| MORGAN FREEMAN (Colonel Curtis) recently starred with Ben Affleck in the Tom Clancy thriller "The Sum of All Fears" and with Ashley Judd in "High Crimes". Yet to be released are the films "Levity", opposite Billy Bob Thornton, "Bruce Almighty" with Jim Carrey, "The Big Bounce" with Owen Wilson and "Danny the Dog", with Jet Li. Mr. Freeman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his work in Frank Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's "The Shawshank Redemption", which like Dreamcatcher was made by Castle Rock Entertainment. He received a Golden Globe Award, the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Driving Miss Daisy". Earlier in his career he won the Los Angeles, New York and National Society of Film Critics Awards and received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his work on "Street Smart". Mr. Freeman's recent work includes "Along Came a Spider" and "Nurse Betty". He played the President of the United States in "Deep Impact" and abolitionist Theodore Jackson in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad". His many film credits include The "Unforgiven", "Kiss the Girls", "Bonfire of the Vanities", "Lean on Me", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", "Outbreak", "Seven", "Brubaker", "Eyewitness", "Harry & Sons", "Teachers", "Marie", "That Was Then, This Is Now", "Clean and Sober", "Johnny Handsome", "Glory" and "Chain Reaction". His television credits include notably NBC's "The Atlanta Child Murders" with Cicely Tyson and CBS' "The Execution of Raymond Graham". Mr. Freeman made his film-directing debut in 1993 with "Bopha!" starring Danny Glover and Alfre Woodard and soon after formed Revelations Entertainment, a production company developing entertainment product in all existing and emerging media that "enlightens, inspires and glorifies the human experience." Morgan Freeman became known nationally when he created the popular character Easy Reader on the highly praised public television show The Electric Company, but he was already well known in New York's theatre circles. He won the Drama Desk Award, the Clarence Derwent Award and a Tony Award nomination for his performance in "The Mighty Gents" (1978). He won Obie Awards for Coriolanus, at the New York Shakespeare Festival; for The Messenger in the acclaimed Brooklyn Academy of Music production of "Gospel at Colonus" (1984) and for Hoke Coleburn in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Driving Miss Daisy" (1985). His performance in "Driving Miss Daisy" also won him a Dramalogue Award. Mr. Freeman last appeared on stage in 1991 as Petruchio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's "The Taming of the Shrew" with Tracey Ullman. |
| Displaying astonishing versatility with a wide range of upcoming films, THOMAS JANE (Dr. Henry Devlin) combines a leading man's profile with a character actor's art of performance. His next project is starring in the title role of "Stander" for director Bronwen Hughes. Based on a true story, Jane stars as a South African police officer who, in the early 1980s, turned to a life of crime, robbing as many as four banks a day. Jane recently completed starring roles in Roger Kumble's romantic comedy "The Sweetest Thing" opposite Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair; in the role of baseball legend Mickey Mantle in the Emmy nominated, Billy Crystal helmed "61*" for HBO pictures; and opposite Samantha Morton in Eden, which premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. Jane also starred opposite Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and Monica Belucci in the independent thriller "Under Suspicion", a remake of the French film "Gare de Vue" directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Peter Illif. The film made its audience debut at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Jane is also well known for his starring role in the Warner Bros. Pictures thriller "Deep Blue Sea". Directed by Renny Harlin, the film also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows and LL Cool J. He starred with Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack and Adrien Brody in Terrence Malick's Academy Award nominated World War II drama "The Thin Red Line", based on James Jone's classic novel. Jane received critical praise for his work starring opposite Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and John C. Reilly in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights". The film also starred Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle and William H. Macy, and the actors were nominated for a 1998 SAG Award for Best Ensemble Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture. Jane also received critical attention for his portrayal of Neal Cassady opposite Keanu Reeves, Claire Forlani and Adrien Brody in Stephen Kay's independent drama "The Last Time I Committed Suicide". Other film credits include Lance Lane's "Junked", in which Jane reprised the role of "Switch" that he originated in the stage production at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. On stage, Jane received critical notice for his role of 'Tom' in Tennessee Williams "The Glass Menagerie" at the Laguna Playhouse and 'Chris' in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Odyssey Theater. |
| Born and raised in Huntington Beach, California, JASON LEE (Beaver) turned a childhood pastime of skateboarding into a professional career. He began to develop an interest in acting after moving to Los Angeles in his twenties. Lee's big break came in 1995 when he was cast in the leading role of the slacker 'Brodie' in writer/director Kevin Smith's comedy "Mallrats". "Mallrats" was the first of four movies with Smith. Lee's performance as Ben Affleck's insecure, outspoken roommate 'Banky' in Chasing Amy won him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in Smith's supernatural comedy "Dogma" as the demonic 'Azrael' and in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back". Lee was the lead singer of the 1970s rock band Stillwater in writer/director Cameron Crowe's Golden Globe-winning film "Almost Famous". He went on to re-team with Crowe for "Vanilla Sky", playing the best friend of Tom Cruise's character. Lee's additional credits include Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford", in which he played a lonely young skateboarding billionaire, "A Guy Thing", "Stealing Harvard", "Big Trouble", "Heartbreakers", "Enemy of the State", "Kissing A Fool" and "American Cuisine". |
| DAMIAN LEWIS (Jonesy) makes his American movie debut in "Dreamcatcher". Earlier this year he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a mini-series or TV drama for his performance as Major Richard Winters in HBO's "Band of Brothers", the story of E Company of the 101st Airborne Division's 506th Regiment, from its initial training to the end of World War II. The 10-part mini-series was based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Ambrose and was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Already well known in his native Britain, Lewis recently starred as Soames in Granada TV's adaptation of the Galsworthy classic, The "Forsyte Saga", directed by Crispin Menaul. This controversial drama aired on PBS in the fall of 2002. For the BBC, Lewis recently starred as Jeffrey Archer in "Jeffrey Archer - The Truth", a satirical drama based on the disgraced politician's life. He also starred in "Hearts and Bones", which chronicled the lives and loves of seven friends in London and in Warriors, the story of UN peacekeepers in Bosnia, which won a European Film Award and a BAFTA Award. His television credits also include "Robinson Crusoe", which was bought by Miramax for theatrical release, Life Force, and two popular, highly rated British series, A "Touch of Frost" and Agatha Christie's "Poirot", which is seen in the U.S. and Canada on PBS and A&E. Lewis trained at the Guildhall College of Speech and Drama. He spent two years at Britain's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, playing leading roles. He also played Hamlet in the open-air theater production in London's Regent's Park and was Laertes to Ralph Fiennes' "Hamlet" on Broadway. His theater credits include Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" at the Donmar Warehouse and "School for Wives" at the Almeida |
| TIMOTHY OLYPHANT (Pete) received great notice as the drug dealer 'Todd Gaines' in Doug Liman's critically applauded film "Go". Olyphant most recently finished shooting the pilot episode for the new HBO western series "Deadwood" created by David Milch and directed by Walter Hill. Timothy stars as 'Seth Bullock,' the famous Marshall from Montana, who came to the rogue town of Deadwood to instill some law and order with the help of Carradine's 'Wild Bill Hickok.' Olyphant has two films coming out this year, IFC's "The Safety of Objects" opposite Glenn Close and New Line Cinema's "A Man Apart" opposite Vin Diesel. Olyphant also starred in the Sony Classics film "The Broken Hearts Club", which told the story of a close-knit group of young gay men, who struggled to cope with their identity and found comfort in playing together on a softball team. The film also starred Dean Cain and John Mahoney. On television, Olyphant appeared in the HBO film "When Trumpets Fade" by director John Irvin. He joined ABC's critically acclaimed drama series "High Incident", which was created by Steven Spielberg and Eric Bogosian for Dreamworks. Olyphant was born in Hawaii and raised in California. He studied fine art and theatre at the University of Southern California and after graduation moved to New York to enroll in Willima Esper's acting program. It was in New York that his acting career began. He received the World Theatre Award for Outstanding Debut Performance - an award previously won by Al Pacino and Alan Alda - for his role as 'Tim Hapgood' in the Playwright Horizon's "The Monogamist", written by Christopher Kyle. He went on to star in David Sedaris's one-man production "Santaland Diaries" at the Atlantic Theatre and later returned to the Playwright Horizon to star in "Plunge", also written by Christopher Kyle. Prior to acting, Olyphant swam competitively at USC and was a U.S. National Finalist in the 200 individual Medley. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. |
| TOM SIZEMORE (Owen Underhill) has established himself as one of the most versatile actors working in film today. His co-starring role opposite Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg's Academy Award nominated drama, "Saving Private Ryan", in which he portrayed Sergeant Michael Horvath and gendered enormous critical praise for his depiction of a tough-as-nails, but ever loyal ranger. Recently, Sizemore starred in the CBS Television drama series "RHD" for creator Michael Mann. He also starred in the lead role of Tom Cherry in "Sins of the Father". As Cherry, Sizemore delivered an emotional performance playing a son who spends his adult life seeking the love and approval of his father, but who eventually realizes that his father was complicit in one of the most violent hate crimes in U.S. history. Sizemore has become highly sought after for lead roles in major feature films. He starred in the Academy Award nominated film "Black Hawk Down", with Ewan McGregor and Josh Hartnett for director Ridley Scott. His upcoming independent films include "The Florentine" with Chris Penn, Jeremy Davies and Michael Madsen for director Nick Stagliano, and Polygram Film's "The Match" with Ian Holm, Richard E. Grant and Max Beesley. He co-starred in the blockbuster film "Pearl Harbor", directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Sizemore has also played major roles in "Red Planet", Martin Scorsese's "Bringing Out the Dead", "Play it to the Bone" and "Big Trouble". Sizemore gained critical acclaim for his role in HBO's "Witness Protection", in which he starred as a man who must comply with the government to win his family's safety from the Boston Mafia. Sizemore's first movie role was for Oliver Stone in "Born on the Fourth of July". He later re-teamed with Stone to play Scagneti, the self-promoting detective who apprehends Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis in "Natural Born Killers". Other standout performances include the 1997 suspense thriller "The Relic", in which he starred with Penelope-Ann Miller in a role that garnered him a Best Actor Award at the Madrid Film Festival. In 1995, Sizemore had a banner year in which he starred opposite Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer in Michael Mann's "Heat". He also starred opposite Denzel Washington in director Carl Franklin's "Devil in a Blue Dress", based on the acclaimed novel by Walter Mosley, and in "Strange Days" for director Kathryn Bigelow. Sizemore has graced the screen in a wide range of films including Ron Underwood's "Hearts and Souls", Tony Scott's "True Romance", Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp", "Passenger 57", "Watch It", "Guilty Suspicion", and NBC's highly successful miniseries, "Witness to the Mob", in which he portrayed John Gotti to critical raves. |
| With an impressive background that spans across the worlds of music, film and television, DONNIE WAHLBERG (Duddits) has captured the attention of audiences worldwide. He has proven his versatility by transforming himself from a teen pop sensation to a noteworthy dramatic film actor and critically acclaimed television star. Wahlberg currently stars in the new NBC hit drama series "Boomtown", where he has received praise from critics and audiences alike for his portrayal of "Joel Stevens," an intense Los Angeles detective struggling to keep his troubled home life a secret while remaining dedicated to facing the challenges of his daily work life. Graham Yost, executive producer and writer of "Boomtown", had worked with Donnie in "Band of Brothers" in which Wahlberg starred as 2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton and was so impressed by his performance that he wrote the role of "Joel Stevens" specifically for him. Prior to "Band of Brothers", Wahlberg received a great deal of attention for his dynamic role in "The Sixth Sense" as the psychotic patient of Bruce Willis in the opening sequence. This role was originally intended for a 13-year-old boy until Wahlberg met with M. Night Shyamalan to inquire about obtaining the rights for a theatre production and ended up getting this pivotal role. He also starred as the kidnapper who was in over his head in "Ransom" with Mel Gibson, directed by Ron Howard. Prior to that, Wahlberg received attention for his role in an independent film, "Southie", directed by John Shea. Born in Boston, the eighth of nine children, Wahlberg began performing in plays and banging on pots and pans as early as the first grade. In high school, he attended a fledgling arts program and became involved in theatre, acting, writing and directing plays. At age 14, Wahlberg started a band, and in a few years they went from playing at high school parties to becoming the pop music sensation New Kids on the Block. At the height of New Kids' popularity, Wahlberg made a decision to go in another direction, focusing on writing and producing for his younger brother, Mark. He then appeared in "Bullet" with Mickey Rourke and Tupac Shakur, a project that lit a spark in him, motivating him to continue to work on his craft. Wahlberg currently lives in Los Angeles with his family. |
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LAWRENCE KASDAN (Writer/Producer/Director) has directed nine films prior to "Dreamcatcher": "Body Heat", "The Big Chill, Silverado", "The Accidental Tourist", "I Love You to Death", "Grand Canyon", "Wyatt Earp", "French Kiss" and "Mumford". He has written or co-written all of these pictures except John Kostmayer's "I Love You to Death" and Adam Brooks' "French Kiss". In addition, Kasdan has written or co-written four of the most successful pictures in motion picture history - "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Return of the Jedi" and "The Bodyguard". Born in Miami Beach, Florida and raised in West Virginia, Kasdan attended the University of Michigan, supporting himself with a series of writing awards while he studied English literature. Kasdan made his critically acclaimed directorial debut with "Body Heat" in 1981. Next, he directed "The Big Chill", which he co-wrote with Barbara Benedek and which was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. His next effort was the sprawling western "Silverado", which he directed, produced and co-wrote with his brother Mark. Kasdan next directed "The Accidental Tourist", based on the novel by Anne Tyler and adapted by Kasdan and Frank Galati. The film was named Best Picture of 1988 by the New York Film Critics, received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and earned Geena Davis a Best Supporting Actress award. 1990's "I Love You to Death", written by John Kostmayer, was the first script that Kasdan directed that he did not write. The script for "Grand Canyon", co-written with his wife Meg Kasdan, earned them Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Screenplay. The film received the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture at the 1992 Berlin Film Festival. In 1992, Kasdan's seventeen-year-old script for "The Bodyguard" was filmed under the direction of Mick Jackson. Kasdan, Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner produced the movie, which went on to gross $400 million in theaters worldwide. In 1994, Kasdan made "Wyatt Earp", starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, and Gene Hackman, and in 1995, directed "French Kiss", a romantic comedy set in Paris and Cannes with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. Kasdan made his theatrical stage debut in the fall of 1995 as director of John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs & a Bone", a dark comedic look at the seamier side of Hollywood, as the inaugural play of the newly renovated Geffen Playhouse. The comedy "Mumford," which Kasdan wrote, directed and produced with Charles Okun, was released in 1999. Prior to "Dreamcatcher", WILLIAM GOLDMAN (Screenwriter) adapted the Stephen King books Hearts in Atlantis and Misery for Castle Rock Entertainment. Goldman won Academy Awards for his adaptation of "All the President's Men", and for his original script, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Both screenplays also earned him Writers Guild Awards. Other honors include Lifetime Achievement Awards from the WGA and from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and the Writers Guild of Great Britain. Goldman's first screen credit was the 1965 thriller "Masquerade". The following year his script for the detective drama "Harper" won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. His screenwriting credits include "Absolute Power", "The Ghost and the Darkness", "Heat", "Misery", "Maverick", "Chaplin", "Year of the Comet", "Magic", "A Bridge Too Far", "Marathon Man", "The Great Waldo Pepper", "The Stepford Wives", "The Hot Rock" and "The Princess Bride". Goldman has been an author for 45 years. Since his first novel, The Temple of Gold, he has written more than two dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction. Among his novels are Magic, The Princess Bride, Marathon Man and Tinsel. His non-fiction work includes acclaimed books about the entertainment industry - Adventures in the Screen Trade, Hype and Glory, The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway and Which Lie Did I Tell?. STEPHEN KING (Novel) was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, "The Maine Campus". He graduated from the University in 1970 with a B.S. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. King made his first short story sale to a mass-market men's magazine shortly after his graduation from the University. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to menšs magazines. Many of these were later gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies. In the fall of 1971, King began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy in Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication. King wrote his next-published novel Salem's Lot, in 1973, and Carrie was published in the spring of 1974. That same fall, the Kings left Maine for Boulder, Colorado. They lived there for a little less than a year, during which King wrote The Shining. Returning to Maine in the summer of 1975, King finished writing The Stand. The Dead Zone was also written in Bridgton. The Kings have three adult children. King put some of his college dramatic society experience to use when he played a bit part in a George Romero picture, "Knightriders", and "Creepshow", a film he scripted. In 1985, King wrote and directed the movie "Maximum Overdrive", and "Creepshow II" was released in 1987. Many of his works have been adapted for the screen, including Carrie, The Shining, Christine, Cujo, Pet Sematary (for which King wrote the screenplay and had a bit part as a minister), and Misery, as well as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. The popular movie "Stand By Me" was adapted from his novella The Body from the Different Seasons collection. In 1992, the film "Sleepwalkers" was produced from an original screenplay by King. In 2004, King's first TV series, "Kingdom Hospital", will air on ABC. CHARLES OKUN (Producer) has teamed with director Lawrence Kasdan on nine films. They initially met when Okun was preparing Kasdan's first feature film, "Body Heat", in 1981. A native of New York, Okun taught school briefly following his graduation from NYU. In the fifties he left teaching to join the film industry, working first as an electrician on documentaries, commercials and industrial training films. In 1961 he became an assistant director, first on commercials and then, in 1968, on feature films. His film career as an assistant director, unit production manager and producer has spanned over 30 films. He worked as an assistant director for Frank Perry on "Diary of a Mad Housewife" and "Rancho Delux". This was followed by "Such Good Friends" for Otto Preminger, Michael Winner's "Death Wish", Jonathan Demme's "Handle With Care", Sidney Lumet's "Loving Molly", the first feature from Michael Cimino, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", and Ted Kotcheff's "Fun with Dick and Jane". Okun worked with Cimino again on "Heaven's Gate" and on "The Deer Hunter", which won five Academy Awards. Okun collaborated with Kasdan as executive producer/unit production manager on "Silverado" and as co-producer on "Cross My Heart", which was produced by Kasdan. He served as producer/unit production manager on "The Accidental Tourist", nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and on "Grand Canyon". Okun was executive producer/unit production manager of "I Love You to Death" and "Wyatt Earp", executive producer on "French Kiss" and producer on "Mumford", 1999. BRUCE BERMAN (Executive Producer) joined the production division of Warner Bros. Pictures and rose through the executive ranks to become President of Worldwide Theatrical Production. Under his aegis, the studio produced and distributed such titles as the Oscar-winning "Driving Miss Daisy", as well as "GoodFellas", "Presumed Innocent", "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves", "Batman Forever", "Malcolm X", "The Bodyguard", "JFK", "The Fugitive", "Dave", "A Time To Kill" and "Twister". In 1996, Berman started Plan B Entertainment, the Warner Bros. Pictures-based independent production company that was later acquired by Village Roadshow Pictures. Village Roadshow Pictures, where Berman now holds the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, currently has 20 projects in various stages of development at Warner Bros. Pictures. Most recently, Berman executive produced the immensely successful "Ocean's Eleven", "Showtime", "Training Day", "Cats & Dogs", "Three Kings", "The Matrix", "Analyze This", "Deep Blue Sea", "Practical Magic" and "Space Cowboys" through Village Roadshow's partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures, as well as the hit comedy "Miss Congeniality", produced jointly with Warner Bros. Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment. He most recently served as executive producer on the romantic comedy "Two Weeks Notice", currently in release. Berman will serve as executive producer for the next two highly anticipated chapters in the "Matrix" saga, "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions", both scheduled for release in 2003 JOHN SEALE A.C.S A.S.C. (Director of Photography) is widely respected as one of the world's most accomplished cinematographers. His recent work includes "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", "The Perfect Storm" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". Seale won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a European Film Award and the American Society of Cinematographers' Award for "The English Patient". He also received Academy Award nominations for "Rainman" and "Witness" and BAFTA Award nominations for "Witness", "Gorillas in the Mist" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". He is the winner of two Milli Awards, the Australian Cinematographers' Society's highest honor, and an AFI award from the Australian Film Institute for "Careful, He Might Hear You." His credits include "City of Angels", "Ghosts of Mississippi", "The American President", "Beyond Rangoon", "The Paper", "The Firm", "Lorenzo's Oil", "The Doctor", "Dead Poets' Society", "Stakeout", "The Mosquito Coast" and "Children of a Lesser God". After "Dreamcatcher" Seale re-teams with Anthony Minghella for "Cold Mountain." JON HUTMAN (Co-Producer & Production Designer) won an Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series in 2000 for his work as production designer on "The West Wing". His recent motion picture credits include "What Women Want" and "Coyote Ugly". "Dreamcatcher" is Hutman's fifth collaboration with Lawrence Kasdan. He served as art director on "I Love You to Death", and designed "French Kiss" and "Mumford", for which he also received a co-producer credit. Hutman has designed three films for Robert Redford, "The Horse Whisperer", "Quiz Show" and "A River Runs Through It", and two films for former Yale classmate Jodie Foster, "Nell" & "Little Man Tate". Other credits include "Lolita", "Flesh and Bone", "Trespass", "Meet the Applegates" and "Heathers." He made his directing debut with episodes of "Gideon's Crossing" and "The West Wing." Hutman has a degree in architecture from Yale and studied scenic design, painting and lighting at the university's School of Drama. CAROL LITTLETON (Editor) recently edited "The Truth About Charlie" for Jonathan Demme and "The Anniversary Party" for Alan Cummings and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Littleton, known for her focus on the subtleties of characterization and performance, was chosen by Lawrence Kasdan to edit his first film, "Body Heat", because she saw the humor, which had escaped the attention of other editors. Littleton has now worked with Kasdan on eight movies: "The Big Chill", "Silverado", "The Accidental Tourist", "Grand Canyon", "Wyatt Earp", "Mumford" and "Dreamcatcher" and continues to appreciate that sense of humor, as well as Kasdan's skill as an observer of human behavior. Littleton was nominated for an Academy Award and an ACE Award for her work on "E.T.". Her credits include "Beloved", "Twilight", "Benny and Joon", "China Moon", "White Palace", "Swimming to Cambodia", "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Places in the Heart". RAUL DAVALOS (Editor) edited the first and second seasons of the successful, fast talking series, "Gilmore Girls", before leaving to become one of the editors of "Dreamcatcher". Davalos edited "Via Dolorosa", directed by veteran cinematographer John Bailey, which screened at the Sundance Festival in 2000 and "Cronos", directed by Guillermo del Toro, which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. "Dreamcatcher" is Davalos' eighth film with Carol Littleton. Their seventeen-year collaboration began in 1985 on Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado". Davalos worked with Littleton on "Vibes", "The Accidental Tourist", "White Palace" and "China Moon", and became associate editor on "Benny and Joon" and "Wyatt Earp". His television credits as an editor include "Blue Ridge Fall", an independent film televised on HBO, "Judas" (ABC), and several films directed by Douglas Barr: "Conundrum" for Showtime; "Love Lessons" (CBS), "Switched at Birth" (CBS), "Half a Dozen Babies" (ABC) and "Cloned" (NBC). Davalos was born in Havana and grew up in Key Biscayne, Florida. He first studied pre-med, but changed direction after seeing "The Godfather" and "A Clockwork Orange". He attended the London Film School and edited commercials in Florida before moving to LA. STEPHEN DUNN (Co-Producer & 1st Assistant Director) was the 1st Asst. Director on Lawrence Kasdan's "Mumford" and "Wyatt Earp". "Dreamcatcher" is his sixth collaboration with Kasdan, with whom he first worked on "The Big Chill". Dunn was recently associate producer, as well as 1st Asst. Director, on "The Shipping News", his fourth film for Lasse Hallstrom. He was 1st Asst. Director on "Chocolat", "Cider House Rules" and "Something to Talk About". His credits also include "What Dreams May Come", "One Fine Day", "Kansas City", "A Little Princess", "Falling Down", "Dying Young" and "Dances With Wolves". Dunn started as Tom Laughlin's assistant on "Billy Jack Goes to Washington". He worked for Paul Schrader on "Blue Collar", "Hardcore", "Cat People", "American Gigolo" and "Patty Hearst". He edited the Robert Altman films "Fool for Love" and "Beyond Therapy" and recently produced the independent film "Final" for Campbell Scott. He is a graduate of U.S.C.'s School of Cinema CASEY GRANT (Co-producer) acted as executive producer on Snow Dogs, co-producer and production manager on the John Frankenheimer feature "Reindeer Games" and "Excess Baggage", and as production manager on "Double Jeopardy", "Along Came a Spider" and "Cool Runnings". Grant also served as unit production manager on "Run", "Leaving Normal" and "This Boy's Life", and as associate producer/production manager on the films "The 13th Warrior", "Carpool" and "Man of the House." JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (Composer) recently scored "Treasure Planet", his third feature film for Walt Disney Features Animation after "Dinosaur" and "Atlantis, The Lost Empire". Howard has scored more than 65 feature films and earned five Academy Award nominations. Among his most celebrated contributions to film music are the Oscar-nominated scores for "The Fugitive", "The Prince of Tides" and "My Best Friend's Wedding". He has also written the Oscar-nominated songs "Look What Love Has Done" (from Junior) and "For the First Time" (from One Fine Day). In addition, his evocative music has enhanced such films as "Signs", "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable" for M. Night Shayamalan, "America's Sweethearts", "Big Trouble", "Snow Falling on Cedars", "Devilšs Advocate", "Liar, Liar", "Space Jam", "Primal Fear", "Restoration", "Falling Down", "Wyatt Earp", "Dave", "Alive", "Glengary Glen Ross", "The Man in the Moon", "Dying Young", "Grand Canyon", "My Girl", "Pretty Woman", "Flatliners" and "Everybody's All-American", among others. His credits also include scores for the upcoming films "Who Shot Victor Fox" and "The Palace Thief". Howard began his music studies at age four. He continued training at Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West and at USC School of Music as a piano performance major. He completed his formal education with orchestration study under the legendary arranger Marty Paich. He subsequently began his industry career performing as a keyboard artist for Melissa Manchester and Elton John. He toured with the latter superstar in the 1970s and early 80s. Additionally, he worked with such legendary artists as Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Bob Seger. For television, Howard has composed and/or written memorable themes for which he has garnered two Emmy Award nominations for the series "ER". WILLIAM CORSO (Make-up Artist) was a key character make-up artist on "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Planet of the Apes" and "Life", all collaborations with the legendary Rick Baker. Corso's credits as a make-up artist include Frank Darabont's "The Majestic", D.J. Caruso's "Salton Sea", Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon", Steven Soderberg's "Out of Sight", Steven Spielberg's "A.I." and "Amistad," Joel Schumacher's "Batman and Robin", and the upcoming "Bruce Almighty", directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Jim Carrey. Corso spent ten years at Steve Johnson's XFX - the company which created the monsters in "Ghostbusters" and "The Abyss" - where he became an art director and head make-up artist. The collaboration resulted in two Emmys for outstanding achievement in make-up, for the Stephen King mini-series "The Stand" and "The Shining." Born in Miami Beach, Florida, and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, MARK KASDAN (Associate Producer) grew up loving Hollywood movies of the fifties, particularly the Westerns so numerous at the time. His brother, Lawrence, shared his enthusiasm. At Harvard, Kasdan began studying linguistics, but spent more time enthralled by the masterpieces of world cinema. He switched majors to focus on movies and later attended film schools in London and Los Angeles. An internship program sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences led to a job with John Sturges, the veteran director whose credits included several of the Westerns Kasdan had long admired, notably "The Magnificent Seven". An even greater thrill came some years later, after a variety of jobs in film and advertising, when Lawrence invited him to co-write and help produce a Western of their own - "Silverado". The beauty of the New Mexico locations later led Kasdan and his wife, Maxann, to move to Albuquerque. After writing the thriller "Criminal Law" and co-writing several screenplays with Terry Swann, a friend and collaborator since UCLA Film School days, Kasdan returned to work with his brother and served as associate producer of "Dreamcatcher." ELIZABETH DOLLARHIDE (Associate Producer) left a successful career in advertising and marketing in 1990 to embark on her film and television career. After working as a liaison for the Mississippi Film Commission during the shooting of "The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag", she began as a production assistant on "Huck Finn". In association with the University of Mississippi, she produced a literacy television series for welfare recipients, which aired live via satellite to schools across the state. Dollarhide served as the assistant to the producer on "Soul Food", and designed and then directed photography of the food montage. Dollarhide joined Kasdan Pictures in 1998, working as assistant to Lawrence Kasdan on "Mumford". On "Dreamcatcher" she served as assistant to producer Charles Okun. Dollarhide produced the behind-the-scenes videos for the "Dreamcatcher" website, and was Kasdan Pictures' manager of the marketing and publicity campaign for the film. | |
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