OWEN WILSON
Owen Wilson is one of contemporary cinema’s most successful actors, having won great acclaim for his memorable turns in mainstream and independent films. In 2011, Wilson starred in Woody Allen’s Academy Award-nominated feature “Midnight in Paris,” alongside Rachel McAdams and Marion Cotillard. Wilson’s performance as screenwriter and aspiring novelist Gil Pender garnered him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
He will star alongside Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig in Relativity’s heist comedy, “Masterminds” and in The Weinstein Company thriller, “No Escape” with Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Monaghan. Wilson is currently in production on “Zoolander 2” where he will reprise his role as Hansel. Zoolander 2 is due out in Spring 2016.
Wilson’s string of box office successes also include “Little Fockers,” the third installment of the blockbuster “Fockers” series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; “Marley & Me,” with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the “Night At The Museum” franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy “Wedding Crashers,” opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy “You, Me And Dupree”; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney’s “Cars” and “Cars 2.”
Wilson starred opposite Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman in Wes Anderson’s critically acclaimed film “The Darjeeling Limited,” about brothers taking a spiritual journey through India to rekindle their bond. Wilson has collaborated with director Anderson seven times, including the Academy Award nominated “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou,” co-starring Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston; “The Royal Tenenbaums,” for which he and Anderson were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay; “Rushmore,” which Wilson co-wrote and co-executive produced; and Anderson’s directorial debut, “Bottle Rocket,” which Wilson starred in and co-wrote. Wilson also lent his voice to Anderson’s Academy Award-nominated animated feature “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”
Wilson’s additional acting credits include “The Internship,” “Free Birds,” “Are You Here,” James L. Brooks’ romantic comedy “How Do You Know,” “The Big Year,” “Hall Pass,” “Marmaduke,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Zoolander,” “Drillbit Taylor,” “The Wendell Baker Story,” “Shanghai Noon,” “Behind Enemy Lines,” “I Spy,” “Shanghai Knights,” “Armageddon,” “The Minus Man” and “The Cable Guy.”
IMOGEN POOTS
As an emerging actress on the rise, Imogen Poots challenges herself with each new role and continues to evolve her body of work with every project she takes on.
Imogen is currently in production on Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s “Conner4Real” opposite Andy Samberg. Produced by Apatow Productions, the film is expected to premiere in 2016.
Following that, Imogen stars in Jeremy Saulnier’s “Green Room”. Imogen portrays Amber, a young woman in a punk rock band who finds themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence. The film, which is premiering at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section, will be released by Broad Green later 2015. Also upcoming, Imogen will be seen in as Della in Terrence Mallick's “The Knight of Cups” with Christian Bale and Natalie Portman; the film follows a screenwriter living in LA tries to make sense of the strange events occurring around him. BroadGreen will release the film December 11, 2015.
Recently, Imogen completed production on Matthew M. Ross’ “Frank and Lola” opposite Michael Shannon. The story of betrayal, forgiveness, obsession and revenge follows Frank (Shannon) and Lola (Poots) on a Halloween night in which Frank, a Las Vegas chef, falls in love with Lola, a mysterious girl who is new to town. Prior to that, Imogen lensed the independent comedy-drama “A Country Called Home” which Anna Axster directed from her own screenplay. The film centers on a jaded young woman a small Texas town finding her world unexpectedly shaken by the news of her estranged father’s death which sets her off on a journey to redefine her path in life.
Since making her breakthrough performance as “Tammy” in Juan Carlos Fesnadilo's critically acclaimed film “28 Weeks Later”, Imogen has continued to impress critics and audiences alike. She was most recently seen in John Ridley’s “All Is By My Side” co-starring Andre Benjamin and Hayley Atwell, Pascal Chaumameil's “A Long Way Down” with Aaron Paul, Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette and Irvine Welsh's “Filth”, a follow up to “Trainspotting”, with James McAvoy.
Other film credits include Scott Waugh’s “Need for Speed” co-starring Aaron Paul, Tom Gormican's “That Awkward Moment” opposite Zac Efron; Michael Winterbottom's “The Look Of Love”, co-starring opposite Steve Coogan and Tamsin Egerton; Daniel Algrant's “Greetings from Tim Buckley” opposite Penn Badgley; Yaron Zilberman's “A Late Quartet” alongside Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mark Ivanir; Simon Aboud's “Comes a Bright Day”, alongside Craig Roberts, Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall. Additionally, Craig Gillespie's “Fright Night”, opposite Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin; Cary Fukunaga's “Jane Eyre” alongside Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender; “Chatroom” with Aaron Johnson; Neil Marshall's “Centurion” with Michael Fassbender; “Waking Madison” opposite Elisabeth Shue, Sarah Roemer and Frances Conroy; “Solitary Man” with Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon; “Cracks” with Juno Temple; Richard Linklater's “Me and Orson Welles” with Zac Efron and Christian McKay;
Beyond film, Imogen' television credits include BBC's “Miss Austen Regrets” as “Fanny Knight” ITV's “Bouquet of Barbed Wire” as “Prue Sorensen,” and BBC's “Christopher and His Kind” as “Jean Ross.”
KATHRYN HAHN
Kathryn Hahn’s versatility in both comedy and drama has made her one of Hollywood’s most sought after actresses and has shaped a career full of memorable roles.
On the small screen, Hahn can currently be seen on SHOWTIME’s dark comedy “Happyish” as the female lead opposite Steve Coogan. Hahn will play the wife to Coogan’s character, a man facing his own obsolescence after his advertising agency is taken over.
With a busy slate of upcoming feature projects, Hahn is in various other films including M. Night Shyamalan’s horror comedy “The Visit”; and “Captain Fantastic” opposite Viggo Mortensen.
Hahn has recently been seen in “The D Train,” which premiered at Sundance and was picked up for distribution by IFC Films; Brad Bird’s sci-fi mystery “Tomorrowland” opposite George Clooney, which was released recently released by Disney.
She was also recently seen in Warner Bros.’ family dramedy “This is Where I Leave You,” directed by Shawn Levy and based on the novel by Jonathan Tropper. Others in the ensemble included Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rose Byrne and Jane Fonda. Previously, she was seen starring opposite Jason Bateman in his directorial debut, “Bad Words,” which was released by Focus features, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” starring and directed by Ben Stiller and the hit comedy “We’re the Millers,” with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis. Hahn also starred in Jill Soloway’s “Afternoon Delight,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and garnered her a 2013 “Breakthrough Actor” Gotham Award nomination.
Other feature film credits include stand-out roles in “Step Brothers,” playing John C. Reilly’s outrageous and funny love interest and “Revolutionary Road” playing Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's neighbor. Her additional film credits include “Wanderlust,” “Our Idiot Brother,” “How Do You Know,” “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,” “The Last Mimzy,” “The Holiday,” “Around the Bend,” and “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.”
Other recent TV credits include a role in the critically acclaimed and Golden Globe award winning Amazon original series “Transparent” created by Jill Soloway, a guest-starring arc on the NBC hit show “Parks & Recreation,” and HBO’s “Newsroom” and “Girl.” Her previous roles include NBC’s “Crossing Jordan,” “Four Kings,” “Hung” and “Free Agents.” She also has lent her voice to the FX animated series “Chozen,” and Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers” and “American Dad!”
Hahn made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning play “Boeing-Boeing,” alongside Bradley Whitford, Gina Gershon, Mary McCormack, Christine Baranski and Mark Rylance. “Boeing-Boeing” won the 2008 Tony in the category of Best Revival of a Play.
No stranger to the stage, her theatre credits also include “Dead End,” at the Ahmanson Theater and Huntington Theater Company; “Ten Unknowns,” at Huntington Theater Company; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Chaucer in Rome” and “Camino Real,” at Williamstown Mainstage; and “Hedda Gabler,” at Williamstown/Baystreet.
Hahn received her Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and her Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, where she appeared on stage in “Othello” and “The Birds.”
WILL FORTE
Will Forte has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in film and television. He spent eight seasons making audiences laugh on “Saturday Night Live” and has been extremely busy with projects since he wrapped his final season in 2010. Forte currently stars in Fox’s critically acclaimed comedy series “The Last Man on Earth,” which he created and produces alongside Chris Miller and Phil Lord. The series was recently renewed for a second season and will return this fall. Forte also recently wrapped production on the upcoming Adam Sandler comedy feature for Netflix, “The Ridiculous 6”. Additionally, he will co-star in the New Line comedy “Keanu” opposite Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, which is set to release in early 2016.
Forte recently received much acclaim for his role in Alexander Payne’s Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated film, “Nebraska”. The film, which premiered at Cannes and co-stars Bruce Dern, was released by Paramount. For his role as ‘David Grant,’ Forte was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Supporting Male category and he won the National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award. Forte also previously starred in “Life of Crime” based on Elmore Leonard’s novel “The Switch”. He co-stared opposite Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes and Tim Robbins, and the film closed out the 2013 Toronto Film Festival. He also had a lead role in “Run and Jump”, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and won the Best Irish Feature Award at the Galway Film Festival.
Forte is also known for his role in Universal’s feature film adaptation of “MacGruber”. In addition to starring in the lead role, he co-wrote the script with Jorma Taccone and John Solomon. Other film credits include comedies “That’s My Boy” opposite Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg, as well as “The Watch” opposite Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill and Vince Vaughn. Forte also lent his voice to “The Lego Movie”, Sony’s “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and the sequel “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. Additionally, he wrote and starred in the feature “The Brothers Solomon”, opposite Will Arnett and Kristen Wiig.
Forte also has had many memorable guest starring roles on hit television comedies. His work on NBC’s award-winning “30 Rock” earned him a 2013 Primetime Emmy nomination in the Guest Actor category. He has also had roles in “How I Met Your Mother,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Up All Night,” “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” and on HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords.” He is a frequent guest on “Conan,” portraying a crazed Ted Turner. Additionally, he has lent his voice to many animated series including the upcoming “Moonbeam City,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Gravity Falls,” “The Simpsons,” “The Cleveland Show” and “Sit Down, Shut Up” from creator Mitch Hurwitz, as well as MTV’s “Clone High.”
Forte came to “SNL” from L.A.’s improv-sketch theater “The Groundlings” where “SNL” alum Will Ferrell, Phil Hartman and Maya Rudolph got their respective starts. Forte has a great deal of experience behind the camera - serving as producer on “That 70’s Show” and as story editor for “3rd Rock from the Sun” and “Action,” as well as working as a writer for “Late Show with David Letterman” and the MTV Movie Awards.
Forte currently resides in LA.
RHYS IFANS
Rhys Ifans is a gifted actor known for his enduring presence, his distinctive approach to comedy, and his ability to elegantly disappear into compelling and complex roles that are always memorable.
His next project will see Ifans star in Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” alongside a Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Tom Wilkinson. Other future projects due for release in 2015/16 include: “The Marriage of Reason and Squalor,” first television drama from internationally renowned visual artist Jake Chapman; James Bobin’s “Alice and Wonderland: Looking through the Glass” (2016), alongside stellar cast Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter; “Dominion” as ‘Dylan Thomas’ directed by Steven Bernstein; Kevin Allen’s “Under Milk Wood” as ‘Captain Cat’ and “Len and Company” directed by Tim Godsall.
In 2014, Ifans starred in one man play “Protest Song” at the National Theatre and received excellent reviews across the board from audiences and critics alike. Notably, Ifans played the role of ‘Dr. Curt Connors’ in Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spiderman” starring alongside Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield and Martin Sheen. He appeared in Judd Apatow's “The Five-Year Engagement,” opposite Jason Segal and Emily Blunt in independent film “Serena,” directed by Susanne Bier and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. “Another Me”, saw Ifans join an ensemble cast including Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Claire Forlani and Sophie Turner in a film written and directed by Isabel Coixet.
Rhys Ifans is perhaps the most commercially known for his scene-stealing performance in Roger Michell's “Notting Hill” (1999) where he starred opposite Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. For this portrayal of Hugh Grant’s roommate ‘Spike,’ Ifans received a BAFTA nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.
Additional credits include: “Anonymous,” directed by Roland Emmerich; the closing chapter to the “Harry Potter” franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”; Noah Baumbach's dark comedy, “Greenberg” with Ben Stiller; “The Boat that Rocked”, starring Philip Seymour-Hoffman; Shekhar Kapur's “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; Peter Webber's “Hannibal Rising; Once Upon A Time in the Midlands”, directed by Shane Meadows; Michel Gondry's comedy drama, “Human Nature”, where he starred opposite Patricia Arquette; Mike Figgis’ “Hotel”; Lasse Hallström's “The Shipping News” and Howard Deutch's comedy “The Replacements”, where he starred alongside Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.
On television, he played the role of Peter Cook in Terry Johnson's “Not Only But Always”, for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor. He also appeared in “Shakespeare Shorts”; “Trial and Retribution”; “The Two Franks”; “Judas and the Gimp”; “Night Shift”; “Spatz”; “Burning Love” and “Review”. Rhys played the lead in Marc Evans' Sky Playhouse short “Gifted”.
In theatre, Ifans starred at the Donmar Warehouse in Patrick Marber's “Don ‘Juan’ in Soho”, Robert Delamere's “Accidental Death of an Anarchist”, and Michael Sheen's “Bad Finger”. He was seen at the National Theatre in Matthew Warchus' “Volpone” and Roger Michell's “Under Milk Wood”; the Duke of York Theatre in Hettie MacDonald's “Beautiful Thing” at the Royal Court Theatre in James MacDonald's “Thyesters” and at the Royal Exchange in Braham Murray's “Smoke” and Ronald Harwood's “Poison Pen”.
Beyond film and television, Rhys made a guest appearance for the rock band Oasis in the video for their single “The Importance of Being Idle,” for which he accepted their award for Video of the Year at the 2005/6 NME Awards. Ifans was born and raised in Wales, where he attended youth acting schools at Theatre.
JENNIFER ANISTON
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, CA. Her family moved to New York City when her father was cast in a role on the daytime drama “Love of Life.” As an eleven-year-old student at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, she joined the drama club and her experience there encouraged her to pursue acting as a career. She then studied further at New York’s High School of the Performing Arts. After she graduated in 1987, she landed roles in the off-Broadway production For Dear Life at New York’s Public Theater and Dancing On Checker’s Grave.
Jennifer’s television career then started after being cast as a series regular on “Molloy” and “The Edge.” She had guest-starring roles on “Quantum Leap” and “Burke’s Law” and a starring role in “Ferris Bueller.” She was then cast in perhaps her most well known role as “Rachel Green” in the classic television comedy “Friends.” For her role as “Rachel,” she received five Emmy nominations, two SAG Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. She won an Emmy (2002) and a Golden Globe (2003) for Lead Actress in a Comedy. The generosity of her fans lead to her winning six People’s Choice Awards.
During hiatus from “Friends,” Jennifer pursued a budding film career. She had roles in “Then There Was You”,” Picture Perfect”, “Dreams For An Insomniac”, “She’s The One, Rock Star”, And “The Object Of My Affection” -- the first of her roles with Paul Rudd -- and “Bruce Almighty” with Jim Carrey. One of her most critically acclaimed roles was 2002’s “The Good Girl” with Jake Gyllenhaal. Jennifer received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance.
With the emotional end of “Friends” and her time as Rachel Green, Jennifer devoted herself full-time to her movie career. She had starring roles in “Rumor Has It” with Kevin Costner and Shirley Maclaine, “Derailed” with Clive Owen and the box office hit “The Break Up” with Vince Vaughn. For her role as a depressed housekeeper in director Nicole Holofcener’s “Friends With Money”, the independent film which also starred Frances McDormand and Catherine Keener and for which Jennifer received some of the best reviews of her career.
Proving her ability to navigate the world of both independent and studio financed films, Jennifer also costarred in the box office hits in the emotionally moving “Marley And Me” with Owen Wilson and “He’s Just Not That Into You”. She also starred opposite Gerard Butler in “The Bounty Hunter”, Aaron Eckhart in “Love Happens” and Adam Sandler in “Just Go With It”. After costarring in her first film with Jason Bateman in “The Switch”, Jennifer and Jason costarred in the box office hit “Horrible Bosses” which also starred Jason Sudeikis and Colin Farrell, in which Jennifer played a sexually insatiable dentist. Jennifer paired up again with Paul Rudd in “Wanderlust”. In 2014 Jennifer can be seen in the comedic hit “We’re The Millers” and “Horrible Bosses 2”. Her film “Cake” directed by Daniel Barnz premiered at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. Jennifer was nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and Critics Choice Award for her portrayal as Claire, a woman dealing with chronic pain. Earlier this year Jennifer received the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival to honor her for her work over the years.
In addition to acting, Jennifer has pursued her interest in directing. Her first film was the short “Room 10” which was part of an award winning short film series. She most recently directed one of an anthology of five short films “Project Five” exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s lives. Jennifer is also a producer on “Call Me Crazy” a Project Five film premiering on Lifetime in April.
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PETER BOGDANOVICH – CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR
After spending most of his teens studying acting with the legendary Stella Adler, and working as an actor in live TV and various theaters around the country, including the New York and the American Shakespeare Festivals, Peter Bogdanovich at age 20 began directing plays Off-Broadway and in N.Y. summer theater. He also wrote for the Museum of Modern Art a series of three monographs on Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and Alfred Hitchcock, the first such retrospective studies of these directors in America. He also began writing a classic series of feature articles and profiles for Esquire, doing the groundbreaking Humphrey Bogart tribute, as well as definitive pieces on James Stewart, Jerry Lewis, and John Ford, among others.
In 1966 he began working in movies first as Roger Corman’s assistant on the hit, “The Wild Angels”; Bogdanovich without credit re-wrote most of the script and directed the second unit. Within a year, Corman financed Bogdanovich’s first film as director-writer-producer-actor with the cult classic, “Targets”, starring Boris Karloff in his last great film role, virtually playing himself. In 1971, Bogdanovich commanded the approving attention of both critics and public with “The Last Picture Show”, starring then-unknowns Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, and other newcomers, a brilliant look at small-town Texan-American life in the early 1950s. The film won the New York Film Critics’ Circle Award for Best Screenplay (which Bogdanovich co-wrote with novelist Larry McMurtry), the British Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and received a total of eight Academy Award nominations, including three for Bogdanovich; Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. A couple of years ago, the Library of Congress designated the film as a National Treasure.
An unapologetic popularizer of the classic Hollywood era of great movie makers, Bogdanovich had a second huge success in 1972 with “What’s Up, Doc?”, a madcap romantic farce starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neal, made in the style of ‘30s screwball comedy; it won The Writers’ Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay, on which Bogdanovich had worked with Buck Henry, David Newman and Bob Benton. One year later, he recreated a memorable vision of rural ‘30s America with “Paper Moon”, a Depression Era tale about a pair of unlikely con artists, which got four Academy Award nominations and nabbed a Supporting Actress Oscar for nine-year-old Tatum O’Neal in her screen debut, the youngest performer ever to win an Academy Award. The film was also awarded the Silver Shell at The San Sebastian Film Festival.
Bogdanovich followed this up with his critically acclaimed (N.Y. Times, Newsweek, etc.) version of Henry James’ classic “Daisy Miller”, for which he was named Best Director at the Brussels Film Festival. Another highly praised drama followed with Bogdanovich’s version of the Paul Theroux novel, “Saint Jack”, starring Ben Gazzara and Denholm Elliot, which told the story of an amiable and ambitious American pimp living in Singapore. Shot entirely on location, the picture received the coveted Critics’ Prize at the Venice Film Festival. After directing Audrey Hepburn in her last starring picture, the bittersweet romantic comedy, “They All Laughed”, co-starring Gazzara, John Ritter, and Dorothy Stratten, and filmed in New York, Bogdanovich scored another major triumph with 1985’s “Mask”, starring Cher and Eric Stoltz in the true story of a boy whose face has been terribly disfigured by a rare disease and the mother who has instilled in her son a sense of confidence and love. The film won an Academy Award and Cher won the Best Actress Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
After guiding Michael Frayn’s classic theater comedy “Noises Off” to the screen for Steven Spielberg’s company with an all-star cast, including Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, and Carol Burnett, as well as the well-received sequel to “The Last Picture Show”, based on Larry McMurtry’s best-seller, “Texasville”. In 2002, Bogdanovich again received critical praise and commercial success with “The Cat’s Meow”. This suspenseful and entertaining satirical drama tells the true story of a mysterious 1924 death on board the yacht of William Randolph Hearst; starring Kirsten Dunst (as Hearst’s mistress Marion Davies), Eddie Izzard (as Charlie Chaplin), Edward Herrmann (as Hearst) and Jennifer Tilly (as Louella Parsons), all of whom garnered glowing notices.
Having published over twelve books on various aspects of film and filmmaking, Bogdanovich currently has four of his works in print: the bestselling “Who The Devil Made It” (1997), which includes interviews with sixteen legendary directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, George Cukor, and Howard Hawks (5 printings in hardcover; currently 4th paperback printing); “Peter Bogdanovich’s Movie Of The Week” (1999), a collection of pieces on fifty-two film recommendations for a year of classics (in its 3rd printing); “This Is Orson Welles” (revised and expanded edition 1998), comprised of his conversations over a period of five years with by now nearly mythological co-author Orson Welles (in its 5th printing), already translated into five foreign languages; and his classic interview book, “John Ford”, which has been continuously in print since its first edition in 1967. “Who The Devil Made It” also received a Special Citation from the Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association, as well as the coveted Barbari Award from the Italian Film Critics’ Association.
In 2004 came the premiere of Bogdanovich’s 3-hour ABC special, “The Mystery Of Natalie Wood”, as well as his hard-hitting docudrama about the infamous ballplayer Pete Rose, called HUSTLE. At the end of the year, Knopf published his latest book, “Who The Hell’s In It”, which features chapters on 25 stars he knew or worked with including Cary Grant, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando. Also shown was the episode he directed, “Sentimental Education,” for the 5th season of the award-winning HBO series, “The Sopranos”, in which for four seasons he has had the recurring role of the shrink’s (Lorraine Bracco’s) shrink.
In 2007 he directed the 4-hour documentary, “Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers”, RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM, about Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers which Chronicled the history of the band, from its inception as Mudcrutch, right up to the 30th anniversary concert in Petty's hometown of Gainesville, Florida. The movie features interviews with George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Jeff Lynne, Rick Rubin, Johnny Depp, Jackson Browne and more. Petty's solo career is also touched on, as is his time with The Traveling Wilburys. The film was awarded the 2009 Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video.
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