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- Chris O’Dowd – ‘Drew’
- Olivia Colman – ‘Sam’
- Kayvan Novak – ‘Bejan’
- Rory Kinnear – ‘Gary’
- Alexandra Roach – ‘Helen’
- Ian McShane – ‘Ron Parfitt’
- CREW BIOGRAPHIES James Griffiths – Director
- Jon Brown – Writer
Rashida Jones – ‘Julia’ With her versatility in both comedic and dramatic roles and her growing presence in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer, Rashida Jones has established herself as one of the industry's brightest stars. Along with her writing partner, fellow actor Will McCormack, Jones signed their first TV pod deal in early 2013 through their newly founded production company Le Train Train. This two-year pact with Warner Bros. Television will see the two develop, write and produce comedy and drama projects for broadcast and cable. Le Train Train has already sold five pilots: the put pilot Stuck to Fox, the hour-long drama series The Revengers to CW, the put pilot A to Z to NBC, the half-hour single-camera Girls Without Boys to ABC, and the single-camera comedy, Growing Ivy to NBC. Stuck will be co-executive produced and written by Alexandra Rushfield and is a half-hour, single-camera comedy about a stuck-in-a-rut, middle-aged woman who works at a bank. After she gets her childish daughter a job there, within a day, the daughter has become the mother's boss. While working and living together, they help each other to get unstuck. The Revengers will be co-produced by Kidada Jones and Daniel Dubiecki (Juno, Up in the Air) with the script written by Kara Taylor (Prep School). The plot focuses on two twentysomething estranged friends in search of love in New York who are reunited after learning that they've been dating the same man. When their plan to humiliate the two-timer goes viral, they realize the payback business is a lucrative one and set up a clandestine business to continue bringing down the hand of justice for those who have been wronged. A to Z, to be co-produced and written by Le Train Train's Ben Queen, is a half-hour romantic comedy which follows a relationship between a young couple, comprehensively, from meeting to breakup, over the course of a season. Girls Without Boys, about three brilliant but socially challenged girls who navigate the world outside of single sex education with the help of their eccentric teachers and parents, will be written by Emily Goldwyn and Sasha Spielberg. Jones and McCormack will executive produce along with Caroline Williams who will also be the showrunner. Growing Ivy, written by Martino and Will McCormack, is about Type A+ Ivy Davis (Eva Amurri Martino), who, in an attempt to restore balance in her life and potentially find love, invites her freewheeling, eccentric mom, Franckie (Susan Sarandon), to move in with her and work on their relationship. Warner Bros. TV and McCormack and Rashida Jones' studio-based Le Train Train are producing, with McCormack and Jones executive producing, Sarandon and Martino co-executive producing and Jeff Grosvenor producing. Jones and McCormack, who were recognized on Variety's list of Screenwriters to Watch, are also currently writing and developing the feature Frenemy Of The State for Universal/Imagine based on the comic book they co-wrote. They previously wrote and developed the Showtime project We Are Puppets. On television, Rashida can currently be seen on NBC's Parks and Recreation. The show is currently in its sixth season and was nominated for 2 TCA Awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Comedy" in 2012 and 2010, a 2011 Emmy Award for "Best Series, Comedy," was listed as one of AFI's top programs in 2011 and won a 2012 Peabody Award. Celeste and Jesse Forever, which Rashida co-penned with McCormack premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. She starred opposite Andy Samberg in the film, which provides a sharp look at a young couple in the midst of a divorce who attempt to maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships. The film premiered to rave reviews and garnered Rashida and Will a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award for "Best First Screenplay." Previous film credits include Disney's hit The Muppets opposite Jason Segel and Amy Adams; The Big Year opposite Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson; she stole scenes in Jesse Peretz's Our Idiot Brother opposite Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel; starred in Adam Shapiro's relationship drama Monogamy opposite Chris Messina (Tribeca Film Festival -- Best New York Narrative Award); had a cameo in Friends with Benefits opposite Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis; Columbia Pictures' critically acclaimed and award winning film The Social Network, starring opposite Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake; the DreamWorks feature I Love You, Man for writer/director John Hamburg, starring opposite Paul Rudd and Jason Segel and Little Black Book opposite Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates. Additional television credits include NBC's Emmy Award winning comedy The Office, David E. Kelley's Boston Public, Jorge Zamacoma's Wanted for TNT, Unhitched a half-hour comedy for Fox from the Farrelly brothers, as well as Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks, If These Walls Could Talk II, The Chappelle Show, and the British television series NY-LON. Jones was also a weekly correspondent on the talk show Vibe TV. Rashida graduated from Harvard University, where she appeared in several plays including For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Odd Couple: The Female Version, and H.M.S. Pinafore. She was also in Pitching to the Star with Peggy Lipton, at the Lee Strasberg Theatre. As an advocate for the International Rescue Committee, Rashida raises awareness about the humanitarian needs of refugees and others uprooted by global crises. Additionally, she is on the board of Peace First, an organization dedicated to non-violence through cooperation, communication and problem-solving education. Jones currently resides in Los Angeles. Chris O’Dowd – ‘Drew’ Chris is well known for his starring role in Bridesmaids opposite Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph. For his role in the film, Chris was nominated for a BAFTA “Rising Star Award,” a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” and won the Irish Film and Television Award for “Best Supporting Actor – Film.” Bridesmaids, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, received two Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe Award nomination for “Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical,” and was recognized by AFI as “Movie of the Year.” The film also won a Critics’ Choice Movie Award for “Best Comedy Movie,” a People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Comedy Movie” and was recognized by individual critics’ groups throughout the country for “Best Acting Ensemble.” Bridesmaids was also a box office success making almost $300 million worldwide. Chris also starred in Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires. Chris plays Dave, the manager of four young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls as they learn about love, friendship, and war when their singing group “The Sapphires” entertains the US troops in Vietnam. The film broke Australian box office records, garnered Chris the AACTA Award (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) for “Best Lead Actor” and The Sapphires won the award for “Best Film.” The film screened at various film festivals throughout the world and received several awards and nominations for Best Feature. Chris starred in the TV series, Family Tree which was created by Christopher Guest and Jim Piddock. The series recently aired on HBO in the US and has just finished in the UK on BBC 2. Additionally, he lends his voice to Chris Wedge’s animated film, Epic which can currently be seen on our cinema screens and also features Beyonce, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, Amanda Seyfried, and Aziz Ansari. Chris wrote and produced a TV series based on his childhood titled Moone Boy. The series revolves around a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky, small-town Irish family in the 1980s. The series was recognized by the Irish Film and Television Awards as “Best Entertainment Programme” and Chris was nominated for “Best Supporting Actor – TV” and “Best Script Drama.” Additionally the show has been nominated for an International Emmy in the category of "Best Comedy" and for “Best New Comedy Programme” by the British Comedy Awards. Moone Boy premiered on Sky One in the UK and Hulu in the US. The show has just finished filming a third season and in addition to writing and producing, Chris directed all the episodes. Chris’ other upcoming features include John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary opposite Kelly Reilly and Brendan Gleeson, St. Vincent De Van Nuys, opposite Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, and Marvel Production Thor: The Dark World. Chris was also recently seen starring in Lena Dunham’s HBO series, Girls and Judd Apatow’s This Is 40. His other film credits include Jennifer Westfeldt’s Friends With Kids opposite Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph; Jay Roach’s Dinner For Schmucks opposite Paul Rudd and Steve Carell; Rob Letterman’s Gullivers Travels opposite Jack Black, Jason Segel, and Emily Blunt; Richard Curtis’ Fox, The Boat That Rocked opposite Phillip Seymour Hoffman; and Gareth Carrivick’s Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel opposite Anna Faris. Chris also starred in Festival which was nominated for two BAFTA Awards including “Best British Film,” and won him a BAFTA Scotland Award for “Best Actor in a Scottish Film.” Chris’ other television credits include starring in the cult comedy series, The IT Crowd for Channel 4 Television which recently returned for a one off special, and the critically acclaimed series Crimson Petal & The White, a four part adaptation of Michael Faber’s best-selling novel directed by Marc Munden for BBC. He is well known in Ireland for having starred in the popular RTE One drama The Clinic, which earned him a nomination for an Irish Film & Television Award in 2003. On stage, Chris starred opposite Catherine Tate, Francesca Annis and Lisa Dillon in Anna Mackmin’s Under The Blue Sky at the Duke of York's Theatre in 2008. In 2014 he will be following this up with a Broadway production of Of Mice And Men, playing the lead role of Lenny opposite James Franco. He is currently shooting the as-yet-untitled Stephen Frears movie based on the book by Irish journalist David Walsh, "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong", in which Chris plays David Walsh. Chris is from Roscommon, Ireland. He studied politics at Dublin University before training at LAMDA. Olivia Colman – ‘Sam’ Olivia Colman is a BAFTA-winning actress. She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and has gone on to work extensively in Film, Television and Theatre. Her recent feature film appearances include Carol Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd’s Oscar & BAFTA-winning film The Iron Lady, Roger Michell’s Hyde Park On Hudson with Bill Murray, Laura Linney and Sam West and Tyrannosaur directed by Paddy Considine, for which she won a World Cinema Special Jury Prize for breakout performance at Sundance, and best actress at the British International Film Awards and the Evening Standard British Film Awards. On television, she won two BAFTA awards in 2013, for her performances as Sue in Jimmy McGovern's Accused alongside Anne-Marie Duff and as Sally Owen in the BBC’s hit Olympics comedy Twenty Twelve. She starred as DS Ellie Miller in ITV’s smash hit crime drama Broadchurch alongside David Tennant and in Channel 4’s gritty urban drama Run. She is also known for her regular roles in Peep Show, Green Wing and more recently Rev. On stage Olivia most recently appeared in the West End in Howard Davies's production of Hay Fever. She will soon be seen in TV dramas The 7:39 with Sheridan Smith and David Morrissey, The Thirteenth Tale alongside Vanessa Redgrave, and a new comedy Mr. Sloane in which she appears alongside fellow Cuban Fury star Nick Frost; further series of Rev and Broadchurch are also in the pipeline. Kayvan Novak – ‘Bejan’ Kayvan Novak is the Bafta-award winning co-creator and star of Channel 4 hit series Fonejacker and Facejacker. He also starred in the Chris Morris film Four Lions, for which he won the British Comedy Award for Best Performance in a comedy film. He played legendary area manager Razz Prince in hit comedy series Phoneshop and provides the voice for Brains in the new series of Thunderbirds. Kayvan is currently shooting Paddington Bear which stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. Rory Kinnear – ‘Gary’ Rory is an award winning British actor, perhaps best known for his role as Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace and, most recently Skyfall. Other film credits include Broken (Won Best Supporting Actor at the BIFAs) and Wild Target with his TV credits including comedy sitcom, Count Arthur Strong, the Tony Grisoni written Southcliffe, Loving Miss Hatto and Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. Rory is also hugely respected for his theatre work winning the 2011 Evening Standard Award, Best Actor for his performance in Measure for Measure and Hamlet, in which he also picked up an Olivier Award nomination – an award he won (Best Supporting Actor) for his performance as Sir Foppling Flutter in The Man of Mode in 2008. He is currently playing Iago in Othello at the National Theatre directed by Nicholas Hytner as well as filming Lucan for ITV playing the title role. Alexandra Roach – ‘Helen’ Alexandra Roach graduated from RADA in 2010 after three successful years. Having played the lead in a number of plays, including Juliet in Romeo And Juliet, her time at the prestigious drama school was cut short when she won a role in the three hander The Door Never Closes at the Almeida. A 2011 Screen International 'Star of Tomorrow', Alexandra was soon cast alongside Meryl Streep as the young Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd’s Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady. The cast included Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher, Richard E. Grant and Anthony Head. The much anticipated film was released in the US in December 2011 and the UK in early January 2012 to great success at the box office and award ceremonies alike. Most recently, Alexandra starred to much critical acclaim in new Channel 4 cult conspiracy drama series Utopia. She played ‘Becky’ alongside Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarret and Neil Maskell. Alexandra’s other recent television credits include Being Human, The IT Crowd and The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher alongside Paddy Considine, and prior to her acceptance at RADA she had been a television name in her native Wales for many years. Prior to this, Alexandra starred in Private Peaceful for director Pat O’Connor (Circle of Friends.) Private Peaceful is a WW1 story based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo in which Alexandra played the female lead in a love triangle between two young men (Jack O’Connell and George MacKay) sent away to war and the girl at home they are both in love with. Out in September 2012 was Julia Davis’ new black comedy Hunderby on Sky HD Atlantic. Set in the 1800s it featured Helene (Alexandra Roach), a shipwreck survivor who was washed ashore near a small English village. There, she is swept off her feet by widowed pastor Edmund (Alec MacQueen) and the two soon marry, the puritanical Edmund believing his bride to be untouched by another man. But she has a history, a dark past that she cannot escape. In September 2012, Alexandra appeared in Anna Karenina for director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) opposite Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson and Jude Law. Ian McShane – ‘Ron Parfitt’ From a lawless saloon owner to the sexiest of beastly British mobsters, award-winning actor Ian McShane has, time and time again, captured the public's attention (as well as many plaudits, including from the Hollywood Foreign Press), by playing bad guys, scoundrels and thieves. "The devil has the best tunes!" he has said with a gleam in his eye. McShane was named "TV's Sexiest Villain" by People Magazine, and was one of GQ's "Men of the Year," which described his portrayal of Deadwood's Al Swearengen as "infectious" and "irresistible." Classically trained, with a voice like none other, McShane has a range for rogues and other multi-faceted characters on TV, the silver screen, as a voiceover artist and on the boards. In 2014, McShane will star as Amphiarus (part priest, part prophet, part warrior), opposite Dwayne Johnson in MGM's Hercules for director Brett Ratner. He most recently starred as the good King Brahmwell in Jack the Giant Slayer for director Bryan Singer in New Line Cinema/Warner Brothers modern-day fairytale. McShane played the lead dwarf Beith opposite Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron in Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman, the dark fantasy film from director Rupert Sanders. He starred in Disney's billion-dollar blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as the fearsome pirate Blackbeard opposite Johnny Depp. Highlights of McShane's previous film roles include the darkly perverse 44 Inch Chest, which McShane starred in, as well as produced and Woody Allen's Scoop. McShane was singled out for his portrayal of the twisted and handsome Teddy Bass, in the cult indie hit Sexy Beast, which prompted one London critic to name McShane, "The King of Cool." McShane's earlier, break-out parts were as the game-playing Anthony in the 1973 cult favorite The Last of Sheila, as Wolfe Lissner in Villain, Fred C. Dobbs in Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You, and as ladies man Charlie Cartwright in 1970's If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium. In addition to his screen work, McShane has also made his mark as a voiceover artist. His dulcet tones narrated The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and brought life to the eccentric magician Mr. Bobinsky in Coraline as well as the sinister Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda. Additionally, he lent his rich, resonant voice to The Golden Compass and to the devilish Captain Hook in Shrek The Third. McShane has also enjoyed a long and diverse career on both British and American television. Most recently, he was the very, very bad Santa/serial killer in the award-winning drama American Horror Story for F/X. He starred in 2010's Emmy-nominated Pillars of the Earth as the conniving Waleran Bigod, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Mini Series, and in NBC's Kings as the ruthless King Silas Benjamin. Most notably, in 2004, McShane exploded onto the small screen as Al Swearengen on HBO's Deadwood, for which he earned the coveted Best Actor in a Television Drama Golden Globe Award; his charismatic and alluring performance also led him to 2005 Emmy and SAG nominations for Lead Actor--about playing Swearengen, McShane has said, "there was humanity tempered by reality, and he was never sentimental." Earlier in his TV career, he formed McShane Productions, and produced the lauded Lovejoy for the BBC and A&E, in which he starred in the title role of the lovable rogue antiques dealer, as well as directed several episodes. Fans of this beloved series, which first aired in 1986, spanned the continents, and made their voices heard--they successfully demanded that it be brought back by popular demand, and the series aired again from 1991-1994. McShane also had strong and memorable appearances in the U.S. on Dallas, and in the saga War and Remembrance. McShane played Sejanus in the mini series A.D., the eponymous Disraeli, produced by Masterpiece Theater and Judas in NBC's Jesus of Nazareth. He was also featured in the U.S. landmark blockbuster Roots, and brought pathos to the disabled Ken Harrison in Whose Life Is It Anyway? McShane was the smoldering Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. He also appeared in Harold Pinter's Emmy-Award-winning The Caretaker. McShane is an accomplished and award-winning stage actor. In 2008, he celebrated two anniversaries: the 40th Anniversary revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming on Broadway and the 40th Anniversary of his Broadway debut. He made his musical debut in the West End production of The Witches of Eastwick, as the devilish Darryl Van Horne. In Los Angeles, he starred in a trio of productions at The Matrix Theatre, including the world premiere of Larry Atlas' Yield of the Long Bond, for which he received the 1984 Los Angeles Drama Critics' CircleAward, Inadmissible Evidence and Betrayal. Other on-stage work has included roles as Hal in the original cast of Joe Orton's Loot, as The Admirable Chrichton at the Chichester Festival, as Tom in The Glass Menagerie, and as Charlie in The Big Knife. McShane's West End debut in 1967 was co-starring with Dame Judi Dench and Ian McKellen in The Promise and in 1968 they brought the play to Broadway. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England to parents Irene and Harry McShane, a soccer player for Manchester United, Ian originally planned to follow in his father's 'footballer' steps, until his high school teacher encouraged him to be an actor. McShane landed a spot at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where, just before graduation, he got his first break, the lead role in The Wild and the Willing in 1962--he later revealed that he had told his acting teacher that he had a dentist's appointment and ditched class to audition for the role. CREW BIOGRAPHIES James Griffiths – Director James began his career in commercials and music videos and was nominated for Best New Director at the Creative & Design Awards in 2000. Off the back of his first short film, Break Point, artist became subject when his work was the focus of an MTV documentary and was included in Film4’s ‘Directors to Watch’ series. His next short film The One And Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island (2007), won 'Best Short Film' at the 2007 Edinburgh Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Short.
He is currently developing another feature film with Big Talk Pictures and Film4 - Tile City, written by Tom Basden and Tim Key. Jon Brown – Writer Jon Brown is a Bafta-award-winning scriptwriter whose TV credits include E4’s multi-award-winning drama Misfits, C4’s Fresh Meat, BBC1’s Miranda and BBC3’s hit puppet series, Mongrels, which he developed with creator and director Adam Miller. He is currently developing a new TV series for C4 drama with Hillbilly and an original comedy with Big Talk. Cuban Fury is his debut feature. He is now working on a number of new feature commissions, including Decompression, an original screenplay with Mark Herbert for Warp/Film4 and an animated feature for Aardman. Directory: dyn dyn -> Produced by: Nick Barton Produced by: Joe Oppenheimer Staring dyn -> The Cloud Population and Onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian Ocean during dynamo-amie dyn -> The Cloud Population and Onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian Ocean during dynamo-amie dyn -> The Weak State in International Security (dip 712-001) dyn -> Based on a true story dyn -> The Dynamic Lexicon September, 2012 dyn -> A place beyond the pines a film by derek cianfrance dyn -> Dynamic Learning of ai in Gaming dyn -> Greetings my fellow csi members Download 436.38 Kb. Share with your friends:
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