ANDREW ADAMSON (director/executive producer/co-screenwriter) made his directorial debut with "Shrek," which won the first Academy Award® presented for Best Animated Feature. He followed up with an Academy Award® nomination for the sequel, "Shrek 2," which he also co-wrote and directed. “Shrek 2” recently eclipsed "Finding Nemo" as the highest earning animated film in Hollywood history. Adamson is also collaborating with "Shrek" co-writer Joe Stillman on the screenplay for another animated feature for DreamWorks, currently titled "Truckers," which Adamson will also direct. "Truckers" is based on Terry Pratchett's best-selling fantasy trilogy known as The Bromeliad.

Adamson first joined PDI (Pacific Data Images)--now PDI/DreamWorks--in 1991 with an extensive background in visual effects. His credits as a visual effects supervisor with PDI/DreamWorks have included the films "Angels in the Outfield" and "Double Dragon." He has also worked on the visual effects for such films as "True Lies," "Heart and Souls" and Barry Levinson's "Toys," and served as a key member of PDI/DreamWorks' commercial division on numerous award-winning spots, including Converse's "Planet Kevin," Dow's "Scrubbing Bubbles Greatest Show" and Miller Genuine Draft's "Juke Box."

Apart from PDI/DreamWorks, Adamson's work as a visual effects supervisor includes the features "Batman Forever," "A Time to Kill" and "Batman & Robin." He saw his visual effects work on the two "Batman" films short-listed for Oscar® nominations by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. Adamson began his career in computer graphics nearly twenty years ago in his native New Zealand, working as a computer animator at a local animation company called "The Mouse That Roared." In 1986, he moved on to the post of design director/senior animator at Video Images Ltd., where he worked on a variety of broadcast logos and television commercials.

CHRISTOPHER MARKUS & STEPHEN McFEELY (screenwriters) have been writing together since 1995. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. and San Francisco respectively, the two met at the Graduate Fiction Writing Program at UC Davis (Class of 1996). Most recently, Markus and McFeely penned "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" for HBO. Starring Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush in the title role, the unconventional biopic of one of Hollywood's most volatile, brilliant and mercurial talents premiered in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The production went on to earn 16 Emmy nominations and 9 awards, including the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special. Markus and McFeely are currently at work adapting Ernst Lubitch's 1932 film, "Trouble in Paradise," for director Cameron Crowe and producer Laura Ziskin.

ANN PEACOCK (screenwriter) is an Emmy and Humanitas Award winning writer who trained as an attorney and taught at the University of Cape Town Law School. After emigrating to the United States in 1986, she translated her interest in social justice and civil rights into writing screenplays. Ann's writing makes up an eclectic body of work, ranging from a Harlem Renaissance blues player, to the story of a black woman boxer, Korean War Marines, the life of Nelson Mandela, a remake of the “Star Is Born” and most recently, a forbidden love affair between a woman officer and an enlisted man on a U.S. Navy Destroyer. Ann, a long time fan of C.S. Lewis, was both thrilled and honored to be asked to adapt The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She lives in Los Angeles.

C.S. LEWIS (author), one of the 20th century's most respected and prolific authors, produced fiction ranging from children's books to fantasy, science fiction, and novels. His scholarly work, from Medieval and Renaissance literature to literary theory, and his witty and imaginative exposition of Christian belief, have made him an intellectual and spiritual mentor to millions.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, on November 29, 1898, Clive Staples Lewis was educated in various secondary schools before entering Oxford University in 1917. His college education was interrupted by his service in World War 1 as a second lieutenant with the Somerset Light Infantry. Wounded and hospitalized in 1918, he returned to Oxford in 1919, graduated with honors in 1923, and became a lecturer in philosophy at University College, Oxford, a year later. In 1925, Lewis began a three decade tenure at Oxford when he was named fellow and tutor at Magdelen College, Oxford. He retained the post until 1954, when he was elected professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge, an appointment he held until his death in 1963.

He is the author of over forty books, which includes virtually every genre except biography and drama. Lewis first expressed interest in becoming a poet with the publication of his first two volumes of verse, Spirits in Bondage (1919) and Dymer (1926), both written under the pseudonym of Clive Hamilton (his own first name plus his mother's maiden name).

His reputation as a scholar was established with his 1936 tome, The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition, which earned the Gollancz Memorial Prize for literature. He ventured into fiction with his 1938 novel, Out of the Silent Planet, the first of his science-fiction trilogy that included Perelandra (1943) and That Hideous Strength (1945), fiction dealing with the cosmic struggle between good and evil.

Lewis' broader reputation rests with his scholarly interpretation of Christianity, a subject the former atheist explored in such original works as The Screwtape Letters (1942), a unique look at life on earth as seen from the viewpoint of the devil, which became one of his most popular books; The Great Divorce (1946), a first-person narrative depicting a busload of souls from hell who travel to heaven to repent their sins; and Mere Christianity (1952), a collection of lectures on the basics of Christian faith broadcast by the BBC during World War II.

In 1950, Lewis turned to the world of fantasy and fairy tales with the first of seven children's books, collectively entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe, the first book published, introduces the reader to the imaginative land of Narnia, an enchanting world of talking animals ruled by a noble lion, Aslan, which is discovered by a quartet of siblings in a magical wardrobe in an English country house.

Lewis published six more volumes, one annually, continuing with Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader' (1952), The Silver Chair (1953), The Horse and His Boy (1954), The Magician's Nephew (1955, and the prequel to the first book) and concluded his adventures in Narnia with The Last Battle (1956), the latter honored with the prestigious Carnegie Award, the highest mark of excellence in children's literature. To date, the series has sold over 85,000,000 copies.

Lewis' other works of note include The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism (1933), The Problem of Pain (1940), Reflections on the Psalms (1958), Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956) and two autobiographical works -- Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955) and A Grief Observed (1961), the former his spiritual journey from atheism to Christianity, and the latter a response to his wife's untimely death from cancer in 1960. Lewis himself died on November 22, 1963, the same day as author Aldous Huxley and assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Three years after his death, his letters, edited and with a memoir by his older brother, W.H. Lewis, were published. With translation of dozens of books into scores of languages and foreign sales in multiple millions, Lewis has become a thinker of international importance.

MARK JOHNSON (producer) won the Best Picture Academy Award® for Barry Levinson's poignant 1988 drama, "Rain Man," starring Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor Oscar®) and Tom Cruise. One of several films Johnson made with Levinson during a twelve year span, the movie (winner of four Oscars®) also captured a Golden Globe as Best Picture.

Born in Maryland, Johnson spent ten years of his youth in Spain, where he worked frequently as a movie extra in films such as Franklin Schaffner's "Nicholas and Alexandra" and David Lean's epic, "Dr. Zhivago." His early experiences led to small acting roles in the European western, "Ride and Kill," and the 1964 war drama, "The Thin Red Line."

Before Johnson began his career in feature films, he earned his undergraduate degree in drama from the University of Virginia and his M.A. in Film Scholarship from the University of Iowa. From there, he moved to New York and entered the Director's Guild Training Program, where one of his first projects was Paul Mazursky's touching autobiographical drama, "Next Stop, Greenwich Village." He subsequently relocated to Los Angeles and moved up from production assistant to assistant director on such projects as "Movie, Movie," "The Brinks Job," "Escape from Alcatraz" and Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety," which was co-written by future business partner Barry Levinson.

In his successful partnership with Levinson, Johnson produced all of the writer-director's films from 1982-1994. In addition to "Rain Man," their diverse slate of acclaimed features includes "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The Natural," "Tin Men," "Toys," "Young Sherlock Holmes," "Avalon," "Diner" (their 1982 debut project, for which Levinson earned an Oscar® nomination for his screenplay), and "Bugsy," nominated for ten Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director. "Bugsy" also captured a Best Picture Golden Globe Award.

In 1994, Johnson established his own independent production company and won the Los Angeles Film Critics New Generation Award for his very first effort -- "A Little Princess," directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Johnson, under his new banner, also produced the comedy "Home Fries" with Drew Barrymore, and the dramatic thriller "Donnie Brasco," starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. He also served as executive producer for CBS-TV's "L.A. Doctors" and "Falcone," and also executive produced the hit CBS drama, "The Guardian." Johnson’s latest television project is an hour-long dramedy, “Love Monkey,” which will premiere midseason on CBS.

Johnson's recent slate of motion pictures includes "The Alamo" and "The Rookie," both directed by John Lee Hancock; "The Banger Sisters," with Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn; Brad Silberling's drama, "Moonlight Mile," with Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman; Tom Shadyac's supernatural thriller, "Dragonfly" with Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates; Levinson's Irish satire, "An Everlasting Piece"; Robert Zemeckis' spooky thriller "What Lies Beneath," starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer; the hit comedy "Galaxy Quest" with Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver; and "My Dog Skip," the acclaimed family drama (co-produced with John Lee Hancock) starring Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane and Kevin Bacon.

He most recently produced Nick Cassavettes' hit drama, "The Notebook," based on Nicholas Sparks' bestseller, "The Wendell Baker Story," which marked the directorial debuts of filmmaking brothers Luke and Andrew Wilson, and reunited with Walden Media on the film adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's children's book, "How to Eat Fried Worms."

Additionally, Johnson has either presented or executive produced Luis Llosa's directorial debut, "Sniper," Tim Robbins' directorial debut, "Bob Roberts," Steven Soderbergh's "Kafka," Robert Redford's Oscar®-nominated "Quiz Show" and "Journey of Hope," winner of the 1999 Foreign Language Film Oscar®. He serves as the Chair of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' foreign language film award selection committee.

PHILIP STEUER (Producer), along with producer Mark Johnson, served as executive producer on two John Lee Hancock-directed movies -- The Rookie, one of 2002’s critical and commercial hits, and his epic re-telling of the battle for Texas independence, The Alamo.

He has also established an ongoing collaboration with respected filmmaker Neil LaBute. The pair joined forces for Propaganda Films and produced Your Friends and Neighbors, a biting romantic satire starring Ben Stiller, Aaron Eckhardt and Jason Patric. They collaborated again on the critically acclaimed, offbeat comedy, Nurse Betty, with Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock, which was nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Steuer again reunited with LaBute on The Shape of Things, a quirky romantic story starring Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz.

Steuer has also turned his talents to the advertising world, executive producing the second series of memorable BMW Internet shorts features. The new trilogy, entitled Hire: The Hostage, once again starred Clive Owen in spots directed by John Woo, Joe Carnahan and Tony Scott. Additionally, he has produced over forty national commercial campaigns with such notable production companies as RSA, Propaganda and Anonymous Content, among others.

PERRY MOORE (executive producer) was a longtime production executive for Walden Media who was instrumental in bringing the "Narnia" franchise to the company. After landing the rights to the C.S. Lewis series, he segued into a production deal with the company. The film represents his first as a motion picture executive producer. In addition to his work in production and development, Moore is also writing the film's official 'making of' book for HarperCollins. He is also co-directing a documentary about legendary children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.

Moore hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He majored in English at the University of Virginia (where he was an Echols Scholar), and later served as an intern in the White House before launching his entertainment career in talent and development at MTV and VH1.

He followed that experience as one of the original segment producers for the upstart "Rosie O'Donnell Show," one of daytime television's most popular recent hits. Changing arenas, he segued into the motion picture world as a development executive for the late filmmaker Ted Demme ("Blow") and producer Joel Stillerman before joining Walden Media, where he developed and oversaw such film projects as the upcoming "I Am David," the big screen adaptation of Anne Holm's acclaimed novel "North to Freedom." During his tenure with Walden under Cary Granat, Moore also helped obtain and develop such forthcoming Walden projects as "The Giver," "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Manhunt."

A diehard fan of children’s literature, Moore’s first novel HERO, the first of a fantasy series about a group of modern day superheroes, will be published by Hyperion.

DOUGLAS GRESHAM (co-producer) is the son of novelists Joy Davidman and William Lindsay Gresham and stepson of C.S. Lewis. After the publication of his father's novel, “Nightmare Alley,” in 1946, the family moved to Ossining, New York and then to Staatsburg. It was not long afterwards, however, that marital problems began, and in 1952, his mother spent several months in England completing her book “Smoke on the Mountain.” While there, she became friends with C.S. Lewis and spent Christmas with the Lewis brothers in Oxford. After breaking with William Gresham, his mother returned to England (London) in 1953 with her sons.

Following his parents' divorce in 1954, the young Gresham went to school in Surrey. The next year, the family moved to Headington, Oxford. In 1956 his mother and Lewis were married in a civil ceremony, which was shortly followed, after the discovery of her terminal cancer condition, by a Christian marriage. After his mother died of cancer in 1960, Douglas continued to live with Lewis in their Headington Quarry home until Lewis's death in 1963 (the year after the death of his own father).

For the next few years, Gresham studied Agriculture, and worked on farms. During this time, he met and fell in love with Meredith ('Merrie') Conan-Davies, with the couple marrying in 1967. Shortly after the wedding, he and his new wife sailed for Australia. Over the many years they spent in Australia, he was a farmer, a radio and television broadcaster, a restaurateur and many other things. It was in Australia that their children were born -- James in 1968, Timothy in 1969, Dominick in 1971, and Lucinda in 1976. In 1990, they adopted Melody, then five years old, from Korea. They now have nine grandchildren.

Since 1973, Gresham has worked with all aspects of the Estate of C.S. Lewis, and in 1993, the family moved to Ireland so that he could give it more of his attention. He and his wife, both of whom are committed Christians, have made their home in County Carlow Ireland, now a multi-faceted non-denominational Christian House Ministry, which specializes in counselling ministry and seminar hosting. In 1988 he published his autobiographical book Lenten Lands (HarperCollins). His new book “Jack's Life, the life story of C.S. Lewis,” is due for publication by Broadman and Holman this October. He now works full time for the C.S. Lewis Company, and devotes his spare time to a variety of Christian work.

DONALD M. McALPINE, ASC, ACS (director of photography) earned an Academy Award® nomination for his cinematography on Baz Luhrmann's daring musical drama, "Moulin Rouge!" His camera work also brought him a British Academy (BAFTA) nomination and honors from the Australian Film Institute (his third win) and the Film Critics Circle of Australia. McAlpine was working as a physical education teacher in rural Australia in the early '60s while moonlighting as a news cameraman on television documentaries. After a four-year stint, he left the government-supported Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1966 to join Film Australia, where he became chief cameraman, supervising the work of eight cinematographers.

Segueing into feature films, McAlpine debuted behind the motion picture camera on Bruce Beresford's first film, "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie," the start of a lengthy association. Together, they have collaborated on ten projects including "Breaker Morant" (AFI Award) "The Getting of Wisdom," "Puberty Blues," "King David" and "The Fringe Dwellers," for which he earned another AFI nomination. He also served as cinematographer on Gillian Armstrong's drama, "My Brilliant Career," for which he won his first AFI honor. McAlpine has also established long-standing associations with such filmmakers as Paul Mazursky ("The Tempest," "Moscow on the Hudson," "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," "Moon Over Parador"), Alan J. Pakula ("Orphans," "See You in the Morning"), Chris Columbus ("Stepmom," "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Nine Months"), John McTiernan ("Medicine Man," "Predator"), Philip Noyce ("Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger") and first worked with Luhrmann on his 1996 movie adaptation of "William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet," earning his first BAFTA nomination.

Other motion picture credits include "Parenthood," "The Edge," Mel Gibson's "The Man Without A Face," "Stanley and Iris," "The Time Machine," "Harry and Son," "Anger Management" P.J. Hogan's live-action fairy tale, "Peter Pan.” The last two years, McAlpine has been involved with this film for director Andrew Adamson.

ROGER FORD (production designer) is one of Australia's most distinguished film artists whose work (in both art direction and costume design) has been honored with several awards and nominations, most notably an Academy Award® nomination for his production design on Chris Noonan’s endearing classic, "Babe."

Ford also won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for production design on Peter Duncan's "Children of the Revolution," John Duigan's "Flirting," and AFI's Open Craft Category for Russell Mulcahy's miniseries, "On the Beach." He has collected six additional AFI nominations, for production design on "Doing Time for Patsy Cline" and Mulcahy's "Swimming Upstream," for costume design on "The Nostradamus Kid" and his debut feature, "Those Dear Departed," and dual nominations (costumes and production design) for Philip Noyce's acclaimed docudrama, "Rabbit-Proof Fence" (which also won The Inside Film Award for Best Production Design). Ford also worked with Noyce on the Oscar®-nominated drama, "The Quiet American," and collaborated with Aussie filmmaker Duigan on three additional titles – “The Year My Voice Broke,” "Romero" and "Sirens." He reunited with director Miller on "Babe: Pig in the City" after earlier working with him on several Kennedy Miller productions. Additional credits include "Lilian's Story," The IMAX film "Sydney -- Story of A City" and PJ Hogan's recent acclaimed version of "Peter Pan".

A native of England, Ford attended the Leicester College of Art before working at the BBC, where his earliest projects in production design included "The Cliff Richard Show," "The Cilla Black Show," "The Spike Milligan Show," "The Dave Allen Show" and the cult classic, "Dr. Who." After a six-year stint at the BBC, Ford visited Australia with the intent of staying for two years. His initial assignment with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) led to becoming design department head, and that initial visit has turned into three decades for the adopted Aussie.

ISIS MUSSENDEN (costume designer) reunites with director Andrew Adamson after designing the wardrobes for his two animated classics, "Shrek" and "Shrek 2." In a career spanning two decades, the California native has created costumes for a wide range of stage and screen projects, including the recent films "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights," the Jamie Foxx comedy, "Breakin' All the Rules" and "Life of the Party." Mussenden has also served as costume designer for such diverse films as "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," "Thirteen Days," "American Psycho," "The Astronaut's Wife," "Some Girl," "Dante's Peak," "Daylight," "Albino Alligator," "White Man's Burden," "Ghost in the Machine," "Shocker," "Bodies, Rest & Motion," "Matinee" and "The Waterdance." She made her feature debut in 1986 with the romantic comedy, "The Allnighter," and earlier served as an assistant designer on "Crocodile Dundee" and "Falling in Love" and a costume assistant on Robert Benton's Oscar®-winning "Places in the Heart" and Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo."

She has also worked on a number of longform television projects, including HBO's "A Private Matter," Lifetime's "Storm and Sorrow," CBS-TV's "Taken Away" and Turner Pictures' "Memphis," for which she earned a CableACE nomination for her designs. She also served as a costume assistant on the miniseries "Kennedy," starring Martin Sheen in the title role.

Mussenden attended the University of California at Santa Barbara as an art major, and later graduated from New York's prestigious Parson School of Design, earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in fashion design. She began her career with two seasons at Joseph Papp's renowned New York Shakespeare Festival, and cut her teeth in the theatre world on dozens of plays, including "Been Taken," "The Crate," "At Home" and Roger Hedden's "Bodies, Rest & Motion" at Lincoln Center. She also designed the wardrobes for the "Marathons" festival of one-act plays (by such playwrights as Hedden, David Mamet and Shel Silverstein) at New York's Ensemble Studio Theater.

SIM EVAN-JONES (film editor) reunites with director Andrew Adamson after having previously served as his editor on "Shrek" (for which he earned an American Cinema Editors 'Eddie' Award nomination) and his latest boxoffice triumph, "Shrek 2." A native of Great Britain, Evan-Jones received a degree in Film and Communication from the University of London, Goldsmiths College. He joined DreamWorks, S.K.G. in 1995 after working at Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio in London. His credits there included the posts of assistant editor on "An American Tail" and co-editor on "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" and "Balto." He also served as associate editor on DreamWorks' animated musical "The Prince of Egypt."

JIM MAY (film editor) most recently served as one of the editors on Stephen Sommer's horror epic, "Van Helsing," after collaborating with Sommers as visual effects editor on his blockbuster, "The Mummy" and his aquatic thriller, "Deep Rising." He has also worked with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on three projects -- as co-editor on "Kangaroo Jack," additional editor on his Oscar®-nominated epic "Pearl Harbor" and the Oscar®-nominated (for visual effects) "Armageddon," on which May served as visual effects editor.

May's other motion picture credits (in various capacities) include Frank Oz's fantasy film, "The Indian in the Cupboard" (as VFX editor), Paul Michael Glaser's "Kazaam," Brett Leonard's "Hideaway," Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning "Jurassic Park," James Cameron's Oscar®-winning "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," John McTiernan's "Die Hard" and "The Hunt for Red October" and the animated epic "Titan, A.E," directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. May has also edited the short film, "The Same" (Best Editing prize at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival) and the independent feature, "Cookers" (which won Best Picture at the 2005 Screamfest in Los Angeles and Best Picture and Best Editor honors at the 2000 Milan International Film Festival).

A native of Denver, Colorado, May attended film school at L.A.'s Loyola-Marymount University. Following graduation, he entered the specialized world of visual effects editing during tenures with such renowned VFX companies as ILM, Boss Films and Sony Imageworks.

HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS (composer) reunites with director Andrew Adamson after composing the scores for his Academy Award®-winning "Shrek" and the subsequent box-office smash, "Shrek 2." Gregson-Williams is well-known in the world of animation, having also scored the hit DreamWorks features "Antz" and "Chicken Run." He has created the scores for a long and extremely varied list of films, both animated and live-action.

An accomplished conductor, arranger, and orchestrator, Gregson-Williams studied voice, piano, and violin as a child growing up in London. As a youngster, he performed throughout Europe, toured with the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge (where he earned a scholarship at age seven) and played as a soloist for numerous recordings. Going from one musical scholarship to another, Gregson-Williams eventually studied at the distinguished Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He then went on to teach in England and Egypt, and then later in a similar program in the Rift Valley in Kenya, where he taught music to children. Upon his return to London, Gregson-Williams began working with British film music composer Stanley Myers. He next joined forces with Hans Zimmer, contributing to the scores of "K2," "The Lion King," "Crimson Tide" and "Beyond Rangoon." After collaborating with legendary British director Nicholas Roeg on "Two Deaths," he composed two scores for Roeg, "Full Body Massage" and "Hotel Paradise."

In 1995, Gregson-Williams joined Zimmer in Los Angeles to work on "Muppet Treasure Island," the first of many family-oriented projects. His collaborations with Zimmer at Media Ventures (as a composer and arranger) include "Broken Arrow," "The Fan," "The Rock" and "The Prince Of Egypt." He has also conducted many of Zimmer's scores, most notably the Oscar® nominated "As Good As It Gets." Gregson-Williams' work is well known in other collaborative projects -- first with Trevor Rabin on "Armageddon" and "Enemy Of The State," then later with fellow Media Ventures composer John Powell on several projects, including "Antz," "Shrek" and "Chicken Run."

In the last several years, Gregson-Williams has composed such diverse scores including Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of Heaven” and Bille August's "Smilla's Sense Of Snow" as well as August’s upcoming “Return to Sender,” Antoine Fuqua's "The Replacement Killers," two films for Joel Schumacher, “Phone Booth” and “veronica Guerin,” in addition to “Team America: World Police,” “the Borrowers,” “Passionada,” “Light it Up,” "Bridget Jones: The Age of Reason" and Peter Berg’s “The Rundown.” A hugely successful partnership with Tony Scott has developed over several years from “Enemy of the State” and “Spy Game” to “Man on Fire” and most recently, “Domino.” His early credits also include a series of shorts for the BBC, the independent “White Angel” and “The Whole Wide World” for director Dan Ireland.

His numerous award citations include being named The Hollywood Composer of the Year 2005 by the Hollywood Film Festival, many awards for “Shrek” including the Annie Award (achievement in animation) as well as the UK’s prestigious Ivor Novello Award with two additional nominations for “Antz” and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas;” several BMI Awards “Chicken Run” and “Enemy of the State;” and a BAFTA nomination for “Shrek.” Away from the cinema, Gregson-Williams contributed memorable music to the various Metal Gear Solid series of video games and has worked with many rock and pop artists on their commercial albums.

DEAN WRIGHT (visual effects supervisor) has been involved with motion picture visual effects for over a decade on such prestigious projects as "Titanic," "What Dreams May Come," "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," all Academy Award® winners for their innovative effects works. Wright, a Michigan native, enrolled in the University of Arizona film school to pursue a career as a filmmaker. After completing his studies in 1986, he secured his first job on a Western movie-of-the-week entitled "Desperado." Relocating to Los Angeles in 1989, he soon landed work with one of the industry's most prominent directors, James Cameron, on the groundbreaking project, "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," which went on to win the Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects.

This project propelled Wright into larger production rolls in a variety of capacities -- Production Coordinator, Post-Production Coordinator and, ultimately, Production Manager for such acclaimed filmmakers as Wes Craven ("Scream"), Christopher Guest ("Almost Heroes"), Ron Underwood ("Heart & Souls," "Speechless"), Glenn Jordan ("Neil Simon's Jake's Women"), Diane Keaton ("Wildflower"), and Danny DeVito ("Sunset Park"). Wright was again presented with an opportunity to work in the visual effects arena as the VFX Production Manager for Cameron's own VFX house, Digital Domain. Collaborating with Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato, Wright dove into what would prove to be the most popular movie of all time, "Titanic," which captured 11 Academy Awards® in 1997, including the Oscar® for Best Visual Effects.

Following this triumph, Wright was promoted to Visual Effects Producer and helped land the facility's next landmark project, "What Dreams May Come." Working with Director Vincent Ward and Visual Effects Supervisor Kevin Scott Mack, Wright and Digital Domain again helped create cutting edge work and the film earned the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for 1998.

After producing the VFX for several other projects, he joined Dream Quest Images. During his four-year tenure there (1998-2002), Wright was responsible for the production of all VFX at the facility, overseeing more than thirty feature films, theme park attractions and animation projects, including "Kangaroo Jack," "Reign of Fire," "102 Dalmatians," "Mission to Mars," "Inspector Gadget," "Mighty Joe Young (Oscar® nominee), "Unbreakable," "Gone in 60 Seconds," "The Sixth Sense," "Bicentennial Man," and "Shanghai Noon," to name a few.

In early 2002, filmmaker Peter Jackson called upon Wright to fill the roll of Visual Effects Producer for the final two chapters in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy -- "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King," teaming with Oscar® winning VFX supervisor Jim Rygiel. In 2003, "The Two Towers" would be recognized for its revolutionary achievements in Visual Effects with an astounding eight Visual Effects Society Awards, the BAFTA Award, as well as the Academy Award® for Visual Effects.

"The Return of the King," proving to be the ultimate jewel in Jackson's triple crown, shattered box office records worldwide to become the second highest grossing film of all time and the second film to cross the $1 Billion dollar mark (both behind "Titanic"). "The Return of the King" would also triumph at the 2004 Academy Awards®, sweeping all 11 categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture, Director and Visual Effects. Wright himself picked up the top Visual Effects Society Award in recognition for his work on the project.

A groundbreaking force in the development and production of computer generated imagery (CGI) for entertainment and advertising, RHYTHM & HUES' (visual effects; Bill Westenhofer, supervisor) origins date to the beginnings of the computer graphics revolution of the late 1970's. Since its founding in 1987, the company has continually pushed the boundaries of the digital frontier, in service of both creative vision and production efficiency. Rhythm & Hues has received first place awards from virtually all the major competitions that recognize excellence in computer graphics, including the Academy Award® in 1995 for "Babe," (Best Visual Effects). The studio's work on "The Sum of All Fears" was recognized in 2003 with the Visual Effects Society's award for Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture.

Rhythm & Hues’ film Division is a preeminent producer of quality effects and animation for Hollywood feature films with more than 100 motion pictures to its credit.

In addition to its motion picture work, Rhythm & Hues is an industry leader in several creative fields. The studio's Theme Park unit has produced numerous award-winning ride simulator films and IMAX features, including "Seafari," "Race for Atlantis" and "Fantasia 2000." In the advertising arena, Rhythm + Hues Commercials is comprised of both CGI and Live Action production units, offering ad agencies a full range of creative design and production options. The studio's Design Division is a full service pre-visualization lab and production resource for movies, print, commercials and specialty clients, with a diverse array of creative options, including original artistic design for characters, products, environments and automobiles. Recent print clients include The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, Danska vodka and a national billboard campaign for the Coca-Cola Polar Bears.

Rhythm & Hues is uniquely poised for the demands of the highly competitive visual effects and character animation industry. With a dedicated work force of hundreds of digital artists and staff housed in its 70,000 sq. ft. facility in Marina del Rey, California, the studio is equipped with a state of the art production pipeline built around a balanced mix of proprietary and off-the-shelf software applications. At the heart of Rhythm & Hues' success is its commitment to creating quality entertainment in a quality work environment. Coupled with the latest in cutting edge design for both entertainment and advertising, Rhythm & Hues continues to build on its reputation as a major creative force for the 21st Century.

SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS (visual effects; Jim Berney, supervisor), is an Academy Award®-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company dedicated to the art and artistry of digital production and character creation. The company has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars® for its work on “Spider-Man 2” and the CG animated short film “The ChubbChubbs!,” as well as nominations for “Spider-Man,” “Hollow Man,” “Stuart Little” and “Starship Troopers.” Founded in 1992, it has grown from a small team of artists and producers to a thriving company in a state-of-the art facility based in Culver City, California. Imageworks continues to raise the level in the visual effects and character animation industry, becoming a major force by providing leading edge technology to its world-class artists.

Imageworks has quickly grown into an industry innovator in its 13 years, and under the leadership of Tim Sarnoff, has placed an increasing importance on character animation while continuing to expand the possibilities for demanding life-like visual effects. Its performance capture pipeline contributes and rounds out the diverse range of projects.

Imageworks credits include “Zathura,” “The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio,” “Bewitched,” “The Aviator,” “The Polar Express,” “The Matrix: Reloaded,” “Matrix: Revolutions,” “Big Fish,” “The Haunted Mansion,” “Bad Boys II,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” “Seabiscuit,” “Contact,” “Cast Away,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,” “Men in Black II,” and “Stuart Little 2.”

Currently in production at Imageworks are “Superman Returns,” “Monster House,” “Ghost Rider,” “Spider-Man 3,” “Beowulf,” and the first two animated features from Sony Pictures Animation, “Open Season” and “Surf’s Up.”

Founded in 1975 by George Lucas, ILM is the leading effects facility in the world, serving the motion picture, commercial production and attraction industries. ILM has created visual effects for almost 200 feature films, including Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Day After Tomorrow, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Hulk, Minority Report, Gangs of New York, Pearl Harbor, A.I Artificial Intelligence, Planet of the Apes, The Perfect Storm, Space Cowboys, Galaxy Quest, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Saving Private Ryan, Small Soldiers, Deep Impact, Men In Black and MIB2, Twister, Mission: Impossible, Dragonheart, Jumanji, Casper, Forrest Gump, The Mask, Death Becomes Her, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial; the Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park series; and all five the Star Wars episodes. ILM has played a key role in 5 of the top 10 worldwide box office hits of all time.

With its many technical and creative innovations, ILM has helped drive the evolution of visual effects. Beginning with a mastery of the traditional arts of blue-screen photography, matte painting and model construction, ILM pioneered the development of motion control cameras, optical compositing and other advances in effects technology. Since the 1980s, ILM has led the way in the use of computer graphics and digital imaging in feature films, developing breakthrough software techniques such as Morfing, enveloping and film input scanning.

Today ILM features the largest and most advanced digital effects system in the entertainment industry. From the earliest creation of wholly computer-generated characters in The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park; to life-like distortions of the human body in Death Becomes Her and The Mask; to the startling breakthroughs in films such as Twister; Star Wars: Episode I “The Phantom Menace,” and The Perfect Storm, ILM is constantly expanding the possibilities of digital imagery. ILM's ability to merge photo-realistic digital images with live-action footage is unmatched in the film industry.

Critical to ILM's success are its Visual Effects Supervisors, who combine technical expertise with creative vision. They are joined by a core group of 800 employees that includes producers, art directors, modelmakers, stage technicians, animators, software engineers, editors, and camera operators. This effects team works within ILM's proven production management system, known for producing superlative results on time and on budget.

Filmmakers work with ILM to create film imagery never before attempted. Pre-production departments handle research and development, concept art, creature development, and fully articulated animatics work closely with directors to assure that their vision is realized on the screen. A palette of creative resources is available at ILM to ensure that each project can achieve the desired yet cost-effective visual effects solution. A typical project at ILM will be a mixture of computer graphics effects, models and miniatures, digital matte paintings, and state-of-the-art animation procedures. The artists that staff these departments represent the true braintrust at ILM. Eighteen countries are represented in an artistic and relaxed environment that mingles fine arts degrees with carpenters, software engineers with traditional animators. For thirty years, creativity has driven new technologies into the movie moments that continue to thrill and transport audiences globally.

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is a Lucasfilm Ltd. company serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects. ILM has been awarded 14 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and received 17 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.

Lucasfilm Ltd. is one of the world's leading film and entertainment companies. Founded by George Lucas in 1971, it is a privately held, fully integrated entertainment company. In addition to its motion picture and television production operations, the company's global activities include Skywalker Sound, serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for audio post-production; LucasArts, a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for video game console systems and PC; as well as Lucas Licensing, which manages the global merchandising activities for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties. Additionally, Lucas Online creates Internet-based content for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties and businesses. Lucasfilm's motion picture productions include five of the 20 biggest box-office hits of all time and have received 19 Oscars and 53 Academy Award nominations. Lucasfilm's television projects have won 12 Emmy Awards. Lucasfilm Ltd. is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.

KNB EFX Group, Inc. (special makeup/creature/character prosthetics), formed in 1988 by partners Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, has become the industry's effects house of choice for directors such as Quentin Tarantino ("Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and 2"), Robert Rodriguez ("Sin City,” “Spy Kids" trilogy, "Once Upon A Time in Mexico"), Steven Spielberg ("Amistad," "Minority Report") and Jay Roach ("Austin Powers in Goldmember"). Their recent work includes "Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events," Rodriguez's latest, "Sin City," "House of Wax" for producer Joel Silver, Roach's "Meet the Fockers" and "Serenity" for director Joss Wheadon. The company also designed and applied the character makeup on Jamie Foxx, transforming the actor into singer Ray Charles in Taylor Hackford's "Ray."

The pair formed their partnership after collectively working on Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II." They continued their affiliation with Raimi on such projects as "Army of Darkness" and "A Simple Plan," and have also maintained their association with director Tarantino beginning with "Reservoir Dogs." They next supplied the creature and special makeup effects on the Tarantino-scripted vampire thriller, "From Dusk 'til Dawn," directed by Robert Rodriguez, which led to their continued association with both filmmakers.

Their innovative makeup effects are also on display in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights," Frank Darabont's "The Green Mile," Eli Roth's horror hit, "Cabin Fever," David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" and Simon Wells' "The Time Machine," which earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Makeup. KNB also handled the prosthetics for the film "The Cell," another Best Makeup Oscar® nominee.

In 1996 KNB devised both the superhero and the super villain characters for "Spawn," an ambitious adaptation of Todd McFarlane's best selling comic book.

Although most of their work (400 titles) is in the feature film arena, KNB EFX GROUP, INC has entered into the television arena, lending their talents to Showtime's "Masters of Horror," FOX-TV's "24," NBC's "Law and Order" and "Invasion" and HBO's "Deadwood." The pair won an Emmy for their work on the Sci-Fi Channel's "Dune."

KNB's partners come from disparate backgrounds. Nicotero hails from Pittsburgh, where he began his career under the tutelage of director George Romero and effects master Tom Savini. Berger grew up in Los Angeles and spent his younger years visiting the studios of Oscar® winners Stan Winston and Rick Baker, the renowned animatronic and makeup effects innovators, with whom he would later collaborate on "Aliens" and "Men in Black." The company currently resides in a 22,000 sq. ft. studio in Van Nuys, California.

WETA Workshop (creature/armor/weapon/prosthetics/miniatures/design) is a physical effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, which produces effects for television and film. Founded in 1986 by four-time Academy Award® winner Richard Taylor and partner Tania Rodger, WETA has produced creature and makeup effects for the TV series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess," and effects for all of Peter Jackson's films, including his Oscar®-winning "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Meet The Feebles," "The Frighteners," "Braindead" and "Heavenly Creatures.". In 1993, the Weta team, working with just one computer, created WETA Digital to produce the digital effects for Jackson's Oscar®-nominated (original screenplay) fantasy, "Heavenly Creatures."

WETA continued its collaboration with Jackson on his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, which brought the design firm worldwide prominence. For Jackson's "Rings" trilogy, WETA manufactured over 1200 suits of armor, 2000 weapons, 72 miniatures, a dozen major creatures, all of the special make up effects and prosthetic suits servicing seven shooting units and two miniatures units. WETA also collaborated with Peter Jackson on this year’s “King Kong.”

Taylor, along with the firm's innovative co-founder Tania Rodger, won four Academy Awards® for his contributions to "Lord of the Rings" -- Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup for "Fellowship of the Ring" (in addition to a nomination for Best Costume Design) and Best Costume Design and Best Makeup on "Return of the King." He won British Academy (BAFTA) Awards for Best Costume Design on "The Two Towers" and Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup on "The Fellowship of the Ring," and earned additional nominations for Best Makeup on "The Two Towers" and "Return of the King" and Best Costume Design on "Return of the King."

He also served as miniature effects supervisor on Peter Weir's "Master & Commander," produced 1700 weapons for Ed Zwick's "The Last Samurai" and guns for "Hellboy," and collaborated with Jackson on his earlier efforts, "Braindead" and "The Frighteners," the TV miniseries "The Tommyknockers" and Lee Tamahori's "Once Were Warriors." Taylor has recently completed the miniature building and filming for Martin Campbell’s “The Legend of Zorro”.

Taylor grew up in Te Hihi, near Pukekohe, New Zealand. He first attended Wesley College in Pukekohe before winning a spot at the Wellington School of Design. Upon graduation, he first designed board games for a Wellington design studio before joining a local television studio, where he became a model maker for TV spots. His work attracted budding filmmaker Jackson's attention, and they first joined forces on his 1989 debut feature, "Meet the Feebles."