Sonic X Episode 19 - Sonic Sr's Scream Test (2004 - Warner Bros. Animation, TMS Entertainment, Amblin Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, American Zoetrope and Dino De Laurentiis Company)
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Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his own short films. At the age of 21, del Toro executive produced his first feature, Dona Herlinda and Her Son (1985). Del Toro spent almost 10 years as a makeup supervisor, and formed his own company, Necropia in the early 1980s. He also produced and directed Mexican television programs at this time, and taught film.
Del Toro got his first big break when Cronos (1992) won nine Ariel Awards (the Mexican equivalent of the Oscars), then went on to win the International Critics Week Prize at Cannes. Following this success, del Toro made his first Hollywood film, Mimic (1997), starring Mira Sorvino.
Del Toro had some unfortunate experiences working with a demanding Hollywood studio on Mimic (1997), and returned to Mexico to form his own production company, The Tequila Gang.
Next for del Toro, was The Devil's Backbone (2001), a Spanish Civil War ghost story. The film was hailed by critics and audiences alike, and del Toro decided to give Hollywood another try. In 2002, he directed the Wesley Snipes vampire sequel, Blade II (2002).
On a roll, Del Toro followed up Blade II (2002) with another successful comic-book inspired film, Hellboy (2004), starring one of Del Toro's favorite actors, Ron Perlman.
Del Toro is divorced, has a daughter and a son and lives in Los Angeles and Toronto.Director, Story and Screenplay- Producer
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Alan Burnett was born in 1949 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Batman Beyond (1999), Superman: The Animated Series (1996) and The Batman (2004).Producer- Art Department
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Liz Holzman was born on 9 February 1953 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a producer, known for Pinky and the Brain (1995), Animaniacs (1993) and The Zeta Project (2001). She died on 11 August 2014 in Portland, Oregon, USA.Producer- Producer
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Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, and did graduate work at UCLA in filmmaking. He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's first feature film. During the next four years, Coppola was involved in a variety of script collaborations, including writing an adaptation of "This Property is Condemned" by Tennessee Williams (with Fred Coe and Edith Sommer), and screenplays for Is Paris Burning? (1966) and Patton (1970), the film for which Coppola won a Best Original Screenplay Academy Award. In 1966, Coppola's 2nd film brought him critical acclaim and a Master of Fine Arts degree. In 1969, Coppola and George Lucas established American Zoetrope, an independent film production company based in San Francisco. The company's first project was THX 1138 (1971), produced by Coppola and directed by Lucas. Coppola also produced the second film that Lucas directed, American Graffiti (1973), in 1973. This movie got five Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. In 1971, Coppola's film The Godfather (1972) became one of the highest-grossing movies in history and brought him an Oscar for writing the screenplay with Mario Puzo The film was a Best Picture Academy Award-winner, and also brought Coppola a Best Director Oscar nomination. Following his work on the screenplay for The Great Gatsby (1974), Coppola's next film was The Conversation (1974), which was honored with the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and brought Coppola Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations. Also released that year, The Godfather Part II (1974), rivaled the success of The Godfather (1972), and won six Academy Awards, bringing Coppola Oscars as a producer, director and writer. Coppola then began work on his most ambitious film, Apocalypse Now (1979), a Vietnam War epic that was inspired by Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (1993). Released in 1979, the acclaimed film won a Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and two Academy Awards. Also that year, Coppola executive produced the hit The Black Stallion (1979). With George Lucas, Coppola executive produced Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), directed by Akira Kurosawa, and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), directed by Paul Schrader and based on the life and writings of Yukio Mishima. Coppola also executive produced such films as The Escape Artist (1982), Hammett (1982) The Black Stallion Returns (1983), Barfly (1987), Wind (1992), The Secret Garden (1993), etc.
He helped to make a star of his nephew, Nicolas Cage. Personal tragedy hit in 1986 when his son Gio died in a boating accident. Francis Ford Coppola is one of America's most erratic, energetic and controversial filmmakers.Producer- Director
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Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and Cosima. She was previously married to Spike Jonze.Producer- Producer
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Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving in the Italian army during World War II, De Laurentiis went back into film production, and in 1946 scored a critical and commercial international hit with Bitter Rice (1949) ("Bitter Rice"). He later married its star, Silvana Mangano. De Laurentiis eventually formed a partnership with producer Carlo Ponti, and the team had a string of hits, including several by director Federico Fellini. After the partnership dissolved, De Laurentiis embarked on a plan to build his own studio facilities, which would enable him to make the kind of massive spectacles he wanted to make. The studio complex, called Dinocitta', eventually was forced to close down due to a combination of hard times in the Italian film industry and a string of flops by De Laurentiis himself. De Laurentiis eventually sold the property to the Italian government and moved his base of production to the United States. He again opened up a film production complex in Wilmington, North Carolina, called DEG Studios, but was eventually forced by economic conditions to sell that, too. De Laurentiis has had some critical successes since his move to the U.S. (Ragtime (1981)), but most of his U.S. productions have been critically lambasted, although several have been commercial successes.Producer- Producer
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Martha De Laurentiis formed the Dino De Laurentiis Company (DDLC) in 1980 with her partner and husband, Dino De Laurentiis. Over the past 33 years, Martha produced, executive produced, and co-produced over 40 films and miniseries. Now known as the De Laurentiis Company, the enterprise has overseen the construction and management of three major international film studios: the Screen Gem Studios in Wilmington, NC; the Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast of Australia; and the CLA-De Laurentiis studios in Ouarzazate, Morocco.
DLC is based on the Universal Pictures lot, where it holds a long-standing first-look deal. In addition to producing the smash hit Hannibal for NBC, DLC is developing a diverse slate of projects for both film and television, including a Barbarella series with Nicolas Winding Refn for Gaumont International TV and Canal Plus, a series based on the novel Gateway by Frederik Pohl, a feature film entitled The Seventh Day (2021), and a new project based on the Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey.Producer- Producer
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One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, producer or writer since launching the summer blockbuster with Jaws (1975), and he has done more to define popular film-making since the mid-1970s than anyone else.
Steven Allan Spielberg was born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Leah Frances (Posner), a concert pianist and restaurateur, and Arnold Spielberg, an electrical engineer who worked in computer development. His parents were both born to Russian Jewish immigrant families. Steven spent his younger years in Haddon Township, New Jersey, Phoenix, Arizona, and later Saratoga, California. He went to California State University Long Beach, but dropped out to pursue his entertainment career. Among his early directing efforts were Battle Squad (1961), which combined World War II footage with footage of an airplane on the ground that he makes you believe is moving. He also directed Escape to Nowhere (1961), which featured children as World War Two soldiers, including his sister Anne Spielberg, and The Last Gun (1959), a western. All of these were short films. The next couple of years, Spielberg directed a couple of movies that would portend his future career in movies. In 1964, he directed Firelight (1964), a movie about aliens invading a small town. In 1967, he directed Slipstream (1967), which was unfinished. However, in 1968, he directed Amblin' (1968), which featured the desert prominently, and not the first of his movies in which the desert would feature. Amblin' also became the name of his production company, which turned out such classics as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Spielberg had a unique and classic early directing project, Duel (1971), with Dennis Weaver. In the early 1970s, Spielberg was working on TV, directing among others such series as Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1969), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) and Murder by the Book (1971). All of his work in television and short films, as well as his directing projects, were just a hint of the wellspring of talent that would dazzle audiences all over the world.
Spielberg's first major directorial effort was The Sugarland Express (1974), with Goldie Hawn, a film that marked him as a rising star. It was his next effort, however, that made him an international superstar among directors: Jaws (1975). This classic shark attack tale started the tradition of the summer blockbuster or, at least, he was credited with starting the tradition. His next film was the classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), a unique and original UFO story that remains a classic. In 1978, Spielberg produced his first film, the forgettable I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), and followed that effort with Used Cars (1980), a critically acclaimed, but mostly forgotten, Kurt Russell/Jack Warden comedy about devious used-car dealers. Spielberg hit gold yet one more time with Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), with Harrison Ford taking the part of Indiana Jones. Spielberg produced and directed two films in 1982. The first was Poltergeist (1982), but the highest-grossing movie of all time up to that point was the alien story E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Spielberg also helped pioneer the practice of product placement. The concept, while not uncommon, was still relatively low-key when Spielberg raised the practice to almost an art form with his famous (or infamous) placement of Reese's Pieces in "E.T." Spielberg was also one of the pioneers of the big-grossing special-effects movies, like "E.T." and "Close Encounters", where a very strong emphasis on special effects was placed for the first time on such a huge scale. In 1984, Spielberg followed up "Raiders" with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), which was a commercial success but did not receive the critical acclaim of its predecessor. As a producer, Spielberg took on many projects in the 1980s, such as The Goonies (1985), and was the brains behind the little monsters in Gremlins (1984). He also produced the cartoon An American Tail (1986), a quaint little animated classic. His biggest effort as producer in 1985, however, was the blockbuster Back to the Future (1985), which made Michael J. Fox an instant superstar. As director, Spielberg took on the book The Color Purple (1985), with Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, with great success. In the latter half of the 1980s, he also directed Empire of the Sun (1987), a mixed success for the occasionally erratic Spielberg. Success would not escape him for long, though.
The late 1980s found Spielberg's projects at the center of pop-culture yet again. In 1988, he produced the landmark animation/live-action film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). The next year proved to be another big one for Spielberg, as he produced and directed Always (1989) as well as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Back to the Future Part II (1989). All three of the films were box-office and critical successes. Also, in 1989, he produced the little known comedy-drama Dad (1989), with Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson, which got mostly mixed results. Spielberg has also had an affinity for animation and has been a strong voice in animation in the 1990s. Aside from producing the landmark "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", he produced the animated series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990), Animaniacs (1993), Pinky and the Brain (1995), Freakazoid! (1995), Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998), Family Dog (1993) and Toonsylvania (1998). Spielberg also produced other cartoons such as The Land Before Time (1988), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), Casper (1995) (the live action version) as well as the live-action version of The Flintstones (1994), where he was credited as "Steven Spielrock". Spielberg also produced many Roger Rabbit short cartoons, and many Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons specials. Spielberg was very active in the early 1990s, as he directed Hook (1991) and produced such films as the cute fantasy Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991). He also produced the unusual comedy thriller Arachnophobia (1990), Back to the Future Part III (1990) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). While these movies were big successes in their own right, they did not quite bring in the kind of box office or critical acclaim as previous efforts. In 1993, Spielberg directed Jurassic Park (1993), which for a short time held the record as the highest grossing movie of all time, but did not have the universal appeal of his previous efforts. Big box-office spectacles were not his only concern, though. He produced and directed Schindler's List (1993), a stirring film about the Holocaust. He won best director at the Oscars, and also got Best Picture. In the mid-90s, he helped found the production company DreamWorks, which was responsible for many box-office successes.
As a producer, he was very active in the late 90s, responsible for such films as The Mask of Zorro (1998), Men in Black (1997) and Deep Impact (1998). However, it was on the directing front that Spielberg was in top form. He directed and produced the epic Amistad (1997), a spectacular film that was shorted at the Oscars and in release due to the fact that its release date was moved around so much in late 1997. The next year, however, produced what many believe was one of the best films of his career: Saving Private Ryan (1998), a film about World War Two that is spectacular in almost every respect. It was stiffed at the Oscars, losing best picture to Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Spielberg produced a series of films, including Evolution (2001), The Haunting (1999) and Shrek (2001). he also produced two sequels to Jurassic Park (1993), which were financially but not particularly critical successes. In 2001, he produced a mini-series about World War Two that definitely *was* a financial and critical success: Band of Brothers (2001), a tale of an infantry company from its parachuting into France during the invasion to the Battle of the Bulge. Also in that year, Spielberg was back in the director's chair for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), a movie with a message and a huge budget. It did reasonably at the box office and garnered varied reviews from critics.
Spielberg has been extremely active in films there are many other things he has done as well. He produced the short-lived TV series SeaQuest 2032 (1993), an anthology series entitled Amazing Stories (1985), created the video-game series "Medal of Honor" set during World War Two, and was a starting producer of ER (1994). Spielberg, if you haven't noticed, has a great interest in World War Two. He and Tom Hanks collaborated on Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000), a documentary about World War II combat photographers, and he produced a documentary about the Holocaust called Eyes of the Holocaust (2000). With all of this to Spielberg's credit, it's no wonder that he's looked at as one of the greatest ever figures in entertainment.Executive Producer- Producer
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Simon Kinberg is a British film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for producing the X-Men films, Fant4stic, Logan, the Deadpool films, Cinderella and The Martian. He directed Dark Phoenix, the finale of the X-Men Beginnings films. He created Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set after Revenge of the Sith and before Rogue One. He also wrote Mr. and Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand and Jumper.Executive Producer- Producer
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Jerry Bruckheimer is a film and television producer born on September 21, 1943 in Detroit. He graduated from high school in 1961 before it was moving to Arizona. He started his career in 1968 to produce television commercials and advertising for the firm BBD&O in New York.
He left the commercial industry, and branched out into film production and served as associate producer for Dick Richards on the films The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) and Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975). He started out his production company Jerry Bruckheimer & Associates and then served as producer on the following two films Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and March or Die (1977) before the duo broke up.
He then became an independent producer, serving his job on his films American Gigolo (1980), Defiance (1980), Thief (1981), Cat People (1982) and Young Doctors in Love (1982) throughout the early 1980s, for one of their major studios.
In 1979, Don Simpson met Bruckheimer while working on "American Gigolo" for Paramount. In 1982, Simpson left Paramount Pictures to start out its own independent company with a deal at Paramount, and weeks later, Simpson's production services were merged with Bruckheimer's. During his lifetime, he produced films in the 80s and 90s for Paramount like Flashdance (1983), Thief of Hearts (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and its sequel Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Top Gun (1986) and Days of Thunder (1990), most of them met with success.
After the minor failure of "Days of Thunder", Simpson and Bruckheimer severed its ties with Paramount, and signed a deal with The Walt Disney Studios. In the mid 90s, both Simpson and Bruckheimer produced The Ref (1994), Bad Boys (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), Dangerous Minds (1995) and The Rock (1996). In 1995, Simpson and Bruckheimer terminated its relationship, and the next year Simpson died.
Bruckheimer expanded its activity on television with a deal at Touchstone Television. He produced two shows Dangerous Minds (1996) for ABC and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) for Rysher Entertainment and TV affiliates and two telepics Max Q (1998) and Swing Vote (1999), both for ABC.
The next few Bruckheimer productions after Simpson died in the late 90s and the early 2000s were Con Air (1997), Armageddon (1998), Enemy of the State (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Coyote Ugly (2000). In 1998, he established Technical Black Films to produce the film Remember the Titans (2000). In 1999, his Bruckheimer production company signed a deal with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions to produce films over a two year period.
In 2000, Bruckheimer hit big with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). The success of the show led to spinoffs CSI: Miami (2002), CSI: NY (2004) and CSI: Cyber (2015). He followed the franchise up with the reality show The Amazing Race (2001), of which it is also an success made Bruckheimer a major producer for the CBS network. In 2001, he signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to produce TV shows. He followed up his TV career with Without a Trace (2002) and Cold Case (2003).
In 2001, he produced two war films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Black Hawk Down (2001). The former received negative critical reaction, and the latter gained them critical acclaim. He followed up in 2002 with Bad Company (2002). Throughout the 2000s, Bruckheimer was an active entertainment producer, working on the films Kangaroo Jack (2003), Veronica Guerin (2003), King Arthur (2004), Glory Road (2006), Deja Vu (2006), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) and G-Force (2009) for Disney Studios, and the TV shows Profiles from the Front Line (2003), Skin (2003), E-Ring (2005), Just Legal (2005), Close to Home (2005), Justice (2006), Eleventh Hour (2008), Dark Blue (2009) and The Forgotten (2009).
He is the creative force for franchise films. In 2003, he made a sequel to his "Bad Boys", Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and he launched the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, starting with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), and spawning sequels like Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) and the "National Treasure" franchise, comprising of two films National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007).
In 2007, he had to partner with MTV to create a game studio, and joined the ZeniMax board of directors. In 2009, he launched Jerry Bruckheimer Games, and by 2011 rumored to be worked on three titles, before it was shut down in 2013.
By the 2010s, he was in declining force, and his films Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), The Lone Ranger (2013), 12 Strong (2018) and Gemini Man (2019) are turned out to be box office disappointments, and his TV shows Miami Medical (2010), Chase (2010), The Whole Truth (2010), Hostages (2013), Training Day (2017) and Council of Dads (2020) turned out to be failures after one season.
In 2013, he signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to produce follow-up films to "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop" and their deal with Disney ended. Three years later, he terminated its deal with Warner Bros. Television and a year later signed with CBS Television Studios. His minor box office success rolled in with Deliver Us from Evil (2014). His only big TV hits came in from the decade were Lucifer (2016) and L.A.'s Finest (2019).
Bruckheimer was named as one of the investors of a proposed sports arena in Las Vegas, and had been rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League (NHL) to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the arena. Bruckheimer was also named as one of the investors of a proposed Seattle-based NHL expansion team whose application was submitted in early 2018. The NHL Board of Governors voted to approve the team, named the Seattle Kraken, on December 4, 2018, which will start play in the 2021-22 season. Jerry Bruckheimer was part of an investment group that also included Tim Leiweke (Oak View Group) and David Bonderman (minority owner NBA's Boston Celtics).
He is currently on post-production on the sequel to his 1986 film "Top Gun", Top Gun: Maverick (2022) for Paramount Pictures.Executive Producer- Producer
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Philip A. Lord is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Christopher Miller. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and won Best Animated Feature.Executive Producer- Producer
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Christopher Miller is an American filmmaker, producer and writer who collaborates with Philip A. Lord. They both worked on Clone High, a cult classic animated sci-fi teen comedy show, The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Into the Spider-Verse is considered one of the best animated films of the 2010s and won Best Animated Feature.Executive Producer- Writer
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After exploding onto the film scene with his spec script Alien vs Predator which sold to Twentieth Century Fox within a day of hitting the market Peter became one of the most in demand scriptwriters in the business.
He worked with Tony Scott on his unmade version of Judge Dredd with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Marvel's Foreverman working with Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans. Written before X men and Iron Man brought superhero movies into the cultural zeitgeist the film struggled to get off the ground.
Peter was asked by Mike De Luca to write Freddie vs Jason for New Line and write drafts of Hellraiser for Miramax.
Peter developed a close relationship with Kenneth Branagh and they worked for several years on War of the Worlds for Paramount but rights issues prevented it from being made. Tom Cruise and producer Paula Wagner took on the project but also hit the same rights issues. It was only when Steven Spielberg came onboard as director did the film get made and ended up being one of the biggest hits of the year.
Over the years he has written drafts of Highlander for Dimension Films, Lupin for A Kitman Ho and Hellboy for Guillermo Del Toro.
Peter partnered with producers Jim Jacks (The Mummy) and Gary Kurtz (Star Wars) to direct his first movie Panzer 88. Sadly over the following years and after Peter spent a year in New Zealand setting up the film with Peter Jackson's Weta doing the Effects and Creatures both producers died leaving the film unmade.
Peter is also a much in demand script doctor and has contributed to numerous hit movies over the years. He is also prolific in the worlds of comic books and works with many leading publishers.
Peter has been interviewed and written about countless times and is a regular voice in books and industry podcasts about the industry.Story- Writer
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Andrew Kevin Walker was born on 14 August 1964 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Killer (2023), Se7en (1995) and Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023).Story and Screenplay- Make-Up Department
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Beginning with such characters as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Chucky in the "Child's Play" films, Kevin Yagher has established himself as one of the top make-up effects artists by developing and creating life-like creatures, aliens, animals and humans with meticulous detail. His company, Kevin Yagher Productions Inc. (KYPI), has created effects for such high-profile projects as Paramount Pictures thriller Face/Off (1997), Enemy of the State (1998) Volcano (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), and Conspiracy Theory (1997). KYPI's creations have also graced the screen in a variety of genres from Columbia Pictures' Radio Flyer (1992) to Paramount Pictures' action-adventure Mission: Impossible II (2000) to Walt Disney's comedy Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992). Yagher has further expanded his creative efforts by directing. For the HBO series Tales from the Crypt (1989), he directed all of the show's wraparounds and several promotional spots, one of which earned him an Emmy in 1992. He also helmed two episodes for this cable series, (HBO's Tales from the Crypt (1989)) receiving a Cable Ace nomination in the process.Story- Actor
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David Hayter was born on February 6, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA as David Bryan Hayter. He is known for writing the screenplays to X-Men (2000), X-Men 2 (2003), and Watchmen (2009). He is best known as the voice of Solid Snake in the English versions of the Metal Gear Solid franchise.Story- Writer
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Yuji Naka was born on 17 September 1965 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for ChuChu Rocket! (1999), Burning Rangers (1998) and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (2001).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Writer
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Hirokazu Yasuhara was born on 12 October 1965 in Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion, Fatal Labyrinth (1991) and Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Writer
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Naoto Ohshima was born on 26 February 1964 in Osaka, Japan. He is a writer and producer, known for Burning Rangers (1998), Two Worlds Collide: Chaotic Fusion and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003).Based on Sega's "Sonic the Hedgehog" Characters Creator- Composer
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Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents. He most recently wrote the music for "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci" both directed by Ridley Scott. In addition, he wrote the music for Disney's live action feature film "Mulan" which was directed by Niki Caro with whom he worked previously having scored her film "The Zookeeper's Wife." Gregson-Williams also co-wrote the original song "Loyal Brave True" for "Mulan" performed by Christina Aguilera. He and his brother, composer Rupert Gregson-Williams, wrote the original score for both seasons 1 & 2 of the HBO drama series "The Gilded Age". He also co-wrote the original score for the Netflix documentary "Return to Space" with his friend Mychael Danna, directed by Oscar-winning directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin for which he received an Emmy nomination.
Upcoming 2023 releases include "Meg 2: The Trench" starring Jason and directed by Ben Wheatley and Aardman's animated feature "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" directed by Sam Fell and the action thriller "Retribution" directed by Nimród Antal and starring Liam Neeson. Gregson-Williams was the composer on all four installments of the animated blockbuster "Shrek" franchise, garnering a BAFTA Award nomination for the score for the Oscar-winning "Shrek." He received Golden Globe and Grammy Award nominations for his score for Andrew Adamson's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." He has collaborated multiple times with a number of directors including Ben Affleck on "Live by Night," "The Town" and "Gone Baby Gone", Joel Schumacher on "Twelve," "The Number 23," "Veronica Guerin" and "Phone Booth", Tony Scott on "Unstoppable," "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," "Déjà Vu," "Domino," "Man on Fire," "Spy Game" and "Enemy of the State", Ridley Scott on "The Martian," "Prometheus," "Exodus: Gods and Kings," "Kingdom of Heaven," "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci", Bille August on "Return to Sender" and "Smilla's Sense of Snow", Andrew Adamson on the "Shrek" series, "Mr. Pip" and the first two "Narnia" movies, and Antoine Fuqua on "The Replacement Killers," "The Equalizer," The Equalizer 2" and "Infinite". Some of his more recent film projects include Disney Nature's feature film "Polar Bear" which streamed exclusively on Disney+ in 2022, "The Ambush" directed by Pierre Morel, "Life in a Day 2020" directed Kevin Macdonald, "The Meg" directed by Jon Turteltaub, Aardman's "Early Man" directed by Nick Park for which he received an Annie Award nomination and Disney Nature's "Penguins." His television credits include "Whiskey Cavalier," the miniseries "Catch-22" co-composed with his brother Rupert Gregson-Williams and additionally he wrote the main title theme for "Electric Dreams" and earned an Emmy nomination for the episode entitled "The Commuter." Over the past two decades he has scored three of the five games in the highly successful "Metal Gear Solid" franchise for Konami as well as "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" for Activision, which became the top-selling video game of 2014 and earned him various music gaming awards. Throughout his illustrious and successful career, Gregson-Williams has also collaborated with a diverse array of recording artists such as Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, Tricky, Peter Murphy, Flea, Hybrid, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Lebo M., Perry Farrell and Tony Visconti.
Born in England to a musical family, Gregson-Williams earned a music scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, at the age of 7 and later gained a coveted spot at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama, from which he recently received an honorary fellowship. He started his film career as assistant to composer Richard Harvey and later as orchestrator and arranger for Stanley Myers, and then went on to compose his first scores for director Nicolas Roeg. His subsequent collaboration and friendship with composer Hans Zimmer led to Gregson-Williams providing music for such films as "The Rock," "Armageddon" and "The Prince of Egypt" and helped launch his career in Hollywood.
In 2018, Gregson-Williams received the BMI Icon Award, in recognition of his unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers, as well as the Society of Composers & Lyricists' prestigious Ambassador Award.Original Themes from "Sonic X"
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Throughout his legendary career, composer John Debney has seen himself in equal demand for holiday classics such as Hocus Pocus and Elf, tentpoles like Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, and The Greatest Showman, and the powerful epic The Passion of the Christ, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. Debney's key to success is his immense versatility, composing for comedies (Bruce Almighty, Liar, Liar), action (Predators, The Scorpion King), horror (End of Days, Dream House), romance (Marry Me, Valentine's Day), and family films (Clifford the Big Red Dog, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) with the same confidence and panache. Debney is also known for his work in such films as Princess Diaries 1 & 2, Sin City, Spy Kids, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, No Strings Attached, The Emperor's New Groove, Chicken Little, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ice Age: Collision Course, Isn't It Romantic, Come Away, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Home Sweet Home Alone, and The Beach Bum.
His more recent projects include Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids: Armageddon for Netflix, Paramount Pictures' Tom Brady-produced 80 for Brady, Apple+ and Skydance Animation's Luck, Universal's Jennifer Lopez starrer Marry Me, and Disney+'s Hocus Pocus 2.
Upcoming projects include Kevin Costner's 2-part western epic Horizon: An American Saga for New Line Cinemas, Columbia Pictures' animation Garfield starring Chris Pratt, Paramount Pictures' Under the Boardwalk, Netflix's In Your Dreams, and Amazon Prime's Space Cadet.
Born in Glendale, California, Debney studied music composition at the California Institute of the Arts, and afterward began his career orchestrating and composing scores for Walt Disney Studios and various television series. He won his first Emmy Award in 1990 for the main theme for western series The Young Riders, and has since won three additional Emmy Awards and received nominations for a total of seven, with his latest being Disney+'s smash hit Hocus Pocus 2 in 2023. Debney has also worked with industry titan Seth MacFarlane on numerous episodes of his sci-fi space series The Orville, utilizing nearly 100-piece orchestras to record his bombastic adventure scores. His first foray into video game scoring, Sony's 2007 medieval adventure Lair, resulted in a BAFTA nomination and a Best Videogame Score award from The International Film Music Critics Association.
Debney has collaborated with acclaimed directors as diverse as Jon Favreau, Kevin Costner, Robert Rodriguez, David E. Talbert, Harmony Korine, Kat Coiro, Brenda Chapman, Mel Gibson, Peggy Holmes, the late Garry Marshall, Adam Shankman, Kenny Ortega, and the late Ivan Reitman. In 2005, he was the youngest recipient of ASCAP's Henry Mancini Career Achievement Award.Music Composer & Producer and Synth Programmer (Featured Musicians)- Casting Director
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Kris Zimmerman was born on 12 December 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She is a casting director, known for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), Regular Show (2010) and Mad Max (2015). She was previously married to Patric Zimmerman and Carlton Salter.Casting and Voice Director- Additional Crew
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Wes Gleason grew up in Melbourne, FL and is of Irish, Russian, German, and Puerto Rican descent. He attended the University of Florida and spent two summer internships working for DreamWorks in Los Angeles, CA. Wes began his career as a voice director in video games for companies such as Bethesda, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Arcane, Obsidian, and many others. Gleason's work in casting & directing voiceover for animation started with Warner Bros., specifically Batman and other DC titles, later expanding to studios like Universal, Netflix, Cartoon Network, Amazon, and more. He has cast and provided voice direction on projects from Batman: The Killing Joke to Curious George and everything in between. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.Casting and Voice Director- Talent Agent
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Jen Rudin has been married to Andy Finkelstein since 4 June 2016.Celebrity Casting, C.S.A.- Actor
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James Paul Marsden, or better known as just James Marsden, was born on September 18, 1973, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Kathleen (Scholz) and James Luther Marsden. His father, a distinguished Professor of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University, and his mother, a nutritionist, divorced when he was nine years old. James grew up with his four other siblings, sisters, Jennifer and Elizabeth, and brothers, Jeff and Robert. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. During his teen years, he attended Putnam City North High School which was located in Oklahoma City. After graduating in 1991, he attended Oklahoma State University and studied Broadcast Journalism. While in university, he became a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
While vacationing with his family in Hawaii, he met actor Kirk Cameron, and his actress sister, Candace Cameron Bure. They eventually invited James to visit them in Los Angeles. After studying in Oklahoma State for over a year and appearing in his college production, "Bye Bye Birdie", he left school and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his interest in acting. James got his first job on the pilot episode of The Nanny (1993) as Eddie, who was Margaret Sheffield's boyfriend. He then became part of the Canadian television series, Boogies Diner (1994), which aired for one season. After that series ended, he got a brief role as the original Griffin on Fox's Party of Five (1994). His first big break came when he became the lead on the short-lived ABC series, Second Noah (1996). Although the show didn't last long, the young actor received enough exposure from the public and even managed to win the hearts of fellow teenage girls. In 1996, he attended an audition for a movie titled Primal Fear (1996) but unfortunately lost that role to Edward Norton. Two years later, he was offered a lead role in 54 (1998), which he turned down. The role later went to another actor, Ryan Phillippe.
James' star power increased when he starred in David Nutter's Disturbing Behavior (1998), alongside Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl, which had mixed reviews, but mostly positive ones. His role in the television series as Glenn Foy in Ally McBeal (1997), is probably one of his biggest achievement to date. He became one of the main cast members during the first half of season 5, where he showcased his singing abilities. It was in that show where he was able to grab the attention of audiences from different backgrounds. The 5' 10" star later played Lon Hammon Jr. in the romantic movie, The Notebook (2004), which was based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks of the same name. His movies, Lies and Alibis (2006) and 10th & Wolf (2006) was also released around the world to audiences in the year 2006. One of his most memorable roles to fans is his role as Cyclops in the X-Men (2000) movie franchise. The movie was well accepted by audiences and critics, which eventually made James one of the hottest stars since it was released. He was among the actors who starred in all three of the X-Men movies. James had the honor of working alongside Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen and Hugh Jackman in the film. However, not many people know that he actually had to wear lifts for most of his scenes in the X-men movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6" 3" compared to a 5' 3" Wolverine. In reality, he is actually under 6' 0", shorter than Famke Janssen who plays his love interest, Jean Grey, and even shorter than Hugh Jackman who played Wolverine.
In the year 2006, he played Richard White in the highly anticipated movie, Superman Returns (2006), which coincidentally was directed by Bryan Singer, who also directed previous X-Men installments. Although he appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the third installment of the X-Men franchise, many would notice that he in fact had more screen time in 'Superman Returns', as Lois Lane's long awaiting fiancé who had to accept the fact that his fiancée is in love with the man of steel. James earned great reviews from that movie, which led to him getting more movie roles. In 2007, James played Corny Collins in the film Hairspray (2007), an adaption of the Broadway musical based on John Waters movie, Hairspray (1988). He joined a star-studded cast, starring alongside top names such as John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Michelle Pfeiffer. James not only acted in that movie, but also sang two of the film's songs, "The Nicest Kids In Town", and "Hairspray". Being part of Hairspray catapulted James to a different level of stardom as audiences got to see another side of him. His next role was in the Disney movie, Enchanted (2007), playing Prince Edward, where he acted alongside Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon and Patrick Dempsey. Once again, James had the opportunity to sing in two songs from the movie, "True Love's Kiss" and "That's Amore". Enchanted (2007) appealed to not only older audiences but also to those who were fans of Disney's network productions. Following his huge success in the years 2006 and 2007, James played the male lead role in the romantic comedy, 27 Dresses (2008), opposite actress Katherine Heigl in 2008. The movie did well at the box office, earning a gross revenue of over $159 million, which exceeded the expectations of crew members especially since it was under a $30 million budget.
Marsden played the male lead in the horror film, The Box (2009), based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson. He starred opposite Cameron Diaz in the movie.
He co-starred in Accidental Love (2015) (previously Accidental Love (2015), a politically-themed romantic comedy, directed by David O. Russell and filmed in Columbia, South Carolina. Marsden's recent film roles include the sequel comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), the romantic drama The Best of Me (2014), and the comedy Unfinished Business (2015).
James was married to Lisa Linde, an actress known from her role in Days of Our Lives (1965). Lisa is the daughter of legendary country music songwriter Dennis Linde. The couple wed on July 22, 2000 and have a son, Jack Holden Marsden who was born on February 1, 2001, and a daughter, Mary James, who was born on August 10, 2005. They divorced in 2011. James has another son, born in 2012, with model Rose Costa.
Many would assume that with all this success achieved by James at this age, he would be somewhat high-headed but James mentioned that despite all the attention he's getting from the public eye, he tries to keep himself as grounded as possible. He even admits that he flies coach instead of first class while traveling with his family. In an interview he mentioned that he believes he has a certain responsibility to let his children know that he isn't special because of what he does, but who he is as a person. With a great humble attitude and a bright future ahead of him, there's definitely more to expect from this Oklahoma native.as Sonic the Hedgehog Sr (voice)- Actress
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Kristen Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father). Kristen found her talent in entertainment at an early age. In 1992, she went to her first audition and won a role in Raggedy Ann and Andy. Bell's mother established her with an agent before she was 13, and she was cast in newspaper advertisements and television commercials. At this time, she also began private acting lessons. Bell had an uncredited role in the film Polish Wedding (1998) in 1998.
Bell attended Shrine Catholic High School, where she took part in drama and music club. She won the starring role of Dorothy in her high school's production of The Wizard of Oz. After graduation Bell moved to New York City to attend prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied musical theater. In 2001, Bell left university to play the role of Becky in Tom Sawyer. That same year, she made her first credited debut in Pootie Tang (2001), but her scene was cut and her appearance exists only in the credit sequence. In 2002, Bell appeared in the Broadway revival of The Crucible with Liam Neeson and Angela Bettis. She then moved to Los Angeles, California, and appeared in a handful television shows as a special guest, finding trouble gaining a recurring role in a television series.
In 2004, Bell appeared in the Lifetime's television film, Gracie's Choice, which received high ratings. At the age 24, Bell won the title role in Veronica Mars (2004), which started broadcasting in the fall of 2004, created by Rob Thomas. Bell starred as a seventeen-year-old detective, which put her alongside actors Enrico Colantoni who played her father, Percy Daggs III, Jason Dohring and Ryan Hansen. This series received very positive reviews, and Bell received much attention for her performance. Bell and the cast of Veronica Mars were nominated for two Teen Choice Awards.
In 2005, Bell starred in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) in the role of Mary Lane. Reefer Madness debuted on the Showtime network on April 16, 2005. The following year, Bell won the Saturn Award for 'Best Actress on Television' for her performance in Veronica Mars.
In 2013, Bell voiced the main character, Princess Anna of Arendelle, in the Walt Disney Pictures animated movie, Frozen (2013), which received the 'best animated feature' award at the 86th Academy Awards. She performed the songs: 'For the First Time in Forever', 'Love is an Open Door', 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman', and 'For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)'. Frozen (2013), which was released on November 22, 2013, was hugely successful worldwide.
On March 13, 2013, it was confirmed that a Veronica Mars (2014) movie would finally be coming to fruition. Bell and creator, Rob Thomas, launched a fund raising campaign to produce the film through Kickstarter and attained the $2 million goal in few hours. The movie was released on March 14, 2014.
Bell married Dax Shepard in October, 2013.as Miles "Tails" Prower (voice)- Actress
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Actress Jacqueline Obradors is currently enjoying the success of her latest feature, 'Palm Springs,' in which she appears with Andy Samberg and Oscar-winner JK Simmons. Just like the record-breaking summer temperatures of the titular city, the film broke records after a bidding war ensued dating back to Sundance where Hulu won out. No stranger to coveted roles on a streaming service, Obradors has also starred opposite Titus Welliver in the last three seasons of Amazon's acclaimed 'Bosch' drama series.
Bad-ass detective roles seem to be one of her fortes, as Obradors previously starred for Steven Bochco on four seasons of his acclaimed, 'NYPD Blue' which garnered her a prestigious ALMA Award nomination, and paved the way for her role opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. in his 'Freddie' comedy series. She's also enjoyed memorable recurring arcs beginning with 'Jesse' opposite Christina Applegate, 'Battery Park' with Frank Grillo, 'NCIS,' 'Franklin & Bash 'alongside Kumal Nanjiani, and finally 'Lopez' opposite the show's namesake, George Lopez.
Obradors has also made her mark on the big screen since her debut in the action film, 'Red Sun Rising'. She since transitioned into Ivan Reitman's romantic comedy 'Six Days Seven Nights' opposite Harrison Ford which garnered her a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination. She more recently reunited with Ford in 'Crossing Over' which co-starred Ray Liotta. Other notable film roles include 'Deuce Bigelow' with Adam Sandler and Amy Poehler, 'A Man Apart' in which she starred opposite Vin Diesel, 'Unstoppable' with Wesley Snipes, and the drama 'Windows on the World' with Oscar nominee Edward James Olmos. She earned her second ALMA Award nomination for her turn as Hector Elizondo's daughter in the acclaimed, 'Tortilla Soup.'
When not paving her own way, Obradors helps guide her sons' careers as they too quickly accumulate a worthy list of credits. The family currently resides in Los Angeles where she was also born and raised.as Amy Rose (voice)- Actor
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Spencer Breslin was born on 18 May 1992 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Cat in the Hat (2003), The Kid (2000) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).as Chris Thorndyke (voice)- Actress
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Aria Noelle Curzon was born on 8 December 1987 in Hollywood, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) and The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997). She was previously married to Alex DePue.as Cream the Rabbit (voice)- Actor
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Freddy Rodríguez was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Planet Terror (2007), Poseidon (2006) and Harsh Times (2005). He has been married to Maria Elsie Rivera since 23 December 1995. They have two children.as Sparx the Dragonfly (voice)- Actress
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Amanda Seyfried was born and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Ann (Sander), an occupational therapist, and Jack Seyfried, a pharmacist. She is of German, and some English and Scottish, ancestry. She began modeling when she was eleven, and acted in high school productions as well as taking singing lessons.
More soap work followed as she completed her schooling and had already secured a place at Fordham University when she was offered a role in the Tina Fey-penned teen comedy Mean Girls (2004). She deferred her university education to complete the film. More television work followed, raising her profile across America, while her appearances in Mamma Mia! (2008) and Red Riding Hood (2011) helped establish her international fame.as Aqua (voice)- Actress
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Russi Taylor was an American voice actress from Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the official voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death from colon cancer in 2019. She also voiced a lot of minor characters from The Simpsons including Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri. Grey DeLisle-Griffin succeeded her roles from The Simpsons. She was married to Mickey Mouse voice actor Wayne Allwine from 1991 until his death in 2009.as Cheese the Chao (voice)- Actress
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Susanne Blakeslee is an American actress known for voicing Maleficent, Lady Tremaine and Cruella de Vil in several Disney cartoons, rides and games including Kingdom Hearts and Wanda and Mrs. Turner from The Fairly OddParents. She also voiced in God of War, Shrek the Third, The Legend of Tarzan, Danny Phantom and Amphibia.as Ella (voice)- Actress
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Katie is a California native. When Katie was 8 years old, her father was looking for an activity he could do with his daughter much in the way he had coached her older brother's Little League baseball team. He saw a casting notice in the newspaper for a community theatre production of Annie. They were both cast - Katie as Molly and her dad in the ensemble.as Lindsey Thorndyke (voice) (as Katherine Von Till)- Producer
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John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "spaghetti" westerns. Returning to the US, he made his feature debut as a writer-director at age 21 with Schlock (1973), an affectionate tribute to monster movies. Clad in a Rick Baker-designed gorilla suit, Landis starred as "Schlockthropus", the missing link. After working as a writer, actor and production assistant, Landis made his second film, The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), in collaboration with the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams. Landis rose to international recognition as director of the wildly successful National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). With blockbusters such as The Blues Brothers (1980), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Three Amigos! (1986) and Coming to America (1988), Landis has directed some of the most popular film comedies of all time. Other feature credits include Into the Night (1985), Innocent Blood (1992) and the comedy/horror genre classic An American Werewolf in London (1981), which he also wrote. In 1986, Landis and four others were acquitted of responsibility for the tragic accident that occurred in Landis' segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) in which actor Vic Morrow and two child actors were killed. The film also included segments directed by Joe Dante, George Miller and Steven Spielberg. In 1983 Landis wrote and directed the groundbreaking music video of Michael Jackson's Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983), created originally to play as a theatrical short. "Thriller" forever changed MTV and the concept of music videos, garnering multiple accolades including the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Overall Video, Viewer's Choice, and the Video Vanguard Award - The Greatest Video in the History of the World. In 1991 "Thriller" was inducted into the MVPA's Hall of Fame. In 1991, Landis collaborated again with Jackson (I) on Michael Jackson: Black or White (1991), which premiered simultaneously in 27 countries with an estimated audience of 500 million. Although it was not the first motion picture or music video to do so, "Black or White" popularized the use of "digital morphing", where one object appears to seamlessly metamorphoses into another; the project raised the standard for state-of-the-art special effects in music videos. Landis has also been active in television as the executive producer (and often director) of the Ace- and Emmy Award-winning HBO series Dream On (1990). Other TV shows produced by his company, St. Clare Entertainment (St. Clare is the patron saint of television), include Weird Science (1994), Sliders (1995), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997), Campus Cops (1995) and The Lost World (1998). In 2004 the Independent Film Channel broadcast his feature-length documentary about a used-car salesman, Slasher (2004). Deer Woman, an original one-hour episode written by Landis and his son Max Landis, inaugurated the Masters of Horror (2005) series in the fall of 2005 on Showtime. "Masters of Horror" also features one-hour episodes by John Carpenter, Roger Corman, Tobe Hooper, Don Coscarelli, Mick Garris, Dario Argento and Larry Cohen.
A sought-after commercial director, Landis has worked for a variety of companies including Direct TV, Taco Bell, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kellogg's and Disney. He was made a Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1985, awarded the Federico Fellini Prize by Rimini Cinema Festival in Italy and was named a George Eastman Scholar by The Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Both the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Torino Film Festival have held career retrospectives of his films. In 2004 Landis received the Time Machine Career Achievement Award at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain. Sent as a filmmaker/scholar by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, Landis has lectured at many film schools and universities including Yale, Harvard, NYU, UCLA, UCSB, USC, Texas A&M, The North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Miami and Indiana University. He has also acted as a teacher and advisor to aspiring filmmakers at the Sundance Institute in Utah. Additionally, he edited Best American Movie Writing 2001 (Thunder's Mouth Press, NY, 2001). Born in Chicago, Illinois, Landis moved to Los Angeles soon after his birth. He is married to Deborah Nadoolman, an Oscar-nominated costume designer, and President of the Costume Designers Guild, with whom he has two children.as Director (voice)- Actor
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Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City, Momo and Appa in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Perry the Platypus in Phineas & Ferb, Sunny Jim in Lobo, Kevin the Sea Cucumber in SpongeBob SquarePants, Numbuh Four in Codename: Kids Next Door and Gravemind in Halo 2.as Cameraman, Police Officer #1, King Boom Boo, U.S. Marines, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Joe Alaskey, among the most talented voice actors in the business, impeccably recreated many of the original characters which the late cartoon pioneer Mel Blanc invented. A natural mimic and gifted actor, his amazing "ear" for voices enabled him to imitate almost anything, including some of the most obscure show business personalities. Alaskey was one of the most employed voice actors in the business during his career.as Sound Guy, Police Officer #2 (voice)- Actress
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Debi Derryberry, is best known for voicing Jimmy Neutron in the Academy Award-nominated film Jimmy Neutron-Boy Genius. She also stars in Adult Swim's Tigtone as the voice of Helpy. In Netflix's Emmy Nominated F is For Family Debi voices Maureen, Philip, Bridget, Scott, Beatrice the Nurse and Kenny. Other voice-over work includes Draculaura in Monster High and work in Toy Story, Curious George and Crash Bandicoot.
Her TikTok page has over 1.1 Million Followers and 22.1 Million likes!
Raised in Indio, CA, she graduated UCLA as a pre-med student. After 3 years in Nashville as a country music singer/writer, she returned to Los Angeles to launch her voice-over career. Debi has written and recorded 3 award-winning pre-school music albums. Her song "Baby Banana" hit #1 on Sirius/XM Kid.
Voted LA's #1 Voice-over coach by Backstage West, Debi has also written the popular "Voice-Over 101: How to Succeed as a Voice Actor."
After almost 30 years and nearly 300 Imdb credits, Debi is one of Hollywood's most active and sought-after voice-over artists.as Boom (voice)- Actress
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Colleen Ann O'Shaughnessey is an American voice actress. She is best known as the current voice of Miles "Tails" Prower in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise beginning with the TV series Sonic Boom (2014), and reprises the role in further games and the films Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022). O'Shaughnessey's other roles include Sora Takenouchi in Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999), Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom (2003), and Ino Yamanaka in Naruto (2002).as Boom (voice)- Actor
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Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on Hanna-Barbera's iconic Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969), voicing Fred Jones, among other Scooby credits over the years. He has also worked with Kurt Russell, Peter Cullen, and Michael Bay.as Boom (voice)- William Sheppard was born and raised in London, England to an Anglo-Irish family. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He was an Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company for 12 years. He appeared on Broadway in 1966 with "Marat-Sade" and later in 1975 with "Sherlock Holmes". He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle award for "The Homecoming" in 1995, at the Matrix Theatre. He voiced the narrator in the popular computer game Civilization 5.as Robert McNamara (voice) (as W. Morgan Sheppard)
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Bruce Greenwood was born on 12 August 1956 in Noranda, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Thirteen Days (2000) and I, Robot (2004). He has been married to Susan Devlin since 1985. They have one child.as John Fitzgerald Kennedy (voice)- Actor
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You've seen him. You've heard him. Appearing across platforms such as television, feature film, animation, video games, commercials, talking toys, promotion, narration, and internet; as a result, Mars is affectionately referred to as "That Guy From That Show".
Originally from Warwick, RI, Marsden and his family relocated to Los Angeles and soon he was thrust into the entertainment business. Quickly landing commercials, on-camera and radio. Marsden's first recurring role was on "General Hospital" as Alan Quartermaine Jr.. Soon after, Mars was cast as Eddie Munster on the 80's revamp, "The Munsters Today" with John Schuck and Lee Meriwether, in an 86 episode, three season run! Marsden's career continued to blossom when he joined the cast of the critically respected "Eerie Indiana" (now on Amazon). From there, Marsden continued to work on pilots and series, guest staring and recurring roles, and appearances in feature films through the mid 90s! To name a few, "Blossom","Baywatch" "Tales from the Crypt", "Ally McBeal", "Will & Grace", "Just Shoot Me", and most notably his recurring appearances in "Full House", "Boy Meets World", and ultimately joined the cast of "Step by Step".
In feature films; Jason played a young Billy Crystal in Crystal's directorial debut "Mr. Saturday Night". You might have spotted Jason in "Fun With Dick and Jane", as a Convenience Clerk who botches Jim Carrey's shoplifting attempt. At age 20, Jason landed the job of a lifetime when Sir Ridley Scott cast him in "White Squall", opposite Jeff Bridges along with an ensemble of talent. The film shot in 8 countries around the world in 4 months. Marsden also appeared in Steve Taylor's indie hit, "Blue Like Jazz" and will appear in the upcoming indie horror "The Other People".
During his 35-plus-years as an actor, Jason built an outstanding legacy in Voice Over. Performing in hundreds of animated cartoon series, feature films, video games, toys, and counting! Amongst the most popular, Mars is the voice of Goofy's son, Max, in "A Goofy Movie" and the follow up "Extremely Goofy Movie", Thackery Binx in "Hocus Pocus", "Kovu" the rogue lion in "Lion King 2", Chester McBadbat in "Fairly Odd Parents", Nermal in "The Garfield Show", Conrad 'Duke' Hauser in "GI JOE: Renegades", and appearing in episodes of "Ultimate Spiderman","Batman: Brave and Bold", "Avatar: Legend of Korra" to name a few more. A fan fave is Jason's performance in Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award winning "Spirited Away", as Haku the mysterious boy/dragon. Jason absolutely loves working in animation! Getting to working with the talented voice over artists that he used to listen to while watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid is a dream come true! Notable projects include: futuristic speedster, Impulse/Kid Flash in DC's "Young Justice", "Transformers - Rescue Bots", "Monsters U", "Secret Life of Pets", "DuckTales", and the popular video game, "Skyrim".
Marsden lives in Nashville, TN and produces The Mars Variety Show now on YouTube.as Young Sonic the Hedgehog Sr (voice)- Actress
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Catherine Cavadini, aka Cathy Cavadini, is an actress, singer, and voice artist perhaps best known as the voice of Blossom in Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls. Fans also know her as the voice of Glitter in Kidd Video, Clash in Jem, and Tanya Mousekewitz in the movie An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. During her long and prolific career, Catherine's voice has been featured in over a hundred radio & television commercials, and in over a thousand films, television movies, and series.
Various animated film credits include The Powerpuff Girls Movie as Blossom, Babes in Toyland as Mary, Sky Blue as Jay, Young Shua, and Cheyenne, Batman: Dark Knight Returns as Carol Ferris, Joannie, and Woman with hot dog, Scooby-Doo Legend of the Phantosaur as Faith, My Little Ponies as North Star, and Pound Puppies: Legend of Big Paw as Collette and her newborn puppies. Also, she has performed guest roles in numerous animated series. Some of Catherine's recent guest roles are Doc McStuffins (Dart), The Cleveland Show (Siri), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Alanna Strange, Jan, Ruby Ryder, Dr. Myrrha Rhodes), Ben 10 (Cooper), and Teen Titans (Alien Woman/Cironelian Chrysalis Eater). Catherine also originated the series regular roles of Jennifer Jane Parker in Back to the Future, Tanya and Yasha Mousekewitz on Fievel's American Tails, and Mom, Terri, and Mrs. Weebles in season 1 of What's with Andy.
In the gaming world, she has voiced the roles of Car'l, Twyla, and Candle Maiden in Broken Age, Mechari Female in Wildstar, Kara in White Knight Chronicles 1 and 2, Felicia in War Hammer, Griffin's Mom, Dr. Hoffstader, and Assassin in Jumper, Valla the Witch of the Tundra, Bolvangar Nurse, and Tartar Leopard in The Golden Compass, Norma Jean in the Happy Feet Interactive Game, Sadie in Gun, and a variety of roles in Final Fantasy X, XIII, and XIII-2.
In addition to her animation and game voice work, Catherine has done ADR (automated dialogue replacement) in innumerable movies and television series. Recently, Catherine has performed additional voices in Guardians of the Galaxy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Hercules, Jersey Boys, The Lego Movie, Twelve Years a Slave, Red 2, The Great Gatsby, and Rise of the Guardians. Listed under the umbrella of "additional voices" are: Pacific Rim (voice of one of the P.A. announcers in the Shatterdome), Now You See Me (reporter voice), Happy Feet Two (emperor penguin voice), How I Met Your Mother (southern teenage mommy), Sleepy Hollow (voice of woman on phone from Oxford College), Fun Size (voice of 911 Operator in the scene with Johnny Knoxville), and Bridge to Terabithia (voice of Judy Burke).
Throughout her career, Catherine has been honored by and nominated for a number of awards. In 2003, Catherine was recognized with an Epic Award from the White House Project for promoting positive images of women's leadership through her work in the film The Powerpuff Girls Movie. In 1998, she was nominated for an Annie Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production" for performing the voice and singing for the role of Mary in the animated movie Babes in Toyland. She also sang "Dreams to Dream" as the character Tanya in the animated movie An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, which was nominated for Best Song at the 1992 Golden Globe Awards. In addition, she has received 2 Emmy Award Certificates for contributing to Outstanding Sound on the television series X-Files.as Lindsey's Reflection, Police Dispatcher, Additional Voices (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)- Actor
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Adam Wylie was born on 23 May 1984 in San Dimas, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Picket Fences (1992), The Swan Princess (1994) and Under Wraps (1997).as Young Sparx the Dragonfly, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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William Fagerbakke is an American actor known for voicing Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, Broadway from Gargoyles and playing Dauber in Coach. He is also known for his roles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, Jennifer's Body, Lloyd in Space, Sym-Bionic Titan and How I Met Your Mother.as Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Nick Jameson is an American actor, comedian and musician from Columbia, Missouri who is most well-known for playing Yuri Suvarov from 24, Morbius from Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Emperor Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious in various Star Wars cartoons and games, Francis in A Bug's Life video games and Max in Sam & Max: Hit the Road.as U.S. Marines, Salt Lake City Civilian, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He also starred and co-starred in the films Corvette Summer (1978), The Big Red One (1980), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014). Hamill's extensive voice acting work includes a long-standing role as the Joker, commencing with Batman: The Animated Series (1992).
Hamill was born in Oakland, California, to Virginia Suzanne (Johnson) and William Thomas Hamill, a captain in the United States Navy. He majored in drama at Los Angeles City College and made his acting debut on The Bill Cosby Show (1969). He then played a recurring role (Kent Murray) on the soap opera General Hospital (1963) and co-starred on the comedy series The Texas Wheelers (1974).
Released on May 25, 1977, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) was an enormous unexpected success and made a huge impact on the film industry. Hamill also appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) and later starred in the successful sequels Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). For both of the sequels, Hamill was honored with the Saturn Award for Best Actor given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. He reprised the role of Luke Skywalker for the radio dramatizations of both "Star Wars" (1981) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983), and then in a starring role in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). For the radio dramatization of "Return of the Jedi" (1996), the role was played by a different actor.
He voiced the new Chucky in Child's Play (2019), taking over from Brad Dourif.as U.S. Army General, Additional Voices (voice)- Isaac C. Singleton Jr. is an African-American actor known for playing Bo'sun from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and voicing Thanos in Marvel cartoons and games. He also acted in other films, shows and games including Planet of the Apes, Anger Management, Batman: Arkham Knight, Transformers, Deadpool, Breaking Dawn and Bones.as Additional Voices (voice)
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Scott Menville is an American voice actor known for voicing Robin in the Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go and associated DC franchises. He also voiced Rick Courage from Evil Con Carne, Shaggy Rogers from Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintstone from The Flintstone Kids, Rocket the Sloth from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Samwise Gamgee from The Lord of the Rings video game and Yaibal in Final Fantasy X-2.as U.S. Marines, Additional Voices (voice)- Gary Anthony Williams is an African-American actor, comedian and writer from Atlanta, Georgia who is known for playing Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks, Bebop from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and Tarik Jackson from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He is married to Leslie Williams and had a son, Ethan.as Additional Voices (voice)
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Paul St. Peter is an American voice actor and narrator from North Dakota. He voiced in several anime, animated series, films and video games including Kingdom Hearts, Akira, Bleach, Hunter X Hunter, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Naruto, What's New Scooby-Doo, Digimon, SoulCalibur, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Dynasty Warriors, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo and Paprika.as U.S. Embassador to Vietnam, NVA Commander, Additional Voices (voice)- Actor
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Fred Tatasciore is a voice actor/animator known for his work in film, television and games. He can be heard regularly on Fox's "Family Guy," "American Dad," and "The Cleveland Show." He plays Aaarggggh! and many characters on the new show, "Trollhunters" (for Netflix by Guillermo Del Torro), For Marvel, he has voiced Hulk/Banner, Beast, Thing, and Crossbones in countless animated roles, including "Hulk and the Agents of Smash," "Avengers Assemble," "MARVEL Spiderman" (Max Model), and "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Ultimate Spiderman." For DC, He played various characters on "Batman, The Brave and the Bold," "DC Girls" as Bane, Solomon Grundy, Deathstroke, Gorilla Grod, Killer Croc, and "The Killing Joke"(as Ringmaster). He has also appeared on numerous Nickelodeon programs including "Breadwinners" (The Bread Maker), "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" (Thomas Jefferson), "Kung Fu Panda, Legends of Awesomeness" (Master Shifu), "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (Rocksteady), "Monsters vs. Aliens" (Vornicarn), "Sanjay and Craig" (Barfy the Dog), "Loud House", and "Invader Zim." He has worked with Disney Television on "Star and the Forces of Evil" (as Buffrog), "Ducktales," "Sofia the First" (as Harumph), "Future Worm," "Penn Zero: Part Time Hero" (Coach Egsgard), "Tangled", "Wander Over Yonder" (Monsters), "TRON, Uprising" (Flynn and Clue), and "Star Wars Rebels" (Boss Yushyn). His film work includes Star Wars: "The Last Jedi', "The Force Awakens," "Rogue One," as well as "IT," "Moana" (as KA), "Annabelle: Creation," DreamWork's,"Kung Fu Panda 2" (as Po's Panda father), "Kung Fu Panda 3" (Master Bear) Disney's "Frozen," "The Princess and the Frog" (Gators), and "Planes" (various). Other films he voiced are "9" (as 8), and "Team America," "Maleficent," "Wreck it Ralph," "The Emoji Movie," "The Huntsman" (as The Mirror Man), and "Dead Silence." Fred's work in videogames include "OVERWATCH" (Soldier 76), "Minecraft" (Jack), "Gears of War" (Damon Baird), "StarCraft" (Zeratul), "Mass Effect" (Saren Arterius), "Call of Duty" (Nikolai Belinsky), and "Ratchet and Clank" (Neftin Prog). In Disney Theme Parks, Fred can be heard as the voices of Darth Vader and Groot; various characters on "Star Tours" and "Soarin"; Bigfoot on "Everest" (Orlando), and the voice of "Space Mountain" for the past decade.as Additional Voices (voice)- Music Department
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Jeff Carson was born on 16 December 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for The Greatest Showman (2017), No Way Out (1987) and Jumper (2008).Music Editor- Music Department
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Nick Glennie-Smith was born on 3 October 1951 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for The Rock (1996), We Were Soldiers (2002) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998). He is married to Jan Glennie-Smith. They have four children.Additional Music and Orchestra Conductor- Composer
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Louis Febre is a Mexican born composer, best known for his work on the television series Smallville. He won an Emmy Award for his score on the television series The Cape, starring Corbin Bernsen.
Born in the city of Saltillo, Mexico, Louis Febre composed his first works for the piano at age 8 while studying piano and theory at a private academy. Eventually, his family moved to Los Angeles where he continued his study of the piano under the tutelage of Robert Turner.
Louis went on to formal composition study with Lorraine Kimball and Frank Campo. During this period, he wrote several chamber works and other large form compositions.
Febre was employed by the notorious B-movie company PM Entertainment, where he discovered his true compositional passion: film scoring. After a few years with PM Entertainment, he met his mentor John Debney, a partnership that would produce successful collaborative efforts such as the movie Doctor Who, and led to Louis' first television series The Cape which would earn him an Emmy for Best Dramatic Underscore.
Febre has enjoyed success with the movies Swimfan, Tower of Terror (Disney) and a set of Scooby-Do straight-to-video movies. He earned an Annie Award nomination for his score for Scooby-Do and the Alien Invaders. That same year, he won a Pixie Award for the independent short film: Revenge of the Red Balloon.
In 2001, he could be found collaborating with Steve Jablonsky on the first season of the hit television series Desperate Housewives. As an additional orchestrator, he worked again with John Debney on Cats & Dogs, Jimmy Neutron, the Disney film Chicken Little, Disneyworld Tokyo, and with Mark Snow on The X-Files movie. With the departure of Snow from the television series Smallville, Febre became the credited composer in 2007. Febre continues his work in television, having recently finished a collaboration with Mark Isham on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland for ABC television.Additional Music- Composer
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Composer/keyboardist Kenneth Burgomaster was raised in a musical family (his parents are both professional organists) in Indianapolis, IN. A jazz & classical pianist from an early age, he later won the Knox County Symphony concerto competition while studying piano and composition at Kenyon College in Ohio and performed Listz's Totentanz with orchestra. He also grew up singing in a cathedral Men & Boys choir under the direction of his father and performed major works around the world. After college he spent a year in New York City scoring commercials & playing piano at the famous Empire Diner before heading to L.A. and attending graduate school at USC. Soon he was scoring the hit show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and providing orchestral mock-ups & synthesizer programming for Christopher Young, Danny Elfman, Stewart Copeland, Trevor Rabin, John Debney, Anne Dudley and others for movies including Entrapment, The Hurricane, Hulk and Wonder Boys. His composing credits include three Garfield films and Hero Wanted for Sony Pictures, and over 1000 episodes of television for such hit shows as Disney's Hannah Montana, A.N.T. Farm, and multiple TV movies including the Emmy-winning Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. As a keyboardist Burgomaster has worked with Herbie Hancock & Bennie Maupin (while co-producing a project for percussionist Angel Luis Figueroa), Carly Simon, Eddie Kramer, Poe, and American Idol winner Kris Allen, and has performed on The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien, and Live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His group The Brig Band had a 15-year stint at The Brig in Venice, CA and welcomed many great guest musicians including Robby Krieger (The Doors), Poe, Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets), Jeff Young (Steely Dan), Harvey Mason (The Headhunters) and Jimmy Earl (Chick Corea, Jimmy Kimmel).Additional Music- Composer
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Kazimir (Kaz) Boyle began composing for film when he was commissioned by the University of Illinois to create new music for the Austrian silent film Sodom and Gomorrah (1922). After completing his Bachelor of Music in Composition at the U of I, he attended the University of Southern California graduate program in Advanced Film and Television Scoring, studying under such legends as "Elmer Bernstein" , "David Raksin" and "Christopher Young". While at USC Kazimir met many film students and soon gained a reputation as a trusted musical collaborator.
Kaz then joined "Hans Zimmer"'s team at Media Ventures, where he absorbed - first as a technical assistant and later as a coordinator and arranger - an invaluable education in film composition technique, scene interpretation, and a broad knowledge of musical technology. His experience in Zimmer's tech world led to several opportunities working for "James Newton Howard" .
In 2002 Kazimir opened Flash Music, LLC, his own studio in Hollywood. Since then he has been busy with myriad freelance projects: independent feature films, cable television MOWs, television commercials and cutting-edge short films. He often co-writes with "James Dooley" , and "Trevor Morris" . In 2005 Kazimir was tapped by "Craig Armstrong" to be his orchestral arranger on Fever Pitch (2005) and _Must Love Dogs(2005)_ .
Kazimir continues to write music for the concert hall, often collaborating with the Los Angeles based chamber ensemble The Definiens Project.Additional Music- Music Department
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Jeff Atmajian is known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), I Am Legend (2007) and King Kong (2005).Orchestrator- Music Department
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A note to readers of this bio: IMDB has been negligent for many years despite repeated efforts to correct or delete credits that do not belong to Brad Dechter. He does indeed have in excess of 300 orchestration/arranging credits but there are many that have incorrectly been attributed to him. Specifically, credits since 2009 attributed to him where James Newton Howard is the composer are incorrect. Similarly, Brad has been credited with almost every project for which composer John Debney has scored, most of which are correct through about 2013. After that point, most--but not all--are incorrect. He has worked with each of these fine composers starting in the late 1980's. Somehow IMDB must have an algorithm that automatically adds him to each of their works regardless of the truth. It is disappointing that IMDB has ignored every attempt made to correct these erroneous credits. What follows is Brad's bio which has not been updated since about 2013. It will be updated soon.
Brad Dechter is an orchestrator, arranger, composer and woodwind player who has been a professional musician since 1971 and an active participant in the Hollywood music industry since 1981. A native of Los Angeles, he grew up in a musical family in which his father Ted, himself a noted classical and big band trombonist as well as a beloved local music teacher, was his primary influence and teacher. Originally playing clarinet and then progressing to saxophone and flute, Brad gained valuable experience performing with symphonies, big bands and various other groups before attending Yale University, where he received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in music.
Primarily working in film, Brad has orchestrated or arranged all or parts of over 300 feature films with such composers as Mark Isham, Marc Shaiman, John Debney, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, James Horner and Trevor Jones. These films include the Academy Award-nominated scores for "The Fugitive," "The Prince of Tides," "My Best Friend's Wedding," "The Village," "The Passion of the Christ," "Defiance," "Michael Clayton" and "The First Wives Club" as well as audience favorites "Mary Poppins Returns," "Rogue One," "42", "City Slickers," "The Dark Knight," "Dolphin Tale," "The Sixth Sense," "Pretty Woman" and "Dave." He has worked on numerous television shows including a 7-year run with "Once Upon a Time" as well as "Moonlighting," (for which he was nominated for 2 Emmy awards for his arranging work) and "The West Wing," (for which he arranged and orchestrated its Emmy-winning title theme for composer W.G. "Snuffy" Walden). He has often been an arranger for the Primetime Emmy Awards show as well as well as for many Academy Awards telecasts. In 2006 he arranged and orchestrated the new music for The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric.
Brad's arrangements and orchestrations are also showcased in numerous diverse record albums, including those featuring such artists as Chris Botti, Josh Groban, Barbra Streisand, Sir Elton John, Mariah Carey, Johnny Mathis, Jack Jones, John Denver, Seal, Cy Coleman, Jim Self, McCoy Tyner, Al Jarreau, Placido Domingo, Renee Olstead, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London and his wife Maureen's debut vocal album, "Songs of a Mother's Love," and son Graham's debut jazz guitar album "Right On Time." He has composed various concert works including jazz concertos for both piano and oboe as well as commissioned works for groups such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the U.S. Army Field Band Concert Band. His work is heard in the new ballet "Tom Sawyer," (composed by Tony-winner Maury Yeston) which is the first major all-American 3-act ballet (author Mark Twain, composer Yeston, choreographer William Whitener, ballet company Kansas City Ballet).
As a saxophonist, he studied with jazz legend George Coleman (of the Miles Davis Quintet fame) and has played with jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Ventura, Bill Holman, Bill Berry, Toshiko Akyoshi and Ray Anthony (with whose band he met his singer/wife Maureen when both were performing at Disneyland in 1981!). He is leader of the Brad Dechter Octet, a group featuring luminaries of the Southern California jazz world, and co-leader of the group Sopranos and Strings featuring 2 soprano saxes, 2 guitars and bass.Orchestrator- Music Department
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Don Nemitz was born on 2 January 1943. He is a composer, known for The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and Inspector Gadget (1999). He has been married to Carol Tomlin since 17 April 1969.Orchestrator- Music Department
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Mike Watts is known for Predators (2010), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) and Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005).Orchestrator- Composer
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A well rewarded Composer, arranger, keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Alejandro Fernandez, Patti Austin, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme', Simone', Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London.
Goodwin's cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as Get Smart, Glory Road, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, The Majestic, Con Air, Gone In 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Star Trek Nemesis, Avengers 2, Draft Day, Grudge Match, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Escape to Witch Mountain, and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Goodwin's soundtrack to Looney Tunes' Bah HumDuck! - a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol - also features the Big Phat Band's patented sound.
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band joined Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group, with the April 12, 2011 release of That's How We Roll. The band's first CD in over two and a half years featured 10 new Goodwin originals and his Grammy winning arrangement of the Gershwin classic "Rhapsody in Blue." Special guests include Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, Marcus Miller and Take 6.
May 13, 2014 was Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band's 6th release Life In the Bubble. With 16 Grammy nominations, 3 Grammy wins and 3 Emmy's, as of this date, it is certain Gordon Goodwin is a force for keeping music with high level content in the public domain.Orchestrator- Music Department
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Bruce Fowler was born on 10 July 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Inception (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and V for Vendetta (2005).Orchestrator- Music Department
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Jennifer Hammond is known for Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Encanto (2021) and The Lion King (2019). She is married to Pat Skipper. They have two children.Orchestrator- Composer
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Composer Kevin Kliesch won his first Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for his work on Sofia the First (2012) in 2015.
Originally from New Jersey, Kevin is a graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music. Kevin has worked as a composer and orchestrator on over 100 feature films spanning the past 22 years, including Frozen (2013), The Hangover (2009), Tangled (2010) and Shrek Forever After (2010). He parlayed his success as an orchestrator to composing, where he has found success in the animation genre - receiving his first Annie Award nomination for his work on Thundercats (2011). That year he earned two more nominations from BSO Spirit for their Jerry Goldsmith Awards in Best Television score (Thundercats (2011)) and Breakout Composer of the Year.
Having worked on many successful Disney properties as an orchestrator, Kevin was given the opportunity to compose for Sofia the First (2012). His work on the series would earn him another Annie Award nomination as well as a total of four Daytime EMMY award nominations, and a Primetime EMMY nomination.
Kevin was also honored with three other Daytime EMMY nominations and another Annie Award nomination for his work on the Disney television show Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (aka Tangled: The Series) in 2021.
Kevin resides in Stevenson Ranch, CA.Orchestrator- Music Department
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Rick Giovinazzo is known for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Battleship (2012) and Transformers (2007).Orchestrator- Music Department
Andrew Kinney has worked as an orchestrator for many distinguished film composers, including Christopher Lennertz, John Powell, Mark Isham, Henry Jackman, John Debney, Brian Tyler, David Newman, and John Frizzell.
He holds a B.Mus. from the University of Wisconsin, an M.A. from the University of Minnesota, and an Advanced Studies Certificate from the University of Southern California, where he studied film composition with Elmer Bernstein, Bruce Broughton, Christopher Young, and others. He has received awards from BMI and the Harry Warren Foundation.
In addition to his work as an orchestrator, Andrew Kinney composes original music for the concert hall. His music has been performed across the U.S.
His spare time is spent with his wife and three sons, and playing classical music on the piano.Orchestrator- Music Department
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Pete Anthony is one of the busiest conductors and orchestrators in the Los Angeles music industry. In his 25-plus years in the business, Pete has worked on hundreds of feature films with Hollywood's top composers, including James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman, John Powell, Marco Beltrami, Marc Shaiman, John Debney, Chris Bacon, Teddy Shapiro and Christopher Young. Pete brings to his job vast experience in the art of orchestration, dedication to the composer's intent, respect for his musician colleagues, and a spirit of collaboration with composer and filmmakers. On the podium, Pete is known for his discerning ear and quick wit.
Pete also composes music for the concert hall and the silver screen, most recently the score for the 2017 documentary "Betting on Zero," directed by Ted Braun.
Pete received a Bachelor's degree in music composition from Williams College in Massachusetts, and then attended the University of Southern California ("USC") Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television Program in Los Angeles. In 2004, Pete returned to USC for 10 years as a part-time faculty member to teach orchestration and conducting.
Pete credits composer Daniel Gutwein, orchestrator Albert Harris, and legendary composer/conductor/pianist Artie Kane as his most influential mentors, and is grateful to Dan Foliart for giving him his first job in Hollywood (on the "Paradise" TV series 1988-1990).
A baseball nut, Pete plays and coaches baseball and softball in his spare time. In addition, he has been active in community service, chairing fundraising groups for the arts and athletics for local schools and serving in city government as a planning commissioner. Pete is also an avid fly fisherman.
Pete resides in Malibu, California, with his lawyer/artist wife Elizabeth. Pete and Elizabeth have three young adult children - a film-maker, a computer engineer and an opera singer.Orchestra Conductor- Music Department
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Sandy De Crescent is known for Jurassic Park (1993), Minority Report (2002) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).Orchestra Contractor- Music Department
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Edie Lehmann Boddicker was born in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is a singer and vocal contractor, known for Dune 2, Nope (2022), Dune (2021) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). She has sung with Aretha, Madonna and Quincy Jones. She was an actress on General Hospital as Katharine Delafield. She has been married to Michael Boddicker since October 15, 1995. They have four adult children.Vocal Contractor- Music Department
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Mark Graham is known for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).Music Preparation (Jo Ann Kane Music Service)- Music Department
Russell Bartmus is known for Snake Eyes (2021), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).Music Preparation (Jo Ann Kane Music Service)- Music Department
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Andrew Hauschild was born on 1 February 1973 in Worthington, Minnesota, USA. He is a composer, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Prey (2022) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022).Music Preparation (Jo Ann Kane Music Service)- Music Department
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Booker White is known for The Oscars (2024), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) and Inside Out 2 (2024).Additional Music Preparation (Walt Disney Music Library)- Music Department
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Robert Fernandez was born on 7 October 1951. He is known for American Sniper (2014), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Star Trek: Generations (1994).Score Recording Engineer (Recorded at The Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA)- Music Department
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Shawn Murphy, attended San Francisco State College (B.A., 1968, History) and Stanford University (M.F.A., 1972, Technical Theater Production and Lighting Design). Beginning in Theatrical Lighting and Sound and has worked extensively as a Technical Director and Theatrical Sound Designer (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland). His work also includes Radio (KKHI, KFRC, San Francisco) and Television (CBS Television Network, Hollywood.) As a free-lance mixer and audio supervisor his work includes the Academy Awards, Boston Pops Television Series (PBS), Great Performances (PBS), and the original audio design and installation at NBC Saturday Night (Saturday Night Live (1975)). He has recently worked as a consultant and mixer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Festival and the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Murphy has been involved in design and consultation of facilities for McGill University, Todd-AO, Sony Scoring, among others. Involved in Film Score Recording, Film Rerecording and Event Technical Supervision, Mr. Murphy has worked on over 300 feature films. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, winning in 1993 for Jurassic Park (1993).Score Recording and Mixing Engineer (Recorded at Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA and Mixed at O'Henry Sound Studios, Burbank, CA)- Music Department
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Alan Meyerson was born on 19 March 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for Dune (2021), Dunkirk (2017) and The Dark Knight (2008).Score Recording and Mixing Engineer (Recorded at The Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Mixed at Remote Control Productions, Inc., Santa Monica, CA)- Music Department
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Wolfgang Amadeus was born on 20 December 1963 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is a composer, known for Strange Days (1995), Red Planet (2000) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).Electronic Score Engineer (Recorded at Debney Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA) (as Wolfgang "Amadeus" Aichholz)- Music Department
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Jeffrey Biggers is known for Bloodshot (2020), Iron Man (2008) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).Score Mix Assistant Engineer- Music Department
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TJ Lindgren is a film composer from Los Angeles and grew up in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. After wearing out recordings of the Beethoven Symphonies and the soundtrack to Star Wars as a child (which the library is still very upset about) he attended the prestigious Peabody Conservatory of Music, the oldest music conservatory in the United States, which counts among its alumni such notable artists as Philip Glass, Tori Amos and Michael Hedges. He has composed music for everything from Hollywood blockbusters (Transformers, Avengers, Justice League) to Oscar winning and nominated movies (Argo, Alice in Wonderland, Wanted) to classic animation films (The Grinch, Robots, Frankenweenie) as well as iconic action films including The Bourne Identity, Men in Black and Terminator franchises.
TJ has had the great fortune of collaborating with some of the finest A-List composers in the industry including Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Danny Elfman, Alexandre Desplat and John Williams (who doesn't know about the record). He is also an accomplished pianist and has played on movie soundtracks such as The Bourne Identity, Silver Linings Playbook, The Italian Job and Fifty Shades of Grey where he was the pianist behind Christian Grey's on-screen performances as well as the classical piano arrangements. You can hear him play electric cello on the upcoming third season of Vikings Valhalla premiering in 2024.Pro Tools Operator- Music Department
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Aaron Martin was born on 9 October 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a composer, known for King Kong (2005), Avatar (2009) and Apocalypto (2006).Score Coordinator for John Debney and Synth Programmer (Featured Musicians)- Music Department
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Martin Tillman, born in Zurich 1964 ,is known internationally in the Film and Music industry for his incredible experimental acoustic and electric cello. He has created a revolutionary sound of his own by extending the traditional boundaries of the classical cello. Martin Tillman discovered composing film music in a unique way, he had been brought in as the first electric cellist in Hollywood by Hans Zimmer on the movie "The Fan" (Robert De Niro). Since then Martin was the Cello soloist and additional score writer on over 100 movies and TV shows. Some of the Credits include: "Spiderman", "Pirates Of The Caribbean 1-5", "The Martian","Superman","Transformers","IRON MAN", "X-Men", "Batman Dark Knight" Trilogy, Tillman performed twice at "Oscars".2006 and 2012. (with Sting and Hans Zimmer), "Transformers", "Angel and Demons", "Da Vinci Code", "The Passion Of Christ", "The Ring", "Shrek", "Ali", "Hannibal", "The Pledge"(Jack Nicholson), "Mission Impossible II" (Tom Cruise) and many more. Martin Tillman's original film scores include: His EMMY-Nominated film:"Cries from Syria", "Schellen Ursli" (Little Mountain Boy), "In The Name Of Honor", "Dark Hearts", "Last Knights" (Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen), "Brave Miss World", "Admissions" and "The Ring Two" . He has been the recipient of the "BMI Award" for "The Ring Two" and won an "Emmy nomination" for the HBO Documentary " Cries from Syria". Soon after completing his conservatory studies in Switzerland and at USC in Los Angeles in 1989, Martin began playing cello with some of the worlds 's leading artists like Elton John, Sting, B.B King, Shaka Khan, T Bone Burnett, Beck, Elvis Costello, Chicago and others. Martin is a very prolific and unique composer and performer of his own individual Projects: "Superhuman" his latest album released in March 2016, will soon be performed "Live in Concert " and then followed by a tour. Superhuman combines EDM, Classical and Rock music and will have its premiere in Zurich Switzerland . It features Martin on E-cello, Rockband (including musicians from the Beach Boys, Phil Collins to Michael Jackson). The highly unique orchestra consists of 20 Cellists,4 percussionists and Light-show. Tillman now resides in Zurich but continues his work in Hollywood , performing on some of the biggest Film-scores to come in 2020 and 2021.("Mulan" by Disney to be released in 2020).Electric Cello (Featured Musicians)