ANA COYNE ALONSO .88 Filmmaker	Ms. Alonso is a filmmaker whose work focuses on Nicaragua. She has written, directed and produced five short films which are currently being screened in various national and international festivals, art galleries and museums, including the Modern Museum of Art in New York and the Boston Museum of Fine Art. Her last film, "White Dresses," received the 1995 Cary Grant Film Award of the Princess Grace Awards for emerging artists. She calls her work "interpretive" filmmaking--films utilizing both documentary and narrative strategies to convey meaning. Her films tell stories about Nicaragua from a woman's perspective. Each film attempts to understand the complex intersection of history, politics, religion, class and culture within Nicaragua in a way that reflects a larger context as well. (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB
CLARA ARANOVICH .07 Filmmaker, Writer, Actor	Clara is an award-winning film maker, fiction writer, and actor who is currently a first-year graduate student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Production. She has been involved in the visual arts since the very young age of seven, when she starred in The Little Red Hen (believing she had been typecast for her red hair). Since then, she has made, acted in, or crewed for many varied projects. For the past four years Clara's focus has been set on her Creative Writing Honors Thesis and her acting work. She currently is interning at Little Engine (formerly Round Table), and acting whenever she is not working for school-- and is ecstatic to be in LA pursuing her life long dreams! (Last Udpated 09.18.07)	IMDB
JOHN ARROYO .08 Composer Founder, Remixin	John Arroyo is a film composer, sound designer & DJ. He studied engineering and art as an undergrad at Carnegie Mellon University, later he went on to get masters degrees from Columbia University in Electrical Engineering and Dartmouth College in Electro-Acoustic Music. Since moving to LA from NYC he has worked on various film projects including sound design for a feature and film scoring for an independent feature. His music and remixes have also been released on various record labels. Currently he is splitting his time between composing and web development. His ongoing web development effort, Remixin (www.remixin.com), is gaining attention amongst musicians and composers. (Last Udpated 05.18.09)	remixin.com johnarroyo.com
MARC ALAN AUSTEN .60 Actor	(Marc Abrahams as an undergradguate). Marcus Heiman Award for work in the Arts 1959; President of The Dartmouth Players 1959-60; Received an M.A. from Hunter College 1975; He taught Art in NYC public schools. Recent film roles in: Brooklyn Rules, Be Kind Rewind and The Rebound. He has worked as a background performer in over 250 films and t.v. series in the NY area. (Last Udpated 07.13.08)	IMDB
HAKIM BANGASH .91 Principal Orchid Ventures	Hakim is a Principal at Orchid Ventures, LLC a New Jersey based media and entertainment venture capital fund. The fund, formed in December 1999, invests in entertainment projects such as independent films and early stage media companies. The fund is an aggregate of smaller film funds raised since 1993 and assets under management have grown to $20 million. Film investments (including “Sling Blade”) have garnered worldwide awards including four Academy Award nominations and one Oscar. Private equity investments range from traditional media such as television content, publishing and management companies to new media and emerging technologies for digital/technical programming and production. (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB
SERGEI BASSINE .92 Filmmaker	Sergei, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, immigrated to America in 1991. After graduating from Dartmouth College he earned his MFA from the Tisch Graduate Program in Film and Television in 2000. Bassine’s MFA thesis film, Because of Mama, premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and won numerous prestigious film festival prizes, as well as the New York Magazine award for excellence. Bassine also received the 2001 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films Future Filmmaker Award. Sergei recently directed From the 104th Floor, an animatioin based on a child's poem about the 104th floor of the World Trade Center (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB
KATHRYN BEANE .01	Kathryn is currently a graduate student in the peter stark producing program at USC's school of cinema-television. Originally from Atlanta and an English major at Dartmouth, Kathryn moved to los angeles three years ago. After working for director Doug Liman, she decided to enroll at USC, aiming to delve further into the art of moviemaking while gaining a firmer grasp of the necessarily commercial aspects. Among other things, Kathryn adores movies, music, sports, her hometown, her family, and animals, especially her dog wrigley. (Last Udpated 02.01.05)	IMDB
DAVID BENIOFF .92 Screenwriter	Benioff earned his MFA in 1999 in fiction writing from the University of California at Irvine. He wrote two novels that were never published and began his third, 25th Hour, in 1997. Carroll & Graf published it in 2000. The novel was optioned while in galleys (after a brief bidding war) by Industry Entertainment, which then hired Benioff to adapt his book for Writers Guild minimum. Several months after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Spike Lee read Benioff's adaptation and signed on to direct 25th Hour. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
DAVID BERENSON .99 Screenwriter	David works in New York City as a screenwriter and novelist. After graduating from Dartmouth, he moved to Los Angeles for four years, tutored rich kids and wrote scripts. He recently completed his first novel, "The Tutor," which is currently being shopped by William Morris. He is finishing his latest script, starting a second novel, and planning on starting an MFA in Creative Writing next year at any program that is goodly enough to take him. (Last Udpated 02.08.05)	IMDB
MICHELLE BRATTSON .96 Producer	Michelle is an independent producer who moved to LA in 1996 right after she graduated from Dartmouth as an English major, with a burgeoning interest in film studies. She completed her M.F.A. in 1998 at USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program, and pursued development positions at various companies, including New Regency. After a few years in the “d-world” Michelle missed the production action and decided to go freelance. She has production coordinated the following big budget Hollywood pics: HIGH CRIMES, DAREDEVIL, THE MISSING, IN HER SHOES, LUCKY YOU and CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR. Michelle is now production supervising, and those credits include the upcoming FROST / NIXON and ANGELS & DEMONS. She is currently focusing on bringing together her creative and production background to produce independent features. She would love to team up with any talented writers looking to develop their scripts into the next real thing! (Last Udpated 02.28.06)	IMDB
CONNIE BRITTON .89 Actress	Connie Britton starred in the feature films The Next Big Thing and One Eyed King. Britton has received accolades for her starring roles in Ed Burns' acclaimed independent films The Brothers McMullen and No Looking Back. After nearly canceling her first audition with Burns, the last meeting of the day turned into the role that would launch her career. She can currently be seen as Rachel on ABC's Lost At Home. She also appeared as Nikki Faber in Spin City. She was a series regular in The Fighting Fitzgeralds, and appears in a recurring role as Connie Tate in The West Wing. Upon graduation she moved to New York, where she spent two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse studying with Sanford Meisner, and an additional two years performing in regional theater and off-Broadway productions. (Last Udpated 02.08.05)	IMDB
PATRICK BURLEIGH '01 Writer, Actor	After graduating cum laude from Dartmouth, Patrick shipped to Dublin, Ireland, where he earned his Masters in Irish Literature at Trinity College on one of Dartmouth's Reynolds Scholarships. He had his first plays produced to acclaim at the Dublin Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe festivals. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he has continued to work as a writer and actor. His plays have received staged readings and productions starring the likes of James McDaniel and Reni Santoni. He has written numerous feature films and was recently hired by Redhouse Entertainment to pen the feature "Fake I.D." He has twice been a top-ten finalist for the Chesterfield Fellowship and has been a finalist for the Sundance Filmmakers Lab. Patrick's screenplay, "Riot Song," about the 1992 L.A. riots, is currently generating strong industry interest. His acting credits include: the features "Bereft" for Showtime and the upcoming "Illegal Aliens;" stage appearances with Ensemble Studio Theatre West, The Naked Angels, The Evidence Room, Padua Playwrights and Fox Television's "Naked TV" pilots; and episodic television. (Last Udpated 05.03.05)	IMDB
JOHN BURR '03 Entertainment Lawyer	John is 27 and currently lives in West LA. He works at an entertainment law firm in Century City, and his independent endeavors include writing feature screenplays and directing short films. The police often question him just because they find him interesting. His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man's entire body. His blood smells like cologne. He is the most interesting man in the world. He doesn't always drink beer, but when he does, he prefers Dos Equis. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Last Udpated 11.28.07)	IMDB
TY BURR .80 Film Critic, Boston Globe	Ty Burr is the film critic for the Boston Globe, a position he has held since July 2002. For ten years prior to that, he worked for Entertainment Weekly as the magazine's chief video critic, and also covered film, music, theater, books, and the internet. He began his career at Home Box Office in the 1980s, serving as an in-house "film evaluator" and helping to put Corey Haim movies on Cinemax. Burr has written two books, "The Hundred Greatest Movies of All Time" (Time-Life Books, 1999) and "The Hundred Greatest Stars of All Time" (Time-Life Books, 1998) and has written articles on film and other subjects in the New York Times, Spin, the Boston Phoenix, and other publications. A member of the National Society of Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics, Burr studied film at Dartmouth and New York University. He lives in Newton, MA. (Last Udpated 03.04.05)	The Boston Globe
SARAH CALLIES .99 Actress	Since being awarded her MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory, Sarah has starred in two films, Whisper and The Celestine Prophecy, both due in theatres in 2006. Her television credits include Tarzan (Jane), Queens Supreme (recurring), Law and Order SVU, LA Dragnet, Numb3rs, and the unaired ABC pilot The Service in which she played the lead role. Her latest series, Prison Break (produced and directed by Brett Ratner), will premier on Fox in August of 2005. She is repped bicoastally by the William Morris Agency and IDPR publicity. (Last Udpated 07.12.05)	IMDB claraaranovich.com
ALESSANDRO CEGLIA .94 Animator	Alessandro graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in Art History and Asian Studies and a citation for outstanding work in animation. Following graduation, he pursued a career in interactive design and development and recently shifted his focus back to animation. Alessandro is currently pursuing an MFA in Animation and Digital Art at USC's School of Cinema-Television and working on his animated short “The Intruder”. He has also worked as an animator on VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club 2" and as lead animator on the music video "Attack" by Jared Leto's band Thirty Seconds to Mars. (Last Udpated 12.05.05)	IMDB
ARTHUR COBURN .60 Editor	Arthur Coburn's recent projects include the Sam Raimi's films SPIDER-MAN and THE GIFT, starring Cate Blanchett and Hilary Swank, and A SIMPLE PLAN, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton. Coburn's other film credits include: FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, starring Kevin Costner; THE BREAKUP, directed by Paul Marcus and starring Bridget Fonda and Kiefer Sutherland; A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES, directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Renée Zellweger; DANGEROUS BEAUTY, directed by Marshall Herskovitz; SUNSET PARK, directed by Steve Gomer; THE MASK, starring Jim Carrey, directed by Chuck Russell; and AMERICAN ME, starring Edward James Olmos. Coburn also edited DOMENICK AND EUGENE, starring Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta; TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Loggia; THE BALLAD OF GREGORIO CORTEZ, starring Edward James Olmos; and EXTREMITIES, starring Farrah Fawcett. Coburn graduated from Dartmouth College and he received a law degree from Harvard Law School. (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB
TIM CRAIG .79 Counsel - Entertainment & Sports Group of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC	Tim Craig is counsel to the Entertainment and Sports Group of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC. His focus is film and television work, and he represents leading producers, directors, writers, distributors, and financiers. He serves as production and finance counsel, negotiating and documenting licensing, production, co-production, distribution, finance, and other agreements. Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Tim had thirteen years of experience working for major entertainment companies. He worked for seven years as Vice President for Legal and Business Affairs for Hallmark Entertainment, the leading producer of television motion pictures and mini-series, where he served as production counsel, engineered complex international financing arrangements, and supervised litigations, labor disputes, and intellectual property matters. He has also worked as Film Buyer and Programmer for Landmark Theatre Corporation, the largest art house cinema chain; and as Theatrical Sales Manager for Films Incorporated, where he sold films to over 200 theatres in the western U.S. Tim has taught Entertainment Law at Fordham University School of Law; has twice served on the Entertainment Law Committee of the New York City Bar; and has advised several Native American filmmakers, including the award-winning director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals). Tim is also a co-founder of the New Jersey Chapter of Cure Autism Now. Prior to working at Hallmark Entertainment, Tim was associated with the firm then known as Frankfurt Garbus Klein & Selz, and with Morrison & Foerster. He is a graduate of Stanford University (J.D., M.B.A.) and Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude). (Last Udpated 03.24.08)	Website
IGA CZARNAWSKA .04 Director, Filmmaker	Originally from Poland, Iga is a film director and documentary filmmaker with an international spirit. She made her first short film at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, Great Britain, and came to Dartmouth to major in Film Studies. There, she completed a 16 mm short, "My Kite", and two documentaries: "The Aliens: Being a Foreign Student" (dist. Intercultural Press) and "From the Body Cage", a portrayal of the internal world of bulimia (Senior Fellowship Project). She received the Heiman-Rosenthal Award and the Sudler Prize for the totality of her artistic achievement at Dartmouth, and a Lombard Fellowship to make a documentary in India in Fall 2005. Her recent doc work is alternative in form and ventures to marry reality with cinematic story-telling techniques. Currently, she is TA-ing film production at our Alma Mater and developing two fiction scripts. (Last Udpated 02.07.05)	IMDB
TARA DAIRMAN .01 Screenwriter	Tara Dairman's plays have been produced and read professionally by the Fishamble Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland, and La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in New York City. Her short play "The Wedding Cake" was a finalist for the 2003 Heideman Award in the Actors Theatre of Louisville's National Ten-Minute Play Contest, and her screenplay "Yesterday" (a comedy/fantasy about a Beatles cover band in Dublin) reached the quarterfinals of both the 2005 Slamdance and 2006 AAA screenwriting contests. Tara's latest project is the full-length dark comedy "PB&J," set in Vermont. She lives in Weehawken, NJ, and holds a B.A. in Creative Writing. (Last Udpated 08.23.06)
JULIE DAVIS .91 Screenwriter	Julie Davis wrote, produced, directed and edited the critically acclaimed low budget comedy ÒI Love You, DonÕt Touch Me!Ó which was one of the highest sales and most popular films at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in 1998 by MGM/Goldwyn Films. Opening to enthusiastic reviews from The Los Angeles TimesÕ Kenneth Turan, who called the film Òsexy, honest and consistently funny,Ó and The New York TimesÕ Janet Maslin, who dubbed Davis Òthe female Woody Allen,Ó Davis was able to raise the independent financing for her second film ÒAmyÕs Orgasm.Ó In the film, Davis explored the complications that arise when a feminist self-help author falls for a sexist shock jock. ÒAmyÕs OrgasmÓ was hailed as Òcandid, funny, and deeply authenticÓ by Daily Variety, Òa smart, tart breath of fresh airÓ by The Hollywood Reporter, and Òsophisticated, funny, and freshÓ by The Los Angeles Times. The film is the highest selling title on Sundance Home Video and also won the prestigious Audience Award at the 2001 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. After the success of ÒAmyÕs OrgasmÓ, Davis directed the romantic comedy ÒAll Over the Guy,Ó starring Adam Goldberg, Doris Roberts, Christina Ricci and Lisa Kudrow, and produced by Don Roos (ÒThe Opposite of SexÓ). ÒAll Over the GuyÓ was sold to Lions Gate Films in 2001 and has been theatrically released world-wide. Davis has recently written an original series for Showtime, as well as having completed the screenplay for her next film, The Daily Grind, based on her real-life experiences as an editor at the Playboy Channel. (Last Udpated 08.18.07)
TASHI DONDUP .03 Writer / Director	Born in Boise, Tashi started making movies in junior high. Time travel was a common theme. Ten years later, he still wishes he were older. Ten years from now, he'll probably want to make movies about time travel again. Lately, he's been living in Venice and working at Muse Productions. He recently left the company to focus on finishing his third script, "What's Up, Brother?" The story is about brothers born ten years apart. One wants to work his worries away, the other wants to be a monk. Tashi completed three 16mm shorts at Dartmouth. The latest is a re-telling of the Rapunzel fairy tale. Earlier subjects include the death of a bunny and karma at the racetracks. He calls his unincorporated company For Real Films. His quest to keep working may soon take him to Morocco, New York, or Idaho. (Last Udpated 02.01.05)	IMDB
RANDALL DOTTIN .94 Writer / Director	Randall Dottin graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts with an MFA in Film Directing in 2003. His MFA thesis film A-ALIKE has earned several awards and distinctions including: the Director's Guild of America Award for Best African American Student Filmmaker, A National Board of Review For Motion Pictures Award for Achievement in Filmmaking, a two year licensing contract with HBO/Cinemax and in 2004 he won the Gold Medal in the Narrative Category at the Student Academy Awards. He is currently writing a pilot screenplay for an MTV animated television series entitled, BPM - The Untold Story and Randall is also a member of the Fox Searchlight Pictures Program for emerging directors, the Fox Searchlab. (Last Udpated 02.18.05)	IMDB
RACHEL DRATCH .88 Actress, Writer	After four years on the main stage of Chicago's Second City troupe, Rachel started on Saturday Night Live in 1999. Her memorable characters include Denise to Jimmy Fallon's horny Bostonian boyfriend, Sully, to her wispy little Calista Flockhart impression, Dratch easily goes from nerd (à la Sheldon on "Wake Up Wakefield") to sensuous "luv-uh" Virginia to Will Ferrell's Professor Klarvin. In 2000, she and Tina Fey put on their two-woman show, Dratch & Fey, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. And in 2001, a short film that Dratch wrote, directed, and performed (The Vagina Monologues Monologues, also featuring Fey and SNL performer Amy Poehler) premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival. She has appeared in the movie Down With Love (with Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger) and the independent film The Hebrew Hammer (with Adam Goldberg). Her television appearances include Late Night With Conan O'Brien, CBS' King of Queens, and Third Watch. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
HAKIM DYER .83 Film Finance	Hakim Dyer is financial and capitalization advisor to Louverture Films via his firm Sustainable Capital. Louverture Films is dedicated to the development and production of films of historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity. Louverture Films partners with progressive filmmakers and producers around the world and particularly from the global South, and pro-actively supports the employment and training of cast and crew from communities of color in the United States. Hakim is a 1983 graduate of Dartmouth College where he was active at WDCR/WFRD, and as an illustrator for The Dartmouth, and the Harbinger. Hakim Dyer (f/k/a Christopher Dyer) was a 1981Marcus Heiman Award winner. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	IMDB
JENNIFER DZIURA .00 Comedian, Writer	Jennifer Dziura is a New York based comedian and writer who has appeared at Caroline's on Broadway and many other comedy clubs. She is the winner of a National Society of Newspaper Columnists award in humor writing and has written for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. She is shopping a comic action screenplay, "Fist of Good," and a memoir about her turn from failed dot-com entrepreneur to a variety of unusual professions. Jennifer pens a popular blog at www.jenisfamous.com. (Last Udpated 06.28.05)	IMDB
CLIFFORD O. EBRAHIM .59 actor, director, writer, and teacher	Cliff Osmond is a veteran actor, director, writer, and teacher based in Los Angeles. He is a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the Emmys), the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, and the Writers Guild of America. As an actor, he has co-starred in four of the legendary writer/director Billy Wilder's films, "The Fortune Cookie," "Kiss Me, Stupid," "Front Page," and "Irma La Douce" (all available on VHS and DVD); and in a long career Cliff has been featured in over twenty other feature films and guest starred in over 150 prime time network television shows. See IMDb.com for a complete résumé of Cliff's screen work. Cliff is also an award winning television writer, and a feature film director ("The Penitent," starring Raul Julia and Armand Assante). As an acting teacher and coach, he has taught over 20,000 students in a twenty-year teaching career. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	www.cliffosmond.com
MICHAEL ELLENBERG .97 Director of Development Scott Rudin Productions	Michael majored in government and was head of the Dartmouth Film Society my senior year. After college, he went to NYU Law School, where he got a J.D. in '00. He never practiced law -- instead, he moved right out to Los Angeles, and worked as an assistant for a while before becoming an executive at a production company. He's been at Scott Rudin for the last year. (Last Udpated 02.01.05)	IMDB
CHRIS FERRY .95 Actor, Producer	Chris Ferry earned his MFA in acting at the American Conservatory Theater with the class of 2000. After working professionally onstage in San Francisco and New York, he began acting on camera with the directing students in the graduate film program at Columbia University. Since then, Chris has starred in five feature films and produced three -- the latest of which, SALVAGE, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. Chris is an active member of The Flying Carpet Theatre Company in NYC. (Last Udpated 05.04.06)	www.chrisferry.com www.flyingcarpettheatre.com IMDB
CORRIE FRANCIS .01 Animator	Corrie completed a special major in animation which included a Senior Fellowship project, "Ash Sunday", an experimental animated short. She is now working towards her MFA in animation at the University of Southern California. Currently, Corrie is working on her master's thesis in New Zealand as a Fulbright Fellow. (Last Udpated 02.15.05)	IMDB
JULIET AIRES GIGLIO .84 Animator	Juliet is a screenwriter with an MFA from NYU in filmmaking. She has been working in the business since '93 (into the WGA in '95). Her credits include: DisneyÕs TARZAN, Wonderful World of DisneyÕs NOAH, ABC family tv movie, PIZZA MY HEART and Disney ChannelÕs RETURN TO HALLOWEENTOWN- WITCH UNIVERSITY. (Last Udpated 01.07.07)	IMDB
CHAD GOODRIDGE .01 Actor	Chad is an actor currently residing in New York City. Broadway: Passing Strange. Off-Broadway: The Public, PS 122, The Cherry Lane among others. Regional: Passing Strange (Berkeley Rep), Proof, Macbeth, Once In a Lifetime, Skin of Our Teeth (Williamstown), Hamlet (The Geva Theatre). Television: Law & Order: S.V.U., One Life to Live, All My Children. He has also acted in several independent films. Training: Chautauqua Conservatory Theater Company (2002 and 2003) and Ron Van Lieu. While at Dartmouth, Chad studied Theatre, Psychology, and Modern Dance (with Marianne Hraibi). Chad is currently has several screenplays in development. (Last Udpated 02.10.08)	IMDB
RASHAAD ERNESTO GREEN .00 Actor, Writer, Director	Rashaad was born in the Bronx, NY and bred in NYC. It wasn't until college that he discovered his passion for the arts. Starting his career as an actor, Rashaad received a BA from Dartmouth College and a MFA from the NYU Graduate Acting Program, where he also began to write and direct. After three years of gaining insight into the industry, acting in theaters nationwide and working with directors like Spike Lee, Rashaad worked for a year as a teacher in the South Bronx before turning his efforts behind the camera to tell stories. He currently studies film at NYU's Graduate Film Program. His first film, The Can Collector, about a man who makes his living off the streets reliving his childhood dreams, screened at Lincoln Center accompanied by a live orchestra as part of the Lincoln Center Golden Silents Festival. His short documentary, 50 Shots, will be premiering at the Real Life Documentary Festival in Ghana June 2008. And his next film, Premature, follows the journey of one teenage girl who discovers she's pregnant. (Last Udpated 05.28.08)	IMDB
MARK HANSSON .81 PGA Producer / DGA 1st Assistant Director	Mark Hansson '81 graduated from Dartmouth in three years with Distinction in Film Studies and was one of the first graduates in the newly formed major. He did his MFA in Film Production at UCLA Film School, while starting in the 20th Century Fox Mailroom after college. He was accepted to the Directors' Guild of America Training Program, from which he graduated as a DGA Second Assistant Director. He has continued to work in the Hollywood film and television production industry for over 25 years, with credits on dozens of feature films and television shows, as a Second A.D., then First A.D. and now as a Producer in the Producers' Guild of America. He has 5 DGA Award nominations for his work - 3 in Drama (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), 1 in Comedy (HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and 1 in Children's Programming (Disney Channel's "Tiger Cruise"). Recent credits include the feature films "High School Musical 3", "The Comebacks", "Dreamgirls", "The Prince and Me 2", "Peaceful Warrior" and the TV shows "Heroes", "Weeds", "Tell Me You Love Me", "Fat Actress" and Kathy Griffin's comedy specials for Bravo in '05, '06 and '07. He also enjoys teaching film studies, mentoring new DGA Trainees and serving on the DGA Unit Production Manager/Assistant Director Council and seven committees, including co-chairing the DGA 1st AD Committee, representing hundreds of DGA 1st Assistant Directors. (Last Udpated 11.30.08)	IMDB
ELLEN M. HARRINGTON Director of Exhibitions and Special Events Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Ellen M. Harrington is the Director of Exhibitions and Special Events for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. During her sixteen years in this position (May 1993 to the present), she has organized and designed the installations for over seventy exhibitions of motion picture material, ranging from set installations, production designs, photography, film ephemera, paintings, movie posters and costume designs. In addition, she produces ongoing public film screenings, retrospectives, tributes and educational programming for the Academy’s 1,000 seat Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and the 300 seat Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Harrington also oversees the Academy’s ongoing programming in London, as well as regularly producing events with partner cultural organizations in cities such as Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco. She has produced hundreds of special screening events incorporating, variously, key anniversaries of significant films, premieres of film restorations, cast and filmmaker reunions, screenings and lectures presented in conjunction with gallery exhibitions, film series in partnership with partner cultural organizations and travelling film programs, including major events at film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Shanghai and Telluride. As the producer of Academy Tributes and Salutes, she has overseen evenings honoring talents as diverse as Sidney Poitier, Bernardo Bertolucci, Stanley Donen, Jeanne Moreau, Michelangelo Antonioni, Harold Pinter, Olivia de Havilland and Mel Brooks, as well as celebrating centennials for such legendary film personalities as Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper and Bette Davis. The Academy’s exhibitions are installed on a rotating basis in two galleries at their world headquarters in Beverly Hills, California. Additionally, exhibitions she has curated have toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, to both fine art and film-related institutions, and a variety of museums. Several catalogues and other publications have resulted from these exhibition projects. Ms. Harrington has also co-created the Academy’s Media Literacy Program, which for the last twelve years has provided in-depth film education programs for Los Angeles high school students. Presented twice yearly, these multi-day seminars have benefited over 10,000 high school students. She also recently developed and directs the Academy’s International Outreach Project, and organized its first initiative in 2007, a visiting artist program and film festival in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, presented at the invitation of the Vietnam National Cinema Department and the Ministry of Culture. A second outreach trip to Iran in March of 2009 with a dynamic program of seminars, screenings and meetings between top U.S. filmmakers and their Iranian counterparts was met with tremendous international publicity, and the Academy subsequently hosted a dozen Iranian filmmakers in Los Angeles for industry meetings, film screenings and professional training opportunities. Ms. Harrington has previously worked in feature film development for Dustin Hoffman’s Punch Productions (1991-1993), and non-profit film programming for the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Public Theater (1988-1990), under founder and artistic director Joseph Papp. She is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Andover, holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College in Comparative Literature and Art History, and an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies from New York University. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	Oscars
ANNE E. W. HARSCH .07 Actress	Anne’s acting highlights include Nabby Adams in the PBS mini-series AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, the title roles in CINDERELLA and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with touring theatre company Kaleidoscope Theatre of New England, Ann in the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre’s INTERNATIONAL NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL, Mary Jemison in the television mini-series THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA, and Eve in the 2009 EMERGING VOICES at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington DC. Anne holds a B.A. in Psychological and Brain Sciences. (Last Udpated 05.18.09)
JOHN HART .75 Producer/Co-Founder Hart Sharp Entertainment	A founding partner of Hart Sharp Entertainment, John Hart has served as executive producer on several films including Todd Haynes' Safe, Peter Cohn's Drunks, Cindy Sherman's Office Killer and Hannah Weyer's Arresting Gena. Hart's Broadway and off-Broadway productions over the last ten years include Guys and Dolls, The Who's Tommy, Hamlet with Ralph Fiennes, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Matthew Broderick. Current theater projects include the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Chicago co-produced by Hart Sharp. Hart Sharp also co-produced Annie Get Your Gun, the Tony Award-winning revival of Irving Berlin's musical, which ran on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre. Along with Jeff Sharp, Hart produced Boys Don't Cry, which premiered at the Toronto and New York Film Festivals and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Hart also produced You Can Count on Me, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Matthew Broderick and Laura Linney. You Can Count on Me was also nominated for two Academy Awards. Most recently, Hart produced John Leguizamo's directorial debut, Undefeated, for HBO and Doug McGrath's Nicholas Nickleby, to be released by United Artists in December 2002. (Last Udpated 02.04.05)	IMDB Hart Sharp Entertainment
TRAYVOI HICKS .90 Advertising & Marketing, Executive Temps	Troyvoi Hicks possesses many years of experience in the entertainment industry. Prior to joining the industry's premier employment agency Executive Temps as the Director Of Placement, Hicks was an Executive Assistant to the Director of Business & Legal Affairs at Saban Entertainment, Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Advertising & Publicity at Warner Bros., and the Personal Assistant/Office Manager to actor/producer/director Robert Townsend. In his current role, Hicks is responsible for corresponding with industry clientele and directing ET's advertising and marketing plans. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Dartmouth College and his Master of Arts in Education from San Jose State University. Hicks also has over 10 years of teaching and administrative experience in private and public schools. (Last Udpated 10.08.08)	IMDB Executive Temps
ADAM HIMOFF .98 Producer / Co-Founder Jellyman Productions	Adam is a producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist, as well as co-founder of indie production house Jellyman Productions. He is currently producing the animated short film CATCHING KRINGLE starring Danny DeVito and John Rhys-Davies, for which he also wrote the screenplay. Adam has worked behind-the-scenes at the Creative Artists Agency under the head of the Television Literary Department and on set as a 2nd Assistant Director on the film DREAM WARRIOR, shot in Zagreb, Croatia. Adam has also published multiple comic strips, including PINK, an allegory of the Internet collapse. In a previous life, Adam worked within Merrill Lynch’s media and telecom investment banking group in NYC and at the Santa Monica-based venture capital firm, eCompanies. Adam graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in English Literature and a penchant for combining creativity with business strategy. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB Jellyman Productions
SHAY HOLLAND .87 Actress	Shay (Sharon) Holland is a Los Angeles-based actress who was recently featured in "Backstage" magazine and "Showfax" online magazine. Shay's post-Dartmouth career actually started inbroadcasting. After graduating from Dartmouth and Northwestern University with a Masters in journalism, Shay became an award-winning crime reporter and anchor whose investigative work helped expose a serial killer. Shay's daring first-hand reports--like bungee jumping from the worldÕs highest crane for a story on sports-related deaths and going inside a burning building for afeatureonfemale firefighters--aired on network affiliates, NBCÕs "Today" show and CNN.Shay began acting after deciding she had seen enough murder scenes; heron-camera background has landed hercommercial and video roles for companiessuch asthe Gap, DirecTV, Oracle, PeopleSoft and others. She also worked on an international AIDS awareness campaign with her brother, a bodybuilder who won the Mr. Universe title. Shay is now pursuing feature film andTV rolesand working at The Hollywood Reporter. (Last Udpated 07.16.07)	IMDB
MAURISSA HORWITZ .98 Editor	Maurissa works in editing for film and television in Los Angeles. Currently she's working on a Dreamworks animated feature to be released in May of 2006 as the lead assistant editor. With film, AVID and FCP experience, she's worked in nearly every genre: live action features, reality television, documentaries, awards shows and most recently, animation. One day she hopes to work on sitcoms and one hour dramas to round out her resume, but for now she's very happy working with cartoons. (Last Udpated 05.21.05)
JESSICA HOUSTON .02 Research Manager, OTX	Jessica Houston recently ventured into the entertainment industry as a Research Manager for the home entertainment division of OTX, an innovative online market research firm in Hollywood, CA. In this capacity Jessica conducts creative testing for film and television studios to help inform marketing decisions on DVD packaging, commercials, and audience segmentation. Jessica's main clients are HBO and Fox, and her department also does work for Warner Brothers Home Video and other studios. Jessica graduated in 2002 with a degree in Sociology, and is enjoying life on the left coast with her fiancé and two cats. (Last Udpated 02.28.05)	OTX Research
Steve Hutensky Senior EVP and Head of Business Affairs Relativity Media	Steve Hutensky joined Relativity in June 2009 as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Business Affairs. At Relativity, Hutensky oversees all business and legal aspects of the company’s single picture business, including distribution, financing, co-productions, talent agreements and the management of films in production. Prior to joining Relativity, Hutensky worked as an independent producer based in New York City. From 1995 to 2004, Hutensky worked as an executive at Miramax Films, holding a variety of positions and serving as one of the principal advisors and top executives to the company’s co-chairman, Harvey Weinstein. At Miramax, Hutensky ran the business and legal affairs department for the Miramax label, served as a creative executive in the company’s production and development group and oversaw the company’s various non-film businesses including its book division and investments in magazines, real estate and restaurants Prior to Miramax, Hutensky worked in New York as an attorney for the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue and as an investment banker for a division of Chemical Bank. He received his B.A, from Dartmouth College and J.D. from New York University. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
JESSE ISRAEL .96 Feature Film Development, Alcon Entertainment	Jesse Israel is a Director of Development at Alcon Entertainment in Los Angeles, a financing and production company responsible for previous films such as P.S. I LOVE YOU, INSOMNIA, and SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS as well as upcoming movies like THE BOOK OF ELI and THE BLIND SIDE. He is also independently producing AARON & SARA for Fox 2000 and is partnered with producer Mark Johnson (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA) on the biopic THE GREAT BLONDIN. Before moving to the West Coast, Jesse spent four years as a producer at Dateline NBC in New York, and then attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at USC. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	alconent.com
CARTER JACKSON .98 Writer / Actor	In January of 2002, Carter wrote a letter and got himself into OUR TOWN with Paul Newman. Directed by James Naughton, the play went from the Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward, Artistic Director) to Broadway's Booth Theatre. A film version of the play is now shown alternatively on Showtime and PBS's American Collection series. Other theatre: LEAVING TANGIERS (Winner, 2003 Samuel French Short Play Festival) with Blue Coyote Theatre Group - (he is also one of their Repeat Offenders). He's worked with the Drama Dept., Metropolitan Playhouse, Theatre at Monmouth, others. Look for indie film INDEPENDENCE in January 2006. NYC native. English/Creative Writing Major. Neighborhood Playhouse graduate. Just completed the short play WAKE UP LAUGHING. Currently at work finishing his first screenplay. (Last Udpated 02.17.05)
ALEXIS JOLLY '05 Screenwriter	Alexis C. Jolly is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. His first two scripts have been optioned by QuasiWorld Ent. and the Johnson-Roessler Co., respectively. He was recently hired to write a short film for the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain, entitled "Heads or Tails," which will be available for viewing shortly. (Last Udpated 01.23.08)	IMDB
KEVIN JONES .82 Producer	KEVIN JONES held the position of senior vice president of production at Columbia Pictures before embarking upon a career as an independent producer. During his six-year tenure at Columbia, he supervised production on several features including "Excess Baggage," "Multiplicity," "Money Train," "The Net," "Get On the Bus" and "Geronimo: An American Legend. Prior to joining Columbia, Jones was vice president of production at Paramount Pictures, where he was involved in productions including "Forrest Gump," "Star Trek V," "Coming to America," "Another 48 HRS." and "Fat Man and Little Boy. A native of Los Angeles, Jones began his career as a story analyst at Warner Bros. Pictures. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
MATTHEW EARL JONES .79 Director/Producer	Veteran L.A. Commercial Producer, Matthew Earl Jones, was born in New York City where he spent much of his youth, as well as in New Canaan, Connecticut. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Matthew worked on Madison Avenue for BBD&O and later for American Home Products Corporation. A brief performing career as a lead vocalist/guitarist resulted in a recording contract, national television appearances, and small parts in films and TV shows. The entertainment industry inspired Matthew to relocate to Los Angeles and embark on a career producing for commercial, films, and TV. In 1993, Matthew started as a set Production Assistant and quickly worked his way to producing. His commercial experience enabled him to work with such notables as Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Jodie Foster, Angela Lansbury, and others. In 2005, Matthew made his directorial debut with an independent feature film shot in High Definition and has continued with music videos and commercials for his production company, Translight Pictures. Matthew serves as president of the Earl Jones Institute, a nonprofit organization established by his father, actor Robert Earl Jones, to train women and minorities for behind-the-camera film careers. Matthew Earl Jones is the son of actor Robert Earl Jones and half brother of actor James Earl Jones. (Last Udpated 01.14.08)	translightpictures.com
PAMELA KATZ .80 Screenwriter	Pam entered the film world on the technical side, working as a Camera Assistant for prominent directors such as Spike Lee (JUNGLE FEVER and MO’ BETTER BLUES), Alan Parker (ANGEL HEART), and Martin Scorsese (THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST). ROSENSTRASSE was her first collaboration with world-renowned director Margarethe von Trotta. Their second collaboration DIE ANDERE FRAU (THE OTHER WOMAN) tells the story of an East German Stasi agent who pretends to marry a West German secretary in order to smuggle secrets from West to East. Like ROSENSTRASSE, it is based on several true stories. Made for German television, DIE ANDERE FRAU is played in the U.S. at selected film festivals and museum retrospectives. Pam has also published a historical novel in German called DIE SEERAUEBERIN. She is currently working on an English translation of the novel as well as a related screenplay which will focus on Lenya’s Weimar years.	IMDB
MATT KEENER Managing Partner, Scenario Former ICM/APA Agent	Matt Keener is senior managing partner at Scenario, a new production and talent management company in Los Angeles. Previously, Matt was a motion picture and television literary agent (ICM, APA), story development executive (Michael Phillips Productions) and independent producer. As such, he has developed projects for such filmmakers as Wolfgang Petersen, Ridley Scott, Steven Soderbergh and Steven Spielberg. He is a founding director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, and has written, directed, produced and/or 'godfathered' numerous indie art house feature films and documentaries.	IMDB
JESSIE KEYT .95 Screenwriter, Playwright, & Essayist	Jessie Keyt is a screenwriter, playwright, and essayist in New York City. Her latest project, Skin, starring Sam Neill, Sophie Okonedo and Alice Krige will be released Fall 2008. She has won numerous awards for her narrative prose, stage plays, and screenplays, including a development grant from Euroscript/MEDIA II, a residency at the International Writers' Workshop in Havana, Cuba, and first prize in the New Millennium Writings creative nonfiction category. She holds an MFA in dramatic writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches dramatic writing. (Last Udpated 08.31.08)	IMDB
JAMIE KERSHAW .89 Business Affairs Executive DreamWorks Animation	Jamie is currently a business affairs executive at DreamWorks Animation. He is obsessed with American Idol. (Last Udpated 04.05.06)	IMDB
ALEX KONDRACKE .91 Screenwriter, Director	Alex has recently been hired to write a movie for Newline called JENBOT. She worked as a segment producer for Academy Award-winning documentarian Arnold Shapiro (SCARED STRAIGHT, BIG BROTHER) and then returned to New York to attend NYU's graduate film school, where she studied both directing and cinematography. Her first short narrative film, ICE FISHING, won awards at Sundance 2000. Her cinematography reel landed her a job shooting for Academy Award-nominated producer, Jonathan Stack (THE FARM). While still at NYU, Alex began shooting and directing documentaries for Discovery, TLC, BBC, VH-1 and most recently National Geographic. Alex's script, SUNSET PARK, won the ABC/Disney New Talent Grant and she began production on a narrative film about teenagers in East L.A. The film (now called WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HER) has since received two prestigious finishing grants: the Warner Brothers grant and the Caucus foundation grant. Alex directed second unit on the upcoming Screen Gems movie, D.E.B.S. and was chosen to be a 2005 ABC/Disney directing fellow. Alex lives in Los Angeles. (Last Udpated 08.12.05)	IMDB
PAUL LAZARUS .76 Director, Producer, Writer	Paul Lazarus is a director, producer and writer of television, film, and theater projects. He directed and produced the feature film, "Seven Girlfriends," starring Tim Daly, Mimi Rogers, Jami Gertz, and Melora Hardin. Produced independently, "Seven Girlfriends" was released by Castle Hill Productions and was featured on HBO and Comedy Central. For Dreamworks SKG, he voice directed the animated musical feature, "Joseph," starring Ben Affleck. Lazarus resides in Los Angeles where he has been directing many notable prime time television series. Most recently, he directed "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty" for ABC, the new "90210" and "Privileged" for the CW network, "Las Vegas" for NBC, and "Psych" for the USA network. Past shows include: "Friends," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Grounded For LIfe," "Mad About You," "LA Law," "Melrose Place," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Dream On," for which he received a Cable Acenomination and the pilot for MTV's "2Gether". (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	IMDB
REBECCA LEFFLER .04 Writer / Editor	After graduating 2004, Rebecca received a Reynold's grant from Dartmouth to study contemporary French cinema. She has been living in Paris since October interviewing the new generation of French directors, seeing as many films as possible and writing about her experiences. She is currently working in International Publicity and Editorial at Le Film Français, the trade magazine for professionals of the French film industry. Rebecca will be an editor of Cannes Market News, the official daily magazine of the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. She has previously had internships at LIFE Magazine in New York, United International Pictures in London, Film Movement in New York and Mediaedge CIA in Paris. Rebecca has a B.A. from Dartmouth in French Studies and wrote her senior honors thesis on French film. She hopes to pursue a career in the international film industry. (Last Udpated 03.14.05)	www.lefilmfrancais.com
LUCY LIEBERMAN, TUCK .04 VP of Marketing 60Frames Entertainment	Lucy Lieberman (Tuck '04) is the VP of marketing at 60Frames Entertainment, a new digital studio in Beverly Hills creating original online entertainment. (Last Udpated 12.09.07)	60frames.com
DAVID LILLARD .91 Partner, IFA Talent Agency	David Lillard is a partner at IFA Talent Agency in Los Angeles. He has been at the agency since its inception in January 1995. Some of the actors on his client list include Ryan Gosling, Debra Winger, Mare Winningham, Brian Cox, Jonny Lee Miller, Lisa Edelstein, Donnie Wahlberg and Benicio Del Toro. (Last Udpated 11.04.07)	IMDB
STEVEN LIPSCOMB .84 Producer, Director	Steven produced and directed the award winning, critically acclaimed feature film, BATTLE FOR THE MINDS. The film has received numerous distinctions including the "CINE Golden Eagle" Award, a "Golden Apple" award from the NEMA, "Best Feature Film" and "Director's Choice" awards at the Louisville Film Festival, "Best of the Fest" at the Vermont Film Festival, second place honors at the South By Southwest Film Festival as well as a place on the audience "Top Ten List" at the Seattle, Cleveland and Vancouver Film Festivals. Under the banner of Lipscomb Entertainment, Lipscomb is currently developing and producing projects including a documentary series for public broadcast co-produced by Georgia Public Broadcasting, a children's show co-produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, feature film projects in various stages of development and a two cable television series. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
MARK LOTITO .81 Actor	Broadway: Mark has played Gyp DeCarlo in Jersey Boys, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Max Bialystock in The Producers. Also on Broadway: Dinner at Eight, Betrayal, The Boys From Syracuse, Marie Christine, Most Happy Fella, Victor/Victoria, Smell of the Kill. TV: "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Sopranos," all the "Law & Order" shows, "Third Watch," "NYPD Blue," "NY Undercover," "Feds," "Cosby." Film: Moonlight Mile, Growing Down in Brooklyn, Saint of Fort Washington, Keep the Change, Just Like in the Movies. (Last Udpated 12.05.05) IMDB
STEPHN MACHT .63 Actor	Stephen Macht graduated Dartmouth College and trained professionally for the stage at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He starred as "Proctor" in THE CRUCIBLE, "Orsino" in 12TH NIGHT, and "Dunois" in SAINT JOAN at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada where he was scouted and singed by Universal Television to come to Hollywood to begin his film career. Since then he has played leading men in plays and dozens of television movies and feature films from "Yoni Netanyahu" in RAID ON ENTEBBE to "Warwick" in Stephen King's GRAVEYARD SHIFT, and from "Dan Lavetta" in THE IMMIGRANTS to "David Keeler," Sharon Gless' love interest in CAGNEY AND LACEY. He has appeared opposite Charlton Heston on stage in MAN FOR ALL SEASONS as "King Henry VIII," and as "Lt. Challey" in The Cain Mutiny Court-Martial," as well as "Heavy Eagle," in Heston's film MOUNTAIN MEN. Stephen has had recurring roles on the t.v. series BOSTON PUBLIC, JACK AND JILL and BOOMTOWN and has just completed two HBO experimental films to be projected on the sides of apartment buildings in major cities all over the world. Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature and Criticism from Indiana University, taught at Smith College and Queens College in New York and has directed theatre and television in Los Angeles. He is the father of the actor, Gabriel Macht, and together with his wife and three other children, as well as five grandchildren and counting, his greatest hobby and future plans are to provide a lot of entertainment for years to come. Through the years, Mr. Macht has participated in and supported various charitable causes, serving as an Honorary Board Member of the Parkinsons Resource Organization and its Master of Ceremonies for the past ten years. He has been spokesman for the Jewish National Fund, and M.C. for Israeli Consulate functions, He is a board member of The Center For Jewish Culture and Creativity in Los Angeles. (Last Udpated 02.11.07)	IMDB
RUPA MAGGE .01 Writer, Actress	Rupa Magge has been working in the entertainment business in New York City since graduating in 2001. She worked for MTV Networks for a while and for one of NYC's top talent management companies with the motive to further minority involvement in film & television. She also had the opportunity to make a few soap opera appearances. In addition, she attained representation from an acclaimed talent agency in New York. In August, she is relocating to Los Angeles where she will begin her graduate studies at USC School of Cinema-Television in their Writing for Screen & Television MFA program. She is a writer and an actress. (Last Udpated 07.05.06) IMDB
BEN MANDELKER .01 Writer, Producer	Ben Mandelker currently works as the Director of Development at the Wyle/Katz Company in Los Angeles. Additionally, he co-authors industry website TVgasm.com with Joe Fahs 01. The site has been recently featured in the New York Times, USA Today, New York Post, New York Daily News, E! Online, Us Weekly, Chicago Sun-Times, and FoxNews.com. Previously, Ben worked as a writers assistant on the Fox sitcom "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and as assistant to the VP of Motion Pictures at Mandate Pictures ("The Grudge", "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle"). Ben is looking to pursue a career in writing. (Last Udpated 02.01.05)	IMDB
ZOLA MASHARIKI Senior Vice President of Production Fox Searchlight Pictures	Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Zola B. Mashariki is currently a Senior Vice President of Production at Fox Searchlight Pictures in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School and a former corporate attorney at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York and Manatt, Phelps and Phillips LLP in Los Angeles. Ms. Mashariki has worked on a number of feature films, including ANTWONE FISHER, IN AMERICA, KINSEY, THE NAMESAKE, FAST FOOD NATION, THE SAVAGES, SECRET LIFE OF BEES, and NOTORIOUS. She recently completed OUR FAMILY WEDDING, a clash-of-cultures comedy starring America Ferrera and Forest Whitaker, and JUST WRIGHT, a romantic comedy starring Queen Latifah, Common, and Paula Patton. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
TOM McARDLE .91    Editor	Tom McArdle edited THE STATION AGENT, winner of three Independent Spirit Awards, 3 Sundance Film Festival Awards and the BAFTA for best screenplay. He also edited LAWS OF GRAVITY with Edie Falco, HI-LIFE with Campbell Scott, STAR MAPS with Douglas Spain, and DUANE HOPWOOD with David Schwimmer. Tom has had five feature films debut at the Sundance Film Festival and was recently an editing advisor at the Sundance Filmmaker's Lab in Utah. Tom also associate-produced THE KILLING ZONE with Sonja Sohn. He currently lives in Los Angeles. (Last Udpated 04.11.05)	IMDB
CAROLINE MCKENZIE .07 Magnolia Pictures	Caroline McKenzie was a major in Film & Television Studies and a directorate member of the Film Society during her undergraduate years at Dartmouth. She currently works in New York for Magnolia Pictures, an independent film distribution company. She also writes film criticism for online publication and is a collector of international film posters. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	magpictures.com
CHRISTOPHER MELEDANDRI .81    Founder, CEO    Illumination Entertainment	CHRIS MELEDANDRI is the founder (2008) and CEO of Illumination Entertainment, which makes broad audience films. The independent company has an exclusive financing and distribution agreement with Universal Pictures and will release its first film, Despicable Me, starring Steve Carell, through the studio in July 2010. Illumination, which will produce one to two films a year over the next five years, is currently in production on a feature film version of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, which continues the successful collaboration Meledandri has had with Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Geisel’s widow, Audrey. Other upcoming films include an original live-action/CG-hybrid film, I Hop, starring Russell Brand and James Marsden and directed by Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Tim Hill, currently in production, and the animated feature adaptation of Ricky Gervais’ Flanimals books. Meledandri was previously an executive at 20th Century Fox for 13 years. While there, he became founding president of 20th Century Fox Animation, which he headed for eight years, amassing more than $1 billion in global box-office revenue. During his tenure, he helped Fox become a major player in the world of animated feature films, and in 1998 he led Fox’s acquisition of fledgling visual effects/commercial house Blue Sky Studios, which he built into a successful producer of animated features. He oversaw the creative and business operations of Blue Sky, now Fox’s wholly owned CGI studio. While at the studio, Meledandri supervised and/or executive produced movies including Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Robots, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Simpsons Movie and Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Before joining Fox, Meledandri was president of Dawn Steel Pictures at Walt Disney Pictures, where he served as an executive producer of Cool Runnings. Meledandri is a 1982 graduate of Dartmouth College. He is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hotchkiss Board of Trustees. Chris lives in Los Angeles, CA, with his wife, Leslie, and their two sons, Nick and James. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
JUSTIN MONJO .81 Actor	Justin writes for film, theatre and television. His theatre credits include Romeo is Bleeding (performed in Australia and the United States), The Year I Started Believing in Vietnamese Fortune Tellers, That Eye, The Sky and Ray's Tempest. He has written for a number of television drama series including Wildside, and FarScape, on which he was also an executive producer. Justin's stage adaptations of Tim Winton's novels That Eye, The Sky and Cloudstreet (with Richard Roxburgh and Nick Enright respectively) have been runaway successes worldwide. (Last Udpated 12.05.05)	IMDB
MICHAEL MONTGOMERY .76 President, Montgomery & Co.	Michael Montgomery serves as president of Montgomery & Co. and heads the firm's media and entertainment practice. Mr. Montgomery has an extensive background in the entertainment industry and has worked at some of the world's largest media companies, including the Walt Disney Company and Dreamworks SKG. Mr. Montgomery advises client companies on merger and acquisition opportunities and financings, and is a member of the Executive Committee at Montgomery & Co. Mr. Montgomery received his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where he also holds a B.A. degree as a Rufus Choate Scholar with magna cum laude honors. (Last Udpated 02.09.05)	IMDB Montgomery & Co.
ANTHONY MOODY .92 Producer Indalo Productions	Since receiving his BA in Economics from Dartmouth College, Producer Anthony Moody has been involved in all walks of finance and business life, from Institutional Equity Sales and Trading at Wall Street powerhouse Merrill Lynch, to strategic advisory services for networking start-up ePort, and strategic business development at Register.com, where he pursued and closed partnerships, investments, and corporate acquisitions. After earning his MBA in Entertainment Finance at NYU's Stern School of Business, Anthony built a thriving consulting practice, offering strategic financial advice to angel investors and corporations, including a $500 million (sales) healthcare company. Anthony's participation in the arts began very early and includes several years of music and theater production and a lifelong association with the Howard Gilman Foundation, which actively supports dance, photography and film. Anthony has produced three feature films: DAY ZERO (Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ally Sheedy), TURNING GREEN (Timothy Hutton, Alessandro Nivola, Colm Meaney), and ROCK THE PAINT (original music by WYCLEF JEAN). (Last Udpated 10.25.07)	IMDB Indalo Productions
KELLY MORR .05 Screenwriter	Since graduating from Dartmouth, Kelly has been involved in all manner of interesting career choices. She has been a teacher, tutor, post-production supervisor, rare-book databaser, copywriter (for both film and tech industries), and professional pumpkin carver. Kelly's true passion, however, is writing. In 2007, her screenplay, AMHALI DAWN, placed in the top 10% in the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship competition and she is currently in the process of optioning this (and one other script) to a small production company. (Last Udpated 06.01.08)	IMDB kellymorr.com
MARK MUSASHI .99 Actor, Stuntman	One month after graduating from Dartmouth with a degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures, Masaru moved to Japan to teach English while pursing his Chinese martial arts training. He found his way into the entertainment industry when scouted for a TV commercial at a martial arts demonstration. Through that job he met with members of the Tokyo based AAC STUNTS and soon began training as a professional stuntman. Using the professional name "Mark Musashi," Masaru worked as both stuntman and actor on several Japanese films and television shows as well as numerous internationally recognized video games. His unique ethnic look and martial arts ability led to considerable notoriety among followers of Japanese "tokusatsu" (action/sci-fi) both within Japan and worldwide. Early in 2008, Masaru/Mark relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in U.S. entertainment by taking part in the shooting of Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. (Last Udpated 08.31.08) IMDB
MELISSA MYERS .96 Writer	Melissa Myers is a writer living in Los Angeles. After graduating Dartmouth summa cum laude and spending a year abroad, Melissa moved to New York where she gained production experience on independent films such as You Can Count on Me and on the television series Wonderland. She then moved to Los Angeles to continue her production work on the sitcoms Imagine That and Watching Ellie before joining The West Wing in its fourth season. It was there Melissa decided to pursue her writing. While at The West Wing, she researched and broke stories for Aaron Sorkin's play and feature projects, including The Farnsworth Invention and Charlie Wilson's War. In 2005, she earned accolades in the one-hour drama category in the Austin Film Festival and Scriptapalooza. Then in 2006, she joined the writing staff of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, where she and her fellow writers were nominated for a WGA Award. She is currently working on her first feature and shopping around a one-hour pilot. (Last Udpated 07.17.08)	IMDB
GREG NEICHIN .99 Co-Founder, PlaceVine	Greg is the Co-Founder of PlaceVine, an online service that connects brand marketers to producers to engage in product placement deals and provides web-based tools to assist production teams in managing the process of procuring items and sponsorships for entertainment properties. Prior to PlaceVine, Greg spent four years on the management team of GetActive Software (acquired by Convio, Inc.), a developer of online relationship management software for public interest and charitable organizations. He led a variety of sales, marketing, and partnership efforts as Vice President, Business Development & Western Sales. Prior to GetActive, he wrote on technology trends for SRI Consulting and worked in strategy and business development for Redback Networks. He began his professional career as a Consultant with Mercer Management Consulting. He has a B.A. in Economics and Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. (Last Udpated 08.10.08)	placevine.com
TOM NELSON .67 Production Sound Mixer	Tom Nelson started as a combat cameraman in the US Marine Corps, then after graduation came to New York and shot for a while here. A few years after arriving in New York he ran into another cameraman who wanted to make a film on two farmers in upstate Connecticut. Ssing his experience as Production Manager at WDCR and my musical abilities (he's played the violin all his life) he learned to become a soundman/editor. It took them two years to shoot, edit, and complete the feature documentary, which still plays at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, NY. The rest is history. He has alternated between features and documentaries for many years. However for the past two decades he have been working as a Production Sound Mixer in Motion Pictures. He have been blessed by the opportunity to collaborate with some of the finest directors and actors in film. 'The Brave One" and "August Rush" are two films out now for which he recorded the sound, with "The Accidental Husband" being released soon (shot by William Rexer '86). (Last Udpated 11.28.07)	IMDB
JOE NEULIGHT .91 President & COO, Without A Box	A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth, Joe Neulight's professional background includes filmmaking, post-production and technology. Neulight is an experienced writer, director and editor, and is well versed in the intricacies of applying to and participating in film festivals. His award-winning films have earned him distribution and acclaim on international television, video, and the Internet. As president and chief operating officer of Without A Box, Neulight conceived the Film Festival Submission Service, wrote the Company's business plan, and designed its proprietary software. (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB Without A Box
GREG NOURJIAN .91 Producer	Nourjian Productions is an independent film production company based in Boston, MA. The company is dedicated to bringing film production to Massachusetts and New England, utilizing the many resources of talented writers, directors, crews and actors from the area, and also attracting many of the Hollywood stars that grew up in New England and still think of it as home. While its films and other entertainment projects will be produced independently, the content, production values, and end product will be consistent with NourjianÕs vision of producing entertaining, high quality, commercially viable material that will win awards with its investors as well as acclaim at the festivals. Over the next five years Nourjian Productions will utilize state tax incentives to create cost effective films. Films produced by Nourjian Productions will not only use MassachusettsÕ talent but also crew, and local businesses. (Last Udpated 01.07.07)	IMDB www.nourjianproductions.com
TIM O'HAIR .88 Motion Picture Finance Paradigm	Tim O’Hair is with the Motion Picture Finance department of Paradigm, working on independent film packaging, structured finance, international co-production, and film sales. Prior to becoming an agent, he was an independent producer of such titles as the 2008 IFC release HOW TO ROB A BANK and Sony’s THE PLAGUE. Previously, O’Hair was a production executive at Universal Pictures, where he helped oversee numerous projects through development and production, including: BRING IT ON, BRIDGET JONE'S DIARY, 8 MILE, THE FAMILY MAN, HOW HIGH, U-571, and HULK. O’Hair began his career in New York, as a financial and sales executive at Orion Pictures International. He holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
PHIL OLSON .79 Screenwriter	At Dartmouth, Phil Olson majored in mathematics, was All Ivy, All New England and All East in Track, and All Ivy in Football. After Dartmouth, Phil tried out for the Chicago Bears. After a "summer with the Bears" he went on to receive an MBA from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and pursued a business career while writing stage and screenplays. Phil has written three award-winning plays; "Crappie Talk," "A Nice Family Gathering" and "Don't Hug Me." All three plays were produced to critical acclaim in multiple cities. "Don't Hug Me," a musical comedy, won 4 Artistic Director Achievement Awards in Los Angeles including Best Original Musical and Best Author Original Play. "Don't Hug Me" is currently touring the country. He has also written several one-act plays that have been produced in Los Angeles and New York. He wrote and directed "The Al Oerter Comeback," a short film starring Al Oerter, the only four-time Olympic Gold Medal Discus Champion. The film was a Finalist in The Long Island Film Festival. As a script doctor, he's re-written three movies that were produced; "The Red Phone: Manhunt," "The Red Phone: Checkmate," and "Last Flight Out." He wrote for a television series, "Direct from Hollywood with Andreea Marin," for Romania One Television. Phil also wrote for "The Brini Maxwell Show" which was picked up by E! Television. He was hired to write, "Hooters: The Movie," based on the infamous restaurant chain. He recently sold his screenplay, "Reform School Girls," a comedy spoof of prison movies. (Last Udpated 09.26.05)	IMDB www.philolson.net
BEN OREN .00 Screenwriter	Ben Oren is a screenwriter and humorist based in Los Angeles. His horror scripts for "Ghost Game" and "Cult" have recently been produced in conjunction with The Syndicate and Autumn Entertainment. Ben's humor essays can be found in Jest Magazine and NationalLampoon.com. Additionally, he has contributed material to Jim Breuer and Michael Dell (computer nerds like to be funny in meetings), as well as the Mark Katz memoir "Clinton & Me" (Miramax Books). Ben graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in History. He was involved with the Dog Day Players, the Dartmouth Review and Alpha Chi Alpha. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
ALEXANDER PANOV .96 Producer, Production Designer, Artist	Alexander Panov majored in Studio Arts and, after graduation, began to exhibit his artwork in New York and then California. In 2001 he was recognised as an "artist of extraordinary ability in fine arts" and granted Permanent Residency in the U.S. by the U.S. Department of Justice. Becoming an American, Alex decided to move to Los Angeles where he continued with exhibitions, made artwork and illustrations for music videos, commercials, and later feature films and TV shows like "Click," "Dreamgirls," "Spiderman 3," and "Nip/Tuck." This led to art directing of feature films. He joined Art Director's Guild with films "Finding Amanda" (Matthew Broderick), "No Place like Home" (Danny DeVito) and "Slammin' Salmon" (Michael Clarke Duncan). Alexander currently art directs and produces commercials, music videos, and films for the Russian market. He is looking forward to co-operating with any Dartmouth Alums in bringing rapidly growing Eastern European Media resources to Los Angeles and vice versa. (Last Udpated 06.01.08)	IMDB
JOHN B PATERSON .86 Producer	Currently a Managing Partner/Producer with Arcady Bay Entertainment LLC, a privately held content development and film production company. Based in New York, ABE has had success in shorts, indie productions and major studio releases, including “Love, Ludlow” (Warner Home Video) a 2005 Sundance Film Festival favorite, “Bridge to Terabithia” (Walden/Disney) a worldwide family hit in 2007, and most recently “Open Air” a dramatic short making the Film Festival rounds in 2009. In 2009, ABE is also teaming up with Oscar-winning Killer Films to co-produce “The Great Gilly Hopkins”, a live action feature based upon the award winning children’s book of the same name, with an expected release date of spring 2010. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	IMDB arcadybayent.com
MICHAEL PHILLIPS .64 Producer	Michael Phillips, his then-wife Julia Phillips, and Tony Bill received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Sting in 1973. The Phillips's were the first husband-and-wife team to win the Best Picture award. The couple then produced Taxi Driver, director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed Palme d'Or-winning urban thriller, as well as writer-director Steven Spielberg's critically and financially successful science fiction film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the latter produced with Clark Paylow). Phillips early work in a producing team with his wife continues to receive acclaim within the industry. Twenty-five years after its Oscar success, "The Sting" was inducted into theProducers Guild of America's Hall of Fame, granting each of its producers a Golden Laurel Award. In June 2007, Taxi Driver was ranked as the 52nd best American feature film of all time by the American Film Institute. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	IMDB
DAVID V. PICKER Producer	DAVID V. PICKER is a third generation motion picture executive and producer. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1953, he joined United Artists Corporation managing a series of businesses that, in addition to film, also included United Artists Records. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer of United Artists Corporation in 1969 and Chief Executive Officer in 1970. He was responsible for bringing to the company films such as TOM JONES, the JAMES BOND series, the WOODY ALLEN movies, The Beatles’ HARD DAY’S NIGHT and HELP, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, LAST TANGO IN PARIS and many other films. Among the many European filmmakers he brought to United Artists were Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, Louis Malle and Sergio Leone. As an exclusive Independent Producer for United Artists he delivered three films: LENNY starring Dustin Hoffman, directed by Bob Fosse (nominated for six major Academy Awards), SMILE directed by Michael Ritchie and JUGGERNAUT directed by Richard Lester. As President of Paramount’s Motion Picture Division he acquired and/or supervised the development and production of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, GREASE, CHEECH AND CHONG’S UP IN SMOKE, DAYS OF HEAVEN, HEAVEN CAN WAIT and ORDINARY PEOPLE. He later discovered and joined forces with Steve Martin and produce THE JERK, DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID and THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS, all directed by Carl Reiner. As President of Feature Films at Lorimar he developed and/or supervised such films as S.O.B., BEING THERE, ESCAPE TO VICTORY and AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. As President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Pictures he put into production HOPE AND GLORY, SCHOOL DAZE, VICE VERSA, PUNCHLINE AND TRUE BELIEVER, among others. He also acquired the Oscar-winning THE LAST EMPEROR. Among Mr. Picker’s other credits are THE ONE AND ONLY, BLOODLINE, BEAT STREET, STELLA, LEAP OF FAITH, THE SAINT OF FT. WASHINGTON, andArthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield and Joan Allen. He also produced the Academy Award-winning Short THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS, starring Steven Wright and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Dean Parisot. For television, he set up the project ARLI$$ for producer Michael Tollin and actor Robert Wuhl at HBO, and acted as Creative Consultant for the show’s entire run. As President of Worldwide Production at Hallmark Entertainment, two of his Executive Produced projects were nominated for Best Mini-Series: THE TEMPTATIONS and P.T.BARNUM. Other productions include DAVID COPPERFIELD, IN THE BEGINNING, FIDEL and HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. His most recent projects include FINAL ROUNDS based on the book by James Dodson, MOTHERLAND based on the book by Fern Schumer Chapman which he will also direct, and BARBEEQ which he co-wrote with Sharon Jetton. He has recently Executive Produced the documentary CHILDREN WILL LISTEN which was broadcast nationally on PBS. Mr. Picker is a member of he Writer’s Guild of America East, The Producers Guild of America and is Chairman of the Producers Guild of America East. His sister, Jean Picker Firstenberg, is Director Emeritus of the American Film Institute. His father, the late Eugene Picker, was with Loews Theatres for forty-four years, nine as President. His uncle, the late Arnold Picker, was a founding partner with Arthur Krim, in the new United Artists in 1951. One daughter, Caryn, was a Senior Vice President with Miramax Films and is now a marketing consulting. His other daughter, Pamela, is an interior designer in Burlington, Vermont. He is married to Sandra Jetton, a financial marketing consultant and Chair of the Board of Dress for Success Worldwide, a non-profit organization for underprivileged women. He has served on many boards and committees, including The American Film Institute, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Board of Overseers of The Hopkins Center of the Performing Arts and The Hood Museum of Dartmouth College, among others. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
EYAL PODELL .97 Writer / Actor	Eyal is both a writer and an actor. After making his big screen debut playing Al Pacino¹s son in THE INSIDER, he went on to work alongside Gene Hackman in BEHIND ENEMY LINES and recently completed work in the sequel. Other film credits include DEEP BLUE SEA, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, BLOWING SMOKE, and the independent feature HARD SCRAMBLED, which premiered at this years Cinequest Film Festival. He¹s starred in the ABC family original film A PIZZA MY HEART, written by Keith and Juliet Giglio '84, and in the Hallmark Channel¹s MYSTERY WOMAN series. Additional television credits include THE WEST WING, ER, WITHOUT A TRACE, CSI, CROSSING JORDAN, EYES, EVERWOOD, Spike Lee¹s SUCKER FREE CITY, and many others. He has recurring roles on E-RING and COMMANDER in CHIEF. In addition to acting, Eyal has written three screenplays which are at various stages of development. He is repped by the KOHNER AGENCY and ARTISTRY entertainment. (Last Udpated 04.05.06)	IMDB
MARVA RAY actress, poet, and spoken word artist	Marva Ray is an actress, poet, and spoken word artist. Following Dartmouth, where she received her B.A. in Drama, Marva went on to do regional theatre, performing with Capital Repertory, the Oldcastle Theatre, Women's Repertory of the Bronx, and the New York State Theatre Institute, among others. Her on-camera experience includes television commercials, independent films, and numerous industrials. Having once been referred to as a female "James Earl Jones", Marva does voiceovers, as well as dramatic readings on both the State and community levels. Marva has been recognized by the New York State Black Arts Festival's Apollo Night for her original poetry and spoken word skills, the NAACP for her community involvement, and the International Women's Writing Guild. She is a member of Actor's Equity Association. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
SHONDA RHIMES .91 Screenwriter / Director	Shonda Rhimes is the creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy (ABC). She wrote the screenplay “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,” produced by HBO. The biopic, nominated for numerous awards, won Halle Berry a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for her portrayal of Dandridge. Rhimes’ original script “Crossroads,” produced and released in 2002 by Paramount, starred Britney Spears. She also wrote the soon-to-be-released Disney feature film, “Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement.” Rhimes is slated to make her feature directorial debut with her own original screenplay, “When Willows Touch,” the Southern gothic tale of a family torn apart by the discovery of a body in their cornfield. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are executive producers. Other upcoming projects include the Disney feature films “His & Hers” and “Daddy’s Girl,” for which Rhimes is currently writing screenplays. Rhimes was research director on the Tollin-Robbins/Mundy Lane documentary, “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream,” which was nominated for an Emmy Award and an Academy Award, and won a Peabody Award and the NAACP Image Award. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College in English Literature with Creative Writing. As director of the Black Underground Theatre and Arts Association there, her work earned her numerous awards for excellence. She received her MFA from the USC School of Cinema-Television, where she was awarded the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship. (Last Udpated 02.18.05)	Grey's Anatomy
W.D. RICHTER .68 Screenwriter, Director	Best known as the director of the 1984 cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, W.D. Richter had already established a reputation as a successful Hollywood screenwriter: Slither (1973), Peeper (1975), Nickelodeon (1976), Dracula in 1979, and Brubaker (1980), for which Richter garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He wrote the 1981 film All Night Long, starring Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman, marked the end of a busy chapter of his life as screenwriter. Not until 1991 did Richter direct again, with the sci-fi spoof Late for Dinner, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Brian Wimmer. Returning to screenwriting, Richter adapted Stephen King's novel Needful Things for a 1993 release. He then penned the script for Jodie Foster's 1995 film Home for the Holidays. (Last Udpated 02.08.05)	IMDB
SARAH RIES .04 Actress, Singer	Sarah Ries '04 (AFTRA, SAG-e). Member of Old Vic New Voices Network NY under the artistic direction of Kevin Spacey. Co-founder of At Play Productions, a NY-based theater company comprising 40 actors, directors, writers and producers under the age of thirty. Off-Broadway: Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays (Atlantic Theater), At Play 24 Hour Plays (Atlantic Theater), 5 Boroughs on Fire (Ohio Theater). TV: Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Desperate Housewives. Regional: Scrooge (Premiere Theater Co, NJ), Away with the Breeze (Old Operahouse Players, SD). Opera: Eugene Onegin (Opera North, NH). Favorite roles include Evita, Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Passionella in The Apple Tree, Lucy in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas. Broadway: Assistant directed Jennifer Aniston, Rosie Perez, and Adam Bock in the Celebrity 24 Hour Plays (American Airlines Theater). Production assistant for the 24 Hour Musicals at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. Majored in music (high honors) and in law & political theory at Dartmouth. Winner of the Hopkins Center's Lazarus Award and a Richter grant for Evita. Further studies: Royal College of Music, New School for Drama's SWEAT program, Larry Moss and Stella Adler. (Last Udpated 05.27.08)	IMDB
BRANT ROSE .92 Founder, Brant Rose Agency Former UTA Agent	Brant Rose started the Brant Rose Agency in 2000, having begun his career in agenting at UTA in 1994. His agency represents writers, directors and producers for film, tv and new media. He has shaped the careers of a number of Academy Award, Golden Globe, WGA and Independent Spirit Award winners and nominees. He has served on the Sundance Producers Conference, American Cinematheque Board, Squaw Valley Conference of Writers, and I Have A Dream Foundation-LA. Prior to the entertainment business, he worked at Procter & Gamble in brand management after graduating from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
JETHRO ROTHE-KUSHEL .03 Producer, Director	Jethro Rothe-Kushel is a Los Angeles based director and producer of motion pictures, television, and new media. His work communicates the range of human experience with humor, fear, desire, empathy, luxury, and ultimately love. He served as a creative executive for Torn Sky Entertainment and worked in tv & film development helping emerging writers out of graduate film programs at AFI, USC, UCLA, Columbia, and NYU. He went on to develop material with director Peter Care (DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS, "Six Feet Under"), writer Robert Goodman ("Batman Beyond", "Superman") and Garry Hart, the former president of tv production for Paramount Studios. He has successfully pitched projects to indy companies and cablers as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Sony Pictures & Paramount. As a producer, Rothe-Kushel has six 35mm features to his credit. He has worked with Ron Howard, Bennett Miller, James Toback, Brett Ratner, Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE), Spike Jonze, Gus Van Sant, Warren Beatty, Michael Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech & Chong, Deepak Chopra, Melissa Etheridge, Hugh Hefner, Buck Henry (THE GRADUATE), Tarsem, Gary Busey, Sarah Silverman, Camilla Belle, and Scarlett Johansson. Most recently he supervised the LA production of the top of the broadcast for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. As a director, Rothe-Kushel began his career at Dartmouth with a documentary about homelessness in downtown Los Angeles which screened to critical acclaim at festivals and social issues conferences around the world. He went on to direct projects in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil as well as award-winning music videos for MTV. As a community leader, Rothe-Kushel works with several non-profits including the Liberty Hill Foundation, Courage Campaign, and Brave New Films. He currently serves as the President of the Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles and Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment & Media Association. He is on the board of directors of Ivy Entertainment and the California Empowerment Congress and is an active member of the Producer's Guild of America. (Last Udpated 05.22.09)	jethrofilms.com IMDB
NATHAN RUEGGAR .06 Filmmaker	Nathan’s passion for filmmaking began at a young age as a voice actor on the Emmy Award-winning show Animaniacs. He graduated Dartmouth College with high honors in Film Studies and the Dartmouth Film Award. Now studying at USC, he has produced the documentary Carry Me Home and the Coca-Cola finalist film Moonlight Theater. Currently, Nathan is polishing his action feature screenplay, Furious Angels, and directing his thesis film, a dramatic thriller called Another Life. (Last Udpated 09.13.09)	IMDB
VERONICA SAVORY .04 Writer, Producer, Director	Veronica majored in Film and Television Studies modified with Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature for most of her Dartmouth career. Her 16mm film, By Chance, was screened in the 2003 Ivy Film Festival. Veronica was awarded a senior fellowship for the 2003-2004 academic year in order to make a narrative film with inner city high school students that reflected their views on race and ethnicity as it related to their sense of self. The fellowship resulted in a documentary, On the Real: Race and Ethnicity Through the Eyes of Urban Adolescents, and a narrative film, A Love Story in A minor, that awarded Veronica academic honors as well as the Maurice Rapf Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film at Dartmouth. These projects were also the maiden films of her Boston based independent film company Savoirfaire Productions. Presently, Veronica is in development on several film projects while pursuing her PhD in race and ethnicity studies in the film and television industry. (Last Udpated 01.30.05)	IMDB
GABRIEL SCHLUMBERGER .96 Camera Designer Blue Sky Studios	Gabriel Schlumberger works at Blue Sky Studios in New York as the Camera Designer on the upcoming feature "Horton Hears a Who", based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1996, Gabriel pursued computer animation at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and worked as Supervising Animator on the short film "Freeware", which won the Audience Award at the inaugural Sundance Online Film Festival. As a Layout Artist at Pixar Animation Studios from 2000-2005 worked on such films as "Monsters Inc.", "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles", and "Cars" in addition to numerous short projects including the Academy Award-nominated "Boundin'". (Last Udpated 07.05.06)	IMDB
ZACH SCHWARTZ .02 Director's Assistant Imagemovers	After graduating in 2002, Zach came back home to Los Angeles to work on the set of The Polar Express as an assistant to director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Steve Starkey. Following the end of production in April 2003, he continued on to Imagemovers production company to work for Zemeckis as his second assistant. After the realease of The Polar Express in November 2004, Imagemovers had several other projects in various states of production to keep him busy. In April 2005 Zach joined Shangri-La Entertainment, moving another step closer to making his dream a reality. Shangri-La has one film coming out in January and three movies that begin filming in September, making this guy one happy redhead. Zach plans to produce feature films and have other people make his coffee. (Last Udpated 07.12.05)	IMDB
ANDREW SHUE .89 Actor	Andrew Shue made his television debut as a series regular on "Melrose Place". He also has appeared on "The Wonder Years." Shue's feature film credits include "Adventure's in Babysitting" and "The Karate Kid." Recently, Shue completed production on Francis Ford Coppola's feature film, "The Rainmaker." A history major at Dartmouth College, Shue traveled after graduation to Zimbabwe in Africa to play professional soccer for the Bulawayo Highlanders. While there, he also taught math and worked on a documentary about his African experiences. In 1990, Shue returned to the United States to train as an actor in New York City. He is also actively involved in public service, including "Do Something," a non-profit organization dedicated to motivating young people to improve society. Born February 20 in Willmington, Delaware, Shue resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son. (Last Udpated 02.05.05)	IMDB
ROGER L. SIMON .64 Screenwriter, Director	A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama, Roger L. Simon is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (“Enemies: A Love Story”), a director (“Prague Duet”), a bestselling mystery novelist (“Moses Wine” series), and a widely read culturo-politico blogger (200,000 hits per month) http://www.rogerlsimon.com/. (Last Udpated 02.02.05)	IMDB rogerlsimon.com
JESSE SINGER .02 VP (Production & Development) The Johnson-Roessler Company	Jesse Singer is currently the Vice President of Production and Development at the Johnson-Roessler Company. The company, through a joint venture with Single Cell Pictures, has a first look / overall deal at Overture Films, a subsidiary of Liberty Media. Jesse recently produced a documentary called "The People Speak" based on Howard Zinn's books "The People's History of the United States" and "Voices of a People's History." He is producing a variety of projects on the company's slate, including a stage musical adaptation of "American Psycho" (based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis), a film called "Florence of Arabia" (based on the novel by Christopher Buckley), a film called "John Brown" (based on the novel "Patriotic Treason" by Evan Carton) and a political comedy called "Harrison for America" written by fellow '02, Alex Berger. Jesse previously worked at Creative Artists Agency and interned for Jerry Bruckheimer Films. As an undergraduate. Jesse majored in Film modified with Social Psychology. (Last Udpated 04.05.10)	IMDB
JONATHAN SKURNIK .86 Producer / Director	Jonathan Skurnik has produced, directed and shot numerous award-winning documentaries and has recently completed his first two fiction films as writer/director. His three most recent documentaries include: ÒThe Elevator Operator,Ó a documentary about a Ukrainian immigrant who runs a manual elevator in Manhattan. It has screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, won Best Documentary at the Urban TV film festival in Madrid and had its broadcast premiere on PBS and Ukrainian TV; the award-winning ÒSpit It OutÓ which was broadcast on PBS in 2007; and ÒA DayÕs Work, A DayÕs PayÓ which won the prestigious Harry Chapin award for films about hunger and poverty and was broadcast on PBS and in Europe in 2002. Jonathan is currently producing The Thick Dark Fog, a documentary about survivors of American Indian boarding schools; heÕs directing Ice Music, Moon Magic, a high definition documentary about a winter Ice Music festival in Norway; and heÕs directing SheÕs A Boy, a documentary about four children with gender fluidity. (Last Udpated 11.25.07)	IMDB
JONATHAN SMOLIAN .04 Manager of Business Development & Strategic Planning, New Line Cinema	Jonathan Smolian is Manager of business development and strategic planning for New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. In this role, Jonathan analyzes the economics of the studio's film and television projects and provides senior management with the analytical tools necessary to make greenlight decisions. He is also responsible for helping to develop and implement New Line's long-term business plan, including the annual budgeting process. Mr. Smolian acts as one of New Line's liaisons to the corporate parent's strategic planning group and provides financial/business analysis support to all of the studio's divisions, including Picturehouse (a new, jointly-owned theatrical distribution company with HBO), the home video and television operations, record label, and theatrical business. (Last Udpated 06.13.07)	IMDB
TODD R. STEINER .95 Comerica Bank Entertainment Group	As an officer in the Entertainment Group at Comerica Bank, Steiner analyzes and structures financing packages for clients including film and TV producers, independent studios, and private investors. He graduated with an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2006. Prior to business school, Steiner worked on the creative side of the entertainment industry while serving in various production capacities and as the Director of Development at The Shooting Gallery (Sling Blade, The Minus Man, You Can Count on Me). (Last Udpated 01.07.07)	IMDB
LARRY R. STEPHENS, ESQ. .70 Former Sr VP for Legal Affairs Sony Pictures Music Group	Former Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs for Sony Pictures’ Music Group, Larry Stephens is a Brooklyn native, Dartmouth College graduate (Class of 1970) and graduate of the Harvard Law School (1974). For 35 years he has been engaged in counseling some of the most highly recognized brands over the last half century, including Merrill Lynch - where he began his career as in-house counsel in its Wall Street offices at One Liberty Plaza - ABC Records and Motown Records, as well as Sony Pictures. While at Sony, Larry was engaged primarily in securing the rights to use music for such projects as: BOYZ N THE HOOD, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, MEN IN BLACK, SPIDERMAN and THE DA VINCI CODE. After 20 years with Sony, Larry most recently retired and is looking forward to pursuing his interests in photography, golf and community service. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB
ANDREA STERN .98 Producer / Co-Founder Jellyman Productions	Andrea is a screenwriter and producer for Jellyman Productions, an independent production company she recently co-founded with partner, Adam Himoff. She is currently producing Jellyman’s first film, the animated short CATCHING KRINGLE, starring Danny DeVito and John Rhys-Davies. Andrea began her film career working on a back lot horror flic at Universal Studios and later became a Creative Executive for former Warner Bros. producers Fred Weintraub and Tom Kuhn, where she juggled writing, development, production and post-production. Andrea worked as the associate producer on A MAN CALLED RAGE, an international co-production for MBP filmed in Zagreb, Croatia, and on miniseries LA FEMME MUSKETEER for Hallmark and has worked on location in Eastern Europe on multiple films. Andrea graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College, where she earned a BA in Classical Studies and Studio Art. Born and raised in Aspen, Colorado, Andrea brings the spirit of the Rockies to her current Los Angeles hideout. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB Jellyman Productions
RICKI STERN .87 Executive Producer, Director	Ricki Stern is a director, producer and writer whose films have shown on HBO and PBS. She is the co-director with Annie Sundberg and a producer of "The Devil Came on Horseback, " a production of Break Thru Films (Sundance 2007, Gotham Award nominee), theatrically released by International Film Circuit, airing on National Geographic (February 2008). The film has won over seven festival awards, including Best International Film at Brit Docs. Ricki and Annie have been recognized with the Best Female Filmmakers Award- San Diego Film Festival, Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and Lena Sharpe/Women in Cinema Persistence of Vision Award - Seattle International Film Festival. Ricki recently co-directed and co-produced with Annie Sundberg the award-winning documentary "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," a production of Break Thru Films, about a man who spent 20 years in prison for a brutal rape/murder he did not commit. "The Trials of Darryl Hunt" (Sundance 2006) was a 2007 Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Documentary and has won more than twenty festival awards to date. The film premiered on HBO early 2007, followed by a theatrical and DVD release, October 2007 (THINKFilm). Ricki is the director and co-producer of the award winning In My Corner, a documentary film on the world of amateur boxing and the lives of the young men who train in the South Bronx. The film was nationally broadcast as part of PBS' award winning documentary series P.O.V. (Point of View). She directed and produced the EMMY nominated Neglect Not The Children, a documentary about a Harlem based youth program. Neglect Not The Children was hosted by Morgan Freeman and nationally aired on PBS. Ricki's producing credits include the HBO's series on forensic science "Autopsy I, II, III" and "Murder 9 to 5," on workplace violence. Ricki is the author of a children's book series "Beryl Bean: Mighty Adventurer of the Planet" published by HarperCollins. She founded Break Thru Films, inc. in 1990. The company is currently working on the feature film version of Darryl Hunt's story. (Last Udpated 07.13.08)	IMDB Break-Thru Films
JONATHON STEWART .96 Writer/Director/Producer	Filmmaker Jonathon E. Stewart sold his first multi-award winning indie feature as Director and Producer in 2007, GUY IN ROW FIVE, and most recently - with writing partner and fellow alum Eyal Podell - wrote and optioned the feature screenplay, USONIA, to The 7th Floor in New York. The project is currently represented by CAA in Los Angeles. Stewart has also written and produced over 100 short-form, original videos for the New York Times online company About.com, and is actively developing various projects to write and direct in 2008. Having cut his teeth in Hollywood working in PSAs for the Humane Society and independent film, he snagged the award for BEST DIRECTOR at the San Francisco 48-Hour Film Festival in 2005. He went on to direct several music videos, most notably for the band Helmet, headliners of the Warped Tour with their single, "Gone," which aired on MTV's Headbanger's Ball and was a MySpace.com exclusive in July 2006. Stewart can also be seen in various national commercials, as well as strumming the guitar in the opening credits of THE SWEETEST THING, and served as the Director of Development for production company Grover in CA from 2001 to 2005 (Cavedweller, Desert Saints). (Last Udpated 01.17.08)	IMDB
ANDREW STONE .69 Line Producer	Surrender Dorothy (2006) (TV); The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004) (TV); The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004) (TV); When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) (TV); "Freaks and Geeks" (1999) TV Series; Crowned and Dangerous (1997) (TV); Jerry Maguire (1996); Spy Hard (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995) (TV); Take Me Home Again (1994) (TV); Untamed Love (1994) (TV); Darkness Before Dawn (1993) (TV) (unit manager); Baby Snatcher (1992) (TV); O Pioneers! (1992) (TV); Lucky Day (1991) (TV); My Blue Heaven (1990); Montana (1990) (TV) (Last Udpated 04.05.06)	IMDB
ANNIE SUNDBERG .90 Producer / Writer	Annie Sundberg is a director, producer and writer of film and television. She is the co-director with Ricki Stern, and a producer of "The Devil Came on Horseback," a production of Break Thru Films, (Sundance 2007, Gotham Award nominee), theatrically released by International Film Circuit, airing on National Geographic (February 2008). The film has won over seven festival awards, including Best International Film at Brit Docs. Annie and Ricki Stern have been recognized with the Best Female Filmmakers Award- San Diego Film Festival, Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and Lena Sharpe/Women in Cinema Persistence of Vision Award - Seattle International Film Festival. Annie recently co-directed and co-produced with Ricki Stern the award-winning documentary "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," a production of Break Thru Films, about a man who spent 20 years in prison for a brutal rape/murder he did not commit. "The Trials of Darryl Hunt" (Sundance 2006) was a 2007 Independent Spirit Award nominee for Best Documentary and has won more than twenty festival awards to date. The film premiered on HBO early 2007, followed by a theatrical and DVD release, October 2007 (THINKFilm). Annie also produced the independent feature film "Tully," nominated for four 2003 IFP Spirit Awards (Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Debut Performance, Best Supporting Actor). Tully screened at Toronto and London Film Festivals, and received Best Film at eleven festivals, including the Los Angeles Film Festival. Recent television directing credits include "Trailer Fabulous" for MTV. Prior to that, she directed the pilot for the series "Behind the Bash with Giada DeLaurentiis" (Food Network). Annie was Series Producer on "Family Plots" (A&E) following a family run funeral parlor in San Diego. Additional producing credits include a four part series on the Mayo Clinic for Discovery Health (2004) and the 1996 Academy Award and Emmy winning One Survivor Remembers, a co-production of HBO and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. She was co-producer of In My Corner, a feature documentary film on the world of amateur boxing and the lives of young men who train in the South Bronx, which premiered nationally as part of PBS' award winning P.O.V. series (1999). She is currently at work on her first screenplay. (Last Udpated 07.13.08)	IMDB Break-Thru Films
BRIAN TAYLOR .06 Development Exec, Gross Entertainment	Like Kenneth on 30 Rock, Brian started off as an NBC page before assisting Kevin Reilly at the network and Abram Hatch at Darren Star's company. He now works at Gross Entertainment (Dirty Sexy Money, Day Break, Across the Universe) as Matt Gross' development exec for television and features. (Last Udpated 07.13.08)	IMDB
ANNA VAN METER .01 Producer	After spending two misdirected years doing research on juvenile bipolar disorder at Brown, Anna followed the advice of that nagging voice in her head and moved to New York City to pursue a career in filmmaking. She is currently working at an independent production company. Last summer, she helped produce This Revolution, a political drama starring Rosario Dawson and Amy Redford, which premiered at Sundance. She is now helping with the development of several features. Outside of work, Anna enjoys writing. She is working on a film screenplay and has completed several television pilots, one of which is currently being pursued by MTV. At Dartmouth, Anna was President of the Jack-O Lantern humor magazine, which prepared her well for being The Girl at her current company, although the men are significantly less funny. Anna prides herself on being able to make a perfect, lethal cup of coffee. (Last Udpated 03.28.05)	IMDB
JEFF WADLOW .98 Director	Jeff graduated Dartmouth with a double major in History and Film modified by Drama and a citation for outstanding work in Animation. A classically trained actor who has appeared in over 50 stage productions and in various film and television roles (Pearl Harbor, Roswell), he has also worked on the other side of the camera in production positions on multiple studio films (The Thomas Crown Affair, 28 Days), television shows (NYPD Blue, Law & Order), and independent features (The Big Kahuna, The Pallbearer). A recent graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, Jeff was awarded a USC Associates Endowment Scholarship for academic achievement and conceived tHE tOWeR oF BaBBLe, which went on to win a Stark Special Projects grant. The film has since won four best-short film awards and is now an official selection at more than two dozen film festivals. Jeff was selected last year as one of ten finalists nationwide for the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award, received the George Melies Award for innovation from Kodak, and has just won the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival sponsored by Universal Studios. Contact: William Morris Agency, Rob Carlson. (Last Udpated 01.29.05)	IMDB
PETER WERNER.68 Director	Documentary: Frances Flaherty: Hidden and Seeking. Film: No Man's Land, Don't Cry, It's only Thunder, In the Region of Ice ( ACADEMY AWARD.) TV: Moonlighting, Almost Golden, Hiroshima, We Were the Mulvaneys, Momma Flora's Family, The Seventies, Gracie's Choice, Mom at 16, Nash Bridges. (Last Udpated 09.26.05)	IMDB
ANDREW WIESE .91 Writer & Producer	Andrew has worked as a writer and producer in Hollywood since 1998, developing film and television projects for ABC television, Imagine Entertainment, Picturehouse Entertainment, Starz Entertainment and Southpaw Entertainment among others. Most recently he worked as a co-producer on the feature film "Gracie," directed by Academy Award winner, Davis Guggenheim, which was released on over 1,100 screens in the summer of 2007. 2007 also marked the published release of "Jack Hightower," a graphic novel Andrew created and wrote in partnership with Academy Award winner, Will Vinton. Dark Horse Entertainment is currently developing "Jack Hightower" for both film and television with Universal Studios. (Last Udpated 08.10.08)	IMDB
JOHN WILL .99 Producer	John is a producer residing in Los Angeles. After graduating from Dartmouth pre-med, he completed the Tuck School's Business Bridge Program. On the cusp of the digital video revolution, John founded Horizon Film Studio, an arts organization based in Southwest Florida that provided studio space, video equipment, and production assistance to emerging filmmakers. After managing Horizon for over 2 years, he started Xscape Media Solutions, a commercial video production company. In 2003, John moved to Los Angeles to serve as the sole producer of the HD, dramatic short HOW'S MY DRIVING, starring Gil Bellows. John next served as Production Manager of the 35mm, dark-comedy musical PRETTY DEAD GIRL, directed by Shawn Ku. The film screened at the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, resulting in a studio feature deal for the director (DRAMARAMA for Warner Brothers). Over the past three years, John has worked at a talent management company in Los Angeles where he guides the careers of several well-known actors. He is currently launching Torn Sky Entertainment a film/tv development company that works with writers and directors to develop and produce material in conjunction with the studios and networks. (Last Udpated 07.27.06)	IMDB TornSkyEntertainment.com
COURTNEY COOK WILLIAMSON .93 Writer	Courtney Cook Williamson .93 is a writer whose life has taken her half way around the world and back. After graduating Dartmouth she worked as a teacher (with a short hiatus as the librarian for Sanborn House) in upstate New York and Connecticut before attending the University of Wollongong, Australia where she earned an MFA in fiction and poetry. Another teaching job at Phillips Exeter Academy slowed her down a bit after that, but she's recently left teaching to pursue screenwriting full time. Toward that end Courtney formed Materialist Friends Scripts with her partner, Brian Collins, in 2005. Their first effort was a pilot for a television series called "The Situationists" which was followed by a film adaptation of Penelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize winning novel, "Offshore." They are currently at work on a romantic comedy based on a 1920's travel guide called "Paris With the Lid Lifted." Their goal is to write sexy, quirky, smart scripts for television and film. (Last Udpated 07.28.06)	IMDB
ALIX MODIGAN-YORKIN Producer	Alix Madigan-Yorkin recently served in various producing capacities on the cult comedy SMILEY FACE, directed by Gregg Araki and starring Anna Faris, MARRIED LIFE, directed by Ira Sachs and starring Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, and Rachel McAdams, CLEANER, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ed Harris and CASE 39, directed by Christian Alvert, starring Renee Zellweger. She also was a producer on WINTER’S BONE, directed by Debra Granik which won the Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. She executive produced Neil LaBute’s YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, which was released domestically by Gramercy Pictures in August 1998. The film starred Ben Stiller, Natassja Kinski, Amy Brenneman, and Jason Patric. She also produced SUNDAY, which was released by Lions Gate Pictures in August 1997. The film starred David Suchet and Lisa Harrow and was directed by Jonathan Nossiter. SUNDAY won The Grand Jury Prize for best dramatic feature and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Critics Prize and The Grand Jury Prize in The Deauville Festival for American Independent Film in 1997. Alix started working in the film industry as an assistant to Alan J. Pakula. She has also held various positions at Avenue Pictures, Skouras Pictures and Propaganda Films. She currently is Head of Production for Anonymous Content. (Last Udpated 04.18.10)	IMDB