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Adrianne Palicki was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Nancy (French) and Jeffrey Palicki. Her father is of Polish and Hungarian descent, and her mother is of English and German ancestry. Adrianne graduated from Whitmer High School. She did not take the stage in her first play until she was a sophomore at Whitmer High School. While in high school, she played basketball and ran track, and was runner-up for homecoming queen. She was a series regular on the first three seasons of NBC's drama series Friday Night Lights (2006). She has since starred of co-starred in the films Legion (2010), Red Dawn (2012), and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013).- Producer
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Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of "Monsters, Inc.," "Up," and "Inside Out," and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently directing Pixar's feature film "Soul" with producer Dana Murray, which is set to release June 19, 2020.
Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the studio's third animator, Docter collaborated and help develop the story and characters for "Toy Story," Pixar's first full-length animated feature film, for which he also was supervising animator. He served as a storyboard artist on "A Bug's Life," and wrote initial story treatments for both "Toy Story 2" and "WALL.E." Aside from directing his three films, Docter also executive produced "Monsters University" and the Academy Award®-winning "Brave."
Docter's interest in animation began at the age of eight when he created his first flipbook. He studied character animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, California, where he produced a variety of short films, one of which won a Student Academy Award®. Those films have since been shown in animation festivals worldwide and are featured on the "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2." Upon joining Pixar, he animated and directed several commercials, and has been nominated for eight Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature-winners "Up" and "Inside Out" and nominee "Monsters, Inc.," and Best Original Screenplay for "Up," "Inside Out" and "WALL.E." In 2007, "Up" also was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Actress
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Having been named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, Kaitlyn Dever has become one of Hollywood's top emerging young actresses.
Dever has showcased her versatility, appearing in movies such as Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011), James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now (2013), Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12 (2008), and Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children (2014), and was one of the female leads in Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit (2017).
She truly shone in the dark drama Short Term 12 (2013) alongside Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, John Gallagher Jr., and Rami Malek. The film premiered at SXSW 2013, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative as well as the Audience Award. Kaitlyn was named Summer 2013's indie "It" girl and was highlighted as a SXSW breakout.
In addition to her film career, she recently wrapped her memorable four-season-long arc playing Loretta McCready on the FX drama Justified (2010), for which she received critical acclaim. She also played a role in the award-winning video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016), voicing Cassie Drake, daughter of the game's lead, Nathan Drake.- Producer
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Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for direct and write The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.
McCarthy co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).- Director
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Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film. After graduation, Benh spent a summer in Prague working with a prominent animation artist. Returning to the U.S., he worked in a private school in Manhattan helping elementary students create short films.- Actor
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Carlos Knight is best known for the role of Owen Reynolds on Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas. Columbia, South Carolina native Carlos Knight began acting at Town Theater in his hometown. After performing on stage in plays including Footloose and the Wiz, Carlos landing his first paying television role in 2006 as Tyrell Blake in ETV's Detective Bones and the South Carolina History Mystery. That same year Carlos attended an industry convention in Atlanta, GA where he was recruited by several talent agents. After signing with an agent, Carlos moved to Los Angeles then appeared in NUMB3RS on CBS which aired December 2006. Carlos later landed several television and movie roles before landing his award winning guest starring role on NBC's ER. At the 30th Annual Young Artist Awards Carlos won for Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor. He played Henry Cole in the pilot episode of "Southland". Carlos appeared as Diesel in the movies Fred 2, Camp Fred and Fred the TV show.- Actor
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Jonathan Joseph Heder is an American actor and producer who is known for portraying Napoleon Dynamite in 2004. He returned to play the role in an animated series and a 2005 MTV Movie Awards skit. He also acted in the Pororo the Penguin films including Pororo's Racing Adventure, Pororo's Dinosaur Island, Pororo: Treasure Island Adventure, Surf's Up, Just Like Heaven, Pinocchio: A True Story, The Benchwarmers, Blades of Glory, Monster House, Momma's Boy and other works. He is married to Kirsten Bales since 2004 and has three children. In 2022 He appeared in one episode of Studio C as a guest star.- Actor
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Ryan Ochoa grew up in Southern California where he began his acting career at 5 years old. He has always loved to entertain family and friends since a toddler, imitating WWE Superstars including Dwayne Johnson, which to this day is still one of his favorite actors and biggest inspirations.
Ryan booked his first commercial audition then got his first national commercial for "Dairy Queen" at 8 years old. He caught the acting bug and went on to do more national commercials, one in particular with his two younger brothers Robert Ochoa and Raymond Ochoa, who were in the spot with him.
He began to expand his career by booking his first theatrical role in a short film, which led to a couple indie features and went on to land his first feature film The Perfect Game (2009) opposite Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin, and Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett Jr.. The film was a true story about the 1957 Mexican Little League team from Monterrey, who were the first non-U.S team to win the Little League World Series. Ryan portrayed the catcher Norberto Villarreal, and to this day, he remains good friends with most of his cast.
His big break came in 2008 when he was cast in the motion capture film A Christmas Carol (2009) written and directed by Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey and Academy Award winner Gary Oldman. Ryan had multiple credited roles in the film including the voice of Tiny Tim. After production ended, Ryan ended up working for Mr. Zemeckis on two more movies he was producing, including Mars Needs Moms (2011).
He then was cast as Chuck Chambers in a re-curring role on Nickelodeon's hit show iCarly (2007) as the nemesis to Spencer. A year later Disney came calling...
They cast him as a series regular on Disney XD's Pair of Kings (2010). Ryan played Lanny, the disgruntled, bitter cousin to the twin kings, where his main goal was to steal the throne. He was on the show for 3 seasons where he appeared in all episodes produced.
His first leading role in a film was with Universal/Disney in the movie Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014).
In 2012, Ryan formed a music "hip-hop-hype" group with his three brothers Rick Ochoa, Robert Ochoa, and Raymond Ochoa, the "Ochoa Boyz." They have toured the U.S. performing at hundreds of concerts and private events. Their music can also be heard in several of the movies Ryan and Raymond have starred in. They write, co-produce, and direct their own music and music videos together with Ryan's production company, Triple 'R' Productions. Ryan shows daily that he not only loves being in front of the camera, but behind the camera too.
In 2018, Ryan starred opposite Emmy and Tony award winner Hal Linden in The Samuel Project (2018). Ochoa plays Eli, an aspiring artist who builds a relationship with his grandfather Samuel, (Hal Linden) by making Samuel the subject of his art project. This earned both Ochoa and Mr. Linden "Best Actor" nominations at the San Diego Film Awards, where their film also won "Best Narrative Feature" and "Best Director," respectively.
Following "The Samuel Project," Ochoa suited up in U.S. military attire in the Netflix documentary series, Medal of Honor (2018) marking this as his fourth project with Robert Zemeckis and his team, whom produced alongside Academy Award winner James Moll.
Within one week of wrapping "Medal of Honor," Ochoa was off to Sedona, Arizona where he would portray the neighborhood street punk skater, Wayne, in the thriller Room for Rent (2019) starring Lin Shaye. Ryan credits Casey Price, the 1st Assistant Director on the film, for referring him to the director. Ochoa worked with Casey earlier that year on "The Samuel Project," where he built a lifelong friendship with Casey and many of the cast and crew.
Ryan's official debut album "R-TYPE" with the "Ochoa Boyz" was released at the top of 2020. Ryan, his brothers, and their standalone producer were the only writers on the album, being they are the only writers listed on all 17 tracks. Each brother feature on their own individual track as well, showcasing their musical talents in three different style records.
Ochoa is not only producing films now, but directing short films and music videos in between his own projects. Ryan is currently working on new shows to be released later this year.
Ochoa feels like his journey is just beginning, and spends his time studying his craft, creating new content, expanding his business mindset, accomplishing fitness goals, all while focusing to fulfill his quote, "If I can inspire just ONE person, then I have accomplished my purpose!"
Whether it's with a camera or on stage with a mic, Ryan was born to entertain and inspire others along the way, making sure the world will always "DREAM, WISH, BELIEVE."- Writer
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John Musker is an American animated film director who collaborates with Ron Clements. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are seminal films he co-directed because they brought back life to Disney animation in the late 1980s and early 1990s.- 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.- Producer
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David Silverman was born on 15 March 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Simpsons (1989), The Simpsons Movie (2007) and Monsters, Inc. (2001).- Writer
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Bettina Gilois is an award-winning screenwriter and author, whose nominations and awards include an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Writing of a Television Movie, the HBO film "Bessie," as well as two NAACP Image Award nominations, a Humanitas Prize nomination, two Black Reel Award nominations, and two Movieguide Award Best Movie wins for "Glory Road" and "McFarland USA".
After acquiring an art history degree from Columbia University and working at Andy Warhol's Factory, she began her writing career with Joel Silver and Warner Brothers.Gilois has since worked with such notable artists and producers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Joel Silver, Joel Surnow, Lili and Dick Zanuck, Kevin Costner, Norman Jewison, Martin Campbell, Niki Caro, James Coburn, and Christian Bale. Her films include Jerry Bruckheimer's "Glory Road," and uncredited work on "The Mists of Avalon" with Anjelica Huston and "The Hurricane" with Denzel Washington. Her film, Disney's "McFarland USA" starring Kevin Costner, has won the Cesar Chavez Award and the Most Moving Pictures Award as well as the Movieguide Award for 10 Best Movies of the Year for Mature Audiences. Her HBO film, "Bessie," starring Queen Latifah, has won the Critic's Choice Award for Best Movie Made for Television as well as garnering 12 Emmy nominations and winning an Emmy for Best Movie. Her movie "The Lost Wife of Robert Durst" was released in November 2017 on Lifetime. She is the writer/creator of the 2020 series "Muscle Shoals," based on the true story of Rick Hall, with Johnny Depp producing, and George Tilman directing. She also wrote the 2020 television movie, "Mahalia," for Lifetime. She is also writer/creator of "Enlightened," a series for MGM and Amazon. Also writer/creator of "Last Clear Chance," a series for ABC and Chelsea Handler Productions. In addition to writing screenplays, Gilois has authored several books. She also writes for the Huffington Post in the Arts and Culture section.- Actor
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Greyson Michael Chance is an American singer, songwriter and pianist whose April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a sixth-grade music festival became a hit on YouTube, gaining over 36 million views. Two of his original compositions, "Stars" and "Broken Hearts", gained over 4 and 6 million views respectively on his YouTube channel. His debut single, "Waiting Outside the Lines," was released in October 2010.
Chance was born in Wichita Falls, Texas and now resides in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has English, German, 1/8th Bohemian (Czech), and 1/8th Polish, ancestry.
He is the youngest child of Scott and Lisa Chance; he has an older sister, Alexa, and an older brother, Tanner, both of whom also play music.
Chance began playing the piano at the age of 8 and has had three years of piano lessons, but no formal vocal training. His inspiration comes from Lady Gaga; after seeing her performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, he said: "I was awestruck by her performance.
Chance also admires Christina Aguilera, the rock band Augustana, R&B singer John Legend, singer-songwriter Elton John and late Beatle John Lennon.- Writer
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Jennifer "Rogers" Brody is the CEO/Founder of Continuum Entertainment Group (CEG)-a multi-platform IP company specializing in topical genre content. After studying film at Harvard University, Jennifer began her career in Hollywood. Highlights include working for Platinum Dunes and New Line Cinema, most notably on "The Lord of the Rings" films, "The Golden Compass," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." She also produced the feature film "Make It Happen" starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Tessa Thompson for The Weinstein Company. Her award-winning debut novel "The 13th Continuum" sold to Turner Publishing in a 3-book deal and is being developed for television.
She is represented by Deborah Schneider (Gelfman Schneider/ICM Partners) for publishing, Josie Friedman (ICM) and Marc Manus (Zero Gravity) for TV/Film, and Curtis Brown for UK and foreign rights.- Director
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Kendall Goldberg is known for When Jeff Tried to Save the World (2018), Gloria Talks Funny (2017) and Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero (2018).- Art Department
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Bill Kroyer was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film Technological Threat, the first film to combine 2D and CG animated characters. He directed Ferngully, The Last Rainforest, as well as dozens of commercials and animated feature film credit sequences. As Señior Animation Director at Rhythm & Hues studios he directed CG characters in films the grossed over $1 billion worldwide. In 2017 he and his wife Susan were the first couple to receive The International Animation Society's prestigious June Foray award.- Actor
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Tom Higgenson was born on 22 February 1979 in Villa Park, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Prom Night (2008), College Road Trip (2008) and Bandslam (2009).- Actress
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Barry W. Blaustein was born in 1955. He is known for Beyond the Mat (1999), Boomerang (1992) and The Nutty Professor (1996).- Actor
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Seth Robert Dusky was born in Newport Beach, California to parents Robert and Ginger Dusky. He has two siblings, an older brother Kolyn and younger brother Jaden.
His acting career began at the age of ten with a Mattel Hot wheels commercial. He has continued to work doing a little bit of everything from Commercials, Print, Television, Film and Voice overs.- Writer
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Tom McLoughlin was born on 19 July 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Date with an Angel (1987) and Sometimes They Come Back (1991). He has been married to Nancy McLoughlin since 2 July 1983. They have two children.- Director
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Kate is a writer and director. Her first feature film, Song One, (starring Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, and Mary Steenburgen) premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released domestically and internationally in 2015. Her short documentary, Industrious, which explores internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Marco Grob's creative process, screened at the Kunstmuseum Bern in Switzerland.
Kate's short films have played at numerous film festivals and Every Day, a fashion video she directed for LA-based designer Jesse Kamm, was featured in The New York Times' T Magazine. Her short film, Match, screened at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of their joint New Directors/New Films series and was a semi-finalist for the Student Academy Awards. Kate was selected for the IFP/Film Society of Lincoln Center's Emerging Visions program and she has also directed videos for musical and dance artists including the Vanessa Long Dance Company.
After directing the 'making-of' Merchant-Ivory's The White Countess in Shanghai, she was the assistant to director David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada. In addition to having extensive on-set experience as a crew member on a variety of feature film productions, she was selected for Sony Television's 2015 Diverse Directors Program. She has served as a script consultant and has taught screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
A graduate of the University of Chicago, Kate also spent several years studying and living in Paris. She received her MFA degree in directing from Columbia University, where she was awarded the James Bridges Development Award for excellence in working with actors.- Producer
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Ted Sarandos is a member of Spotify's board of directors. He has been a member of the board of directors since September 13, 2016. In addition to his role on the board of directors, Mr. Sarandos serves on the board of directors of Netflix, as well as the Film Advisory Board of Directors for Tribeca Film Festival, the board of directors of American Cinematheque, and the advisory board of Film Independent. Mr. Sarandos is also an American Film Institute trustee, an Executive Committee Member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and serves on the board of directors of Exploring the Arts. He also serves as the co-CEO and Chief Content Officer of Netflix and has led content acquisition for Netflix since 2000.- Writer
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Peter Alexis Shukoff also known as Nice Peter is a self described "Comic/Guitar Hero" best known for the musical comedy on his YouTube channel, NicePeter. As of January 2012 he is the 34th most subscribed of all time and the 7th most subscribed musician with over 1.4 million subscribers. The day after hitting one million subscribers, the video game and news channel G4 crowned Nice Peter the King of Dot Com Comedy on "Attack of the Show". His videos have received over 384 million views and have been featured on the Huffington Post, Billboard.com, and the January 2012 issue of Wired Magazine. A recent interview with Forbes Magazine details Peter and his Epic Rap Battle of History partner Lloyd Ahlquist's rise to YouTube fame.- As a rising talent, Raegan Revord is steadily building an impressive body of work and quickly making a name for herself in Hollywood.
Raegan stars in CBS's hit comedy series Young Sheldon as fan-favorite 'Missy Cooper', the title character's sassy and brash twin sister. Set as a prequel to the Emmy-nominated The Big Bang Theory, the series consistently been one of prime time's most watched comedies.
Off screen, Raegan is a dedicated writer and is authoring a debut YA novel titled Rules for Fake Girlfriends, set to publish in the Fall of 2025 by Wednesday Books.
Raegan is also an avid reader and used Instagram to launch her own book club, Read With Raegan, which has over 63k followers. The online book club is a space where young adults, like Raegan, can come together and celebrate everything there is to love about books, including favorite reads, author interviews, and more. Since it's launch in 2022, the book club had grown into a community of thought-provoking recommendations and conversations.
Raegan's passions also extend into her local community. Her desire to help the less fortunate sparked an idea to create Homeless Helpers, a local initiative aimed at providing small care packages and other necessary items for those who are without homes. Additionally, she is a passionate and outspoken advocate for rescuing animals and is a Junior Ambassador for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.