‐‑age drama, “Affluenza,“ co-­‐‑starring Steve Guttenberg, Samantha Mathis and Ben Rosenfield. Jack Reynor (Shane Dyson) is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading actors. As the major breakout of last year’s TIFF and 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, he has caught the attention of the industry’s most talented people including Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Vince Vaughn, and Mark Wahlberg. Reynor comes from humble beginnings. Raised in Ireland, he has grown up with an incredible work ethic and a strong passion for films. Next up he will portray a taxi driver who gets embroiled in the world of human trafficking in the Irish crime drama, ”Glassland,” opposite Academy Award®-­‐‑
nominated Toni Collette. Last year Reynor garnered rave reviews for playing the titular character in the Irish independent film ”What Richard Did.” Labeled as one of the best movies to come out of the Tribeca and Toronto Film Festivals, it is a story about a young boy who has to confront the question of who he is and who he wants to become. Reynor delivered a spectacular performance receiving glowing remarks from film critics around the globe. “Mr. Reynor’s portrayal of this man-­‐‑child is an extraordinary screen performance…,” stated Stephen Holden of The New York Times. Leslie Felperin of Variety wrote, “Promising young [thespian] Jack Reynor particularly impresses as the title character…The climactic scene between Peter and Richard is powerfully [acted], especially by Reynor.” Reynor made his US film debut in the DreamWorks comedy ”Delivery Man,” starring Vince Vaughn in 2013. He is currently filming ”Macbeth,” starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard and directed by Justin Kurzel, in the UK. The film is scheduled for release in 2015. Sophia Myles (Darcy Tirrell, PhD) has had an incredibly varied and successful career in both film and television. As a young teenager she was discovered by writer/producer and fellow thespian Julian Fellowes who cast her in his television series ”The Prince and the Pauper.” Sophia had planned on studying philosophy at Cambridge University, where she had been accepted for admission, but when she was cast in Miramax’s ”Mansfield Park,” instead made a life-­‐‑changing decision to pursue acting full time. Her career took off immediately with roles in Fox’s ”From Hell” as Johnny Depp’s wife, ”The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” opposite James D’Arcy, and in the Canal+ action-­‐‑comedy ”The Abduction Club.” Sophia then went on to star in an impressive string of studio films including the blockbuster ”Underworld,” starring Kate Beckinsale, Universal/Working Title’s big budget version of the English cult series ”Thunderbirds,” as well as in the title role of Fox’s epic romantic drama ”Tristan & Isolde,” based on the medieval romantic legend of the doomed love affair between Irish princess Isolde and British warrior Tristan, played by James Franco. She also starred opposite Max Minghella and John Malkovich in Sony Classics’ ”Art School Confidential,” directed by Terry Zwigoff. Sophia was honored with a BAFTA Scotland Award for her tour de force performance in ”Hallam Foe” opposite Jamie Bell and, in addition, was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for her work in the film. Most recently Sophia appeared in the psychological thriller ”Blackwood,” which was released late last year to rave reviews. She will soon be seen in the fourth installment of Michael Bay’s popular ”Transformers” franchise, ”Transformers: Age of Extinction,” starring Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer. Sophia has also appeared in such celebrated television programs as ”Doctor Who,” ”Spooks” and Ricky Gervais’ ”Extras,” and starred as the female lead opposite Alex O’Loughlin in the CBS series ”Moonlight.” She is currently filming the BBC project ”Our Zoo,” based on the real life family who founded the famous Chester Zoo in the UK, and also stars in the upcoming horror film ”Gallows Hill,” which will premiere later this summer. The actress currently resides in London. Li Bingbing (Su Yueming) made her film debut in 1999 in Zhang Yuan’s “Seventeen Years” and won a Best Actress award at the Singapore Film Festival for the role. In 2005, she starred in “The Knot,” and received a Huabiao Award for Most Outstanding Female Actor, which is the most prestigious award in Chinese cinema. Li also received the Best Actress of the 17th Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Award (China’s Oscar equivalent) for her performance in this film. Li’s first lead role in an English-­‐‑speaking film was 2011’s “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.” The film also starred Hugh Jackman and Korean actress Gianna Jun and was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Additional film credits include “Resident Evil: Retribution,” “The Forbidden Kingdom” which she starred alongside Jet Li and Jackie Chan and “The Message” which also garnered Li the Best Actress award at the 46th Golden Horse Awards. Li is currently Gucci’s Global Ambassador and was the first spokesperson to represent the brand in China. Aside from acting, one of Li’s biggest passions is philanthropy. In 2009, she established her own charitable organization L.O.V.E., which is dedicated to the promotion of a positive and healthy lifestyle and environmental protection. Li is also a UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, a WWF Earth Hour global Ambassador, Ambassador of Korean Culture in China, the Great Britain Image Ambassador, and Global Ambassador of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Titus Welliver (James Savoy) is a true artist and when he walks into a room he projects that passion and sensibility. Fans adored him as the villainous ’Man in Black’ in the TV series ”Lost” as well as his brilliant portrayal of ’Prosecutor Glenn Childs,’ the foil to Julianne Margulies, on ”The Good Wife.” Most recently, he appeared in Summit Entertainment'ʹs ”Red 2” opposite Bruce Willis and Anthony Hopkins, and next up will be seen in the crime thriller ”Poker Night” opposite Ron Perlman. In 2012, Welliver co-­‐‑starred in the critically acclaimed films, ”Argo” with Ben Affleck and ”Promised Land” opposite Matt Damon, as well as in Summit Entertainment’s ”Man on a Ledge” starring Elizabeth Banks, Sam Worthington and Ed Harris. Currently, Welliver is starring as Agent Felix Blake in Marvel’s series ”Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ” for ABC and in one of the first Amazon Studio’s series pilot ”Bosch,” where he portrays Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective, Harry Bosch. Titus recurred in NBC’s hit fairytale thriller ”Grimm,” as well as with Kiefer Sutherland in the FOX series, ”Touch.” He also had a multi-­‐‑episode arc on ”C.S.I. ,” playing an overbearing military contractor who conflicts with Ted Danson’s character. Ben Affleck has singled out Welliver to co-­‐‑star in his directed features including the Oscar® nominated film, ”The Town” and ”Gone Baby Gone” where he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of “Lionel Macready.” Other prestigious film roles include ”The Doors,” ”Mobsters,” ”Twisted,” ”Biker Boys” working with directors Oliver Stone and Lee Tamahori to name a few. On the small screen, he has had a successful collaboration with producer David Milch appearing in several of his shows, including the New York cop shows ”Brooklyn South” and ”Big Apple,” and the critically acclaimed HBO hit ”Deadwood.” Other television credits include ”Sons of Anarchy” and ”Supernatural.” His theater credits include David Mamet’s production of American Buffalo as well as performances in Naked at the Coast and Shakespeare’s Henry IV. Most recently he costarred in Riff Raff, a production written and directed by Laurence Fishburne which was performed at Circle in the Square Downtown in New York City. Titus Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father is the world renowned landscape artist Neil Welliver and his mother was a fashion illustrator. As a result of his phenomenal upbringing, Titus has become a successful painter in his own right and avidly purses his passion off screen. He splits his time between the east and west coasts. T.J. Miller (Lucas Flannery) has quickly become one of the most sought after young comedians and actors in the comedy world. He was named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch,” as well as one of Entertainment Weekly’s “Next Big Things in Comedy,” and in 2009 was featured on Comedy Central’s “Hot List” as well as appearing on the network’s comedy special. Most recently Miller hosted the first season of Comedy Central’s “Mash Up,” a unique, new half-­‐‑hour series featuring an exciting mix of stand-­‐‑up and sketch comedy. T.J. also co-­‐‑starred in “The Goodwin Games” opposite Becki Newton and Scott Foley. In addition to his work on television, Miller broadcasts a popular podcast on Nerdist.com “Cashing in with T.J. Miller,“ which turns the traditional interview comedy on its head when host Cash Levy fails to book any other guests on the show except T.J. ... for every episode. Miller has also been seen in a number of major studio films including Focus Features’ comedy “Seeking A Friend for the End of the World“ opposite Steve Carrell and Keira Knightly, and Warner Bros’ 80’s rock musical “Rock of Ages,“ starring Tom Cruise. He co-­‐‑starred in The Weinstein Company’s “Our Idiot Brother,“ which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011, and for which Miller was singled out by critics for his scene-­‐‑stealing moments. He also starred as Ranger Jones in the Warner Bros live-­‐‑action/CGI feature film “Yogi Bear“ with Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris. In addition, Miller appeared with Jack Black and Jason Segel in the 20th Century Fox live action 3D film “Gulliver’s Travels“ and in Tony Scott’s dramatic thriller “Unstoppable,“ starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. He co-­‐‑starred in the Paramount comedy “She’s Out of My League“ and also appeared in Universal’s “Get Him to The Greek“ with Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. Miller has a successful voice-­‐‑over career which includes voicing the character Tuffnut in DreamWorks’ hugely successful Oscar®-­‐‑nominated film “How to Train Your Dragon“ alongside cast members Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson. He will soon reprise his role for the sequel and continues to voice Tuffnut for Cartoon Network’s “Dragons.“ He also lends his voice to Disney’s “Gravity Falls“ and to Fox’s “High School USA!“ written by Dino Stamatopoulos. T.J. Miller first came to audience’s attention in 2008 when he starred in J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster hit “Cloverfield“ and in Mike Judge’s “Extract.“ He also starred in the ABC comedy series “Carpoolers” with Jerry O’Connell. Miller has written and starred in two short films screened at the Sundance Film Festival, “Successful Alcoholics“ and “I’m Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents.“ The comedian is currently crisscrossing the country, performing his critically acclaimed stand-­‐‑up act. Last year he recorded his first hour-­‐‑long stand-­‐‑up special for Comedy Central in Denver, his hometown, and also released a comedy-­‐‑oriented pop/hip-­‐‑hop/folk music album, “The Extended Play E.P.,” on Comedy Central Records. He remixed his own version of album with Illegal Art, a legitimate recording label. The result, “The Extended Play E.P. Illegal Art ReMixTape” is available on iTunes. Whenever available, Miller performs with his sketch comedy group “Heavy Weight,” which also includes comedians Brady Novak, Mark Raterman and Nick Vatterott. Miller hails from Denver, Colorado, and toured with Second City in Chicago for almost two years. He also insists on reminding people that he was the Regional Winner of the Sierra Mist Search for the Next Great Comic in 2005. Miller currently resides in Los Angeles where he struggles to find meaning in an uncertain world. James Bachman (Gill Wembley, PhD) is a half-­‐‑English, half-­‐‑American comedian and actor well known for playing the role of Steve Coogan’s anger management therapist in the popular British television series ”Saxondale,” and for working with some of Britain’s best-­‐‑known comedy talent including Mitchell and Webb, The Mighty Boosh, Miranda Hart, Nick Frost and Graham Linehan. He is also a respected comedy writer and has written for sitcoms, sketch shows, and entertainment shows all over British television and radio. James was part of the sketch team that wrote and performed the BAFTA-­‐‑award-­‐‑winning sketch show ”That Mitchell and Webb Look” and the BAFTA-­‐‑nominated sketch show ”Sorry I’ve Got No Head,” both for the BBC, and has recently filmed a guest role in the long-­‐‑running BBC series ”Jonathan Creek,” a guest role opposite Jean Reno in French detective drama ”Jo,” and a cameo role in the new ”Paddington Bear” feature film. He learned his trade as a member of the Cambridge Footlights while he was meant to be studying Astrophysics, and has since become a veteran of the live comedy circuit in London, as well as performing at UCB, Hot Tub and NerdMelt in Los Angeles. He is astonishingly well-­‐‑known to listeners of BBC Radio where he has played a tremendous Victorian idiot in five series of the nonsense Dickensian sitcom ”Bleak Expectations.” He can be seen online in ”Peeder Jigson’s Video Diary,” a fake v-­‐‑log of the making of The Hobbit, which pre-­‐‑dates Peter Jackson’s real video diary, and resulted in ‘Peeder’ being given a full-­‐‑page interview in Empire Magazine. Audience members can also fight alongside the comedian in pixilated form as comic relief ’Stede Bonnet’ in the new smash hit video game Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. James divides his time between London and L.A. with his wife and two daughters. Thomas Lennon (Chief of Staff) is a writer and comedian from Oak Park, Illinois. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he co-­‐‑
founded the influential sketch comedy group, The State. ”The State” hit television series ran on MTV for three seasons and received an Ace Award nomination for best comedy series. After his work on ”The State,” he and his partner, Robert Ben Garant, created two more hit shows: ”Viva Variety,” which ran for three seasons and was also an Ace nominee for best comedy series, and ”Reno 911!,” on which he also played Lieutenant Jim Dangle. ”Reno 911!” ran for six seasons and was syndicated around the world. Lennon currently co-­‐‑stars Sean Hayes on one of NBC’s newest sitcoms, ”Sean Saves the World.” As an actor, he has appeared in numerous films, including ”The Dark Knight Rises,” ”Le Divorce,” ”Heights,” ”Conversations with Other Women,” ”Memento,” ”17 Again,” ”I Love You, Man,” ”Cedar Rapids” and ”A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D.” He was seen opposite Cameron Diaz in ”Bad Teacher” and opposite Chris Evans and Anna Faris in ”What’s Your Number” and 2012’s ”What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” based on the best-­‐‑selling book by Heidi Murkoff. As a writer, he has written for the television series ”The State,” ”Reno 911!,” ”Viva Variety, ” and ”Strangers with Candy,” and he is the author of four of IFC’s 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time. In addition to feature films, Lennon and Garant co-­‐‑authored, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit,” a book about their screenwriting experiences in the land of Hollywood and its “unique landscape.” Garant and Lennon recently wrote and directed ”Hell Baby,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Millennium Entertainment. ”Hell Baby” marked Garant and Lennon’s co-­‐‑directorial debut. In ”Hell Baby,” a young and expectant couple moves into New Orleans’ most haunted house and calls upon the Vatican to perform an elite exorcism. Lennon and Garant are also Executive Producers on Comedy Central’s new hit game show, ”@Midnight,” which was recently picked up for a 40-­‐‑week second season. Lennon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the actress Jenny Robertson, and their son, Oliver. Golden-­‐‑throated Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) is known throughout the world not only as the voice of the wise and heroic leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, on the popular 1980s cartoon series “The Transformers,” but he was also the voice of various other robots including Ironhide, Slugslinger, Streetwise, Wingspan and Nightstick. In 1986 he reprised the voices of Optimus and Ironhide in the animated film, “The Transformers: The Movie.” In 2007 Cullen won new fans as the velvet voice of Optimus in Michael Bay’s impressive live-­‐‑action motion picture “Transformers,” starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox and John Turturro, and returned for the second and third installments in the franchise, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.“ He has also provided the voice of Optimus Prime in the animated television series based on “Transformers“ for Hasbro Studios airing on the Hub Network. For his years of service and devotion in creating this iconic character, Peter was inducted into the Hasbro Hall of Fame, as one of the first inductees and the first voice-­‐‑over actor to be so honored. He also lent his talents to the somber but sincere voice of Eeyore, the eternally pessimistic donkey who views the world through morose-­‐‑colored glasses. Cullen, who ironically owns his own donkey, is heard on everything from cartoons and television commercials to theatrical promotions, beginning with the popular TV series, “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” in 1988 to the “House of Mouse” in 2002. In addition, he is featured on “Disney’s Duck Tales” and plays Monterey Jack on “Chip ‘n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers.” Earlier in the 80s, Cullen was the voice of K.A.R.R., the evil incarnation of K.I.T.T., the talking Pontiac Trans-­‐‑Am, in the David Hasselhoff series, “Knight Rider.” He was also the voice of Mantus in “The Pirates of Dark Water,” Hägar in “Hägar the Horrible,” Cindarr in “Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light,” Venger in “Dungeons and Dragons” and the narrator in the “Voltron” series, in which he also played Commander Hawkins. Other television credits include “Johnny Quest,” “Spider-­‐‑Man,” “G.I. Joe,” “My Little Pony and Friends,” “Rainbow Brite,” “Scooby and Scrappy-­‐‑Doo” and “The Jetsons.” His film credits include the remake of “King Kong,” as the voice of the famous giant ape, and in the “Predator” films he provided the inhuman alien sounds for the title role. Cullen’s voice can also be heard in “My Little Pony: The Movie,” “Heathcliff: The Movie” and “Gremlins.” The actor appeared on “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour,” “The Bobbie Goldsboro Show” and “The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show.” Cullen also made appearances on Jonathan Winters and Richard Pryor specials. Born in Montreal, Québec, Cullen is a member of the first graduating class of the National Theatre School of Canada and spent his early professional years as a radio drama actor on The Canadian Broadcasting Company. His son, Clay, is a Taurus Award-­‐‑winning stuntman in Hollywood. Born in Denver, Colorado, Frank Welker (Galvatron) developed a stand-­‐‑up comedy act in college which got him started on the concert circuit touring with The Righteous Brothers and Sergio Mendes. He continued with stand up, appearing in places including Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe as the opening act for headliners like Sonny and Cher, Diana Ross, Loretta Lynn, Ann-­‐‑Margret and Neil Sedaka. Welker'ʹs first on camera film role was as a bar fight participant in Stan Dragoti’s “Dirty Little Billy.” He played a college kid from Rutgers University in the Elvis Presley picture “The Trouble with Girls,” and later co-­‐‑starred with Don Knotts in Universal’s “How to Frame a Figg.” Welker also appeared in two Disney films, “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes” and “Now You See Him, Now You Don'ʹt.” His on camera television appearances included “Love American Style,” “The Partridge Family” and “The Don Knotts Show.” He played a prosecutor in highly acclaimed ABC special “The Trial of General Yamashita” and as Captain Pace beside Richard Dreyfuss’ Yossarian in Paramount Television’s pilot “Catch-­‐‑22.” He also made appearances on “Laugh In,” “The Dean Martin Roast,” “The Mike Douglas Show,” “The Tonight Show,” “Merv Griffin,” "ʺThe Smothers Brothers,” “The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour” and “Laugh Trax.” Welker also contributed special vocal effects in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the voice of Stripe in “Gremlins” and returned to an on-­‐‑
camera role in the film “The Informant,” playing Matt Damon’s father. Responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 40 years in American television and motion pictures, Welker is listed as the number one “All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office,“ not as a box office draw, but in terms of the total revenue generated by the films in which he has participated. He is currently the voice of George in the PBS “Curious George” Emmy-­‐‑winning series, and the voice of Scooby Doo and Fred Jones in the “Scooby Doo” television series and DVD movies, and also the voice of Garfield the cat in the “Garfield” DVD and television series. Welker can be heard in many feature films playing characters like Abu the monkey from “Aladdin” to the animal-­‐‑spirit Totoro and Catbus in the Disney’s “My Neighbor Totoro.” His work also includes creatures and monsters like the vocal effects for the character of Sil in “Species,” Goro in “Mortal Kombat,” the Devil in “The Golden Child,” Malebolgia in “Spawn” and Azrael in “The Smurfs” and “The Smurfs 2.” Welker voiced many recurring characters in the “Transformers” animated series, among them, eight of the original 14 Decepticons, Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Skywrap, Laserbeak, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and Ratbat. He appeared as Soundwave and Ravage in the second installment of the smash hit motion picture franchise, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and as Soundwave and Shockwave in the third film, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” John Goodman (Hound) remembers the day in 1975 when he left his native St. Louis for New York, armed only with a degree from Southwest Missouri State University, $1,000 borrowed from his brother and a dream of becoming a professional actor. He didn’t want to look back later and say, “I wonder if I could have ...” So he made the rounds, worked at odd jobs and just tried to keep busy. He’s been busy ever since. Goodman most recently starred in Sony Pictures action drama “The Monuments Men” and the folk music drama “Inside Llewyn Davis” which reunited him with the Coen brothers for the sixth time. Goodman also lent his voice to the Disney’s animated feature “Monster’s University.” His upcoming films include Paramount’s remake of 1974’s “The Gambler.” In 2013 Goodman starred in Ben Affleck’s drama “Argo,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and in Robert Zemeckis’ thriller “Flight.” That same year he won the 2013 National Board of Review Spotlight Award for his work in “Argo, “Flight” and “Trouble with the Curve.” He also co-­‐‑starred in the Weinstein Co.’s black-­‐‑
and-­‐‑white silent feature “The Artist” which won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture. Goodman currently stars in Amazon’s original series “Alpha House,” returning for a second season. His other TV credits include the Starz miniseries “Dancing on the Edge,” DirecTV’s “Damages,” and NBC’s “Community.” Among Goodman’s many accolades are a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and seven Emmy nominations for his role in “Roseanne.” He also won Emmy nominations for his starring roles in TNT’s “Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long,” in the CBS production of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” and in the Coen Brothers film “Barton Fink.” In 2007, Goodman won his second Emmy, for Outstanding Guest Actor, on “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” HBO’s biopic of Jack Kevorikian, “You Don’t Know Jack,” reunited Goodman with Al Pacino (“Sea of Love”) and Susan Sarandon (“Speed Racer”). He won an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries. Previous film credits included, “Trouble with the Curve,” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” “In The Electric Mist,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Speed Racer,” “Bee Movie,” “Pope Joan,” “Alabama Moon,” “Gigantic,” “Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School,” “Beyond the Sea,” “Masked and Anonymous,” “Storytelling,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Coyote Ugly,” “What Planet Are You From?,” “One Night at McCool’s,” “Bringing Out the Dead,” “Fallen,” “The Borrowers,” “Blues Brothers 2000,” “The Runner,” “The Flintstones,” “Mother Night,” “Arachnophobia,” “Always,” “Pie in the Sky,” “Born Yesterday,” “Matinee,” “The Babe,” “King Ralph,” “Punchline,” “Everybody'ʹs All-­‐‑American,” “Sea of Love,” “Stella,” “Eddie Macon’s Run,” “C.H.U.D.,” “Revenge of the Nerds,” “Maria’s Lovers,” “Sweet Dreams,” “True Stories,” “The Big Easy,” “Burglar” “The Wrong Guys,” “Raising Arizona” and “The Big Lebowski.” He has lent his voice to many animated films, including “Monsters, Inc.,” “The Emperor’s New Groove,” “Tales of the Rat Fink” and “The Jungle Book II.” He also voiced a main character in NBC’s animated series “Father of the Pride.” Goodman went to Southwest Missouri State intending to play football, but an injury led him to switch his major to drama. He never returned to football and graduated with a degree in Theatre. Goodman starred on Broadway in “Waiting for Godot,” for which he received rave reviews as Pozzo. His other stage credits include many dinner theatre and children'ʹs theatre productions, as well as several off-­‐‑Broadway plays. His regional theatre credits include “Henry IV, Parts I and II,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “As You Like It” and “A Christmas Carol.” He performed in a road production of “The Robber Bridegroom” and starred in two Broadway shows, “Loose Ends” in 1979 and “Big River” in 1985. In 2001, he starred in the NY Shakespeare Festival Central Park staging of “The Seagull,” directed by Mike Nichols. The following year he appeared on Broadway in the Public Theatre’s “Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.” Goodman and his family have homes in Los Angeles and New Orleans. Since Ken Watanabe (Drift) made his American film debut in Ed Zwick’s “The Last Samurai” (Oscar®, Screen Actors Guild, Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe award nominations) opposite Tom Cruise, the actor has collaborated with some of most significant filmmakers of our time. In 2006, Watanabe portrayed the courageous Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Clint Eastwood’s award-­‐‑winning World War II drama “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Watanabe first worked with director Christopher Nolan on the 2005 blockbuster “Batman Begins” and subsequently on “Inception.” For Rob Marshall, Watanabe starred in “Memoirs of a Geisha,” the lush screen adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-­‐‑selling novel. Later this year, Watanabe begins work on “Sea of Trees” for director Gus Van Sant. “Sea of Trees” is the story of a suicidal American (Matthew McConaughey) who befriends a Japanese man (Watanabe) lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji. At the end of the year, Watanabe stars with Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver in Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel “Silence.” Set in the seventeenth century, “Silence” follows two Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and to spread the gospel of Christianity. Last year, Watanabe starred in and received a Japanese Academy Award nomination for “Yurusarezaru mono,” Sang-­‐‑il Lee’s Japanese language remake of Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven.” This month, Watanabe co-­‐‑stars with Bryan Cranston, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen in Warner Bros/Legendary’s “Godzilla,” directed by Gareth Edwards. In 2006, Watanabe starred in and executive produced the Japanese film “Memories of Tomorrow,” for which he won a number of Best Actor awards, including the Japanese Academy Award and the Hochi Film Award. In 2009, he starred in “Shizumano Taiyô” (“The Unbroken”) for which he won his second Japanese Academy Award, as well as the Hochi Film Award for Best Actor. His Japanese film credits also include the international hit comedy “Tampopo,” directed by Juzo Itami, “Ikebukuro West Gate Park,” “Space Travelers,” “Oboreru Sakana” (“Drowning Fish”) and “Shin Jinginaki Tatakai/Bosatsu” (“Fight Without Loyalty/Murder”), an updated version of the popular Yakuza movie series. Watanabe began his acting career with the Tokyo-­‐‑based theater company En. His lead performance in the company’s production of “Shimoya Mannen-­‐‑cho Monogatari,” directed by Yukio Ninawara, caught the attention of both critics and Japanese audiences. In 1982, Watanabe made his television debut with “Michinaru Hanran.” His formidable screen presence in the subsequent Samurai drama series “Dokuganryu Masamume” led to additional roles in the historical series “Oda Nobunaga” and “Chushingura,” and the film “Bakumatsu Junjou Den.” Last year, Watanabe returned to the Tokyo and Osaka stages in the comedy “Dialogue with Horowitz” by Koki Mitani. The critically acclaimed productions were sold out and later broadcast on television. A well-­‐‑known and respected actor of stage and screen, Robert Foxworth (Ratchet) reprises his voiceover role as the virile Autobot, Ratchet, a Humvee ambulance, from Michael Bay’s immensely successful hit movies, “Transformers,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” In 2010 he played King Lear at the Old Globe in San Diego. He was seen in “August: Osage County” on Broadway in 2008. In 2005-­‐‑2006 Foxworth co-­‐‑starred in the award-­‐‑winning Broadway production of “Twelve Angry Men” for the Round About Theatre. In 2003 he was Brutus in Daniel Sullivan’s “Julius Caesar” at the Old Globe Theatre, and during the 2001-­‐‑2002 season, he played Robert in the national Broadway tour of “Proof.” Foxworth made his Broadway debut in the American Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Henry V” and won the Theatre World Award for his portrayal of John Proctor in “The Crucible” at Lincoln Center. His stage work was interrupted for a period of time as he starred in several television series including “Storefront Lawyers,” “Falcon Crest” and “LateLine” with Al Franken. He has appeared as a recurring series character on “Six Feet Under,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SUV,” “Enterprise” and “Justice League.” Foxworth has also guest starred on countless series and movies-­‐‑of-­‐‑the-­‐‑week over the years, most recently on “Brothers & Sisters,” “Boston Legal,” “Bones,” “The West Wing” and “Gilmore Girls” and in the motion picture “Syriana.” Additional work in the theatre includes “Cyrano” at the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, “Iago” and “Macbeth” at the Guthrie, George in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” at the Hartford Stage, Brecht’s Galileo at Center Stage in Baltimore, “Uncle Vanya” at the Geffen and “Private Lives” and “Below the Belt” at the Old Globe. On Broadway he was Count Shebyelski in “Ivanov” at Lincoln Center, starred with Laura Linney in “Honour” at the Belasco and played the prosecuting attorney Colonel Parker in “Judgment at Nurmenberg” at the Longacre. In addition to being an Associate Artist of the world-­‐‑renown Old Globe Theatre, he has recently been voted to its Board of Directors. Foxworth is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. John DiMaggio (Crosshairs) is an accomplished comedic actor whose television and film credits include voicing Bender the Robot in the multiple Emmy Award-­‐‑
winning “Futurama,” a role which earned him the International Animated Film Society’s Annie Award. DiMaggio has also voiced such recognizable characters as Jake the Dog in “Adventure Time with Finn and Jake,” Wayne on IFC’s “Out There,” Rico in “The Penguins of Madagascar,” Aquaman and Gorilla Grodd in “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” Dr. Drakken and Motor Ed in Disney Channel’s “Kim Possible,” “American Dad,” Shnitzel in “Chowder,” “Princess Mononoke,” “The Simpsons,” “Teen Titans,” “Jackie Chan Adventures,” and Disney XD’s “Kick Buttowski -­‐‑ Suburban Daredevil,” among many others. John also executive produced and was featured in the documentary “I Know That Voice,” a behind-­‐‑the-­‐‑scenes look at the world of voice-­‐‑over acting which won the prestigious Certificate of Merit from ASIFA-­‐‑Hollywood. DiMaggio has also appeared on “Modern Family,” “The Newsroom,” “Chicago Hope,” “ER,” “Law & Order,” “NYPD Blue,” “Without a Trace,” “CSI: NY” and “My Name is Earl.” He has also voiced many video games including Marcus Fenix in the “Gears of War” trilogy for which he won Best Male Voice Over in a Video Game in 2006, “The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction,” “X-­‐‑Men Legends” and “Final Fantasy 10-­‐‑12.” DiMaggio last worked for director Michael Bay on “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” Additionally, DiMaggio has extensive stage credits in international theater and stand-­‐‑up comedy. British born Mark Ryan (Lockdown) has been combining his acting, singing, writing and action direction talents in an eclectic and successful international career ranging over 30 years. Mark performed in several major musicals in London’s West End, spending four years in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit Evita originating the role of Magaldi and then playing Ché under the direction of Broadway legend Hal Prince. He left Evita to play Mac in the classic SAS action film “Who Dares Wins.“ He originated the character of Nasir for the cult British TV series “Robin of Sherwood“ on which he worked for three years, and has appeared in dozens of films and television series, both in the U.S. and UK. He won critical acclaim for the title role in the musical Elmer Gantry at London’s Gate Theatre and followed that with a national tour of the hit show Guys and Dolls, playing Sky Masterson. Ryan returned to the West End to play Neville Landless in the Tony Award-­‐‑winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood and toured Europe playing Figaro and Leporello in Mozart'ʹs Figaro and Don Giovanni. He toured the US in Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python with original Python; Eric Idle, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl; and is a published author with both the classic Greenwood Tarot and the best-­‐‑selling Wildwood Tarot. Mark has also worked with such acclaimed directors as Antoine Fuqua on “King Arthur,“ JJ Abrams on the series “Alias,“ and Christopher Nolan on the feature “The Prestige.“ Mark can be seen as Quartermaster Gates in Starz’s most-­‐‑watched original series “Black Sails,“ produced by director Michael Bay. He has enjoyed working for Bay on all of the hugely successful “Transformers“ movies during principal photography as the on-­‐‑set voice of the Autobots. In addition, he voiced Bumblebee and Jetfire for the franchise. Reno Wilson (Brains) currently stars on the hit CBS comedy, “Mike & Molly” as Officer Carl McMillan. A native New Yorker, Wilson’s father was a blues pianist and his mother an opera singer. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts in New York City and made his television debut as Howard, Theo Huxtable’s best friend, on the legendary “Cosby Show.” Since moving to Los Angeles, Wilson has starred in 17 television pilots, with 13 of them going to series and guest-­‐‑starred on dozens of top television series. Among those are NBC’s “Heist,” ABC’s “Blind Justice” and the critically acclaimed Showtime series, “The Hoop Life.” Wilson has also appeared in over a dozen films including “Mighty Joe Young” with Bill Paxton, “Rough Draft,” “Fallen” with Denzel Washington and “White Hype” with Samuel L. Jackson. As an accomplished voice-­‐‑over artist he most notably gave voice to the Decepticon Frenzy in Michael Bay’s blockbuster film, “Transformers” and two years later voiced the Autobot Mudflap in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” In this film, he is reprising his role as Brains from “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” Wilson will next star in the upcoming feature film “Bolden,” in which he plays legendary jazz icon, Louis Armstrong. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. About the Filmmakers Michael Bay (Director/Executive Producer) is one of the entertainment industry’s most successful filmmakers, currently listed as the 4th highest grossing director of all time. Characterized by his aggressive visual style and high-­‐‑octane action sequences that have become his cinematic signature, the films that Bay has directed and produced via his two production companies have grossed $5.5 billion worldwide. His directing resume includes the films “Bad Boys” and “Bad Boys 2,” both starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence; “The Rock” starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery; “Armageddon” starring Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis; “Pearl Harbor” starring Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale; “The Island” starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson; as well as three “Transformers” blockbusters starring Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro. The franchise has grossed over $2.6 billion. Bay’s most recent film is the dark comedy “Pain and Gain.” Based on a true story, the movie stars Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie as bodybuilding halfwits in late-­‐‑90s Miami who take on a criminal enterprise of kidnapping, extortion and murder in pursuit of the American Dream. Bay is the founder and principal partner of Platinum Dunes with partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, a production company originally conceived to give talented commercial and video directors a chance to break into the feature world. On July 18, the company will present “The Purge: Anarchy,” writer/director James DeMonaco’s sequel to the sleeper hit “The Purge.” Made in association with Blumhouse Productions for $3 million, the 2013 film grossed more than $89 million worldwide. Next up Platinum Dunes will release the highly anticipated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett and William Fichtner for Paramount this August 8, and the thriller “Ouija,” slated for October 2014 from Universal Pictures. At present the company also has two television series in production: Starz’s pirate action adventure “Black Sails,” starring Tobey Stephens, Hannah New, Zach McGowan and Luke Arnold, currently being filmed in Cape Town, South Africa; and TNT’s “The Last Ship,” starring Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra and Adam Baldwin, set to premiere on June 22, 2014. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Art Center College of Design, Bay has won virtually every major award in the commercial industry, including Cannes’ Golden Lion, the Grand Prix Clio, and the Directors Guild of America’s Commercial Director of the Year award. His “Got Milk?” campaign resides in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. An L.A. native, Bay now resides in Miami, Florida. Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer), one of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers, is a principal partner of DreamWorks Studios. Formed in 2009, Spielberg and Stacey Snider lead the motion picture company in partnership with The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Spielberg is also, collectively, the top-­‐‑grossing director of all time, having helmed such blockbusters as “Jaws,” “E.T. The Extra-­‐‑Terrestrial,” the “Indiana Jones” franchise, and “Jurassic Park.” Among his myriad honors, he is a three-­‐‑time Academy Award® winner. Spielberg took home his first two Oscars , for Best Director and Best Picture, for ®
the internationally lauded “Schindler’s List,” which received a total of seven Oscars . ®
The film was also named the Best Picture of 1993 by many of the major critics organizations, in addition to winning seven BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, both including Best Picture and Director. Spielberg also won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for his work on the film. Spielberg won his third Academy Award®, for Best Director, for the World War II drama “Saving Private Ryan,” which was the highest-­‐‑grossing release (domestically) of 1998. It was also one of the year’s most honored films, earning four additional Oscars®, as well as two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Picture -­‐‑ Drama and Best Director, and numerous critics groups awards in the same categories. Spielberg also won another DGA Award, and shared a Producers Guild of America (PGA) Award with the film’s other producers. That same year, the PGA also presented Spielberg with the prestigious Milestone Award for his historic contribution to the motion picture industry. He has also earned Academy Award nominations for Best Director for ®
“Munich,” “E.T. The Extra-­‐‑Terrestrial,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and “Lincoln.” Additionally, he earned DGA Award nominations for those films, as well as “Jaws,” “The Color Purple,” “Empire of the Sun,” and “Amistad.” With eleven to date, Spielberg has been honored by his peers with more DGA Award nominations than any other director. In 2000, he received the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press’s Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, and numerous other career tributes. In 2012, Spielberg directed Academy Award winner Daniel Day-­‐‑Lewis in “Lincoln,” based in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” with a screenplay by Tony Kushner. The DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox film, in association with Participant Media, garnered 12 Academy Award nominations and has earned $275 million worldwide. The film won two Oscars, including Daniel Day-­‐‑Lewis’ third Oscar for Best Actor playing the iconic 16th President, as well as Best Production Design. Before “Lincoln,” Spielberg directed the 3D animated film “The Adventures of Tintin,” winner of the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film. He also directed “War Horse,” based on an award-­‐‑winning novel, which was adapted into a major stage hit in London and New York, winning the Tony Award for Broadway’s Best Play. “War Horse” was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture. In 2011, he also produced the box-­‐‑office success “Super 8” directed by JJ Abrams and executive produced the third “Transformers” film directed by Michael Bay which has grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Spielberg’s career began with the 1968 short film “Amblin,” which led to him becoming the youngest director ever signed to a long-­‐‑term studio deal. He directed episodes of such TV shows as “Night Gallery,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and “Columbo,” and gained special attention for his 1971 telefilm “Duel.” Three years later, he made his feature film directorial debut on “The Sugarland Express,” from a screenplay he co-­‐‑
wrote. His next film was “Jaws,” which was the first film to break the $100 million mark. In 1984, Spielberg formed his own production company, Amblin Entertainment. Under the Amblin banner, he served as producer or executive producer on such hits as “Gremlins,” “Goonies,” “Back to the Future I, II, and III,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” “An American Tail,” “Twister,” “The Mask of Zorro,” and the “Men in Black” films. In 1994, Spielberg partnered with Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to form the original DreamWorks Studios. The studio enjoyed both critical and commercial successes, including three consecutive Best Picture Academy Award® winners: “American Beauty,” “Gladiator,” and “A Beautiful Mind.” In its history, DreamWorks has also produced or co-­‐‑produced a wide range of features, including the “Transformers” blockbusters, Clint Eastwood’s World War II dramas “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima,” the latter earning a Best Picture Oscar® nomination, “Meet the Parents” and “Meet the Fockers,” and “The Ring,” to name only a few. Under the DreamWorks banner, Spielberg also directed such films as “War of the Worlds,” “Minority Report,” “Catch Me If You Can,” and “A.I. Artificial Intelligence.” Spielberg has not limited his success to the big screen. He was an executive producer on the long-­‐‑running Emmy-­‐‑winning TV drama “E.R.” produced by his Amblin Entertainment company and Warner Bros. Television for NBC. On the heels of their experience on “Saving Private Ryan,” he and Tom Hanks teamed to executive produce the 2001 HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” based on Stephen Ambrose’s book about a U.S. Army unit in Europe in World War II. Among its many awards, the project won both Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for Outstanding Miniseries. He and Hanks more recently reunited to executive produce the acclaimed 2010 HBO miniseries “The Pacific,” this time focusing on the Marines in WWII’s Pacific theatre. “The Pacific” won eight Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. Among the shows Spielberg also executive produced were the Emmy-­‐‑winning Sci-­‐‑Fi Channel miniseries “Taken,” the TNT miniseries “Into the West,” the Showtime series “The United States of Tara,” and NBC’s “Smash.” He is currently an executive producer on TNT’s “Falling Skies” and CBS’ “Under the Dome,” based on the novel by Stephen King, which became the biggest new TV hit of Summer 2013. His Amblin Television also was a producer of FX’s “The Americans.” Apart from his filmmaking work, Spielberg has also devoted his time and resources to many philanthropic causes. He established The Righteous Persons Foundation using all his profits from “Schindler’s List.” He also founded the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which in 2006 became the USC Shoah Foundation -­‐‑ The Institute for Visual History and Education. The Institute has recorded more than 52,000 interviews with survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides and is dedicated to making the testimonies a compelling voice for education and action. Additionally, Spielberg is the Chairman Emeritus of the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Brian Goldner (Executive Producer) is responsible for conceptualizing and executing Hasbro’s branded-­‐‑play strategy through the global re-­‐‑imagination, re-­‐‑
invention and re-­‐‑ignition of Hasbro’s world-­‐‑class brand portfolio and the development of long-­‐‑term relationships with strategic partners. Since joining Hasbro in 2000 and taking on the role of CEO in 2008, Mr. Goldner has been instrumental in transforming Hasbro from a traditional toy & game company to a branded-­‐‑play company. In recognition of this dynamic transformation, Mr. Goldner was named the 2008 CEO of the Year by Marketwatch. Today, Hasbro provides children and families around the world a wide-­‐‑range of immersive offerings – toys and games, entertainment, digital games and lifestyle products -­‐‑ based on Hasbro’s beloved brands. In support of this branded play strategy, Mr. Goldner spearheaded the formation of a 50-­‐‑50 joint venture with Discovery Communications to create The Hub, a new television network for kids and their families that launched on 10-­‐‑10-­‐‑10. He has actively led Hasbro’s entry in movies, orchestrating major deals with Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Sony and Universal Studios to create motion pictures based on some of the Company’s best-­‐‑known brands. He serves as an Executive Producer on many of these films, including the box office powerhouse TRANSFORMERS franchise. Mr. Goldner also has been instrumental in formulating the Company’s digital strategy, highlighted by a long-­‐‑term strategic alliance with Electronic Arts, Inc., and the development of the company’s burgeoning lifestyle licensing business. Since joining the Company in 2000, Mr. Goldner has held a series of leadership positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, he served as Hasbro’s Chief Operating Officer, and was a key force in transitioning Hasbro into one of the industry’s most successful and profitable companies. In addition to being a member of Hasbro’s Board of Directors and The Hub’s Board of Directors, Mr. Goldner sits on the board of the Molson Coors Brewing Company. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and sits on the Board of Trustees at Moses Brown School in Providence, RI. Prior to joining Hasbro, Mr. Goldner held a number of management positions including, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Bandai America, Worldwide Director in Charge of the LA office of J. Walter Thompson, and Vice President and Account Director in the Chicago office of Leo Burnett Advertising. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Executive Education Program at the Amos Tuck School. He holds an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration degree from Johnson & Wales University. Mark Vahradian (Executive Producer) was born in Mission Viejo, California. He is a graduate of Duke University and the UCLA School of Law. He spent nine years as a senior film executive at the Walt Disney Company, where he worked to bring to the big screen such films as “Flight Plan,” Miracle,” “Remember the Titans,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Con Air,” “Pearl Harbor,” and “Enemy of the State.” Thereafter, Mark spent three years as president of Jerry Weintraub Productions. He is currently president of production for di Bonaventura Pictures. Vahradian most recently produced “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” for Paramount Pictures, and “Red 2” for Summit Entertainment. He also produced “Man on a Ledge” and the first “Red” for Summit Entertainment; and executive produced the “Transformers” film franchise (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and the original live action “Transformers”) for Paramount Pictures, which has grossed a combined total of $2.6 billion worldwide. Other producing credits include “Annapolis” and executive producing “Nancy Drew.” Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Producer) was born in New York. His father, Mario di Bonaventura, is an international conductor. Mr. di Bonaventura received his undergraduate degree in intellectual history at Harvard College and earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania'ʹs Wharton School of Business. He began his professional life operating a river-­‐‑rafting company and later joined Columbia Pictures and worked in distribution, marketing and in the office of the President. In February 1989 Mr. di Bonaventura joined Warner Bros. While at Warner Bros., di Bonaventura was involved in over 130 productions. Amongst his biggest commercial and critical successes were: “Falling Down” (1993), “A Time To Kill” (1996), “The Matrix” (1999), “Analyze This” (2000), “The Perfect Storm” (2000), “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), “Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone” (2001), “Training Day” (2001) and “Three Kings” (1999). In January 2003 di Bonaventura formed a production company based at Paramount Pictures. Since then the company has produced 23 films including the “Transformers” series, directed by Michael Bay; the espionage thriller “Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie; “Red” and “Red 2,” starring Bruce Willis; “GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra” and its sequel, “GI JOE: Retaliation;” the sleeper hit “The Devil Inside” and the critically acclaimed “Side Effects.” Upcoming productions include “Hell Bent” based on an original idea for Paramount Pictures; the film adaptation of Patrick Lee’s “The Breach” and “Deepwater Horizon” for Lionsgate; and “Five Against A Bullet” for Sony Pictures. In addition to feature films, di Bonaventura formed di Bonaventura Pictures Television & Digital based at Legendary Entertainment. As a producer of DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures’ box office smash hits “Transformers,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” Ian Bryce (Producer) was and is an integral component of the filmmaking team whose collective imaginations have brought the popular toys and comic book characters to the screen. Together they have created a fresh, new film franchise which has earned box office receipts well over $2.6 billion worldwide and is certain to continue to entertain audiences for years to come. Most recently Bryce produced Paramount’s high octane “World War Z,” starring Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos. The post-­‐‑apocalyptic horror film directed by Marc Forster is based on the best-­‐‑selling novel by Max Brooks. The film, shot on location in Europe, garnered more than $540 million globally. In addition he produced Michael Bay’s controversial dark comedy ”Pain and Gain,” starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris and Rebel Wilson, is based on a true story of kidnapping and torture for profit set in 1995 Miami. Next up Bryce will produce an as-­‐‑yet-­‐‑untitled crime thriller starring Charlize Theron under his own banner, Ian Bryce Productions, in a co-­‐‑production with Theron’s Denver and Delilah Productions for Paramount Pictures. The film, written by Dan Nowak (”The Killing”), is tentatively set to go before cameras at the end of the year. Bryce is no stranger to big action adventure films. He produced Sam Raimi’s mega-­‐‑blockbuster “Spider-­‐‑Man” starring Tobey Maguire as the web-­‐‑casting superhero, which was the top-­‐‑grossing film domestically of 2002. The following year, he produced Antoine Fuqua’s drama “Tears of the Sun” starring Bruce Willis, and in 2005, he produced Michael Bay’s “The Island.” After producing “Transformers,” he went on to executive produce “Hancock” starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman for director Peter Berg. In 1999 Bryce won a Golden Globe Award and earned both Academy Award® and BAFTA nominations for his work as a producer on Steven Spielberg’s widely acclaimed World War II drama “Saving Private Ryan.” The movie won Best Picture honors from numerous critics’ organizations, including the New York, Los Angeles and Broadcast Film Critics associations. Bryce also shared a Producers Guild of America Award for the film. He went on to produce Cameron Crowe’s nostalgic comedy-­‐‑drama “Almost Famous,” which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Picture in 2001. Bryce’s other producing credits include “Forces of Nature” starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock; the action thriller “Hard Rain” with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; Penelope Spheeris’ big-­‐‑screen version of the classic television series “The Beverly Hillbillies;” and Jan de Bont’s blockbusters “Twister” and directorial debut film “Speed.” Born in England, Bryce started his career as a production assistant on the third installment of the first “Star Wars” trilogy, “Return of the Jedi.” He moved up to second assistant director on Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” and later served as a production manager on “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Additionally, Bryce served as the line producer/production manager on Philip Kaufman’s “Rising Sun,” and was an associate producer/production manager on Tim Burton’s smash hit “Batman Returns.” He also worked as a production manager on such films as Francis Ford Coppola’s “Tucker: The Man and His Dream,” Ron Howard’s “Willow” and Joe Johnston’s “The Rocketeer.” In addition to overseeing several tent-­‐‑pole projects for Paramount, Bryce continues to develop original motion pictures under his own banner via a first-­‐‑look deal with the studio. A hands-­‐‑on producer and production manager, Allegra Clegg (Co-­‐‑Producer) was a key member of the producing team on the first three installments of the successful franchise: “Transformers” which garnered over $700 million worldwide and became the highest-­‐‑selling DVD of 2007; “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which earned global receipts over $836 million; and the 5th highest grossing film of all time at more than $1.12 billion, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” In addition, she co-­‐‑
produced “Hancock” with Ian Bryce. In 2012 she produced the supernatural thriller “Paranormal Activity 4,” starring Katie Featherston and directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Clegg has also produced many films for Revolution Studios, among them “America’s Sweethearts,” “13 Going on 30” and “Christmas with the Kranks.” While at the studio, she also produced three films for Happy Madison, including “Anger Management,” “Master of Disguise” and “The Benchwarmers.” Prior to her tenure at Revolution Studios, Clegg worked on such films as “Galaxy Quest,” “The American President” and “City of Angels.” Beginning this July 2014 Clegg will join Paramount Pictures as a senior vice president of physical production. Clegg is also the President of the Board of Directors of Westside Ballet of Santa Monica and recently assumed Directorship of Westside School of Ballet, founded by her late mother, prima ballerina Yvonne Mounsey, who danced with the New York City Ballet and Johannesburg City Ballet companies. Ehren Kruger (Screenwriter) is a native of Alexandria, Virginia and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ prestigious Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting in 1996 for his original screenplay “Arlington Road,” which was subsequently produced as his first feature film, directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. His earlier credits include the blockbuster hit thriller “The Ring,” directed by Gore Verbinski; “The Skeleton Key,” directed by Iain Softley; “The Brothers Grimm,” directed by Terry Gilliam, and “Scream 3,” directed by Wes Craven. In 2007 Kruger joined forces with the writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to create the story for the second installment of the live-­‐‑action “Transformers” franchise. The result, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” went on to earn box office receipts of over $836 million worldwide. His next foray into the franchise, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” earned more than $1.1 billion globally. “Transformers: Age of Extinction” marks his third collaboration with director Michael Bay. Steve Jablonsky (Composer) composed the score for director Michael Bay’s trilogy of “Transformers” films: “Transformers,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” He also composed the music for the director’s recent dark comedy, “Pain and Gain,” as well as his 2005 futuristic thriller, “The Island.” In addition, Jablonsky composed the original score for Bay’s Platinum Dunes horror remakes “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Friday the 13th,” “The Hitcher,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” and “The Amityville Horror.” His music will next be heard in the company’s upcoming dramatic television series “The Last Ship,” set to premiere on TNT this June 2014. He recently wrote music for Peter Berg’s action-­‐‑drama “Lone Survivor,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch and composed the score for Gavin Hood’s epic adventure “Ender’s Game,” starring Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield. Jablonsky also composed the original scores for Ruben Fleischer’s “Gangster Squad,” starring Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling; Berg’s action adventure “Battleship,” starring Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgard; David Gordon Green’s epic comedy adventure, “Your Highness,” starring James Franco, Natalie Portman and Danny McBride; and the Japanese anime film “Steamboy,” directed by legendary filmmaker Katsuhiro Otomo, the man behind Akira. Jablonsky is best known on television for his music on the smash hit ABC series “Desperate Housewives.” In addition, he composed the score for the award-­‐‑winning telefilm “Live From Baghdad,” as well as several series, including “Threat Matrix” and ESPN’s “Sports Century: The Century’s Greatest Athletes.” Jablonsky developed his career as a film composer collaborating with such noted composers as Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-­‐‑Williams. He has written additional music for such films as “Bad Boys 2,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” “Armageddon,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Hannibal” and “Deceiver.” As the world of video games becomes more sophisticated with each passing year, the need for exciting, innovative music has grown with it. Jablonsky’s striking melodies can be heard in such top selling games as “Gears of War: Judgment,” “Gears of War 2 & 3,” “Transformers: War for Cybertron,” “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands,” “Transformers: The Game,” “The Sims 3” and “Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath.” He has also composed music for commercials for Chevrolet, Coca-­‐‑Cola, the U.S. Army, and Marlboro. One of the highlights for Jablonsky was scoring the BMW spot “Hostage” for director John Woo. Jeffrey Beecroft (Production Designer) has received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career including an Academy Award nomination for his production design of the critically acclaimed “Dances with Wolves,” a BAFTA nomination, a CLIO Award plus several CLIO nominations, and five Art Directors Guild Award nominations, among those, three wins for Excellence in Production Design for his commercial work. He most recently worked for director Michael Bay on the controversial dark comedy “Pain and Gain,” starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Beecroft has created singular looks for a wide variety of films, from science fiction films like Terry Gilliam’s “Twelve Monkeys,” psychological thrillers like David Fincher’s “The Game,” and Bruce Evans’ “Mr. Brooks” to the romantic dramas “Message in a Bottle,” inspired by the popular Nicholas Sparks novel, and the iconic fan-­‐‑favorite “The Bodyguard.” Beecroft’s extensive resume of commercials earned him three MoMA Awards, working with an impressive list of directors including Bay, Fincher and Gilliam as well as Francis Ford Coppola, Howard Guard, Peter Smillie, Erich Joiner, Jeff Goodby, Bob Kurstetter, Tom Routson, David Bailey, Bennett Miller, and Robert Richardson, among many others. Clients include Milk, Victoria’s Secret, Prada, Polo, AT&T, Apple, Mercedes, Jaguar and GM. His work extends to designing for theater and opera where his designs have been seen on Broadway and in the West End as recently as part of Tobias Rheberger’s Otto Project for Fondazione Prada in Milan. He has received two Tony Award nominations for the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of “Cyrano de Bergerac” and “Much Ado about Nothing” in collaboration with director Terry Hands. Among Beecroft’s West End productions are “Playboy of the Western World” for the Abbey Theater, the RSC’s “Troilus and Cressida,” “Hamlet,” “The Cherry Orchard,” the Old Vic'ʹs “After Aida,” in addition to the Royal Exchange productions of “Oedipus Rex” and “Three Sisters” for which he won the Evening Standard Award. Beecroft’s architectural and interior design work has appeared in Architectural Digest, The World of Interiors, Coastal Living, HG, Vanity Fair and Elle Décor. He received an MFA from New York University and a Fellowship to Oxford University. Rosemary Brandenburg (Set Decorator) helps define the characters and story of a film by developing the atmosphere in which they live. She helps to create the unique vision of a film by selecting and manufacturing everything from furniture, drapery, rugs, light fixtures and artwork. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to work with some of the finest directors and production designers in Hollywood, notably directors Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Brad Bird, Tony Scott, Gore Verbinski, Tim Burton, Stephen Spielberg, Nancy Myers and Chris Columbus; and production designers Jeffrey Beecroft, Jim Bissell, Rick Carter, Nathan Crowley, Rick Heinrichs, Jeannine Oppewal, Neil Spisak and Peter Wenham. Rosemary developed an interest in the way people live at an early age, traveling extensively and learning about diverse cultures around the world. During her high school and college years, she applied those interests, decorating sets and creating props for the theater. She moved to Los Angeles from the East Coast a few years after graduating from Kenyon College and entered the film business by first working on television commercials, then transitioning into feature films. She has created fantasy décor for films like “Planet of the Apes” and “The Flinstones,” period environments for “The Rum Diary,” “The Haunted Mansion” and “Casper;” contemporary decoration for “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” “What Women Want” and “The Ring,” and gritty layered reality for “Unstoppable,” “Serpent and the Rainbow” and “The Rock.” Rosemary is a former Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Set Decorators’ Society of America, for which she co-­‐‑edits their magazine, SETDECOR. Roger Barton (Editor) began working in editorial on documentaries and television movies including the emmy-­‐‑award winning “Indictment: The McMartin Trial.” He soon made the transition to motion pictures and in 1997 was an associate editor on the decade’s biggest blockbuster, “Titanic.” He quickly moved up the ladder, honing his skills at Jerry Bruckheimer Films on the films “Armageddon” and “Gone in 60 Seconds.” Since then, Barton has worked on several more Michael Bay’s films, including “Pearl Harbor,” “Bad Boys 2,” the Platinum Dunes release, “Amityville Horror” “The Island,” and the last three “Transformers” films. Among the other films Roger has edited are the Wachowski brothers’ “Speed Racer” starring Emile Hirsch, the fantasy adventure “Eragon,” Jim Sheridan’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” and George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Episode III -­‐‑ Revenge of the Sith.” Most recently Barton edited “World War Z,” “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Grey” with director Joe Carnahan. He is currently at work with Skydance on “Terminator: Genesis.” This past spring, William Goldenberg, A.C.E. (Editor) was honored with three prestigious awards -­‐‑-­‐‑ the Academy Award; the BAFTA; and the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Award -­‐‑-­‐‑ for his outstanding work on “Argo,” Best Picture of the Year, directed by Ben Affleck. In addition to earning an Oscar, the film won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture -­‐‑ Drama and the BAFTA for Best Film, among countless other accolades, due in no small part to Goldenberg’s contributions to the project. In these very same contests, Goldenberg, along with editor Dylan Tichenor, was also nominated for his work on Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty.” He and Tichenor earned Best Editing Awards for the dramatic political thriller from several influential organizations, including The Boston Film Critics Association, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the London Film Critics Association, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, among others. Currently he is editing the historical thriller “The Imitation Game,” chronicling the tumultuous life of mathematician and code-­‐‑breaker Alan Turing, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley. Goldenberg last worked for director Michael Bay on “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (along with editors Roger Barton and Joel Negron,) which grossed more than $1.1 billion. His resume includes the Jerry Bruckheimer-­‐‑produced films “The Sorcerer'ʹs Apprentice,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” and “National Treasure,” “Kangaroo Jack” and “Coyote Ugly.” He edited Ben Affleck’s directorial debut “Gone, Baby, Gone” and was nominated for an Academy Award® for his work on “Seabiscuit,” as well as for editing Michael Mann’s controversial film “The Insider” (with Paul Rubell and David Rosenbloom). Goldenberg was also part of the editing team on Mann’s “Heat,” “Ali” and “Miami Vice.” Other motion picture editing credits include “Alive,” “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” “Pleasantville” and “Domino.” He also collaborated with editor Michael Kahn (as additional editor or assistant) on “Hook,” “Toy Soldiers,” “Arachnophobia” and “Always.” In addition, Goldenberg edited the short “Kangaroo Court,” which was nominated for an Academy Award®. For television, Goldenberg worked on the HBO films “Body Language” and “Citizen X,” for which he received an Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or Special. He also edited the pilot for “Over There,” the critically acclaimed FX show about the Iraq War. Paul Rubell, A.C.E. (Editor) has been nominated for two Academy Awards, both for films directed by Michael Mann. In 2000, he shared his nomination with William Goldenberg and David Rosenbloom for “The Insider” (which also included BAFTA and A.C.E. nominations). Five years later, he and Jim Miller earned their nominations for the Tom Cruise thriller, “Collateral.” A favorite of filmmaker Mann, he again collaborated with the director on the big screen version of his popular 1980s TV series, “Miami Vice” and on his 2011 gangster epic, "ʺPublic Enemies."ʺ Rubell has also maintained an ongoing relationship with director Michael Bay, on three prior projects -­‐‑-­‐‑ “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Transformers” and “The Island.” Other films credits include “Need for Speed,” “Battleship,” “The Avengers,” “Thor,” “Hancock,” “Peter Pan,” “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” “XXX,” “S1mOne,” “The Cell,” “Blade,” “The Island of Dr. Moreau,” “Ruby Cairo,” “The Stone Boy” and “The Final Terror.” Rubell also has an extensive list of television credits, including two Emmy nominations for the TNT Civil War epic, “Andersonville” and the drama, “My Name Is Bill,” which he shared with John Wright (the latter title also brought him an A.C.E. Cinema ’Eddie’ nomination). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of California. David Brenner (Editor) won an Academy Award for his work on Oliver Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of July.” He also edited Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “World Trade Center,” “Heaven and Earth,” “The Doors” and “Talk Radio.” He began his career as an assistant and additional film editor on Stone’s “Salvador,” “Platoon” and “Wall Street.” Most recently Brenner has been working with Zack Snyder, editing “300: Rise of an Empire” and “Man of Steel.” He is currently working on the sequel. Prior to this, his 25-­‐‑year career includes collaborations with filmmakers as diverse as Roland Emmerich (for whom he edited “Independence Day,” “The Patriot,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” and “2012”), and Adrian Lyne (“Lolita.”) Other notable feature credits include “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Wanted,” “Identity,” “What Dreams May Come,” “Fear,” “The River Wild,” and “Night and the City.” Thomas A. Muldoon (Editor) previously edited the Michael Bay-­‐‑directed films “Pain and Gain,” “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Transformers” and “Bad Boys II” as well as Dominic Sena’s action-­‐‑thriller “Gone in 60 Seconds.” He served as an additional editor on Bay’s “The Island.” Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Muldoon first became interested in editing when he moved to San Francisco at 18 and landed a job at a post-­‐‑production facility. Two years later, when his sister, Mary Muldoon, an Emmy-­‐‑winning producer of daytime programming, moved to Los Angeles, he soon followed. Muldoon joined the infamous and hugely successful Propaganda Films where he met and worked with then-­‐‑young directors Bay and Sena, as well as other up-­‐‑and-­‐‑
comers Mark Romanek, David Fincher and Spike Jonze. As one of the premiere music video and commercial production houses in town, Propaganda provided Muldoon a lifetime of experience in a relatively short time span. Along with four partners, he decided to open his own shop, Superior Assembly, dedicated exclusively to post-­‐‑production of television commercials. Four years later, Muldoon and partner John Murray left to start Nomad Editing. Founded in 1996, Nomad has two facilities in Los Angeles (one specifically designed for work on Apple product), and two others in New York and London. Scott Farrar, A.S.C. (Visual Effects Supervisor) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1981 as a camera operator on “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” In 1985, Farrar received an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for his work on “Cocoon,” and two years later was promoted to Visual Effects Supervisor for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” His ability to carry out the vision of filmmakers has earned him several additional honors, including Oscar® nominations for “Backdraft” in 1991, “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence” in 2001 and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” in 2005. Farrar earned British Academy Award nominations for his breakthrough work on “A.I.: Artificial Intelligence,” and for his futuristic environments in “Minority Report.” In 2007 he was also nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for the original “Transformers.” Most recently, Farrar was the Visual Effects Supervisor on “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. His resume as a visual effects supervisor also includes “World War Z,” “xXx: State of the Nation,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Space Cowboys,” “The Haunting,” “Deep Impact” and “Amistad,” among many other titles. Prior to coming to ILM, Farrar worked as a freelance cameraman in the LA area. In 1975, he was invited to visit the set of the then unknown “Star Wars” and saw the first motion control system in action. Inspired by what he saw, he began work for Robert Abel and Associates, and eventually for Doug Trumble working on “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” A California native, Farrar received a his Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Design with an emphasis in Film from the University of California at Los Angeles. Scott Benza (Animation Supervisor) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1997 as an animator. He holds a degree in commercial art with a minor in video production. Prior to his work at ILM, Scott worked as a senior animator for Microsoft Inc. in Redmond, Washington. As an animation director at Industrial Light & Magic, he is responsible for many aspects of the development of CG characters, as well as providing creative and technical direction to animators. Some of his most notable projects have included development work done for crash/destruction simulations for “Pearl Harbor,” supervising the animation work on the “Transformers” trilogy, and supervising the animation of the Hulk in “The Avengers.” In 2008 and 2011 he was nominated, as part of a team, for the Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for “Transformers” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” respectively. In 2010 he and his colleagues were nominated for a VES Award for Best Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Drive Movie for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” He has also made key contributions to “Iron Man,” “Rush Hour 3,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Mission: Impossible III,” “The Island,” “Star Wars Episode III: “Revenge of the Sith,” “The Hulk” and “Wild, Wild West,” among others. Patrick Tubach (Associate Visual Effects Supervisor) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1999 as a Compositor. During his time at the company he has taken on roles of increasing scope and responsibility and now serves as Visual Effects Supervisor for ILM. Patrick graduated summa cum laude from Baker University in Baldwin City, KS, with a BA in Communications, and although much of his schooling centered on creative writing and journalism, his lifelong interest in film led him to Los Angeles, where he began his visual effects career at Kodak’s Cinesite. As digital effects grew more sophisticated, Patrick soon made the transition from roto and paint artist to compositing. In that marriage of photography and CG, he found a genuine affinity and passion for the artistry of digital effects. As a Visual Effects Supervisor at ILM, Patrick is responsible for working with other key creatives throughout the visual effects process, from bidding to final delivery of work on a film. He also works closely with the production team to help plan the on-­‐‑
set execution of the Visual Effects work for a project, and has often had the opportunity to supervise shoots on location. Patrick is from Simsbury, Connecticut; a small, picturesque New England town that served as the backdrop for countless short films he made with his VHS-­‐‑C camcorder. Currently, he lives in Novato, CA with his wife, Tanis, and their three children. Wayne Billheimer (Visual Effects Producer) joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1999 and worked his way through the production ranks before being promoted to Visual Effects Producer on Jon Favreau’s blockbuster “Iron Man.” As a VFX Producer, Wayne is responsible for budgeting, scheduling and staffing of shows, and together with the ILM Visual Effects Supervisor, he communicates with the picture’s Director, Producer and Visual Effects team. In 2011, Wayne was promoted to Executive Producer on “The Avengers.” His resume includes all three of the previous films in the “Transformers” franchise, as well as “Noah,” “World War Z,” “Pain and Gain” and “Iron Man 2.” Prior to joining ILM, Billheimer was a freelance coordinator working in and around San Francisco on such feature films as “What Dreams May Come,” “James and the Giant Peach” and “Flubber.” He began his career as an assistant to Barry Levinson when the director was living in the Bay area. A Northern California native, Billheimer received a Bachelor of Arts in English at Saint Mary’s College of California. He lives in Berkeley with his wife Sally. Academy Award®-­‐‑winner John Frazier (Special Effects Supervisor) was born in Richmond, California. As a child his family moved to southern California where he was raised and has remained to raise his own family. He attended Canoga Park High School and Los Angeles Trade Tech where he studied high-­‐‑rise construction and freeway design. This past spring Frazier, along with Chuck Gaspar and Clay Pinney, won an Academy Award® for Technical Achievement for the design and development of the Pneumatic Car Flipper, a self-­‐‑contained high-­‐‑pressure pneumatic device which safely launches a stationary full-­‐‑sized car on a predetermined trajectory. The precision of operation enhances the safety of performers, and the physical design allows a rapid setup and strike. Awards for achievements are not presented for specific work from the previous year, as most Oscars® are; they must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures. This year Frazier was also part of the team that included Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich and Edson Williams, who were nominated for Best Visual Effects in “The Lone Ranger.” In 2005, Frazier was honored with an Academy Award® for his work on “Spider-­‐‑Man 2,” along with John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara. Previously he received nominations for the original “Spider-­‐‑Man,” “Pearl Harbor,” “The Perfect Storm,” “Armageddon,” “Twister” and “Speed.” The past few years have been no exception; in 2008 Frazier was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Achievement in Visual Effects for “Transformers” as well as for ”Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and in 2007 he was nominated for his extraordinary contribution to “Poseidon.” The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has also honored him with several nominations throughout the years and in 2001 won the BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects for “Twister.” Additionally, Frazier won two Clio Awards for his work on the Honda “Art Gallery” and Lexus “Ball Bearing Accuracy” television ad campaigns. In 1963, Frazier started designing special effects props at the Haunted House nightclub in Hollywood. The owner recognized his aptitude for creativity and got him a job at NBC where he began working in live television. Shortly thereafter, he became the department head for special effects. While at the network, Frazier worked with some of the great entertainers in television including Jerry Lewis, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Rowan & Martin and Bob Hope. He also served as coordinator on the series “The F.B.I.” and the miniseries “Roots” and “George Washington.” Frazier stayed in his position at NBC until 1970 when he joined Local 44 and started working in special effects for motion pictures. Since that time, he has worked on over 45 feature films. His list of credits is daunting and includes not only big action adventure films, but comedies, dramas, science fiction and even a few fun horror flicks. Among them are “After Earth,” “Pain and Gain,” “Oz The Great and Powerful,” “The Amazing Spider-­‐‑Man,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Priest,” “The Green Hornet,” “Burlesque,” “Unstoppable,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Hersher,” “Armored,” “The Stepfather,””Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” “Drag Me to Hell,” “Fired Up,” “Seven Pounds,” “Pineapple Express,” “Hancock,” “The Kingdom,” “Spider-­‐‑Man 3,” “Déjà Vu,” “The Island,” “Bad Boys II,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Windtalkers,” “Cast Away,” “Space Cowboys,” “The Haunting,” “Hard Rain” and “Outbreak.” Most recently Frazier worked on “The Amazing Spider-­‐‑Man 2,” starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Next up, his effects will be seen in Danny DeVito’s thriller “St. Sebastian,” starring William Fichtner and Lance Reddick. Jim Schwalm (Special Effects Coordinator) is a respected and much sought-­‐‑after physical effects veteran with more than 30 years experience in motion pictures and television. After graduating from college, the California native landed an entry level job at Lumber City where he also completed odd jobs as a handy man. His skills did not go unnoticed and before long, one of his regular customers suggested he become a prop maker. After applying at all the major studios, Paramount Pictures came calling. One of his first assignments while working in the studio mill was to build two large lifeguard towers for one of the final chapters of the renowned series “Happy Days.” 20 years later Schwalm discovered his towers were used in the infamous “Jump the Shark” episode, that has become part of urban legend, in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a shark while on water skis. Schwalm’s early days also included such shows as “Little House on the Prairie,” “Mork and Mindy,” “Father Murphy” and “Wonder Woman,” to name a few. While at Paramount he worked his way up to become the youngest construction foreman at the studio. While in construction, Schwalm decide to make a career change to special effects. He landed his first job on “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” where he met veteran special effects technician and consultant Richard Helmer who encouraged the move. Another legend in the physical effects trade, Jon Belyeu, offered him his first big break running the set on “Rocketeer.” From there Schwalm went on to learn even more from effects experts Phil Cory, Roy Arbogast, Matt Sweeney, Chuck Gaspar, Joe Lombardi and Paul Stewart, among others. In 1987, while working on “The Great Outdoors,” he met special effects supervisor John Frazier who offered him a key position on “Twister,” which began a professional alliance that has lasted ever since. Schwalm’s resume includes every type of project, from action adventure and science fiction to comedy and drama. Among dozens films are Michael Bay’s “Transformers” franchise of movies, “The Island,” “Bad Boys II,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Armageddon,” as well as “The Amazing Spider-­‐‑Man 1 & 2,” “Spider-­‐‑Man 1, 2 & 3,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “xXx: State of the Union” and “xXx,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Almost Famous,” “The Haunting,” “Hard Rain,” “Outbreak,” “Falling Down,” “Lethal Weapon 2 & 3” and “Arachnophobia.” Next up, his effects will be seen in Bay’s thrillers “The Purge: Anarchy” and “Ouija,” both from Platinum Dunes. Harry Humphries (Military Technical Advisor) has provided technical support and analysis on many blockbuster films, from his first foray into the entertainment industry with director Michael Bay on “The Rock,” he is in constant demand by directors and producers who value and demand verisimilitude in their films. Proving to be an impressive resource, in a relatively short time, Humphries has inadvertently created a successful business venture out of what was supposed to have been a fun, one-­‐‑time diversion. His easy-­‐‑going manner coupled with his knowledge of military standards and practices have resulted in a resume that includes such films as the “Transformers” trilogy, “Thor,” “G.I. Joe; Retaliation,” “Prince of Persia,” “The Losers,” “Hancock,” “Iron Man,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “The Kingdom,” “Déjà Vu,” “Domino,” “The Island,” “Sahara,” “National Treasure,” “King Arthur,” “Bad Boys II,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Enemy of the State,” “Armageddon,” “The Peacemaker,” “G.I. Jane” and “Con Air.” Humphries served in the United States Navy as a member of the elite SEAL teams for nearly a decade. As a special weapons and demolitions expert, he specialized in Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism programs. He joined the naval reserve while studying Engineering at Rutgers University. Once placed on active duty, he soon became involved in the Underwater Demolition Teams, graduating UDTR Training Class 29 as Honor Man. While serving with UDT 22, he went on to be the first replacement to enter the newly established SEAL Team II. As a SEAL, he was involved in covert military operations before, during and after the Vietnam conflict. Once leaving the Navy, he joined the corporate world as an engineering and operations manager with his family’s company before venturing out on his own to work for multinational chemical giant, Henkel, as an Operations Manager and International Technical Auditor. Since that time, Humphries has returned to his military roots, developing an international security business with several of his SEAL compatriots. He is currently president of Global Studies Group, Inc. As security consultants they design, develop and implement related services, training programs and crisis management worldwide. Since September 11, 2000, the company has focused on homeland security issues. A recognized specialist in counter terrorism, Humphries was a regular guest on “The Larry King Show” as well as numerous other news programs. Humphries is also a co-­‐‑founder and the executive director of Vet Net, an organization dedicated to assisting servicemen and women with the challenges of re-­‐‑
entering the civilian work force. In tandem with the non-­‐‑profit Working Wardrobes, Vet Net provides veterans with skills, emotional support, housing, job placement and even business clothing necessary to provide for themselves and their families after military service.