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Directed by. . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN MOSTOW
Screenplay by . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN BRANCATO
& MICHAEL FERRIS
Based on the
Graphic Novel by . . . . . . . ROBERT VENDITTI
and BRETT WELDELE
Produced by. . . . . . . . . . . DAVID HOBERMAN
TODD LIEBERMAN
MAX HANDELMAN
Executive Producers . . . . . . . DAVID NICKSAY
ELIZABETH BANKS
Director of Photography . . . . . OLIVER WOOD
Production Designer . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF MANN
Visual Effects Supervisor . . . MARK STETSON
Edited by. . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN STITT, A.C.E.
Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . APRIL FERRY
Music by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD MARVIN
Casting by . . . . . . . . . . JANE JENKINS, C.S.A.
JANET HIRSHENSON, C.S.A.
& MICHELLE LEWITT, C.S.A.

Unit Production Manager . . . . . TODD ARNOW
First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . NILO OTERO
Second Assistant
Director . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON LAMBDIN
CAST
Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRUCE WILLIS
Peters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RADHA MITCHELL
Maggie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROSAMUND PIKE
Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BORIS KODJOE
Canter . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES FRANCIS GINTY
Older Canter . . . . . . . . . . JAMES CROMWELL
The Prophet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VING RHAMES
Strickland . . . . . . . . . . . JACK NOSEWORTHY
Bobby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEVIN RATRAY
Colonel Brendon . . . . . . . MICHAEL CUDLITZ
Armando. . . . . . . . . . JEFFREY DE SERRANO
JJ the Blonde. . . . . . . . . HELENA MATTSSON
Uniformed Cop . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL PHILLIP
Victim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANNY SMITH
Hard Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN PARRISH
Landlady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER ALDEN
Jared Canter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHANE DZICEK
Undergrad #1 . . . . . . . . ANDREW HASERLAT
Undergrad #2 . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN GOODRICH
Female Newscaster . . . . . . LISA HERNANDEZ
Male Newscaster . . . . . . . . . . KIRK HAWKINS
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . RACHEL STERLING
Female Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . META GOLDING
Female Lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAYLOR COLE
Victor Welch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JORDAN BELFI
Steinberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.L. HIGHSMITH
Pulaski/Commando . . . NICHOLAS PURCELL
Captain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAX MURPHY
Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTOR WEBSTER
Cop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID KLEFEKER
Female Dread . . . . . . DOROTHY BRODESSER
Bridget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VALERIE AZLYNN
Hirosuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL O’TOOLE
Salesman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAD WILLIAMS
Hunk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE RANDY
40% Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TYSON EBERLY
Gate Guard . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DEMELLO
Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON MURPHY
Older Woman. . . . . . . GENEVIEVE JOHNSON
Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID CONLEY
Bud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRUCE SERAFIN
CREDITS
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CREDITS
Boy Canter. . . . . . . . . . . . . CODY CHRISTIAN
Andre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAN NOVICK
Brian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TODD CAHOON
Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELLA THOMAS
Agent #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GABRIEL OLDS
Agent #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAMON BROOKS
FBI Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RODNEY WEBER
Commandos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DE’LON GRANT
MATTHEW SOURIS
Surrie/Greer. . . . . . . . . . . TREVOR DONOVAN
Riot Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BROCK GLOOR
Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICK MALAMBRI
Human Sniper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL SHAFER
Big Woman . . . . . . . . . CHRISTINE MASCOTT
Kid #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARI MOSTOW
Kid #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN MOSTOW
Receptionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAYLAR BUNTS
Controller/Commando . . . EDWARD MCCABE
Beautiful Woman . . . . . . . ANYA MONZIKOVA
Stunt Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . JERY HEWITT
Stunt Double for
Mr. Willis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STUART WILSON
Stunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BILL ANAGNOS
JONATHAN ARTHUR
JAY M. BORYEA
TIM BUCHANAN
KEN CLARK
NORMAN DOUGLASS
JIM FORD
TIM GARRIS
MICKEY GIACOMAZZI
SEAN GRAHAM
DONALD J. HEWITT
BARBARA LEE
KATIE LETIEN
KURT LOTT
PAUL MARINI
LUIS C. MOCO
DECLAN MULVY
NAOMI PETERS
JODI MICHELLE PYNN
LOUIS PROVENZANO
DAVID SHUMBRIS
SHAWNNA THIBODEAU

Puppeteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAREY JONES
JAKE MCKINNON
Supervising Art Director. . . . . DAN WEBSTER
Art Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM RETA
Assistant Art
Directors . . . . . . . . COSMAS A. DEMETRIOU
ANDREW M. CAHN
Art Department
Coordinator . . . . . . . JOURDAN HENDERSON
Senior Illustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER RUBIN
Illustrators . . . . . . . . . TYRUBEN ELLINGSON
SCOTT LUKOWSKI
Graphic Designers. . . . . . . . . DAVID E. SCOTT
ELLEN LAMPL
Storyboard Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . MARC VENA
Set Decorator . . . . . . FAINCHE MACCARTHY
Assistant Set Decorator . . PAIGE AUGUSTINE
Leadmen. . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER NEALY
BUTCH MCCARTHY

Assistant Costume
Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DONNA BERWICK
Costume
Supervisor . . . . . . . . . VIRGINIA B. JOHNSON
Key Costumer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIZ CLIFFORD
Key Set Costumer. . . . MICHAEL IAN BURKE
Costumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LESLEY CASE
CARRIE DAVIS
NISA KELLNER
DAVID FERRY

Makeup Department Head. . . . . . . JEFF DAWN
Assistant Makeup
Department Head . . . . . . . . AMY LEDERMAN
Makeup Artists . . . . . . . MALINDA BENNETT
MARLENE ALTER
ROBERT FITZ
Hair Department Head . . . . . CANDACE NEAL
Hairstylists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID BLAIR
PAULA DION
Camera Operator/Steadicam . . . . . JOE CHESS
Camera Operator. . . . . . . . . . . MIKE THOMAS
First Assistant
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . MARICELLA RAMIREZ
PATRICK QUINN
Second Assistant Camera . . TERRY WOLCOTT
JAMIE K. FITZPATRICK
Camera Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES BARELA
Script
Supervisor . . SHARRON REYNOLDS-ENRIQUEZ
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Sound Mixer . . . . . . . TOM WILLIAMS, C.A.S.
Boom Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . JOEL S. REIDY
Utility Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . LENNY MANZO
Video Assist Operator. . . . . . PAUL MURPHEY
Video & Graphics
Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICK WHITFIELD
Digital Playback
Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH DOYLE
MIKE SANCHEZ
Digital Playback
Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . ZACHARY HOLMES
Digital Graphics
Animators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS KEIFFER
VINCE PARKER
Digital Graphics
Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GEOFF MANDEL
Location Manager. . . . . . . GREGORY ALPERT
Key Assistant
Location Manager . . . . . . . . PETER COSTELLI
Assistant
Location Managers . . . . . . . . . KAREN STARK
BENJAMIN DEWEY
BRIAN KETCHAM
Production
Coordinator . . . . . DANIEL A. MONDSCHAIN
Key Assistant Production
Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADRIAN CASAS
Post Production
Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . JILL BREITZMAN
Additional Film Editor . . . . . . BARRY ZETLIN
Visual Effects Editors . . . . . . . . JODY ROGERS
DERRICK MITCHELL
First Assistant
Editor. . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN M. RICKERT, JR.
Assistant Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRIS COLE
Apprentice
Film Editor . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW KUBORN
Post Production Assistant . . . ROB BRANTNER
Supervising Sound Editor/
Sound Designer. . . . . JON JOHNSON, M.P.S.E.
Re-Recording
Mixers. . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID E. FLUHR, CAS

MYRON NETTINGA
Sound Editors . . . . . . . . KEITH BILDERBECK
NOAH BLOUGH
SANDY GENDLER
BEN WILKINS
Assistant Sound Editors . . . . . . . BRAD SOKOL
DEVIN JOHNSON
Dialogue/ADR Supervisor. VANESSA LAPATO
Dialogue/ADR
Editors . . . . . . . . . . . BRUCE STUBBLEFIELD
ROBERT TROY
VAL KUKLOSKY
ADR Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOC KANE
ADR Recordist . . . . JEANNETTE BROWNING
Recordists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN DINKINS
ERIK FLOCKOI
Engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . EDDY HERNANDEZ
ANDY WINDERBAUM
FRANCISCO PAREDES
STEPHEN POTTER
Foley Supervisor . . . . . . . . . MIGUEL RIVERA
Foley Artists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GARY HECKER
MICHAEL J. BROOMBERG
VINCENT GUISETTI
PAMELA NEDD KAHN
Foley Recordists. . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE MARINO
KYLE ROCHLIN
ADR Voice Casting . . . . . . . TERRI DOUGLAS
Re-Recorded
at. . . . . . . . . . . THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
Chief Lighting
Technician . . . . . . . . . . FRANS WETERRINGS
Assistant Chief Lighting
Technician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVANS BROWN
Additional Best Boy Electric. . JIM MITCHELL
Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID J.LARUE
Best Boy Grip . . . . . . . . . . PETER D’ANGELO
Dolly Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLIAM D. WYNN
Special Effects Supervisor. . . ALLEN L. HALL
Special Effects
Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT WILLIAMS
Special Effects Foremen . . . . . . . . MATT HALL
MARK T. NOEL
Property Master . . . . . . . . . RITCHIE KREMER
Assistant
Property Masters . . . . . . . . . CURTIS CORBITT
NOAH DUBREUIL
CREDITS
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CREDITS
Armorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID FENCL
2nd 2nd Assistant
Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREGORY PAWLIK
Additional Second
Assistant Director . . . . . . . BRETT ROBINSON
Base Camp
Production Assistant. . . . . . . . . JILL K. PERNO
Key Production Assistant . . . . . . ZACK SMITH
Production Assistants. . . . . . . SEAN O’REILLY
JOHN A. WEST
SEAN TUFTS
MIKE SCHAUB
MICHAEL REILLY
JON CORTIZO
KATHERINE WOOD
Office Production
Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF DIONNE
EDWARD H. OSTERMANN
ROSS TATELMAN
DAN RAFELD
ROB GOODRICH
MARY BOORAS
JONATHAN FOCIL
ELEANORE TEBBETTS
Assistants to
Mr. Hoberman . . . . . . . . . . KIM FERANDELLI
STEPHANIE NORTON
Assistants to
Mr. Lieberman. . . . . . . . REBECCA WINDSOR
JARED MARSHALL
Assistants to
Mr. Mostow . . . . . . . . . . . SERENITY FORBES
LEIGH ENOCH
Assistant to
Mr. Nicksay . . . . . . JONATHAN MONTEPARE
Cast Production Associate
for Bruce Willis . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN J.EADS
Set Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AL HOBBS
STEPHEN CHRISTENSEN
LORRIE CAMPBELL
DOMENIC SILVESTRI
E. DAVID COSIER
Construction Coordinator . . . . C. JONAS KIRK
General Foreman. . . . . . . . . MARCEL WORCH
Surrogate Movement
Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORIN ERIC SALM
Production Accountant . . . . . GAIL SHERIDAN
First Assistant Accountant . . PAM ELLINGTON
Assistant
Accountants . . . . . . . . . NICK CONSTANTINO
CABERNET MURRAY
JENNIFER JACOBS
Construction
Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . ALISON HARSTEDT
Payroll Accountant . . . . . . . . . AMY WINFREY
Post Production
Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . NADIA BOMBINO
Unit Publicist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERNIE MALIK
Still Photographer. . . . . . . STEPHEN VAUGHN
Transportation
Coordinators. . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON SKALKA
WILLIAM O’BRIEN
Transportation Captains . . . . . . KEITH FISHER
GILBERT EATHERTON

MA Casting . . . CAROLYN PICKMAN, C.S.A.
Extras Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . MEAGAN LEWIS
Casting Associate. . . . . . . . . . . WYNNE TSING
Casting Assistant . . . . . . . . . ALLISON BADER
First Aid/Medics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM QUAM
KENNETH D. FITZGIBBON
Catering . . . . . . . . . . . HAT TRICK CATERING
Craft Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRACY R. FOX
ETHAN FOX
CHARLIE SCIMONE
Supervising
Music Editor. . . . . . . . . . . SCOTT STAMBLER
Music Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN RUBIN
Supervising Orchestrator . . . BRUCE FOWLER
Orchestrations by . . . . SUZETTE MORIARTY
KEVIN KASKA
WALT FOWLER
KEN THOME
Score Recorded and Mixed by. . . TOM VICARI
Digital Workstation
Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VINCENT CIRILLI
Mix Recordist . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM HARDISTY
Score Recorded at . . SONY SCORING STAGE
NEWMAN SCORING STAGE
Score Mixed at. . . . . RECORD ONE STUDIOS
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Orchestra
Conducted by. . . . . . . NICK GLENNIE-SMITH
Music Preparation . . . . . . . . BOOKER WHITE,
WALT DISNEY MUSIC LIBRARY
Orchestra Contractor . . . . . . REGGIE WILSON
Assistant
Orchestra Contractor. . . . . . CONNIE BOYLAN
Main Title Sequence
Designed and Produced by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIC
End Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . SCARLET LETTERS
Digital Intermediate
Provided by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPANY 3
Executive Producer for
Company 3 . . . . . . . . STEFAN SONNENFELD
Colorist . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN NAKAMURA
Digital Intermediate
Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK MONTON
On-Line Editor. . . . . . . . . . . ROB DOOLITTLE
Company 3
Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . MISSY PAPAGEORGE
Digital Intermediate Executive . . . JACKIE LEE
Digital Intermediate
Technologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE CHIADO
Scanning Manager . . . . . . . MICHAEL BOGGS
Negative
Cutter. . . . . . . . . . . . WALT DISNEY STUDIOS
NEGATIVE CUTTING,
MARY BETH SMITH
Color Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS REGAN
Second Unit Director . . . . . . . . SIMON CRANE
Director of Photography . . . . . . IGOR MEGLIC
Unit Production Manager . . . ROBERT J. MINO
First Assistant Director. . . MATT REBENKOFF
Second Assistant
Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK TRAPENBERG
Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . . WADE EASTWOOD
Make-Up
Department Head . . . . . . . . STEVE LA PORTE
Make-Up Artist . . . . . . . . . . . MARK LANDON
Hair Department Head. . . AUDREY ANZURES
Camera
Operator . . . . . . . . . ONOFRIO NINO PANSINI
First Assistant Camera. . . . . . GREG LUNTZEL
Second
Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . MATT FORTLAGE
Camera Loader . . . . . . . . MIKE KOWALCZYK
Aerial Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . ALAN PURWIN
Aerial Director of
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE KOSTER
Helicopter Pilot. . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE PEAVEY
Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . KELLY CRONIN
Sound Mixer . . . . . . . . . DAVID J.SCHWARTZ
Boom Operator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN BAKER
Location Manager . . . STUART A. NEUMANN
Chief Lighting Technician. . . . EVANS BROWN
Best Boy Electric. . . . . . . . . . . JIM MITCHELL
Key Grips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER CHRIMES
WILLIAM M. WEBERG
Best Boy Grip . . . . . . . WARREN A. WEBERG
Dolly Grip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONY CAMPENNI
Crane Dolly Grip . . . DARRYL RICHARDSON
Property Master . . . . . . . JENNIFER GERBINO
Production
Coordinator . . . . . . . . . DORIS DONNENBERG
Assistant Production
Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . ANGIE LEE COBBS
2nd 2nd
Assistant Director . . . . . . . . JESSICA FRANKS
Additional Second
Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . MATT RAWLS
Caterer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IVAN KERUM
Make-Up
Effects by. . . . . . . . . . . GREGORY NICOTERO
and HOWARD BERGER
Special Makeup
Effects by . . . . . . . . . . KNB EFX GROUP, INC.
Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist . . . . TAMI LANE
Key Technician . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAREY JONES
Shop Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL DEAK
Art Department. . . . . . . ANDY SCHONEBERG
ALEX DIAZ
GRADY HOLDER
MIKE MCCARTY
JOEY OROSCO
JOHN WHEATON
JAVIER ZEPEDA
Mold Department . . . . . . . . . . . JIM LEONARD
CHRIS CERA
JOE GILES
BRIAN GOEHRING
A J VENUTO
Silicone Department . . . . . . . . DEREK KROUT
STEVE KATZ
CREDITS
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CREDITS
Mechanical Department . . . JAKE MCKINNON
JEFF EDWARDS
GREG JEIN
WAYNE TOTH
DAVE WOGH
Hair Department. . . . . . . . . . . . MARK BOLEY
JACK BRICKER
KNB Production
Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . VERONICA TORRES
Visual Effects
Producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE CHAMBERS
ARTHUR WINDUS
Visual Effects
Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . LAUREL SCHNEIDER
Visual Effects
Assistant Coordinator . . . . . . KATIE STETSON
Visual Effects
Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . JOSEPH PAYO
CHAD LEMIEUX
Visual Effects On-Set
Data Wranglers. . . . . . . . . . . . NIELS NIELSEN
JOE WEHMEYER
Visual Effects by. . . . . . . . . . . . SANDBOX F/X
VFX Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . JOHN P. NUGENT
VFX Producer . . . . . . . . . . . ANN PODLOZNY
VFX Coordinator . . . . . . EILEEN O’CONNOR
Digital Supervisors . . . MONTELL BAIOCCHI
ASA HAMMOND
Digital Compositing Lead. . . . . . . . . TOM ZILS
Digital Compositors . . . . . . MANDA CHEUNG
CRAIG CRAWFORD
TIM FESCOE
JASON KNIGHT
JAY LALIME
LAURIE POWERS
Digital Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES GOING
NATALIE BAILEY
KIRSTIN BRADFIELD
CHRIS ENG
STEVE FERRERA
TRAVIS FIKE
AIDAN FRASER
JORDAN MCKAY
MELISSA MOSS
DEVORAH PETTY
DAVID PHILOGENE
Visual Effects by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MPC
VFX Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOUG ODDY
CG Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAX WOOD
2D Supervisor . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW ADAMS
VFX Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIZ ROBERTS
VFX Production Manager. . . . CABRAL ROCK
VFX Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . RUSSELL LUM
R&D/Pipeline Lead. . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN COLE
Lead Modeler . . . . . . . RHYS CLARINGBULL
Modeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS UYEDE
Lead Texture Painter . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN HOLT
Rigging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHEN MISEK
Environments . . . . . . . . . CLEMENT GERARD
Lead Matchmove Artist. . . . GEORGE TAYLOR
Lead Animator. . . . . . . . TOM GOODENOUGH
Animators. . . . . . . . . . . ANTHONY DI NINNO
BENSON SHUM
Lead Look Dev Artist . . . . . . GEOFF PEDDER
Lead Lighting TD . . . . . MICHAEL KENNEDY
Lighting TD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRYAN LITSON
Lead FX TD. . . . . HARRY MUKHOPADHYAY
FX TDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID STOPFORD
DEREK WOLFE
JEFF HIGGINS
Compositors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEN LAM
LANDON BOOTSMA
MARK CURTIS
MATHEW KRENTZ
MATTHEW YEOMAN
MATTHIAS LOWRY
MICHAEL ADKISSON
MICHAEL STEWART
PATRICK THOMPSON
SCOTT CHAMBERS
SEAN O’HARA
Visual
Effects by . . . . . . . . SYNTHESPIAN STUDIOS
Visual Effects
Plate Supervisor . . . . . . . . JEFFREY KLEISER
Visual Effects
Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFFREY KALMUS
Visual Effects
Producers. . . . . MICHAEL VAN HIMBERGEN
CHRIS HOLMES
CG Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN EMERSON
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Compositors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS DAWSON
ERIC DEINZER
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SOYOUN LEE
BRIAN SORBO
JUNKO SCHUGARDT
ED L. ANDERSON
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BRUCE HARRIS
JERRY HALL
JAMES J. MONTALBANO
KEN BUSICK
ZIAD SEIRAFI
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Written by Sean Holland
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SURROGATES
Production Information
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic
surrogates—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal
world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years
jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer
(BRUCE WILLIS) discovers a vast
conspiracy behind the surrogate
phenomenon and must abandon his own
surrogate, risking his life to unravel the
mystery.
Touchstone Pictures presents
“SURROGATES,” a gripping action
thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow
(“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,”
“Breakdown”) which also stars RADHA
MITCHELL, ROSAMUND PIKE,
BORIS KODJOE, JAMES FRANCIS GINTY, MICHAEL CUDLITZ, JAMES CROMWELL
and VING RHAMES.
“SURROGATES” is produced by Mandeville Film’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman
(“The Proposal,” “Traitor,” “Wild Hogs”) along with Brownstone Productions’ Max
Handelman. Executive producers are David Nicksay (“Legally Blonde,” “The Negotiator,”
“Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”) and Brownstone Productions’ Elizabeth Banks (acting
credits: “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,”
“W.,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”). The
screenplay is by John Brancato &
Michael Ferris (“Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines,” “The Game”), based on
the popular and inventive Top Shelf
Comix graphic novel by Robert Venditti
and Brett Weldele.
The creative team includes production
designer Jeff Mann (“Terminator 3: Rise
of the Machines,” “Transformers,”
“Gone in Sixty Seconds”), Emmy
Award®-winning costume designer April Ferry (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” “U571,”
HBO’s “Rome”), veteran cinematographer Oliver Wood (“The Bourne” trilogy,
“Fantastic Four,” “U-571”), seasoned film editor Kevin Stitt (“The Kingdom,” “Cloverfield,”
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THE BIRTH OF SURROGATES
“Breakdown”) and Oscar®-winning
visual effects supervisor Mark Stetson
(“Superman Returns,” “2010,” “Lord of
the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”).
The behind-the-scenes team includes
three additional Academy Award®
winners—makeup artist Howard Berger
(“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe,”
“Transformers,” “Grind House”),
makeup artist Jeff Dawn (“Terminator 2:
Judgment Day,” “Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines,” “Batman & Robin”) and sound designer Jon Johnson (“U-571,”
“Breakdown”).
“SURROGATES” was filmed on location in Massachusetts, primarily in Boston and
surrounding suburbs.
THE BIRTH OF SURROGATES
The Future Is Now
First the computer. Then email, tiny cell phones and the Internet. Today, sexy robotic
surrogates fill in for their less attractive human counterparts—regular people who no longer
have to venture out into the real world themselves. In the world of “SURROGATES,” has
technology gone too far?
“The premise of the movie is that surrogacy has taken over the world like cell phones and
computers,” says director Jonathan Mostow. “Surrogates are new devices that offer users the
opportunity to experience life
vicariously from the comfort and safety
of their own homes. In our film,
surrogates represent the ultimate
freedom, from both physical harm and
the mental toll of everyday life. Pleasure
is achievable simply by plugging in.
“But for some, surrogacy feels like
the abandonment of humanity itself,”
Mostow continues. “In a world where
actual physical contact is increasingly
rare, does the very notion of love
threaten to lose its meaning? Those are some of the ideas we explore in our story.”
First-time author Robert Venditti came up with the unique premise while working at Top
Shelf Publications in their shipping warehouse in suburban Atlanta. Looking for a new spin
on the graphic novel, Venditti recalled a sociology book he had read for one of his graduate
school courses which depicted “an actual study of people who played one of those early
community-type online games,” says Venditti. “I was fascinated by how these people just
became so involved in this game, creating these alternate personas for themselves. They
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became so identified with them that they would lose their jobs, their marriages, because they
just couldn’t separate their lives from this persona that they created. It was an idea that stuck
with me—the basic human desire to be something other than oneself.”
The author fleshed out his idea further by imagining various reasons people would have for
using a surrogate. “My idea was to create this persona that would go to work and earn money
for you, a practical reason for having a surrogate. I looked at the idea of self-improvement,
where these surrogates represent plastic
surgery to the extreme where you could
maintain yourself as forever young, or be
more muscular—look like your dream
self.”
“The story has always spoken to me
about technology versus humanity,”
producer Hoberman says. “I am someone
who has come very late to computers, the
Internet, email and iPhones. Until
recently, I knew nothing. This story
addressed, in a compelling manner, what
would happen if everybody basically lived inside a computer, and their lives were being lived
by someone else out there. It just spoke to where technology is going. I think it also spoke to
plastic surgery and things people do to their bodies. I thought it was an interesting idea to
explore in a film.”
Bruce Willis (“Die Hard,” “Twelve Monkeys,” “The Sixth Sense”) and Radha Mitchell
(“Man on Fire,” “Melinda and Melinda,” “Pitch Black”) star as FBI agents Thomas Greer and
Jennifer Peters, newly teamed partners charged with investigating a murder. It’s the first
murder in years for their utopian society, and one that triggers questions about the ethics of
surrogate technology and the future of society.
Says Mostow: “This movie is a mystery, a detective story, with Bruce Willis as an FBI agent
whose investigation into the mysterious murder of a surrogate finds the hero confronting a
conspiracy that calls into question the
very definition of humanity.”
“It’s a cautionary tale about how
people live their lives in this
technological world of today,” adds
Hoberman.
In the film, Dr. Lionel Canter is a
reclusive billionaire and M.I.T. genius
whose groundbreaking experiments have
led to the creation of the surrogate
population. Confined to a wheelchair,
Canter began experimenting with
prosthetic limbs while at M.I.T. His research led to a new technology for decoding brain
impulses, which he discovered could be transferred as signals to synthetic humans. These
remotely operated “surrogates” are distinguishable from their flesh-and-blood counterparts
primarily by their physical perfection. Each surrogate is linked directly to a human being,
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blocks or hundreds of miles away, who control their replicants neurally. Without a human mind
sending and receiving impulses while sitting in a special device called a “stim chair,” these
robotic doubles are completely inert.
So, the world of surrogacy was born—to the applause of millions—and the regret and
contempt of others. Ving Rhames (“Pulp
Fiction,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Con
Air”) portrays The Prophet, the self-
styled leader of a group of disaffected
citizens who passionately oppose the
inhumanity of this technological
lifestyle.
“The core idea of ‘Surrogates’ is how
we retain our humanity in this
increasingly, relentlessly technological
world that we live in,” says Mostow.
“Technology is great. The fantasy of
technology is that it frees us to be creative, productive and to do all these wonderful things.
The flip side to that is that we wind up being servants to it in a certain way. We’re tethered to
our cell phones, to our BlackBerries. It’s great to have email, but when you spend hours a day
returning emails, it becomes an obligation. So, these new opportunities and possibilities in life
also restrain us in certain ways.”
“Technology becomes a lifestyle,”
says producer Todd Lieberman. “That
seems to happen with a lot of
technology. It pervades society and
people then depend on it in their lives.
What would we do today without the
Internet? Without cell phones? It’s
hard to imagine. In this world, what
would they do without surrogates?”
“The story’s just meant to raise such questions,” Venditti concludes. “I don’t know the
answers to the questions. When I wrote the story, I wanted people to see the good uses
surrogates would present to society, as well as the bad ones. Ultimately, I wanted the readers
to make that determination for themselves.”
SENDING “SURROGATES” TO THE BIG SCREEN
A Graphic Novel Becomes a Movie
Producer Max Handelman, a lifelong comic book aficionado, optioned the graphic novel
from Venditti. He found the story’s themes compelling. “The story really moves along at a
great pace and allows you to imagine something that could impact our society someday. Are
we all going to have surrogates? Probably not. But it’s a metaphor for our society’s increasing
reliance on technology and increasingly virtual communication.”
Handelman brought the comic to a college friend, veteran producer Todd Lieberman, who
is partnered with longtime industry producer and studio executive David Hoberman at
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Mandeville Films.
“I was looking for something with an edge, a film noir-type story and I found that in
Robert’s story,” says Lieberman. “The
movie starts with two really attractive
people outside of a club. All of the
sudden, some guy approaches and they
fall dead. You have no idea what’s going
on. In comes a detective, Bruce Willis’
character, and his partner. And you
realize pretty quickly that we’re living in
a world that’s not our world.
“The two people who’ve been killed
are actually surrogates,” continues
Lieberman. “Not only are the surrogates
getting destroyed, but the people controlling them at home have been murdered, which is
something that’s never happened in the history of surrogacy. The entire world of surrogates is
at risk because the fail-safe of not harming the user is the cornerstone of the technology.”
Jonathan Mostow agreed to direct the film; his longtime writing partners, John Brancato
and Michael Ferris (“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” the 1991 telefilm, “Flight of Black
Angel”), were tapped to tackle the script, marking a professional reunion for the trio of
Harvard University alums.
“As soon as Mike and I read the graphic novel, we felt it could make a great film,” says
Brancato. “The concept of surrogacy speaks to the modern condition in ways direct and
oblique, a metaphor at once for the Internet, plastic surgery, addiction, role-playing games.
Not to mention outer versus inner
selves.”
To capture the flavor the writers
sought to depict in this present-day/nearfuture
universe populated almost
exclusively by robots, the pair began to
research the technology that reflected
Venditti’s ideas in the graphic novel.
Their studies led the scripters to a
Japanese scientist named Hiroshi
Ishiguro, who has been using a plastic
version of himself to lecture around the
world without leaving his Osaka office. They also uncovered a rhesus monkey in North
Carolina that has been wired to make a robot in Kyoto walk, merely by thinking. The
technology continues to improve with groundbreaking advances that are already benefiting
people with debilitating diseases.
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CASTING “SURROGATES”
CASTING “SURROGATES”
Bruce Willis Takes the Lead
“SURROGATES’” roster of characters includes idealized robots as well as real-life
humans. Most cast members were asked to play both.
To bring “SURROGATES’” conflicted FBI agent to life, the filmmakers turned to global
superstar Bruce Willis. “He’s really one
of the great film actors of his
generation,” says Mostow. “It’s a very
specific skill to be able to pull off movies
that have a very high-concept idea
behind them. Here, it’s an alternative
reality, and yet he makes it credible.
That’s really his gift.”
“The thing about Bruce is he plays a
great cop, but he also plays a great
Everyman,” says producer Hoberman.
“Both from a philosophical and
theoretical perspective, that’s what this character is. As he goes through this journey, he
discovers what humanity versus surrogacy is, which leads his character to a great crisis. The
movie also has action and all the things you’d want to see in a Bruce Willis movie.”
“In the movie, the humanity comes through in Bruce’s character,” Mostow says. “Like
everyone else, he goes about his daily grind using this technology. He’s an FBI agent who stays
at home, in the safety of his apartment, and allows his robotic surrogate to go out and perform
all the dangerous tasks that are involved with his work. At a certain point, he loses his
surrogate and is forced to go out as
himself and experience life as a human
being again in a world that is completely
technological and robotic.
“At the same time, he discovers
feelings that have been building up
inside of him about his own
disconnection from his wife, who’s
addicted to using her surrogate,” the
director continues. “He’s a man who’s in
an existential crisis. As he begins to live
as a human being, he realizes how
warped the world is. He begins to see the world totally differently.”
“I see Greer as someone who has lived in and embraced the surrogate world for some time,”
adds producer David Hoberman. “Once his surrogate is destroyed and he can’t get another
one, he’s a man, a human, out there in the world. Eventually he has to make a choice.”
Filmmakers called on Australian actress Radha Mitchell for Greer’s FBI partner Jennifer
Peters. “Peters is an interesting character because she is actually three different people in the
movie,” says producer Lieberman. “She’s the Peters surrogate who is a slightly newer, naïve
cop, partnered up with Greer. There’s the real Peters character, a frumpier version of the
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surrogate, a painter, more of an artistic person. And, there’s a third Peters that’s part of the
mystery. It’s a challenge for Radha because of the subtle changes that happen among these
three versions.”
“Radha’s casting was an interesting process,” Hoberman says. “She has a great pedigree.
We’ve seen her in ‘Finding Neverland,’ ‘Man on Fire’ and ‘Feast of Love,’ which Robert
Benton directed. She’s a really good actor and she’s beautiful. She fit the bill perfectly.”
“Through the character of Jennifer Peters, the whole concept of identity is constantly in
question,” says Mitchell. “It’s such an interesting character, or characters, to play. Who is
Jennifer Peters? She is a character who sits at home in her stim chair, one we never really get
to meet as a human. She has brown hair, bad skin, a big bum, funny teeth and stringy hair. She
never wants to leave this enclosed reality
that she lives in, so she experiences life
through this robot, who is an FBI agent.
We see her surrogate, who is also
Jennifer Peters.
“It’s a little confusing, fascinating and
it can be tricky to play a robot with the
same voice and the same movement as
your human character, even though the
intent and motivation of that robot
changes the characterization,” Mitchell
continues.
“Your surrogate can look like whatever you desire,” director Mostow says. “For the sake of
psychological continuity, most users choose surrogates which resemble their real selves in
some way, albeit trimmer and better looking. The more adventurous may opt for completely
different bodies—a new race or gender. Those with less money to spend can operate generic
surries, which lack the facial detail and expressiveness of more expensive units.”
Rosamund Pike was tapped to portray Maggie, Greer’s surrogate-obsessed wife. “Maggie
is beautiful, but sees only imperfections,”
says Hoberman. “She wants to look in
the mirror and see only beauty. For
Greer, beauty is about what’s on the
inside, not what’s on the outside. He fell
in love with her for who she was, not for
what she looked like.”
“Greer and Maggie are a very real
couple who’ve lost a child, which he
deals with by immersing himself in
work, so she has to deal with it all on her
own,” says Pike. “Because she feels so
inadequate, her surrogate offers her perfection. Their interactions become all about two robots
meeting, not the two real people.”
“Their relationship is the soul of the movie,” Hoberman adds. “We start off with two people
who have gone separate ways in dealing with the death of a child—all during the advent of
surrogacy.”
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“The whole idea of surrogacy makes for a kind of kooky and original world,” says Pike. “It
speaks on many levels about peculiar addictions and paranoia regarding self-image. On
another level, it’s a very human story. Maggie and Greer’s relationship is at the heart of that
struggle between perfection and reality.”
Pike says she saw Maggie’s surrogate as a “1950s air hostess—you know, Pan Am at its
height with those little suits.” Her human counterpart was far less put-together. “You feel
pretty vulnerable when you strip it all
away to bring out all the imperfections.”
To embody the role of Canter, the
mastermind behind the groundbreaking
surrogate phenomenon, the filmmakers
turned to two actors: James Francis
Ginty portrays the youthful version of
Canter, while James Cromwell serves as
the older Canter.
“The whole idea for Canter is this
aging guy with a debilitating disease who
lives in a wheelchair, which also doubles
as his stim chair,” director Mostow says. “And, the basic story is that Canter, who created
surrogacy, believes it has gone beyond his original intentions.”
“Canter is not a messiah,” says Ginty. “In fact, I think his overriding motive was very
selfless. Early in his life, he was afflicted with a dreadful condition. From that experience, he
focused his energy towards bettering the world. So, he created surrogates to help people who
were sick.”
“What an amazing thing to be able to give that gift to people that can’t live life like
everyone else,” says producer
Hoberman. “Canter thought it would
help law enforcement and our soldiers so
they wouldn’t have to die—they’d be safe
while their surrogates got blown up in
battle. But the technology got exploited
when a big conglomerate took it over and
made it for everyone. Canter feels the
surrogacy technology has gotten out of
hand.”
On the other side of the surrogate
controversy is the mad seer who calls
himself The Prophet. “He’s a fascinating character because he’s meant to be this kind of
mythological figure that all these human beings follow,” producer Lieberman says. “He
preaches pro-humanity, anti-technology, anti-surrogacy.”
The filmmakers called on Ving Rhames to portray the passionate character. “Ving Rhames
is such a phenomenal actor and strong presence that he was perfect for the role,” says
Lieberman. “He just emotes strength and leadership.”
Adds Hoberman, “Ving is powerful with a great voice. We also thought he would be a good
foil for Bruce, too.”
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“The Prophet is a cult leader who
represents this faction of people who
object to the use of surrogates, be it for
religious or maybe even economic
reasons,” says author Venditti. “These
disenfranchised citizens don’t take part
in the surrogate culture, so they live on
the fringe in a place called ‘The
Reservation’ where humans who’ve
decided to disconnect from this
technological world live.”
Rounding out the cast are Boris
Kodjoe as FBI supervisor Andrew Stone, Michael Cudlitz as Colonel Brendon, and Jack
Noseworthy as a local thug named Strickland who helps jump-start the story.
“In this fast-changing 21st century, where the technological changes of the Internet and all
these things are happening at warp speed, there’s this generalized anxiety in people as to how
to adapt in that environment,” Mostow says. “And this story about surrogates speaks to that. It
becomes an allegory for life in the technological age. People identify with different aspects of
the story immediately because they see it in their own lives.”
MAKING “SURROGATES” A REALITY
On Location with Veteran Behind-the-Scenes Talent
“SURROGATES” marked a homecoming of sorts for director Mostow, a Connecticut
native who graduated from Harvard University 25 years ago.
In addition to mounting the film in several neighborhoods around Boston—the Leather
District, the Financial District, the South End, Chestnut Hill, and the home of his alma mater,
Cambridge, among them—Mostow also filmed in such Boston suburbs as Worcester, home to
the FBI headquarters in the city’s shuttered downtown courthouse; Taunton—its abandoned
Dever State Hospital mental institution doubled for The Prophet’s Reservation commune; and
Hopedale, where the former Draper Mill
loom factory was the site for the film’s
more climactic moments.
Says producer Hoberman, “The
interesting thing about Boston, from a
filmmaker’s point of view, are these
historic structures and buildings that
were built in the 1800s. It has this classic
American brick-and-stone architecture
alongside these glass monoliths. And the
one thing Boston’s done better than any
city in the country is have it fit together.
Our story is not really futuristic, but sort of in the present. And Boston, in its architecture,
gives you that sense of both past and future, and we rode that line with it.”
To create this imaginative world pitting technology against humanity, Mostow recruited top
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filmmaking veterans, including production designer Jeff Mann and his art department, notably
set decorator Fainche MacCarthy.
“One of the things I really liked about
this movie was the wide range of looks
and sets and locations and environments
that we created and visited,” Mostow
says. “In terms of all the looks and
designs, we spent six months before we
ever started building, just talking and
conceptualizing, making sure that things
were based in logic, which was satisfying
both for myself and for our production
designer, Jeff Mann. A lot of thought
went into this, and a lot of really talented
people did some great work.”
“This world is thrilling and interesting and visceral,” says Mann. “The graphic novel is a
very moody, dark story set in this futuristic environment. In the movie, we set the story in a
kind of parallel world. This technology of surrogacy is extremely advanced, but the surrogates
in our story are tools. Their operators are absolutely responsible for the actions of this
machine, just like you would do to any other machine.”
Mann designed several large set builds for the film, notably the DMZ habitat where a
renegade band of humans have taken refuge from this technological world devoid of humanity
and sensitivity.
There, one of the story’s central action
sequences takes place in a mammoth
maze of rusted, rotting shipping
containers piled atop each other like
huge building blocks rattled in a massive
earthquake. An apocalyptic wasteland
framed against a rotting loom factory
abandoned three decades ago that
provided a stark backdrop to a society
that Mann calls “extremely bleak.”
“The DMZ zone is a trashladen slum,”
says Mann. “It’s a kind of commerce area for the Dreads, where they’re recycling or stripping
copper wire. They use these things to barter with in the surrogate world for the necessities they
can’t manifest for themselves in order to live in their isolated state.”
“The DMZ is this kind of war zone that surrounds the Reservation where the Dreads live
and disconnect from society,” says Mostow. “It was full of burned-out vehicles and parts
where these people try to make their living by manufacturing items that they can live on. This,
along with the Reservation, were two sets in the movie that help make for a different
experience for the audience.”
In stark contrast to this post-apocalyptic backdrop was the serenity of the Dever State
Hospital, a sprawling, abandoned medical campus in far south-suburban Taunton that became
the perfect setting for The Prophet’s isolated Reservation commune where the Dreads “sort of
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live life the way we probably did in the ’30s and ’40s,” says Hoberman. “A simpler life,
without any technology, where humans farm their own food.”
“It had this urban quality to it that felt kind of city adjacent,” adds Mann. “It had an
overgrown feeling as if reclaimed by nature. We put solar cells on the roofs and created these
cisterns to affect the reclaiming of rainwater. We also planted vegetable gardens like public
green spaces.”
The place where surrogates actually
went for their own robotic facelifts was
fabricated in Boston’s downtown Leather
District in a chair manufacturing plant
that became Maggie’s beauty salon in the
film.
“Maggie is a beautician and the
beauty in this world involves
technology,” Rosamund Pike says about
her character. “My beauty shop is almost
like an auto-body shop. We’re doing
blasting and sanding—industrial beauty is what we call it.”
Fainche MacCarthy’s crew dressed the set with power tools and belt sanders—all with
dainty pink flowered handles.
“There’s a scene where Rosamund has this beautiful woman who’s come in to get a face
replacement,” prosthetic makeup artist Howard Berger says. “We built a replica of the actress
that had a face that you could peel off. It was a very thin silicone face that fit over an endoskull
over this upper torso of the actress. It’s a seamless blend of the actress talking, while the
face is being pulled off, revealing the robot’s endo-skull underneath. Mark Stetson’s visual
effects department pulled it all together.”
One of Mann’s eye-catching creations included the “stim chair,” the device from which
humans neurally operate their robotic doubles. “The stim chairs were a challenge because I
didn’t want them to look too dental,”
Mann says. “It’s a comfortable, exposed
lounge chair with these sensor devices
that are supposed to articulate nerve
reactions and other muscle stimulus.”
“The initial concept in the script for
the stim chair was this very comfortable
seat where you were attached to wires
and electrodes,” Mostow adds. “We
didn’t want something that felt
claustrophobic, so I came up with the
idea that essentially you are in something
like a massage chair—which already creates a sense of relaxation. And there are lasers reading
your skin temperature and reading your body movements and neural impulses. The only thing
you have to wear is a very light headset that’s modeled on something like a Bluetooth. The
idea was to create something one wouldn’t mind sitting in for 16 hours a day.”
To complement the stim chair, Mann also fabricated another key set piece—the charging
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cradle. “When you buy your surrogate, it’s shipped to you in this dual-purpose container that’s
both the shipping container and the charging cradle for it,” Mostow says. “So, at the end of the
day, you come home and you back into your charging cradle and plug in to recharge.”
The actual robotic look of the main cast and hundreds of extras appearing in the film came
to life through the combined efforts of the film’s two makeup departments—the key makeup
under the guidance of
Oscar®-winner Jeff Dawn
(“Terminator 2: Judgment
Day”), and the special
prosthetic designs courtesy
of another Oscar winner,
Berger (“The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe”).
Because most of the main cast portrays two or more versions of their characters, Dawn and
Berger utilized their many years of trickery to distinguish between the perfect surrogates and
their rather imperfect human counterparts.
“The challenge for makeup and hair on this film from day one was determining what
differentiates a human from a surrogate,” says Dawn. “Surrogates—are they plastic? Are they
hyper real? Are they better looking than normal attractive people? The challenge was to make
people who are already good looking look spectacular in every shot.
“The idea of surrogates touches on vanity that we all have, especially in this industry,”
continues Dawn. “It touches on the technological advancements that we’ve made in the last
few decades. You combine the two and you come up with a seemingly wonderful idea—the
perfect man. I’ll make myself younger or taller or better looking.”
Dawn says that Willis had no trouble accepting himself in his own skin—even when the
artisans added less-than-ideal details. “The human Greer character is a little older, a little
rougher, a little more wrinkled,” says Dawn. “And Bruce was very good about that. When I
needed to add a little age, some wrinkles, a salt-and-pepper beard, he was game for all of that.
Now the surrogate Bruce had to be perfect, which we accomplished using a full head of blonde
hair and these blonde eyebrows.”
Prosthetic makeup creator Berger needed to decipher the evolution of surrogates in his
approach to designing a wide assortment of makeup applications and animatronic puppets for
the film.
“There were a tremendous amount of challenges in trying to figure out how surrogates
evolved,” he says. “I sat down with Jeff Mann and Jonathan to work out ideas, which presented
us with many questions. Are they more robotic? Are they made of plastic or metal? Are their
skins silicone? Are they something organic? Are they carbon fiber? The most important thing
was what their endoskeletons were like. What’s inside of a surrogate? They’re all synthetic,
made out of plastics and carbon fiber. Completely mechanical. Robots.”
Some of Berger’s unique designs included the crucified corpse of the surrogate Greer after
it’s destroyed; shotgun wounds that graphically reveal the mechanical innards of the robotic
doubles—KY jelly and green food coloring worked well as the hydraulic fluid that circulates
through the surrogates; and eight animatronic “drone” puppets that operate the surveillance
monitors inside FBI headquarters.
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Casting Boston as the locale of this parallel reality created a challenge for the film’s visual
effects gurus, here under the supervision of Oscar® winner (and three-time nominee) Mark
Stetson. The film marked a homecoming for Stetson (honored in 2006 as one of Hollywood’s
“Digital 50” content creators by the Hollywood Reporter and the P.G.A.), another
Massachusetts native among the crew.
Stetson, who began his career 30 years ago, calls his role on “SURROGATES” a
supporting one. “Our job was to help integrate the concept of surrogates into the everyday
reality portrayed in the film. Because the movie takes place in the present, we tried to integrate
some of the more advanced technologies in the story into everyday scenes to make everything
look real.”
Making a perfect robotic version of a high-profile actor was a tricky business, he says. “The
differences between the surrogate and its human owner/operator were established primarily
with costume and makeup, live on the set,” Stetson says. “We enhanced those differences with
VFX technologies beyond the limit of practical stage techniques by using a combination of 2D
compositing and 3D CG techniques.”
Mostow also called on veteran cinematographer Oliver Wood (“The Bourne” trilogy), the
longtime journeyman whose lighting and camera work enhanced the claustrophobic
atmosphere of Mostow’s 2000 Oscar®-winning WWII thriller, “U-571.” Emmy®-winning
costume designer April Ferry (HBO’s “Rome”) returned for her third project with the director,
one in which she created dual worlds as illustrated by a combination of store-bought threads
and custom-made clothing which vividly distinguished the state of surrogates versus that of
humans among the film’s cast. The director also tapped veteran film editor Kevin Stitt, who
cut Mostow’s big screen debut, “Breakdown,” over a decade ago.
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BRUCE WILLIS (FBI Agent Greer) has demonstrated
incredible versatility in a career that has included such diverse
characterizations as the prizefighter in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp
Fiction” (1994 Palme D’Or winner at Cannes), the philandering
contractor in Robert Benton’s “Nobody’s Fool,” the heroic time
traveler in Terry Gilliam’s “12 Monkeys,” the traumatized Vietnam
veteran in Norman Jewison’s “In Country,” the compassionate child
psychologist in M. Night Shyamalan’s Oscar®-nominated “The Sixth
Sense” (for which he won the People’s Choice Award) and his
signature role, Detective John McClane, in the “Die Hard” series.
Following studies at Montclair State College’s prestigious theater program, the New Jersey
native honed his craft in several stage plays and countless television commercials, before
landing the lead role in Sam Shepard’s 1984 stage drama “Fool for Love,” a run which lasted
for 100 performances off-Broadway.
Willis next won international stardom and several acting awards, including Emmy® and
Golden Globe® honors, for his starring role as private eye David Addison in the hit TV series
“Moonlighting,” winning the role over 3,000 other contenders. At the same time, he made his
motion picture debut opposite Kim Basinger in Blake Edwards’ romantic comedy “Blind
Date.”
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In 1988, he originated the role of John McClane in the blockbuster film “Die Hard,” one of
the highest-grossing releases of the year. He later reprised the character in three sequels: “Die
Hard: Die Harder” (1990), “Die Hard: With a Vengeance” (1995’s global box-office champ)
and “Live Free, Die Hard” (one of the box-office hits of summer 2007).
His wide array of film roles includes collaborations with such respected filmmakers as
Michael Bay (“Armageddon”), M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense” and “Unbreakable”),
Alan Rudolph (“Mortal Thoughts,” “Breakfast of Champions”), Walter Hill (“Last Man
Standing”), Robert Benton (“Billy Bathgate,” “Nobody’s Fool,”), Rob Reiner (“The Story of
Us”), Ed Zwick (“The Siege”), Luc Besson (“The Fifth Element”), Barry Levinson
(“Bandits,” “What Just Happened”), Robert Zemeckis (“Death Becomes Her”) and Robert
Rodriguez (“Sin City,” “Grind House”) .
Other motion picture credits include “The Jackal,” “Mercury Rising,” “Hart’s War,” “The
Whole Nine Yards” (and its sequel “The Whole Ten Yards”), “The Kid,” “Tears of the Sun,”
“Hostage,” “16 Blocks,” “Alpha Dog,” “Lucky Number Slevin” and “Perfect Stranger.” He
also voiced the character of the wise-cracking infant, Mikey, in “Look Who’s Talking” and
“Look Who’s Talking Too” as well as the lead characters RJ & Spike in the animated hit
features “Over the Hedge” and “Rugrats Go Wild!”
Willis most recently completed work opposite Tracey Morgan in the Kevin Smith directed
action/comedy feature “A Couple of Dicks.”
In addition to his work before the cameras, Willis produced “Hostage” and “The Whole
Nine Yards” and executive produced “Breakfast of Champions,” adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s
best-selling novel. With brother David Willis and business partner Stephen Eads, he cofounded
Willis Brothers Films, a film production company based in Los Angeles.
Willis also maintains a hand in the theater. In 1997, he co-founded A Company of Fools, a
non-profit theater troupe committed to developing and sustaining stage work in the Wood
River Valley of Idaho, and throughout the U.S. He starred in and directed a staging of Sam
Shepard’s dark comedy “True West” at the Liberty Theater in Hailey, Idaho. The play, which
depicts the troubled relationship between two brothers, was aired on Showtime and dedicated
to Willis’ late brother Robert.
An accomplished musician as well, Willis recorded the 1986 Motown album “The Return
of Bruno,” which went platinum and contained the No. 5 Billboard hit “Respect Yourself.”
Three years later, he recorded a second album “If It Don’t Kill You, It Just Makes You
Stronger.” In 2002, he launched a U.S. club tour with his musical group, Bruce Willis and the
Blues Band and he traveled to Iraq to play for U.S. servicemen.
RADHA MITCHELL (FBI agent Peters) recently starred in
Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Children of Huang Shi,” opposite
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Chow Yun-Fat, as well as “Henry Poole
Is Here” for director Mark Pellington. She starred in the Lakeshore
Entertainment romantic comedy “Feast of Love” alongside Morgan
Freeman and Greg Kinnear. Mitchell has also been seen in films
such as the lead role in “Silent Hill” with Sean Bean; “Finding
Neverland,” starring opposite Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and
Dustin Hoffman; “Man on Fire” with Denzel Washington; the
innovative feature film “Phone Booth,” opposite Colin Farrell; and
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“Pitch Black,” starring Vin Diesel. Mitchell will be seen in “The Crazies” with Timothy
Olyphant, opening February 26, 2010.
Other recent film credits include “When Strangers Appear” with Josh Lucas; the
independent feature “Dead Heat,” opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia; Woody
Allen’s “Melinda and Melinda”; “Nobody’s Baby” with Gary Oldman and Skeet Ulrich;
Rodrigo Garcia’s “Ten Tiny Love Stories”; and “Mozart and the Whale,” opposite Josh
Hartnett. On television, she starred with Hank Azaria and Donald Sutherland in NBC’s
critically acclaimed mini-series “Uprising” for director Jon Avnet. Mitchell gave a memorable
performance as Syd, the young editorial assistant who falls in love with Ally Sheedy’s heroin-
addicted photographer character in Lisa Cholodenko’s critically acclaimed drama “High Art.”
Her role in Emma-Kate Croghan’s romantic comedy “Love and Other Catastrophes” was
highly praised at both the Cannes and Sundance film festivals.
Originally hailing from Australia, Mitchell currently resides in Santa Monica, Calif.
ROSAMUND PIKE (Maggie Greer) began her career at the
age of 16 when she discovered her love of the stage while starring
as “Juliet” in “Romeo and Juliet.” After starring in many other stage
productions such as “The Taming of the Shrew” and “The
Libertine,” she eventually found herself starring in her first BBC
production “Wives and Daughters,” opposite Michael Gambon, in
which she received critical acclaim for her performance.
Pike’s first blockbuster appearance was in the MGM / James
Bond film “Die Another Day,” alongside Halle Berry and Pierce
Brosnan. After Bond, Pike returned to the London stage starring in
the Royal Court Theatre production of “Hitchcock Blonde,” directed by Terry Johnson. Due
to its enormous success, the play eventually moved to the Lyric Theater in the West End, which
was quite an achievement.
In 2004, she began work on Laurence Dunmore’s film version of “The Libertine,” opposite
Johnny Depp. She portrayed Elizabeth Malet, wife to Depp’s Earl of Rochester. The film also
starred John Malkovich and Samantha Morton. Pike was rewarded for her extraordinary
performance in this film with a 2005 British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting
Actor/Actress.
Pike then starred alongside Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and Judi Dench in the Focus
Features’ film adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel, “Pride & Prejudice,” directed by
Joe Wright. Pike earned rave reviews as well as a 2006 London Film Critics Circle Award for
her portrayal of Jane Bennett.
In 2007, Pike was seen opposite Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins in the New Line legal
thriller “Fracture,” directed by Gregory Hoblit. She also starred in the Jeremy Podeswadirected
independent film “Fugitive Pieces,” which opened the 2007 Toronto Film Festival.
She then starred in the independent film “Devil You Know,” directed by James Oakley and costarring
Lena Olin.
Pike returned to the theater, starring at the Old Vic Theater in Patrick Hamilton’s Victorian
thriller “Gaslight,” directed by Peter Gill. She followed that performance by starring in the
independent film “An Education,”directed by Lone Scherfig, which was well-received at the
Sundance Film Festival in 2009. Pike was also featured in the independent film “Burning
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Palms,” directed by Christopher Landon, about five vignettes of life in Los Angeles.
Pike then starred at The Wyndham Theater’s “Madame de Sade,” opposite Judi Dench.
Shortly after completing this production, she began pre-production on the independent film
“Dagenham Girls,” opposite Sally Hawkins and directed by Nigel Cole.
Next up for Pike is the independent film “Barney’s Version,” opposite Paul Giamatti and
Dustin Hoffman.
BORIS KODJOE (FBI Supervisor Andrew Stone) was born
in Vienna, Austria, and raised in Freiburg, Germany. The handsome
performer, born to a German mother (a psychologist) and African
father (a physician from Ghana), came to America in 1992 on a
tennis scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University in
Richmond, where his aspirations to play professionally were
derailed by a back injury. Before earning a marketing degree in
1996, he was approached by an agent of the Ford Modeling agency
in New York, which he joined right after college graduation. He
worked with renowned photographers like Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts,
and Mathew Rolston, and his impressive track record brought him a Supermodel Award at the
Fall ’98 fashion shows. Kodjoe graced the pages of some of the globe’s most popular men’s
magazines while capturing the attention of Hollywood casting agents in search of a fresh, new
face.
Kodjoe made his movie debut in the Spike Lee production “Love and Basketball,” costarring
opposite Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps. He guest-starred on such TV shows as “The
Steve Harvey Show,” “Boston Public” and “Eve” before landing his biggest role at the time—
Damon Carter, the delivery man who falls for one of three African-American sisters (Nicole
Ari Parker) on Showtime’s “Soul Food.” Based on the hit 1997 film, Kodjoe starred in the
ensemble drama for five seasons.
Kodjoe and Parker (who married in 2005 and have two children) next co-starred together
in the film “Brown Sugar” alongside Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan. The real-life couple next
reunited onscreen as a divorced and remarried couple on the UPN show “Second Time
Around.” Kodjoe has also done guest roles on “Nip/Tuck” and “Crossing Jordan.” Other
movie credits include “Doing Hard Time,” “The Gospel,” “Madea’s Family Reunion,” “All
About Us” alongside Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman and Oscar® nominee Ruby Dee, and two
recently completed projects—“Starship Troopers 3: Marauder” and “The Confidant.”
For his screen work, Kodjoe has received four NAACP Image Award Nominations -- three
as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama for “Soul Food” and the other for his supporting
performance in “Brown Sugar.”
In addition to his career in front of the cameras, Kodjoe has also recently triumphed
onstage. In April 2008, he made his Broadway debut when he took on the role of Brick in
Tennessee William’s classic drama, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” starring opposite James Earl
Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Anika Noni Rose.
But Boris’ true passion and his lifetime mission is to raise awareness about Spina Bifida.
He and his wife Nicole established the Sophie’s Voice Foundation
(www.sophiesvoicefoundation.org) in honor of their daughter Sophie who was diagnosed at
birth. Their efforts include prevention, care, and surgical studies, and they are committed to
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improving the lives of children and adults with Spina Bifida as well as finding a cure for the
most preventable of all birth defects.
JAMES FRANCIS GINTY (Canter) is a second-generation
performer following in the footsteps of his parents, actor-writerdirector
Robert Ginty and actress Francine Tacker.
Ginty is currently workshopping the Bill C. Davis play “Mass
Appeal” for off-Broadway and heads back to UCLA in the fall to
finish his degree in history. Last year, he worked on the campaign
for Barack Obama and recently completed a college internship at the
DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) in
Washington, D.C.
Born in Los Angeles, Ginty grew up in D.C. Destined for the
performing-arts arena, he attended high school at the famed Interlochen Arts Academy in
Interlochen, Mich. (after a stint at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania), then
enrolled in The Juilliard School in New York City, where he concentrated his studies in acting
and ballet. He also studied classical ballet for seven years at several different schools,
including The American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada.
He formally began acting while in high school, later attending such renowned programs as the
British American Drama Academy and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before entering
Juilliard.
Ginty left Juilliard early to make his motion picture debut opposite Harrison Ford and Liam
Neeson in “K-19: The Widowmaker.” While future roles would include guest spots on “ER”
and “Private Practice,” Ginty next pursued work in the theatre, with credits such as Tom
Stoppard’s “Night and Day” at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater, Romeo in the Shakespeare
classic at the Seattle Rep, and another work by The Bard, “All’s Well That Ends Well,” at the
Folger Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C.
JAMES CROMWELL (Older Canter) received a Best
Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination for his memorable
performance as Farmer Hoggett in the smash-hit, “Babe.”
Cromwell’s recent motion picture work includes Oliver Stone’s
“W.,” Stephen Frears’ “The Queen,” Clint Eastwood’s “Space
Cowboys,” Frank Darabont’s critically acclaimed “The Green Mile,”
“The General’s Daughter,” “Snow Falling on Cedars,” “The
Bachelor,” “The Sum of All Fears,” DreamWorks SKG’s “Spirit:
Stallion of the Cimarron,” “Star Trek: First Contact,” “The People
vs. Larry Flynt,” “Becoming Jane” and “Spider-Man 3.”
He starred as Grandpa in “The Education of Little Tree,” and Police Captain Dudley Smith
in “L.A. Confidential.”
Cromwell has earned Emmy® nominations for his work on the HBO original series “Six
Feet Under,” the HBO movie “RKO 281,” and the NBC drama “ER.” His body of work
encompasses dozens of miniseries and movies-of-the-week, including a starring role in TNT’s
“A Slight Case of Murder,” a cameo appearance in HBO’s “Angels in America,” “West Wing,”
“Picket Fences,” “Home Improvement,” “L.A. Law” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
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Cromwell has also performed in many revered plays, including “Hamlet,” “The Iceman
Cometh,” “Devil’s Disciple,” “All’s Well That Ends Well,” “Beckett” and “Othello” in many of
the country’s most distinguished theatres, including the South Coast Repertory, the Goodman
Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the American Shakespeare Festival, Center Stage, the Long
Wharf Theatre and the Old Globe. He recently played A. E. Houseman in the American
premiere of Tom Stoppard’s “The Invention of Love” at A.C.T. in San Francisco. He is
currently working on a production of King Lear.
Cromwell has directed at resident theatres across the country and was the founder and
Artistic Director of his own company, Stage West, in Springfield, Mass. He also co-directed
a short film, which was shown at the London Film Festival.
Born in Los Angeles, Cromwell grew up in New York and Waterford, Conn., and studied at
Carnegie Mellon University (then Carnegie Tech). His father, John Cromwell, an acclaimed
actor and director, was one of the first presidents of the Screen Directors Guild. His mother,
Kay Johnson, was a stage and film actress.
VING RHAMES (The Prophet) reunites with actor Bruce
Willis for the first time since their appearance together in Quentin
Tarantino’s 1994 Oscar® winner, “Pulp Fiction.”
Rhames hails from Harlem, New York, where he began his career
studies at the New York High School for Performing Arts and the
Juilliard School of Drama. After earning his B.F.A. degree from
Juilliard in 1983, Rhames made his professional debut in Joe Papp’s
acclaimed Shakespeare in the Park production of “King Richard
III.”
In 1984, he made his screen debut in the PBS telefilm “Go Tell
It on the Mountain,” which led to small guest spots on such TV series as “Miami Vice,” “Tour
of Duty,” “Spencer: For Hire,” “The Equalizer” and “Crime Story.” In ensuing years, Rhames
has had recurring roles on such popular TV series as “ER” (eight episodes between 1994-96),
“UC: Undercover” and “The District” (as Attorney General Troy Hatcher on five episodes
over two seasons).
On the motion picture screen, Rhames debuted in “Native Son” in 1986, then won attention
and acclaim as S.L.A. leader Cinque whose gang of militants kidnaps the famous heiress in
Paul Schrader’s “Patty Hearst.” After supporting roles in such projects as Brian De Palma’s
“Casualties of War,” Adrian Lyne’s “Jacob’s Ladder,” David Mamet’s “Homicide,” Ivan
Reitman’s “Dave” and John Milius’ “Flight of the Intruder,” Rhames co-starred as the thug
Little Leroy in the drama “The Saint of Fort Washington,” which vividly depicted the plight
of homeless men on the streets of New York City.
In 1994, Rhames embodied the role of the merciless drug dealer, Marsellus “Big Man”
Wallace, in Tarantino’s acclaimed, award-winning “Pulp Fiction.” Not long after, he reteamed
with director De Palma as the crafty computer hacker, Luther Stickell, in “Mission:
Impossible,” a role he reprised in the franchise’s two sequels, “M:I-2” and “M:I-3.”
His big screen credits also include Steven Soderbergh’s “Out of Sight,” Martin Scorsese’s
“Bringing Out the Dead,” the Jerry Bruckheimer production “Con Air,” John Singleton’s
“Rosewood” and “Envy,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry,” “Dawn of the Dead,”
“Kiss of Death,” “Striptease,” “Entrapment,” and the voice of the animated character Cobra
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Bubbles in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” (reprising the role in the video sequel, “Stitch: The
Movie”).
His upcoming projects include “The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard” and “Master
Harold…and the Boys.”
Another career highlight for Rhames came in his performance as the world’s most infamous
boxing promoter in the HBO production “Don King: Only in America.” The actor was honored
with the Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Miniseries (as well as SAG and Emmy nominations)
for his work in the film. At the 1998 Globe ceremonies, he surprised audiences by giving his
award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon live on the stage, as a tribute to Lemmon, whom he
felt was a more deserving winner.
During his career, Rhames has also been honored as the Showest Supporting Actor of the
Year in 2000 by the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) and has earned seven
NAACP Image Award nominations for his film and TV work over the years.
MICHAEL CUDLITZ (Colonel Brendon) stars in the highly
acclaimed new NBC series “Southland,” which is executive
produced by John Wells, who also produced “ER.” Cudlitz portrays
Senior Officer John Cooper in this new spin on a police drama set
in Los Angeles, where he plays an experienced 20-year veteran
assigned to train a young rookie, Ben McKenzie’s Officer Ben
Sherman.
Born and raised on the east coast, Cudlitz graduated from the
California Institute of the Arts Theatre program and has established
himself as a versatile actor in both television and film. Although his
first love was the stage, Cudlitz found early success working in front of the camera.
Since then, Cudlitz has appeared in more than 20 films, including “A River Runs Through
It,” “Gross Point Blank,” “Running Scared,” “The Mighty Ducks: 3,” “The Liars Club,” “The
Negotiator” and “Crossing Over,” starring Harrison Ford and directed, written and produced
by Wayne Kramer. Some of his notable television credits include roles on “Life,” “Lost,”
“Prison Break,” “24,” “Without a Trace,” “Standoff ” and “Beverly Hills, 90210.” He is most
known for his role as Sgt. Denver “Bull” Randleman on HBO’s Emmy Award®-winning
miniseries “Band of Brothers.”
Cudlitz will next be seen in “Tenure,” a comedy with Luke Wilson and directed by Mike
Million.
JACK NOSEWORTHY (Miles Strickland) reunites with
director Jonathan Mostow for the fifth time in his career, having
worked with the fellow New Englander on his features
“Breakdown,” “U-571,” the FOX Network’s extraterrestrial thriller
“Them” and his cameo in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”
(which was excised from the film’s theatrical release but restored for
the DVD cut).
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Noseworthy graduated from
The Boston Conservatory. A triple threat, Noseworthy has starred in
films, television and Broadway. He began his career on stage in the
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national tour of the musical “Cats.” He made his Broadway debut in the original company of
“Jerome Robbins Broadway,” was the final actor to be cast in the recent revival of “A Chorus
Line,” and most recently played opposite John Lithgow in the Broadway musical “Sweet Smell
of Success.” In addition to his New York stage work, he received the Los Angeles Drama
Critics prize and a Drama-Logue Award as Best Actor for his starring role as Alan Strang in
the critically acclaimed Los Angeles production of “Equus.”
In the motion picture arena, his credits include the upcoming release “Pretty Ugly People”
as well as “Phat Girlz,” “Undercover Brother,” “Poster Boy,” “Unconditional Love,” “Event
Horizon,” “The Brady Bunch Movie,” “Barb Wire,” “Trigger Effect,” “Cecil B. DeMented,”
“Alive” and “Encino Man,” his movie debut. In addition to his longtime association with
Mostow, Noseworthy’s resume also boasts affiliations with directors such as P.J. Hogan, Paul
Anderson, Betty Thomas, David Koepp and John Waters.
On television, Noseworthy recently starred in the Hallmark-Hall-Of-Fame western “Aces
‘N Eights” and appeared opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the CBS miniseries “Elvis.” Other
television credits include guest spots on such hit shows as “CSI,” “The District,” “Law &
Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Crossing Jordan” and “Judging Amy” (four episodes). He also
has the distinction of being the series lead on MTV’s first scripted series, “Dead at 21.”
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JONATHAN MOSTOW (Director) made his motion picture debut as writer and director
on 1997’s “Breakdown,” the taut thriller starring Kurt Russell as a man whose wife
mysteriously vanishes in the desert after their car breaks down. The critically acclaimed film
debuted atop the U.S. box office its opening weekend.
He followed with another No. 1 box office success—the WWII submarine action-thriller
“U-571,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Harvey Keitel. The film, which he also wrote,
garnered two Academy Award® nominations, winning an Oscar® for Best Sound Editing.
Mostow next directed “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” starring Arnold
Schwarzenegger, which earned $450 million in global receipts in the continuation of one of
Hollywood’s most fruitful franchises.
He executive produced David Fincher’s 1997 thriller “The Game” (on which he also
developed the script with longtime collaborators and Harvard classmates John Brancato and
Michael Ferris), then returned to the director’s chair for the Emmy award-winning HBO
miniseries, “From the Earth to the Moon,” directing Tom Hanks in the finale segment entitled
“La Voyage Dans La Lune.”
In 2004, Mostow was voted “Action Director of the Year” by the World Stunt Association.
Most recently, he served as executive producer on the blockbuster Will Smith superhero
drama, “Hancock.”
Mostow began his filmmaking career as a student at Harvard University, where he directed
numerous award-winning shorts and documentaries. His first writing and directing
breakthrough was the 1991 Showtime television thriller “Flight of Black Angel,” which earned
him a Cable ACE nomination for Best International Movie or Special.
In addition to his film and television work, Mostow also recently created, for Virgin
Comics, The Megas, a four-issue graphic novel series set in an alternative reality, in which the
United States is ruled by a monarchy.
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DAVID HOBERMAN (Producer) is one of the leading producers in the entertainment
industry today, having made his mark on more than 100 movies. In 2002, after three years at
MGM, Hoberman re-formed Mandeville Films and Television at The Walt Disney Studios.
Hoberman produced the recent hit film “The Proposal,” starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan
Reynolds.
n 2008, Hoberman released the popular family adventure film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”
and international spy thriller “Traitor,” starring Don Cheadle. “Kill Point,” a TV series starring
John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg, premiered in summer 2007 for Spike TV. In 2006,
Hoberman released the arctic adventure “Eight Below,” starring Paul Walker, and “The
Shaggy Dog,” starring Tim Allen.
In 2005, “Beauty Shop” starring Queen Latifah was released. In 2003, Mandeville released
the box-office hits “Bringing Down the House,” “Raising Helen,” starring Kate Hudson, “The
Last Shot,” starring Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin, and “Walking Tall,” starring The
Rock at MGM.
The award-winning “Monk,” a one-hour series for USA Network, is currently shooting its
eighth and final season.
In 1999, while at MGM, Hoberman co-financed and produced “Antitrust,” “What’s the
Worst That Could Happen?,” and the critically acclaimed “Bandits.” Prior to this, Hoberman
was the founder and president of Mandeville Films, where he produced “The Negotiator,” and
signed an exclusive five-year pact with The Walt Disney Studios. During this time, Hoberman
produced “George of the Jungle,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Senseless,” “The Other
Sister,” “Mr. Wrong” and “The Sixth Man.”
Prior to forming Mandeville Films, Hoberman served as president of the Motion Picture
Group of Walt Disney Studios, where he was responsible for overseeing development and
production for all feature films for Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures.
During Hoberman’s tenure, Disney was the No. 1 studio, “Pretty Woman” was the No. 1
picture and the studio released the No. 1 soundtrack of the year. Hoberman was also behind
the releasing of major blockbusters including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Father of the
Bride,” “What About Bob?,” “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “Dead Poets Society,” “Crimson
Tide,” “The Jungle Book,” “Ed Wood,” “Dangerous Minds,” “Ruthless People,” “Beaches,”
“The Rocketeer,” “The Doctor,” “Sister Act,” “Alive,” “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” “Cool
Runnings,” “Three Musketeers,” “Tin Men,” “Stakeout,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,”
“Cocktail,” and “Three Men and a Baby.” He broke through the Disney live-action ceiling with
“Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and championed the first-ever stop-motion-animated full-length
feature, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
Today, Hoberman is also a professor with UCLA’s Graduate School in the Producers
Program. He’s been a member of the Board of the Starlight Starbright Foundation for more
than 10 years, is a member of the Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and
sat on the Board of the Los Angeles Free Clinic for six years. He is also a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Hoberman began his career in the mailroom at ABC and quickly ascended in the
entertainment business, working for Norman Lear’s Tandem/T.A.T. in television and film. He
worked as a talent agent at ICM before joining Disney as a film executive in 1985.
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TODD LIEBERMAN (Producer) oversees more than 30 film and television projects for
Mandeville’s ever-growing slate. He recently produced hit films “The Proposal,” starring
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds; “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” directed by Raja Gosnell and
starring Piper Perabo and the voices of Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia and George Lopez;
“Traitor,” starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce; “The Lazarus Project,” starring Paul Walker;
“Wild Hogs,” starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy (the
film generated more than $250 million worldwide); and Spike TV’s hit show “The Kill Point,”
starring John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg. Lieberman also executive produced “The
Shaggy Dog” with Tim Allen, Robert Downey Jr. and Kristin Davis and directed by Brian
Robbins, “Eight Below,” starring Paul Walker and directed by Frank Marshall, and the
independent political thriller “Five Fingers,” written by Laurence Malkin and Chad Thumann,
directed by Malkin and starring Laurence Fishburne and Ryan Phillipe.
Lieberman executive produced “Beauty Shop,” starring Queen Latifah, Djimon Hounsou,
Kevin Bacon and Alicia Silverstone, and Jeff Nathanson’s directorial debut “The Last Shot,”
starring Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin. He co-produced “Bringing Down the House,”
starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, and “Raising Helen,” starring Kate Hudson and
directed by Garry Marshall.
Lieberman is currently producing “The Fighter,” starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian
Bale and directed by David O. Russell for Paramount Pictures.
Prior to joining Mandeville, Lieberman acted as senior vice president for international
finance and production company Hyde Park Entertainment, which produced and co-financed
such films as “Antitrust,” “Bandits” and “Moonlight Mile.”
Lieberman established himself at international sales and distribution giant Summit
Entertainment, where he moved quickly up the ranks after pushing indie sensation “Memento”
into production and acquiring the Universal box-office smash “American Pie.”
In 2001, Lieberman was named one of the “35 under 35” people to watch in the business
by The Hollywood Reporter. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
MAX HANDELMAN (Producer) holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and
earned his Masters degree from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
Before switching gears to become a movie producer (“Surrogates” marks his Hollywood
debut), the Portland, Oregon native worked as an investment banking analyst at Salomon
Smith Barney. Later, he helped launch Fox Sports’ fantasy sports division while an associate
at News Corporation in the company’s News Digital Ventures group. The group conducted
investments and acquisitions in the digital arena as well as business development for Fox’s
websites—Foxsports.com, Fox.com, and Foxnews.com.
As an avid fantasy player himself, Handelman co-authored “Why Fantasy Football
Matters—And Our Lives Do Not.” The book, released in 2006 by Simon & Schuster, is in its
second printing.
Handelman is currently partnered in the motion picture production company, Brownstone
Productions, with his wife, actress Elizabeth Banks.
Brownstone is developing a slate of projects that includes the collegiate competitive a
cappella comedy “Pitch Perfect” for Universal, action-adventure “Expedition Six,” the true-
story account of three astronauts stranded in space following the 2003 space shuttle disaster
for Universal, and the romantic comedy “Forever 21” for DreamWorks.
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JOHN BRANCATO and MICHAEL FERRIS (Screenplay) reteam with director
Jonathan Mostow after having penned the original screenplay for the filmmakers’ last big-
screen hit, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.” The pair first worked with Mostow (a fellow
Harvard classmate) on his 1991 telefilm, “Flight of Black Angel.”
Although the budding writers first met at Harvard University in the early 1980s (both
edited the esteemed Harvard Lampoon), they come from diverse backgrounds and opposite
coasts. Brancato was born and raised in New York, working as a cartoonist and journalist after
college before eventually finding his way to Los Angeles. Ferris is a native of Southern
California, returning home after his Harvard film studies to team up with his college
classmate.
They began earning a living as screenwriters on several successful low-budget films,
working with such legends as Roger Corman, Oliver Reed and Bruce Campbell. In 1991, the
pair wrote a spec script called “The Game,” which resulted in a high-profile sale to MGM at
the time. Six years later, David Fincher directed the clever thriller starring Michael Douglas
and Sean Penn. Meanwhile, their high-tech thriller “The Net,” which starred Sandra Bullock,
was produced at Columbia.
Brancato and Ferris created and executive produced the NBC series “The Others.” They
were among the 26 writers on the comicbook actioner “Catwoman,” and penned the monster
movie “Primeval.” They have also written the next installment in “The Terminator” series—
“Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,” starring Christian Bale under the direction of
McG.
ROBERT VENDITTI (Graphic Novel Author), a native of Hollywood, Florida, received
a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Florida in Gainesville and an
M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Aspiring to be a novelist, he published a short story in 2002 (in the Berkeley Fiction
Review) before getting hooked on comic books and changing his focus to graphic novels. With
the help and guidance of his employer, Top Shelf Publications, he hoped to submit story ideas
to the industry when publishers Chris Staros and Brett Warnock chose to retain the rights to
The Surrogates (his first long-form publication) for their own company.
Venditti recently finished work on the prequel to the book (set 15 years earlier), which will
be released in the Summer of 2009. He also envisions a third tome, which will be set 15 years
after the initial story.
BRETT WELDELE (Graphic Novel Illustrator) has worked in a wide range of comic
book genres since bursting onto the scene in 2000. His work has been published by Oni Press,
Image, Marvel and AIT. His unique fusion of pen-and-ink and toner-and-paint has been
acclaimed by fans and critics alike.
The Montana native now resides near Sacramento, California, where he completed his most
recent project, Southland Tales, with author/filmmaker Richard Kelly. Other graphic novel
publications include Couscous Express (authored by Brian Wood), Shot Callerz (written by
Garry Phillips) and Julius (with Anton Johnston). The Surrogates represents his first work in
color.
Weldele began pursuing his interest in illustration while in high school, later earning a
bachelor’s degree in “sequential art” from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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DAVID NICKSAY (Executive Producer) has served in a variety of production capacities
(independent producer, studio production exec, executive producer, assistant director) in his
three decades in the entertainment arena.
A native of Massachusetts, Nicksay graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, where
he was a performing arts major. Following an affiliation with one of America’s oldest
entertainment institutions, Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, he began his career in
Hollywood as part of the Director’s Guild of America training program. As an assistant
director, he honed his skills on such projects as “Raid on Entebbe,” “Rich Man, Poor Man,”
“Oh God!,” “The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training” and the TV series “How the West
Was Won,” among others, quickly moving up to unit production manager.
In 1986, Nicksay joined Paramount Pictures as Vice President of Production, graduating to
Senior V.P. the following year. During his tenure at Paramount, he oversaw a diverse slate of
films including “Scrooged,” “Coming to America,” “Ghost,” “The Two Jakes,” “The
Untouchables” and “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.”
Three years later, he joined Morgan Creek Productions as President and Head of
Production, departing the company three years later to return to the freelance production
ranks. His affiliation with Morgan Creek resulted in executive producer duties on “Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves” starring Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman, “Pacific Heights”
with Michael Keaton, Matthew Modine and Melanie Griffith, “Young Guns II,” “Freejack,”
“Stay Tuned” and “White Sands.”
On the big screen, Nicksay produced the coming-of-age film, “Lucas,” the drama “Up
Close and Personal” starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer, the true-life period drama,
“Mrs. Soffel,” with Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson, the contemporary thriller “Antitrust”
starring Tim Robbins and Ryan Phillippe, the romantic comedy, “A Guy Thing,” the hit sequel,
“Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde,” and “Agent Cody Banks” and the sequel “Agent
Cody Banks: Destination London.”
As executive producer, his credits include “The Addams Family Values,” “Legally Blonde,”
the Robin Williams hit comedy, “Flubber,” the highly acclaimed police thriller “The
Negotiator” with Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey, “The Adventures of Rocky &
Bullwinkle,” “What’s the Worst That Can Happen?,” the recent thriller “Married Life” with
Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper, and the recent hit sequel, “Step Up 2: The Streets.”
ELIZABETH BANKS (Executive Producer) marks her first foray into the production
ranks with “Surrogates,” which she developed with her husband, producer Max Handelman,
who optioned the graphic novel after discovering it on the Internet.
Together, Banks and Handelman head Brownstone Productions, whose current slate of
projects includes the film adaptation of Ann Rowe Seaman’s nonfiction book, “America’s
Most Hated Woman: The Life and Gruesome Death of Madalyn Murray O’Hair”; “Expedition
Six,” which is based on Chris Jones’ book about a trio of astronauts stranded on the
International Space Station following the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion in 2003; the
romantic comedy “What About Barb,” which is about a socialite who allows her cousin to be
her maid-of-honor so her wealthy uncle will pay for the wedding; and “Pitch Perfect,” a
comedy set in the world of competitive collegiate a cappella singing. Most recently, they
began work on “Forever 21,” a film developed for Banks at DreamWorks.
In addition to her role as film producer, Banks’ career in front of the cameras over the past
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few years has marked her as one of Hollywood’s emerging talents. She first won acclaim for
her starring role of Marcela Howard opposite Jeff Bridges and Toby Maguire in the Oscar®nominated
“Seabiscuit” (sharing a Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination for Best Ensemble
Cast).
The year prior, she appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me
If You Can,” which followed on the heels of her performance as journalist Betty Brant in Sam
Raimi’s record-setting blockbuster, “Spider-Man.” Raimi created the role specifically for the
actress, who reprised the character in his two hit sequels, “Spider-Man 2” and “Spider-Man
3.” She continued to score at the box office as a playful bookstore employee who seduces
Steve Carell’s “40-Year-Old Virgin,” the Judd Apatow comedy hit of 2005.
More recently, Banks starred along with Ryan Reynolds and Rachel Weisz in the romantic
comedy “Definitely, Maybe,” Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti in the holiday comedy “Fred
Claus,” Eddie Murphy in the sci-fi comedy “Meet Dave,” David Strathairn in “The Uninvited,”
a remake of the cult Korean horror film, the holiday fable “Lovely, Still” with Oscar® winners
Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn, Kevin Smith’s new comedy “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”
with Seth Rogen; and the romantic comedy “Mentors,” reuniting with co-star Paul Rudd. She
most recently won acclaim as First Lady Laura Bush opposite Josh Brolin in Oliver Stone’s
new biopic, “W.”
Other motion picture credits include the inspirational football drama “Invincible,” the
horror/comedy “Slither,” the Merchant/Ivory drama “Heights,” “The Baxter” with Rudd and
Peter Dinklage, “The Sisters” (from Anton Chekov’s “Three Sisters”) with Maria Bello and
Erica Christensen, and Guy Ritchie’s remake of “Swept Away.”
Equally busy on the small screen, Banks continues her recurring role of Dr. Kim Griggs,
physician J.D.’s (Zach Braff) love interest, on NBC’s quirky hit comedy, “Scrubs.” She recently
co-starred opposite Val Kilmer and Steve Zahn in the CBS miniseries “Comanche Moon” (the
prequel to “Lonesome Dove”) and has also guest-starred on such series as “Third Watch,”
“Sex and the City,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Without a Trace.”
The Pittsfield, Massachusetts native is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania who later received her M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San
Francisco. Her stage career includes two famous regional playhouses—Minneapolis’
renowned Guthrie Theater, where she appeared in Williams’ “Summer and Smoke,” and the
Williamstown Theatre Festival (in her home state) in Inge’s memorable drama “Bus Stop.”
OLIVER WOOD (Director of Photography) reteams with director Jonathan Mostow
following their collaboration on the WWII thriller, “U-571.”
Born in England, Wood began his motion picture career as a camera assistant in British
television series, commercials, documentaries and feature films. After moving up to
cinematographer on a small 1967 English satire, “Popover,” he relocated to the U.S. and
entered the American film industry on the 1970 cult classic, “The Honeymoon Killers,” and
followed early in his career a variety of small features such as “Alphabet City,” “Don’t Go in
the House” and “The White Slave.”
In addition to his early feature film credits, Wood’s camera work as director of photography
for three seasons on Michael Mann’s innovative NBC television series “Miami Vice” helped
define the groundbreaking show’s acclaimed visual style.
Over the past two decades, Wood has compiled over 30 motion picture credits, most
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recently earning a BAFTA nomination for his camera work on “The Bourne Ultimatum” (for
the record, Wood also directed the photography on all three “Bourne” titles, including “The
Bourne Identity” for director Doug Liman and “The Bourne Supremacy,” his first
collaboration with filmmaker Paul Greengrass).
He worked with director Renny Harlin on two projects (“Die Hard 2: Die Harder” and “The
Adventures of Ford Fairlane”) and also counts among his big-screen credits such films as
“Rudy,” “2 Days in the Valley,” “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus,”
“Face/Off,” “Switchback,” “Mighty Joe Young,” “I Spy,” “National Security,” “Fantastic Four,”
“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Scooby Doo 2” and the recently completed
“Step Brothers.”
JEFF MANN (Production Designer) reunites with director Jonathan Mostow after having
designed his previous feature film, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.”
The San Diego, California, native traveled the globe following school, making contacts in
the music and art scenes that led to work in the art departments on a variety of music videos
and television commercials.
By 1995, at the young age of 30, he had achieved a reputation as one of the top commercial
designers in the industry, with a weighty resume of award-winning ads for such diverse
directors as Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, Dominic Sena, Lance Acord, Jonathan Glazer and
the late Herb Ritts, to name a few. His client roster included such brand names as Kodak, Nike,
Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, American Express and more.
Having established a relationship with director Sena on the eerie 1994 thriller, “Kalifornia”
(serving as the film’s art director), he graduated to production designer on Sena’s hit actioner,
“Gone in Sixty Seconds” and reteamed with Sena again on the technological thriller
“Swordfish.” More recently, he designed Michael Bay’s sci-fi blockbuster, “Transformers,”
Doug Liman’s blockbuster adventure, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” and Ben Stiller’s forthcoming
action-comedy, “Tropic Thunder.”
APRIL FERRY (Costume Designer) teams up with director Jonathan Mostow for the
third time following their collaborations on “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” and “U571.”
The North Carolina native (raised in New Orleans) debuted as costume designer on John
Carpenter’s 1986 actioner, “Big Trouble in Little China,” and followed with Alan Rudolph’s
romantic drama, “Made in Heaven.” A favorite of director Richard Donner, Ferry has designed
the wardrobes for four of his projects, including “Radio Flyer,” “Free Willy,” “Maverick”
(earning an Oscar® nomination as well as an Apex Award nomination) and “The Shadow
Conspiracy.”
Other big-screen credits include three projects with John Hughes—“Planes, Trains and
Automobiles,” “She’s Having a Baby” and his production of “Flubber”—and three features
with Jonathan Kaplan—“Immediate Family,” “Unlawful Entry” and “Brokedown Palace.”
She has also worked on Arthur Hiller’s biopic “The Babe,” Peter Bogdanovich’s “The
Mask” and “Child’s Play,” “Three Fugitives,” Bill Paxton’s directorial debut, “Frailty,” “15
Minutes,” “National Security” and “Playing By Heart.” She collaborated with filmmaker
Richard Kelly on three projects—the cult favorite “Donnie Darko,” the big-screen adaptation
of his own graphic novel, “Southland Tales,” and his upcoming sci-fi thriller “The Box.” She
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also designed the period wear for the WWII romantic drama “Edge of Love” starring Keira
Knightley and Sienna Miller.
On the small screen, Ferry designed the wardrobe for the TV miniseries “The Sophisticated
Gents,” received an Emmy nomination for the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, “My
Name Is Bill W,” designed two “Rockford Files” telefilms (1995’s “Punishment and Crime”
and 1996’s “A Blessing in Disguise”) and the HBO biopic “Don King: Only in America.”
More recently, she spent four years on location in Italy for the HBO series “Rome” for
which she won the 2006 Emmy Award and earned another nomination the following year. She
was also twice honored for the series by the Costume Designers Guild for her period creations,
with a third nomination in 2007.
KEVIN STITT, A.C.E. (Film Editor) reunites with director Jonathan Mostow after
editing his acclaimed 1997 thriller “Breakdown.”
Stitt, who has compiled over 20 years in the editing room, has also collaborated with such
filmmakers as Mel Gibson (“Apocalypto”), John Badham (“Drop Zone,” “Nick of Time,”
“Another Stakeout”), Brian Helgeland (“A Knight’s Tale,” “The Order,” “Payback”), John Woo
(“Paycheck”), Richard Donner (“Lethal Weapon 4,” “Conspiracy Theory”), Brian Singer (“X-
Men”) and Peter Berg (“The Kingdom”).
Over the past decade, Stitt has also edited such feature films as Renny Harlin’s “Deep Blue
Sea” (additional editor), Rod Lurie’s “The Last Castle,” Rob Bowman’s
“Elektra” and former editor (and mentor) Stuart Baird’s directorial debut, “Executive
Decision,” which marked his first collaboration with longtime editor Frank Urioste. He most
recently completed work on the hit horror film, “Cloverfield.”
The Los Angeles native majored in communications at Cal State Northridge before
beginning his career in the 1980s (“Twilight Zone: The Movie”) in an era he calls “the golden
age of Hollywood action movies.” He cut his teeth as an assistant editor, apprenticing with the
likes of Frank Morriss (“Romancing the Stone,” “Short Circuit,” “Point of No Return”), Donn
Cambern (“Big Trouble,” “Harry and the Hendersons”) and Stuart Baird (“Lethal Weapon 2,”
“Maverick,” “The Last Boy Scout”).
MARK STETSON (VFX Supervisor) won the Academy Award® for Visual Effects for
Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first of the filmmaker’s
landmark trilogy. He earned his first Oscar® nomination for Peter Hyams’ 1984 sequel,
“2010,” and collected his most recent nod for Bryan Singer’s reimaging of the Marvel Comic
classic, “Superman Returns.”
In addition to his Oscar® win and nominations, Stetson has garnered two British Academy
(BAFTA) Awards—for “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and Luc Besson’s
futuristic thriller “The Fifth Element” (his first credit as Visual Effects Supervisor), with a
third nomination for “Superman Returns.”
Stetson began his career in the visual effects arena in 1978 as a model maker on “Star Trek:
The Motion Picture,” learning the arts and techniques of VFX as the industry transitioned
from the triumphs of clever mechanical gizmos and photochemical alchemy into the digital
age. He first gained international recognition for his landmark miniature work on Ridley
Scott’s 1982 classic, “Blade Runner.” Later, he founded his own miniature effects studio,
Stetson Visual Services, Inc., with partner Robert Spurlock, which he operated from 1989-94.
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He has worked on over 50 films as a model shop/prop shop/creature shop supervisor, a
designer/illustrator, an effects facility founder, and an art director (under the tutelage of such
VFX giants as Douglas Trumbull, Richard Edlund and Robert Abel) before becoming a visual
effects supervisor in 1995 on Besson’s “The Fifth Element” at Digital Domain. Other VFX
supervisor credits include Walter Hill’s “Supernova” (also at Digital Domain), “Charlie’s
Angels: Full Throttle” and P.J. Hogan’s “Peter Pan,” both at Sony Pictures Imageworks, and,
most recently, the comedy “Meet Dave.” He also spent a year and a half in New Zealand,
supervising effects during pre-production and production for Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the
Rings” trilogy.
In the miniature effects world, Stetson’s credits include such films as Trumbull’s
“Brainstorm,” “Poltergeist II: The Other Side,” “Masters of the Universe,” “Die Hard,” “Total
Recall” (Saturn Award nomination), “Dick Tracy,” Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns,”
“Ghostbusters,” “Honey I Blew Up the Kids,” the Coen Brothers’ “The Hudsucker Proxy,”
James Cameron’s “True Lies” and “Waterworld.”
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Stetson studied industrial design at Connecticut’s
University of Bridgeport from 1972-74. He then relocated to California to continue his studies
at the renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Complementing his numerous
industry awards, Stetson was elected to a place on the Hollywood Reporter/PGA’s first annual
“Digital 50” list of digital content creators in 2006.
JEFF DAWN (Makeup Artist) is a third-generation Hollywood makeup artist. Dawn
follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Jack Dawn, whose 35-year career included
overseeing MGM Studios’ makeup department from 1935 to 1950 (his 100+ films include the
landmark “The Wizard of Oz”) and his father, Robert Dawn (“Missouri Breaks,” “Christine,”
TV’s “Mission: Impossible”), an Emmy-winning® film and TV veteran of over 35 years.
His industry lineage also includes an uncle, Wes Dawn, also a 35-year industry makeup
veteran. In the fall of 2007, Dawn’s own son, Patrick, started film school at Chapman
University in Los Angeles, and will likely become a fourth-generation filmmaker in the family
empire.
Dawn himself has served as makeup department head on more than 40 films in a busy
career spanning 25+ years and four dozen films. Specializing in action/adventure,
futuristic/fantasy, war and period films, his longtime industry collaborations encompass seven
films with the actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and 19 features with Arnold
Schwarzenegger, which includes an Oscar® for his work with Stan Winston on “Terminator 2:
Judgment Day.”
He began with California’s current Governor on the first “Terminator” in 1984 and also
completed the trilogy on “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” his first collaboration with
“Surrogates” director Jonathan Mostow. Other Schwarzenegger projects include “Total
Recall,” “Predator,” “The Running Man,” “The 6th Day,” “Collateral Damage,” “End of Days,”
“Batman & Robin” (the “Mr. Freeze” character), “End of Days,” “Red Heat,” “Twins,”
“Kindergarten Cop,” “Eraser,” “Last Action Hero,” “True Lies,” “Jingle All the Way” and
Schwarzenegger’s director debut, the telefilm “Christmas in Connecticut.”
Dawn also counts among his credits William Friedkin’s 1985 thriller “To Live and Die in
L.A.,” “Star Trek IV: Voyage Home,” “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier,” Renny Harlin’s “Deep
Blue Sea” and “Cliffhanger,” “Teen Wolf,” Dennis Hopper’s “Colors” and “Let’s Get Harry.”
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With actor Johnson, he created his makeup for “The Scorpion King,” “Walking Tall,” “The
Rundown,” “The Game Plan,” “Gridiron Gang,” “Be Cool” and “Doom.”
For his innovative makeup designs, Dawn has also been nominated for six Saturn Awards
(“T2: Judgment Day,” “T3: Rise of the Machines,” “The 6th Day,” “Batman & Robin,” “Total
Recall,” “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”), handed out by the Academy of Science Fiction,
Fantasy and Horror Films, USA.
KNB EFX Group founding partner HOWARD BERGER (Special Makeup Prosthetics)
won the 2005 Academy Award® for Best Achievement in Makeup (shared with Tami Lane) for
his innovative character creations, animatronics and creature prosthetics on Andrew
Adamson’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” With partner
Greg Nicotero, the pair also shared the BAFTA Award for the film’s makeup as well as a
Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Berger most recently
returned to C.S. Lewis’ world of Narnia for the highly anticipated second chapter, “Prince
Caspian.”
KNB EFX Group was formed in 1988 by partners Nicotero and Berger, and has become
the industry’s effects house of choice for cutting-edge directors such as Quentin Tarantino
(“Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and 2”), Robert Rodriguez (“Spy Kids” trilogy, “Once Upon a Time in
Mexico,” “Sin City”), Steven Spielberg (“Amistad,” “Minority Report”) and Jay Roach
(“Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “Meet the Fockers”), among many other filmmakers.
The pair formed their partnership after collectively working on Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead II.”
They continued their affiliation with Raimi on such projects as “Army of Darkness,” “A
Simple Plan” and, most recently, “Spider-Man 3” and have also maintained an ongoing
association with director Tarantino that began with “Reservoir Dogs.” They supplied the
creature and special makeup effects on the Tarantino-scripted vampire thriller, “From Dusk
Till Dawn,” directed by Robert Rodriguez, which led to their continued association with both
filmmakers, culminating most recently with their shared directorial effort, “Grindhouse.”
KNB recently completed work on the current remake of the 1986 thriller “The Hitcher,” the
Jim Carrey starrer, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” (an Oscar® winner for
makeup), “House of Wax” for producer Joel Silver, “Serenity” for director Joss Whedon,
Michael Bay’s “The Island” and “Transformers,” George Romero’s “Land of the Dead” and
“Diary of the Dead,” Wolfgang Petersen’s “Poseidon,” Eli Roth’s “Hostel” and the sequel,
“Hostel II,” and the remake of the 1977 Wes Craven cult classic, “The Hills Have Eyes.” The
company also designed and applied the character makeup on Jamie Foxx, transforming the
actor into singer Ray Charles in Taylor Hackford’s Oscar®-winning biopic, “Ray.”
Their innovative makeup effects are also on display in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Boogie
Nights” and “Magnolia,” Martin Scorsese’s “Casino,” Frank Darabont’s “The Green Mile” and
his most recent project, “The Mist,” Rob Reiner’s “Misery,” Eli Roth’s horror hit, “Cabin
Fever,” David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive,” Kevin Costner’s “Dances with Wolves” and Simon
Wells’ “The Time Machine,” which earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Makeup.
KNB also worked on “The Cell,” another Best Makeup Oscar® nominee. KNB also devised
both the superhero and the super villain appliances for “Spawn,” an ambitious adaptation of
Todd McFarlane’s bestselling comic book, which included the prosthetic makeup and body
suits for John Leguizamo’s Clown character and a 12-foot hydraulic puppet of the Violator,
Spawn’s demonic arch nemesis.
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Although most of their work (600 titles and counting) is on the big screen, KNB has also
excelled in the television arena, lending their talents not only to “Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys” and “Xena: Warrior Princess,” but Showtime’s “The Outer Limits,” FOX-TV’s cult
favorites, “The X-Files” and “24,” NBC’s “Law & Order,” HBO’s “Deadwood” and the
telefilm “Desperation” based on the Stephen King novel. The pair won an Emmy for their
work on the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Dune.”
KNB’s partners come from disparate backgrounds. Berger grew up in Los Angeles (the son
of a post-production sound mixer) and spent his younger years visiting the studios of Oscar
winners Stan Winston and Rick Baker, the renowned animatronic and makeup effects
innovators, with whom he would later collaborate on “Aliens,” “Pumpkinhead,” “Predator,”
“Harry and the Hendersons” and “Men in Black.” The company currently resides in a 22,000
sq. ft. studio in Van Nuys, California, with a staff of 82 artists.
Nicotero hails from Pittsburgh, where he began his career under the tutelage of acclaimed
horror director George Romero and makeup effects master Tom Savini. He most recently
continued his ongoing affiliation with Romero on “Land of the Dead,” serving as 2nd unit
director and animatronic and creature makeup supervisor.
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