Willaim Malone

Ever since he was a child, WILLIAM MALONE (Director) has been fascinated with sci-fi and fantasy films; he shot his own 8mm versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and This Island Earth, for which he also designed the costumes, when he was fourteen.

He was 19 when he went to Los Angeles to attend UCLA cinema lectures and paid for his studies by drawing and modeling monster masks for Don Post's FX studio. One of his sculptures was the classic Michael Myers Halloween mask which appeared in the first film. Early in the 80s, he sold his car and mortgaged his house to raise the $80,000 he needed to shoot his first feature film, Scared to Death, which reached #16 on the Box Office charts. Three years later, he directed Klaus Kinski in Creature, which gave fans a first taste of his abilities as director and his technique of instilling suspense and terror.

The next fourteen years were devoted to television where he directed, among others, the cult series Tales from the Crypt, Freddy's Nightmares, Perversions of Science and more recently, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The Series, Dream On, Law and Order, and The Big Easy. In 1999, Malone came back to Hollywood with the blockbuster success House on Haunted Hill, a new version of William Castle's classic, casting Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen and Jeffrey Combs.

Malone is also a film historian and avid collector of movie memorabilia. Among his film items are props from Alien (1979) and the original Robby the Robot from MGM's classic Forbidden Planet (1956).

Josephine Coyle

JOSEPHINE COYLE (Writer) wrote the screenplay for feardotcom and was also the co-writer of the screenplay for Ballad of the Nightingale, which starred Virginia Madsen, Harry Dean Stanton and Michael Madsen.

Moshe Diamant

MOSHE DIAMANT (Producer, Story) has produced and executive produced an extensive list of films including Kansas, starring Matt Dillon; Full Moon in Blue Water, starring Gene Hackman and Teri Garr; Night Game; Men at Work, starring Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen; John Woo's Double Team; Maximum Risk, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme; Hard Target; Timecop; Men of War; Sudden Death; The Quest; The Body and The Musketeer.

Diamant is credited with the story for Simon Sez and feardotcom, both of which he also produced. Upcoming feature productions include The Extremists, starring Devon Sawa, Rufus Sewell and Bridgette Wilson-Sampras; Hairy Tale, starring Matthew Modine and Roma Downey and A Sound of Thunder, starring Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack.

Limor Diamant

LIMOR DIAMANT (Producer) has associate produced films including The Musketeer, starring Mena Suvari and Tim Roth; The Body, starring Antonio Banderas; Maximum Risk, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-produced Simon Sez. Diamant was also the Production Manager for Love & Sex, starring Jon Favreau and Famke Janssen.

Romain Schroeder

ROMAIN SCHROEDER's (Executive Producer) long list of Executive Producer credits includes such films as One Against the Wind, starring Sam Neil; The Pillow Book, starring Ewan McGregor; Wing Commander, starring Freddie Prinze Jr.; The Musketeer, starring Catherine Deneuve; Dog Soldiers and the soon to be released film The Extremists, starring Devon Sawa.

Mr. Schroeder's producing credits included Diggity: A Home at Last, starring Andrew McCarthy; the A&E film The Lost Battalion and George and the Dragon starring James Purefoy, Michael Clarke Duncan, Piper Perabo and Patrick Swayze.

Frank Hübner

Executive Producer FRANK HÜBNER's credits include co-producing My First Mister, producing Mumbo Jumbo, Bride of the Wind, The Musketeer starring Catherine Deneuve and Stephen Rea, Paradise Found, Investigating Sex, Time of the Wolf, Boat Trip, Deathwatch, Unleashed, Whale Rider, Touching Wild Horses, Kart Racer, Cybermutt and Borderline. Hübner's future projects include A Sound of Thunder, currently filming in Prague, George and the Dragon and Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies.

Rudy Cohen

RUDY COHEN (Executive Producer) has produced such films as Beyond the Walls, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign language film, The Body, The Musketeer, The Extremists and the recently completed The I Inside. In 1997, Cohen won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special for his production of The Island on Bird Street.

Mark Damon

MARK DAMON (Executive Producer) is considered one of the world's leading authorities on international distribution, and as one of the original founders of AFMA, has played a successful role in various facets of the entertainment industry for more than 40 years. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MDP Worldwide, a production, distribution and financing company that is publicly held and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. His early visionary contributions to the international distribution of independently produced films are widely recognized, and he has developed a reputation in the entertainment industry as one of the leading producers and distributors of independent films.

Mr. Damon has produced or executive produced over 100 films, including such noteworthy films as the critically acclaimed World War II drama, Das Boot, directed by Wolfgang Peterson; 9 _ Weeks, directed by Adrian Lyne and featuring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger; 8 Million Ways to Die, directed by Hal Ashby, Short Circuit, directed by John Badham; High Spirits directed by Neil Jordan; Choirboys directed by Robert Aldrich; The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher; The Never Ending Story, directed by Wolfgang Peterson; Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book directed by Stephan Summers; The Musketeer directed by Peter Hyams; and The United States of Leland featuring Kevin Spacey.

Mr. Damon has been directly involved in the international licensing of over 300 feature length pictures, including such noteworthy box-office titles as the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery; Prizzi's Honor, directed by John Houston and featuring Jack Nicholson and Angelica Houston; Once Upon A Time In America, directed by Sergio Leone and featuring Robert De Niro and James Wood; and Cotton Club, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring Richard Gere.

Mr. Damon currently serves as a director of AFMA. He has received a M.B.A. and B.A. degree from the University of California Los Angeles and resides with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.

David Saunders

DAVID SAUNDERS (Executive Producer) has been involved as an executive producer with a variety of feature films such as the classic horror film Hellraiser; High Spirits; Zalman King's drama, Wild Orchid; the action flick I Come in Peace, starring Dolph Lundgren; Masterminds, starring Patrick Stewart; The Assignment starring Ben Kingsley; In God's Hands and Baby Geniuses.

Andrew Stevens

ANDREW STEVENS (Producer) is partnered with Elie Samaha in Franchise Pictures, one of the most prolific production/distribution companies in the entertainment industry. Stevens serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company as well as heading up the Franchise Classics division.

Stevens has served as producer or executive producer on more than 50 motion pictures, including a number of films Franchise has released in recent years as part of its distribution deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. Among these are David Mamet's Heist, starring Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito and the current drama City By The Sea, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring Robert De Niro, as well as The Whole Nine Yards, starring Bruce Willis, Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta, The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes, Get Carter, starring Sylvester Stallone, The Pledge, directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson, 3000 Miles to Graceland, starring Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell, Angel Eyes, starring Jennifer Lopez and Jim Caviezel, and Driven, starring Sylvester Stallone. Upcoming Franchise/Warner Bros. Pictures releases will include The In-Laws, starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks; Sound of Thunder, starring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack and Sir Ben Kingsley; and Alex and Emma, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson.

Stevens also served as producer on the Franchise Classics pictures Caveman's Valentine, starring Samuel L. Jackson, and The Green Dragon, starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, which was in competition in Sundance 2001.

The Classics division, which operates under Stevens's tutelage, caters toward the nurturing of up-and-coming filmmakers and prestige and specialty projects. Some of the films that Stevens has produced/executive produced under this banner are The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito, Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her, starring Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz and Holly Hunter, The Third Miracle, starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche, Animal Factory, starring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong and Steve Buscemi, Auggie Rose, starring Jeff Goldblum and Anne Heche and the recent Zigzag, starring Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo. He also produced the upcoming Steven Seagal action film Half Past Dead.

Stevens has broad experience in the production, foreign distribution and sales arenas, having previously served as president of four full-service production/distribution companies. He currently serves on the board of the American Film Marketing Association (AFMA) as well as being vice-chairman of the Independent Producers Association and is active in guild negotiations.

Elie Samaha

ELIE SAMAHA (Producer) is Chairman/CEO of Franchise Pictures, which has fast become one of the most prolific production and co-financing companies in the entertainment industry. Under his leadership, Franchise Pictures will finance and distribute over a dozen films this year alone. Samaha, who has produced/executive produced over 50 films, has built Franchise into a powerful mini-studio with mainstream films populated by the industry's biggest box-office stars.

Franchise Pictures has instituted a domestic distribution arrangement with Warner Bros. Pictures, which began with the popular comedy The Whole Nine Yards, starring Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry, released on February 18, 2000. Other films released through Warner Bros. Pictures include The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes, Get Carter, with Sylvester Stallone, The Pledge, starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Sean Penn, and David Mamet's Heist, starring Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito.

Other Franchise titles distributed domestically through Warner Bros. Pictures include Luis Mandoki's Angel Eyes, with Jennifer Lopez and Jim Caviezel, 3,000 Miles to Graceland, starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner, Driven, starring Sylvester Stallone and the current release City by the Sea, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand and James Franco. Currently in production for 2003 release are The In-Laws, starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks; Sound of Thunder, starring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack and Sir Ben Kingsley; and Alex and Emma, directed by Rob Reiner, starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson.

Additionally, Samaha has shepherded an extensive list of films towards release through Franchise Pictures. He served as producer for the recent drama Zigzag, starring John Leguizamo and Wesley Snipes, as well as the upcoming Steven Seagal action thriller Half Past Dead and Princess of Paradise Park, starring Jim Caviezel.

Franchise operates a classics division which has produced and distributed films including Caveman's Valentine, starring Samuel L. Jackson; The Green Dragon, starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, which was in competition at Sundance 2001; Rodrigo Garcia's Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her, featuring Glenn Close, Holly Hunter, Amy Brenneman and Cameron Diaz, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival; and The Big Kahuna, starring Danny DeVito and Kevin Spacey.

Franchise retains foreign rights to all its films and operates as a full-service international sales company encompassing distribution, marketing and delivery, with output deals covering territories worldwide.

Christian Sebaldt

CHRISTIAN SEBALDT (Director of Photography) was born and raised in Munich, Germany where he also studied at the Bavaria Studios for two years. His past experience includes many award-winning commercials, for which he recently won a CLIO for his work on Samonsite Bomb-Squad commercial. Sebaldt has also worked on documentaries, which include Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick and Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies. Feature film projects include Race to Space starring Oscar nominee James Woods and Caroline at Midnight, among many others.

Alan Strachan

ALAN STRACHAN (Editor) has worked on past films Withnail and I, Shergar and the Screen's Actor Guild Nominated film Waking Ned Devine. He has recently worked with Nigel Cole on Saving Grace starring Oscar nominated actress Brenda Blethyn.

Jérôme Latour

Production Designer JÉRÔME LATOUR's previous work includes European fare such as Lenya - Die größte Kriegerin aller Zeiten; Todesfahrt der MS SeaStar, Die; Götterdämmerung - Morgen stirbt Berlin; Obsession and Neuner. Recently, Latour was the Set Decorator for Rosa Roth - Geschlossene Gesellschaft.

Jan Fantl

Co-Producer JAN FANTL has extensive credits in film production, including 1994's Tears of Stone, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film. Fantl's other credits include The House on Turk Street, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Milla Jovovich, Bride of the Wind and The Musketeer starring Catherine Deneuve. Current projects include A Sound of Thunder, currently in production in Prague; Hairy Tale, starring Matthew Modine and Roma Downey; Unleashed; George and the Dragon, starring Michael Clarke Duncan; Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies, starring Jon Voight and The Extremists, where he is credited as producer.

Nicholas Pike

NICHOLAS PIKE (Composer) has an extensive list of composition credits for feature films, television and music videos which include the films Virginia's Run; Return to Me, starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver; Telling Lies in America, starring Kevin Bacon and Brad Renfro; Star Kid; Blank Check for director Rupert Wainwright; Captain Ron; Sleepwalkers; the animated The Prince and the Pauper and Critters 2: The Main Course, for which Pike won Best Score at the Festival Internacional De Cinema Fantastic De Sitges.

Pike's work for television has included the cable films Virtual Obsession, The Judge and The Shining, all for director Mick Garris; Attack of the 50-Foot Woman for director Christopher Guest; Life with Bonnie for director Bonnie Hunt and several Tales from the Crypt episodes, including the episode "Mournin' Mess", for which Pike was nominated for the Cable Ace Award for Best Original Score.

Additionally, Pike composed the music for the music videos Michael Jackson: Rock My World, Will Smith: Wild Wild West, Hammer: Too Legit to Quit and Hammer: Here Comes the Hammer.