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With a bachelor of arts in communications and film, DEBRA GRIECO BERGMAN (Executive Producer) graduated from New York’s Hofstra University in 1990 and started her career working with well-known names such as Steven Spielberg on the production staff of Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park and We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story for Amblin Entertainment. She was also involved as a production accountant in the following feature films: Still Breathing, Reservoir Dogs, T-Rex, Sweet Justice and The Edge. Grieco Bergman now has a solid reputation in the domain of co-production and line production in New York and Los Angeles. She co-produced Nicole Holofcener’s Lovely & Amazing and line-produced The Assassination of Richard Nixon, starring Sean Penn. She has also co-produced the following feature films: Piece of My Heart, with The Vault, Inc.; Angels Don’t Sleep Here, with Silverline Pictures; and The Setting Son, for PorchLight Entertainment. In addition to Let’s Go To Prison, this past year she executive-produced The OH in Ohio, starring Parker Posey, Paul Rudd and Danny DeVito. Grieco Bergman brought her strengths as a line producer to different entertainment companies, producing such fare as Jumpshot, directed by Leon Gast; Devil’s Prey, directed by Bradford May; the series Sex Court with Playboy Productions; Sparkler, directed by Darren Stein; Making Sandwiches, directed by Sandra Bullock; and What Happened to Pete, directed by Steve Buscemi. Grieco Bergman has also line-produced spots promoting such HBO shows as Comic Relief 8 and Arli$$, and HBO stars as Dennis Miller, Tracey Ullman, David Spade, Richard Jeni and Paul Rodriguez. She has produced for the behind-the-scenes specials on The Rat Pack, and First Time Felon and Poodle Springs. In addition, Grieco Bergman has produced two festival shorts—There Is No April, for Juli Productions, and To His Coy Apple, for Hepcat Pictures (which won an award at the South by Southwest Film Festival). Currently, Grieco Bergman is working for Sony Pictures as the vice president of production.
ARMYAN BERNSTEIN (Executive Producer), chairman of Beacon Communications and ShoWest Producer of the Year, has produced and executiveproduced such films as Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford; The Hurricane (which he also co-wrote), starring Denzel Washington; Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner; End of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; The Family Man, starring Nicolas Cage; Bring It On, starring Kirsten Dunst; For Love of the Game, starring Kevin Costner; Spy Game, starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford; Open Range, starring Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall and Annette Bening; Raising Helen, starring Kate Hudson and John Corbett; Ladder 49, starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix; A Lot Like Love, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet; Firewall, starring Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen and Paul Bettany; and The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher and directed by Andrew Davis. Currently in production is The Waterhorse, directed by Jay Russell. Bernstein founded Beacon Communications in 1990, and it has become one of the most successful independently financed film companies in the entertainment business. Its first films were The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Picture and went on to win four BAFTA Awards; Keith Gordon’s critical triumph A Midnight Clear, starring Ethan Hawke; A Thousand Acres, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange; Sugar Hill, starring Wesley Snipes; Playing God, starring David Duchovny and Timothy Hutton; Princess Caraboo, starring Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline; The Road to Wellville, directed by Alan Parker and starring Anthony Hopkins; and David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, which won a Cable ACE Award for Best Drama. Bernstein was born and raised in Chicago and attended the University of Wisconsin. He was a broadcast journalist with PBS and then with ABC. He wrote the cult classic Thank God It’s Friday, starring Debra Winger and Jeff Goldblum. He then wrote and co-produced Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary Vegas romance One from the Heart. Bernstein made his directing debut with Windy City, from his screenplay, which starred John Shea and Kate Capshaw. He also co-wrote and directed Cross My Heart, starring Martin Short and Annette O’Toole. Bernstein wrote and produced ABC’s Emmy Award–winning The Earth Day Special.
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