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English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was educated at Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School in Gloucestershire and went on to Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and performance studies. He then attended the University of Bristol, and earned a bachelor's degree in drama. In the early 2000s, Pegg moved to London and began forging a successful career in stand-up comedy. Television opportunities followed including roles in Six Pairs of Pants (1995), Asylum (1996), and We Know Where You Live (1997). In 1999, Pegg and Jessica Hynes teamed up to write and star in cult sitcom Spaced (1999), directed by Edgar Wright. The series also featured Pegg's best friend Nick Frost. Pegg's breakthrough in film came with the zom-rom-com Shaun of the Dead (2004), which he also co-wrote with director Edgar Wright. Again, the film featured Nick Frost. The trio also scored a hit with police comedy Hot Fuzz (2007). Further film successes followed for Pegg, notably in the iconic role of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (2009) and alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).- Producer
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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990). He went on to write and produce Regarding Henry (1991) and Forever Young (1992). He also co-wrote Gone Fishin' (1997) with Mazursky. Along with other Sarah Lawrence alumni, he experimented with computer animation and was contracted to develop pre-production animation for Shrek (2001).
Abrams worked on the screenplay for Armageddon (1998) and co-created (as well as composing the opening theme of) Felicity (1998), which ran for four seasons. He founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001 with Bryan Burk. He created and executive-produced Alias (2001) and Lost (2004), composing the theme music for both, and co-writing episodes of "Lost". He also co-wrote and produced thriller Joy Ride (2001). He made his feature directing debut with Mission: Impossible III (2006), reinvigorating the series. He produced the hit mystery film Cloverfield (2008) and co-created Fringe (2008).
He directed the Star Trek (2009) reboot, proving successful with fans and newcomers to the franchise. He next directed Super 8 (2011), co-produced by Steven Spielberg and produced Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). He returned to direct the follow-up to his reboot, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Disney and Lucasfilm announced J.J. as their choice for director of the first episode in the new 'Star Wars' trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He initially resisted, as he didn't want to travel away from his family to London, but Kathleen Kennedy convinced him that his voice would be the best to reinvigorate this franchise, as he had done with two others before. He also produced Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Star Trek Beyond (2016), and executive-produced Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow would no longer direct Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it was announced that J.J. would return to complete the trilogy he started.- Actor
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Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg is an American television and film actor. He is best known for starring as Matt Parkman in the NBC television series Heroes and "Snap" Wexley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He has often appeared in works produced and directed by childhood friend J. J. Abrams. He is a recurring cast member in the first two seasons of the Showtime American television drama series Masters of Sex.- Composer
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Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television and video games.
Giacchino composed the scores to the television series Lost, Alias and Fringe, the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles (2004), Star Trek (2009), Up (2009), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Inside Out (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Coco (2017).
For his work on Up he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.- Actress
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Amanda Foreman was born on 15 July 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (2009), Forever Young (1992) and Inland Empire (2006).- Sound Department
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Ben Burtt was born in New York, USA. Though he is a writer, an editor and a director, he is best known for his work as a sound designer. Ben has worked on many Pixar and Star Trek movies and all of the Star Wars movies. He is credited for creating Chewbacca's voice and sounds as well as the voice of Yoda and several others.- Cinematographer
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Dan Mindel was born on 27 May 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Spy Game (2001), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He has been married to Lisa Fallon since 6 June 1992. They have four children. He was previously married to Paula Hamilton.- Casting Director
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April Webster is an Emmy award-winning casting director, based in Los Angeles, California, known for her work in film and television. Webster has worked with some of the most successful directors, including several projects with J.J. Abrams.
She has been nominated for thirteen Artios Awards, and has won three in addition to her four Emmy nominations Her casting credits have included Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Trek (2009), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Tomorrowland (2015), and Lost (2004).- Costume Designer
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Michael Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Armageddon (1998), Blade Runner (1982) and Star Trek (2009).- Producer
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Tommy Harper is known for Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Beyond (2016) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).- Art Department
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James Clyne has worked as a film industry artist for well over a decade. He spent his childhood in Oregon catching garter snakes, building forts on construction sights and drawing everything his impressionable mind could think of.
James studied fine art at UC Santa Barbara where he focused on oil painting and photography. He was inspired by master painters and the power of light through a lens. He went on to Art Center where he learned automotive, industrial and film production design. There he was introduced to the work of Raymond Lowey, Pininfarina and, of course, Syd Mead.
Since then, James has collaborated on well over thirty film projects. The highlights include working with Steven Spielberg on a number of projects in various capacities related to visualization. On A.I. and Minority Report James not only designed specific production assets but also created imagery that was used to inform the look of the movies through the relationship between light and emotion. James was also the Production Designer on an animated feature in 2008, Tusker, a magical film about a tribe of Indian Elephants. In 2011, James was selected by Steven Spielberg to put together an art team for the development of a television series. James has also worked with James Cameron on Avatar and Battle Angel, JJ Abrams on both Star Trek films, Robert Zemeckis, as well as projects with Michael Bay, Darren Aronofsky, and Terry Gilliam, to name a few.
In 2013, James joined the ILM Art Department and was given the opportunity to work on a Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He currently resides in San Rafael with his wife and two sons.- Producer
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Tommy Gormley was born on 3 May 1968 in Scotland, UK. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Super 8 (2011), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Wonder Woman (2017). He has been married to Sarah Purser since 7 October 1995. They have two children.- Sound Department
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Mike Massa was born on 8 February 1968 in Frankfurt, Germany. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).- Editor
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- Special Effects
Evan Schiff was born on 8 July 1982 in DeWitt, New York, USA. He is an editor, known for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kit Conners is known for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), Challengers (2024) and Boston Strangler (2023).- Editorial Department
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Stefan Sonnenfeld, born in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., is a trailblazer in color grading. Founder of Company 3, his expertise has left an indelible mark on projects like Man on Fire (2004), 300 (2006), Catch-22 (2019), Them (2021), White Lotus (2021, 2022), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Rebel Moon (2023), Maestro (2023), and Ferrari (2023).- Additional Crew
- Visual Effects
- Art Department
The 'After Effects Guru' As the host of over 160 tutorials and creator of title sequences for TV's Fringe and the film Star Trek, Andrew has participated in many forms of production from visual effects artist, to directing commercials and promos. His website Video Copilot has been a progressive force in the visual effects industry with his upbeat training style and innovative plug-ins.
As a freelance artist and web designer at age 20, Andrew began to work on the Video Copilot website from his apartment in Southern California. The website started with a single product and a handful of short After Effects tutorials that were featured on the Creative Cow community. His unusual training style and off-beat humor intrigued viewers by showing them powerful techniques for visual effects that were detailed and also entertaining. Not to mention the joy of collaborating with his friend Sam Loya for destructive and punishing effects.
In 2007 Andrew released a tutorial based on the Light Streaks effects from the recent iPod commercials that sparked worldwide interest and was even featured on the front page of the popular news site Digg.com. Later that year, the now 2-man team released the popular Riot Gear DVD featuring stock footage of paint and ink elements filmed in their garage. The products success had Andrew and his brother scrambling to fill orders to locations all over the world and helped fuel the company's passion.
The sites online presence has also led to collaborations for Andrew to work with major companies and even the unique opportunity to work with Director J.J. Abrams on Film & TV Projects.
Video Copilot has since published over 40 hours of training and has over a dozen professional products and plug-ins used by creative professionals around the world. The Video Copilot team has grown to 6 full-time professionals and recently moved into a new studio space. Andrew continues to work in the film industry in addition to publishing new, exciting products and tutorials for the growing motion graphics and visual effects community.- Producer
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Bryan Burk was born on 30 December 1968. He is a producer and writer, known for Lost (2004), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Trek (2009).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Colin Anderson is known for The Town (2010), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).- Script and Continuity Department
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- Producer
Dawn Gilliam is known for Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Black Panther (2018) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).- Editor
- Producer
- Editorial Department
Maryann Brandon is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Passengers (2016) and Super 8 (2011).- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Producer
Alyssa Weisberg is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Trek (2009) and Super 8 (2011).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Actress
Mary Jo Markey is known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Super 8 (2011) and Star Trek (2009).