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Among Davis’ other major theatrical features are “Dr. Dolittle” with EddieMurphy, “Out to Sea” starring Jack Lemmon <strong>and</strong> Walter Matthau, the blockbusteradaptation <strong>of</strong> John Grisham’s “<strong>The</strong> Firm” with Tom Cruise, the comedies “Grumpy OldMen” <strong>and</strong> “Grumpier Old Men,” “Courage Under Fire” starring Denzel Washington <strong>and</strong>Meg Ryan, Grisham’s “<strong>The</strong> Chamber,” “Daylight” starring Sylvester Stallone,“Waterworld” with Kevin Costner <strong>and</strong> “Richie Rich.” Other movies he has producedinclude “Predator,” “Predator 2,” “<strong>The</strong> Thing Called Love,” “Fortress,” “Gunmen,”“Storyville,” “Shattered,” “Little Monsters,” “<strong>The</strong> Last <strong>of</strong> the Finest,” “License to Drive,”“Three O’clock High” <strong>and</strong> “<strong>The</strong> Hunted.”Davis is a graduate <strong>of</strong> Bowdoin College, attended Amherst College <strong>and</strong> receivedan M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.WYCK GODFREY (Producer) is a partner/producer, with Marty Bowen, inTemple Hill Entertainment. He is a producer on <strong>The</strong> Nativity Story,” for New LineCinema.Godfrey was a producer on “Flight <strong>of</strong> the Phoenix,” “First Daughter,” “DaddyDay Care” as well as serving as an executive producer on “I, Robot,” “Alien vs.Predator” <strong>and</strong> “Behind Enemy Lines.”Godfrey began his career as a creative executive at New Line Cinema aftergraduating from Princeton University in 1990 with a degree in English. In 1995, heswitched to Horizon Pictures as senior vice president <strong>of</strong> production before joining DavisEntertainment two years later, where he served as president for the past four years.PETER BUCHMAN (Screenwriter) recently wrote two screenplays on the life <strong>of</strong>Che Guevara for Steven Soderbergh to direct <strong>and</strong> Benicio del Toro to star. Those movieswill begin production in April, 2007. Buchman also recently adapted <strong>The</strong> Piano Tuner byDaniel Mason, into a screenplay for Focus. Currently, he is working on a remake <strong>of</strong>“Capricorn One,” with director David Dobkin.Since he began earning his living as a screenwriter, Buchman has worked withsuch directors as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Sydney Pollack, <strong>and</strong> David O.Russell. He is a credited writer on “Jurassic Park III.”23

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