“RANGO” - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

“RANGO”
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Present
A Blind Wink / GK Films Production
A Gore Verbinski Film
Feature Animation by Industrial Light & Magic
Music by Hans Zimmer
Executive Producer Tim Headington
Produced by Gore Verbinski Graham King John B. Carls
Story by John Logan Gore Verbinski and James Ward Byrkit
Written by John Logan
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy,
Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant as the Spirit of the
West
Synopsis: From the director of “The Pirates of the Caribbean” comes RANGO,
featuring Johnny Depp in an original animated comedy-adventure that
takes moviegoers for a hilarious and heartfelt walk in the Wild West. The
story follows the comical, transformative journey of Rango (Depp), a
sheltered chameleon living as an ordinary family pet, while facing a major
identity crisis. After all, how high can you aim when your whole purpose
in life is to blend in? When Rango accidentally winds up in the gritty,
gun-slinging town of Dirt – a lawless outpost populated by the desert’s
most wily and whimsical creatures – the less-than-courageous lizard
suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has
been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the
hilt . . . until, in a blaze of action-packed situations and encounters with
outrageous characters, Rango starts to become the hero he once only
pretended to be. With a cast that includes Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail
Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone
and Timothy Olyphant as the Spirit of the West, Rango is an exciting new
twist on the classic Western legend of the outsider who saves a town – and
himself in the process.
Release: March 4, 2011
This film has been rated PG for rude humor, language, action and smoking.
CREDITS ARE NOT FINAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
“Rango” is a Paramount Pictures release

ABIGAIL BRESLIN
Biography
Abigail Breslin is one of the most versatile, charismatic and sought-after actors of her young generation. As a
talented and engaging performer, she had the amazing opportunity to play the leading lady to Mel Gibson – at the
age of five – in M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film SIGNS. Abigail has been able to use her unique talents to do,
comedy and drama as well as quirky and unusual roles.
Abigail will next been seen lending her voice to Paramount Picture’s animated feature film RANGO co-starring
opposite Johnny Depp which is set to release on March 4th, 2011. She can also seen in JANIE JONES directed by
David Rosenthal. She stars as the character ‘Janie Jones’ alongside Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow, Alessandro
Nivola, and Peter Stormare. The film was shown at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
Soon, Abigail will start filming the Warner Brothers romantic comedy NEW YEAR’S EVE. The Garry Marshall
film – a follow up to VALENTINE’S DAY– will follow the lives of several couples and singles in New York as
they intertwine over the course of New Year’s Eve which will co-star Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Sienna Miller, Sarah
Jessica Parker, and Michelle Pfeiffer to name a few.
Most memorable is her role in the critically-acclaimed LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, the irreverent, antic comedy
which created a sensation at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Abigail played ‘Olive,’ an ambitious young girl who is
obsessed with winning a beauty pageant, who possesses guileless wisdom combined with a klutziness edged with
grace. For her performance, Abigail received a Best Actress Award from the Tokyo International Film Festival and
was nominated for Academy Award, SAG and BAFTA Best Supporting Actress honors. In Addition, Abigail was
honored as ShoWest’s “Female Star of Tomorrow” in 2008.
Abigail also received notoriety for her performance in RAISING HELEN directed by Garry Marshall, in which she
starred opposite Kate Hudson. She has also completed roles in the film THE ULTIMATE GIFT, co-starring James
Garner and had a surprise role as a perky Elf in THE SANTA CLAUS 3.
In 2008 she starred in the film NO RESERVATIONS directed by Scott Hicks co-starring opposite Catherine Zeta-
Jones and Aaron Eckhart for Warner Bros. Studios, DEFINITELY MAYBE co-opposite Ryan Reynolds for
Universal Pictures, NIM’S ISLAND s co-opposite Jodie Foster and New Line Cinema’s KIT KITTREDGE: AN
AMERICAN GIRL. In 2009, she starred opposite Cameron Diaz in the Warner Brother’s film MY SISTER’S
KEEPER and starred in Columbia’s horror comedy ZOMBIELAND opposite Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg,
and Emma Stone.
On television, Abigail has had guest roles on LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, NAVY N.C.I.S.,
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU and GREY’S ANATOMY.
In the spring of 2010, Abigail graced the stage staring as ‘Helen Keller’ in the first Broadway revival of THE
MIRACLE WORKER co-starring Allison Pill.
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ALANNA UBACH
Alanna Ubach was born an entertainer,
but her fairly humble beginnings also made
her a hard worker, goal-oriented and a risktaker.
Why else would a petite, beautiful and
exuberant young Latina go to downtown Los
Angeles to procure an authentic frumpy
sweater, enormous stuffed bra and make-up
for African American skin to be considered as
"Meet the Fockers" curvy, maid twenty years
older than she was in real life? She held her
own next to De Niro, Streisand and Hoffman
in Universal’s hit film. Ubach took more risks
and the results paid off again. She signed on
to play Yael Koontz, the hot sexy Israeli
neighbor having a torrid affair with star
Thomas Jane on HBO's Hung, and she's not
only lasted two seasons, she's now also
recurring on TNT's Ray Romano starrer, Men
of a Certain Age, as Michelle, Romano's sexy
love interest. "I thought my career would be
over at 35 after years of playing the silly best
friend," Ubach admits, "Instead, I'm getting
the career I've always wanted, to be the smart
sex symbol!" As for her racy role on Hung,
Ubach says, "The moment you take off your
clothes, they realize you've got game, maybe
you can do this."
Ubach was often recognized as
Serena, sorority sister/best friend to Reese
Witherspoon’s character in both "Legally
Blonde" films. She also starred in "Waiting,"
as Naomi, the drunken waitress, and spent years playing mainly lesbians and outcasts in a string of
Sundance indie darlings including "Denise Calls Up," "Freeway," "Clockwatchers" and "Johns." Don't
feel bad if you didn't recognize her from role to role, that was her intention. She studied at the Lee
Strasberg Institute and was a New York theatre success at fifteen. Ubach wrote, directed and starred
in both a short film and a one-woman show, "Patriotic Bitch," which debuted Off-Broadway to rave
reviews at the Harold Clurman Theatre.
Ubach also does a lot of voiceover work and you'll hear her in "Rango," Paramount’s animated
pet story starring Johnny Depp and Isla Fisher for director Gore Verbinski and as Struedel, the
Einstein-like canine in The Hub's "Pound Puppies," following regular roles on WB's "Spiderman,"
Nickelodeon's "El Tigre," among many others.
Born on October 3, Ubach grew up in Downey, California to her Mexican-born mother, Sidna,
and blue-eyed Puerto Rican father, Rudy. Alanna and her older sister, Athena, were raised in a
church-going family and she attended a private religious school. Rudy built a successful lithograph
business while Sidna did all of the bookkeeping. At two, a self-described "hyper" child, Ubach asked

Santa for "a big stage in the den with curtains and lights" and proceeded to put on nightly shows for
her indulgent parents. She always loved being theatrical and her favorite holiday was Halloween,
especially the make-up and costumes. Following her television debut on "Romper Room," Ubach
was cast as the host’s daughter in an independent film for KTLA, "Los Alvarez." At seven, Ubach
began eight years of studying ballet, jazz and tap, adopting her parents' strong work ethic.
At ten, Ubach joined the Lee Strasberg Institute’s Children’s Program along with celebrity
offspring like Angelina Jolie (then Angie Voight). The group performed a new play every twelve
weeks but Ubach wasn’t stimulated enough. The budding entrepreneur admits, "I’d make cookies
and sell them to my neighbors door-to-door." Some mornings she would just show up at a neighbor’s
door and ask them to make her breakfast and sometimes she would go trick or treating in July.
Something about her made the whole neighborhood as indulgent as her parents.
In high school, Ubach attended Lycee Francais and began working on sets, relishing in the
attention of a private tutor. At fourteen, she left Strasberg to follow a teacher, Margrit Polak, who was
forming an adult method acting class, including Jim Caviezel. Ubach got used to being the only child
in a world full of adults. In her spare time, she’d rent ten movies a weekend and spend each Sunday
going to the movies with her parents and discussing the film’s themes afterwards. "I was immersed in
a really sophisticated environment for a kid," says Ubach, who had no problem going to New York to
star in WPA’s production of "Club Soda," following a nationwide search for a Jewish girl from
Brooklyn. Polak went to see her student’s acclaimed performance (the New York Times called Ubach
"an actress to keep your eye on") and agreed to manage her, a relationship that exists to this day.
Back in L.A., Ubach spent two years starring as Josie on "Beakman’s World," an award-winning,
syndicated children’s science show. Then she returned to New York to star in "Kindertransport" at
the Manhattan Theatre Club and won more raves. In films, she co-starred in "Renaissance Man,"
"Airborne," the Whoopi Goldberg-starrer, "Sister Act 2" and in "The Brady Bunch Movie" as Marcia's
lesbian best friend, Noreen.
After years of doing television pilots that weren’t picked up, Ubach began her indie film career
beginning with the title role in "Denise Calls Up," as a woman who goes to a sperm bank and tracks
down her potential donor, followed by "Freeway," as a badass gay Latina girl in jail and in "Johns," as
David Arquette’s attitude-filled girlfriend and she was the hit of Sundance with her trio of
performances. Inspired, she wrote "Life After Donna Dell" so she’d have "a different kind of part for
myself in a musical fantasy of a 1950’s icon." She also nabbed a starring role in "Clockwatchers,"
about disgruntled temps with Toni Collette and Parker Posey. As Elle Woods’ best friend in "Legally
Blonde," Ubach chuckles, "We were under so much pressure to look good, the make-up trailer was
intense." The film's huge success surprised everyone, including Ubach, who discloses, "I felt the
need to play other characters with a little more depth." The result was "Patriotic Bitch," the onewoman
show she wrote and starred in about "women of all ethnic groups trying to get jobs after
September 11th." The show was a hit at the Stages Theatre and the Hudson Theatre before moving
to Off-Broadway’s Clurman Theatre in 2008, receiving notable reviews.
She reprised her sorority princess role in “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde,” and
used her earnings from the film to finance a self-produced, written and directed short film, "A Mi Amor
Mi Dulce." She also starred in the short and filmed in downtown L.A., not far from the site of the
family business, which closed before her father’s sudden passing. "I think my dad was looking down
on me," Ubach offers, "everyone let me shoot in their businesses for free and it was one of the
greatest experiences of my life." The short premiered at Los Angeles’ Outfest followed by the Turin
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Chicago’s Reeling Festival.
In 2004, Ubach spent months in New Orleans’ French Quarter with Ryan Reynolds and Anna
Faris filming “Waiting" and enjoyed the party-like atmosphere with the cast. Ubach then heard of a
role for a heavy-set African American or Hispanic maid-turned-caterer, Isabel, in “Meet the Fockers"
and auditioned, then waited six weeks while every legitimately older character actress also
auditioned. Finally she was asked to the table reading for the film and she prepared by smoking a
Camel for the requisite raspy voice and wore burgundy nails, which she

intentionally chipped "from doing housework," says Ubach. When it was over, she hugged director
Jay Roach and accidentally covered his clothes with her tan make-up. Soon after, she finally won
the role.
Ubach confesses her favorite part of her "hilarious and amazing" role on "Hung" is working with
Thomas Jane, "He's the consummate professional, I learn a lot from him and he's so articulate and
sweet." She raves about the writers and directors on the show and is grateful for the female DP and
largely female crew. "I feel naked trying to conjure up impromptu emotions, which is a lot harder than
taking off your clothes," says Ubach, who discloses that the role has also led to new doors opening,
"It's like confidence boot camp.”
Speaking of benefits, Ubach did a one-time guest spot on "Men of a Certain Age" last season
and was thrilled to be called back this season for a recurring role. "Ray Romano is a talented actor,
one of the tallest people I've ever met," says Ubach, "and we get along well and enjoy improving
together." Ubach describes both of her characters as "quite lonely and in constant need of attention, I
can relate," and says Michelle is "an ambitious executive living out of a suitcase who is drawn to
Ray's character." She notes that this show caters to a wider audience and "is about navigating the
mid-life male ego and still trying to stay sane while 'Hung,' is more about the man who peaked in high
school facing brutal reality in harsh economic times."
Ubach remains very close to her mother and sister, “They’re always there for me with open
arms, I feel pretty lucky,” she says. "I want my mom to be my date at award shows while staying
clear of the What Were They Thinking? lists."
Having done over a hundred projects, Ubach no longer gets as much pleasure from watching
movies since she either worked with or is one degree separated from the majority of American film
stars today so Ubach confesses, "I now watch smaller foreign films so I can still enjoy them."
Surprisingly, she rarely watches her own performances. "If I accidentally see something I don't like,
it's too late to fix it," says Ubach. Professionally, Ubach wants "to consistently do memorable roles,
acting is the only thing that has been a constant satisfaction in my life, it's therapeutic." Now that
she's working non-stop in her dream roles, it's clear that success and overindulgence haven’t spoiled
Ubach yet. But it does keep her from bothering her neighbors and trick or treating.

Alex Manugian Bio
Alex Manugian is an actor and writer originally from West Groton, Massachusetts. He now lives
in Los Angeles with his wife Holly and kids Milo and Selkie.

ALFRED MOLINA
Alfred Molina stars in the
new Dick Wolf drama Law & Order:
Los Angeles as Deputy District
Attorney Morales, a sarcastic realist
who believes moral righteousness is
great in theory, but ineffective in a
street fight. Though he knows how
to manipulate both his public image
and the behind-the-scenes politics,
he is still a killer in the courtroom
who lives to see justice served.
Molina is an accomplished
London-born actor whose diverse
and distinguished gallery of
performances has led to a lengthy
and triumphant career in film,
television and the stage. Last fall
he opened in the critically acclaimed
movie “An Education” and filmed a
comedy for the BBC opposite Dawn
French. In late fall 2009, Molina
opened in the UK in the highly
celebrated Donmar Warehouse
production of “Red” which opened
on Broadway in April 2010. In
summer of 2010 Molina had two
movies released, “Prince of Persia”
opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and
“Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” where he
co-starred with Nicolas Cage.
Molina is currently set to star
opposite Taylor Lautner in the Lionsgate feature film “Abduction,” which will be released in fall 2011.
In 2002, Molina won rave reviews and nominations for the British Academy Award (BAFTA),
the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Broadcast Film Critics prize and the Chicago Film Critics
Association Award for his Best Supporting Actor turn as the hedonistic Mexican artist Diego Rivera in
“Frida,” the docudrama about the life of Frida Kahlo starring Oscar nominee Salma Hayek. Recent
screen roles include, “Pink Panther 2,” opposite Steve Martin; “The Little Traitor,” an adaptation of the
Amos Oz novel, Panther In the Basement, directed by Lynn Roth and produced by Marilyn Hall; and
“The Tempest,” teams up with director Julie Taymor in her version of the Shakespearian play in which
the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. The latter will be released in 2010.
Following Molina’s education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, he quickly
gained membership in England’s prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, where he performed both
in classics like “Troilus and Cressida” and new original works like “Frozen Assets” and “Dingo.” In
1979, he won acclaim (and a Plays and Players Award as Most Promising New Actor) as The Maniac
in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" at London’s Half Moon Theatre.

Two years later, Molina found himself on the big screen making his American debut in “Raiders of the
Lost Ark.” And in Stephen Frears’ 1987 drama, “Prick Up Your Ears,” Molina won great notices for
his portrait of a vengeful, murderous Kenneth Halliwell, playwright Joe Orton’s gay lover.
Molina’s career continued to soar in the following decade, with roles as an unhappy upper
class husband in Mike Newell’s “Enchanted April,” the joyous painter Titorelli in David Jones' 1993
adaptation of Kafka's novel The Trial and the duplicitous Persian spouse in “Not Without My
Daughter.” He re-teamed with director Donner in the comic western “Maverick” and played the small
but pivotal role of a crazed drug dealer in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-nominated “Boogie Nights”
(1997). Molina joined Anderson once again for his epic ensemble drama “Magnolia” (1999),
collecting SAG nominations for both as part of the films’ ensemble casts. He also continued to
display his ability to embody a variety of nationalities, playing a Cuban immigrant in Mira Nair’s “The
Perez Family” (1995) and a Greek-American lawyer in Barbet Schroeder’s drama “Before and After”
(1996). Other films over this ten-year span include Roger Donaldson’s sci-fi thriller “Species,” Jon
Amiel’s comic thriller “The Man Who Knew Too Little,” Bernard Rose’s “Anna Karenina,” Woody
Allen’s “Celebrity” and Stanley Tucci’s “The Impostors.”
During the current decade, Molina collected his third SAG Ensemble Cast nomination for
Lasse Hallström’s whimsical, Oscar-nominated romantic comedy “Chocolat” and reunited with
Hallström opposite Richard Gere in “The Hoax.” He also turned heads as the villainous Dr. Otto
Octavius, a.k.a. Dr. Octopus, in Sam Raimi’s blockbuster sequel, “Spider-Man 2.” Molina co-starred
in such films as “Identity,” Jim Jarmusch’s “Coffee and Cigarettes,” Ron Howard’s adaptation of one
of the most popular books of all time, “The Da Vinci Code,” Isabel Coixet’s “My Life Without Me,” Eric
Till’s biographical drama “Luther,” the bilingual suspense thriller “Crónicas,” Kenneth Branagh’s
Shakespeare adaptation “As You Like It,” François Girard’s “Silk” and John Irvin’s “The Moon and the
Stars.”
On television, Molina starred in two CBS sitcoms. He played a washed-up writer sought out by
his estranged daughter in Bram and Alice (2002), and Jimmy Stiles in Ladies’ Man, on which he also
served as one of the producers. His other television work includes the acclaimed 1983 miniseries
Reilly: Ace of Spies, Miami Vice, the BBC telefilm “Revolutionary Witness,” Granada TV’s El C.I.D.,
the BBC miniseries Ashenden (based on Peter Mayles’ bestseller, A Year in Provence), the Hallmark
Channel’s Joan of Arc (as narrator), and guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit
and Monk.
Despite his thriving film and television career, Molina has never wandered far from the stage
for long. He returned to the RSC to give a much-praised performance as Petruchio in "Taming of the
Shrew" (1985) and earned an Olivier nomination for his work in the British production of David
Mamet's "Speed the Plow.” In his Broadway debut as the good-natured Yvan in Yasmina Reza's
"Art" (1998, starring with Alan Alda and Victor Garber), Molina collected the first of his two Tony
Award nominations (for Best Actor in a Dramatic Play). He made his Broadway debut as the Irish
chatterbox Frank Sweeney in Brian Friel's play "Molly Sweeney" (1995-96), and most recently
triumphed as Tevye in the 2004 revival of “Fiddler on the Roof,” for which he earned his second Tony
nod (Best Actor in a Musical). He also completed a run at the Mark Taper Forum of “The Cherry
Orchard“ in 2006 opposite Annette Bening.

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ALFRED MOLINA
Alfred Molina stars in the new Dick Wolf drama Law & Order: Los Angeles as Deputy District
Attorney Morales, a sarcastic realist who believes moral righteousness is great in theory, but ineffective in
a street fight. Though he knows how to manipulate both his public image and the behind-the-scenes
politics, he is still a killer in the courtroom who lives to see justice served.
Molina is an accomplished London-born actor whose diverse and distinguished gallery of
performances has led to a lengthy and triumphant career in film, television and the stage. Last fall he
opened in the critically acclaimed movie “An Education” and filmed a comedy for the BBC opposite
Dawn French. In late fall 2009, Molina opened in the UK in the highly celebrated Donmar Warehouse
production of “Red” which opened on Broadway in April 2010. In summer of 2010 Molina had two
movies released, “Prince of Persia” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and “Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” where he costarred
with Nicolas Cage. Molina is currently set to star opposite Taylor Lautner in the Lionsgate feature
film “Abduction,” which will be released in fall 2011.
In 2002, Molina won rave reviews and nominations for the British Academy Award (BAFTA),
the Screen Actors Guild Award, the Broadcast Film Critics prize and the Chicago Film Critics
Association Award for his Best Supporting Actor turn as the hedonistic Mexican artist Diego Rivera in
“Frida,” the docudrama about the life of Frida Kahlo starring Oscar nominee Salma Hayek. Recent
screen roles include, “Pink Panther 2,” opposite Steve Martin; “The Little Traitor,” an adaptation of the
Amos Oz novel, Panther In the Basement, directed by Lynn Roth and produced by Marilyn Hall; and
“The Tempest,” teams up with director Julie Taymor in her version of the Shakespearian play in which
the gender of Prospero has been switched to Prospera. The latter will be released in 2010.
Following Molina’s education at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, he quickly
gained membership in England’s prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, where he performed both in
classics like “Troilus and Cressida” and new original works like “Frozen Assets” and “Dingo.” In 1979,
he won acclaim (and a Plays and Players Award as Most Promising New Actor) as The Maniac in
"Accidental Death of an Anarchist" at London’s Half Moon Theatre.
Two years later, Molina found himself on the big screen making his American debut in “Raiders of the
Lost Ark.” And in Stephen Frears’ 1987 drama, “Prick Up Your Ears,” Molina won great notices for his
portrait of a vengeful, murderous Kenneth Halliwell, playwright Joe Orton’s gay lover.
Molina’s career continued to soar in the following decade, with roles as an unhappy upper class
husband in Mike Newell’s “Enchanted April,” the joyous painter Titorelli in David Jones' 1993 adaptation
of Kafka's novel The Trial and the duplicitous Persian spouse in “Not Without My Daughter.” He reteamed
with director Donner in the comic western “Maverick” and played the small but pivotal role of a
crazed drug dealer in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-nominated “Boogie Nights” (1997). Molina joined
Anderson once again for his epic ensemble drama “Magnolia” (1999), collecting SAG nominations for
both as part of the films’ ensemble casts. He also continued to display his ability to embody a variety of
nationalities, playing a Cuban immigrant in Mira Nair’s “The Perez Family” (1995) and a Greek-
American lawyer in Barbet Schroeder’s drama “Before and After” (1996). Other films over this ten-year
span include Roger Donaldson’s sci-fi thriller “Species,” Jon Amiel’s comic thriller “The Man Who
Knew Too Little,” Bernard Rose’s “Anna Karenina,” Woody Allen’s “Celebrity” and Stanley Tucci’s
“The Impostors.”
During the current decade, Molina collected his third SAG Ensemble Cast nomination for Lasse
Hallström’s whimsical, Oscar-nominated romantic comedy “Chocolat” and reunited with Hallström
opposite Richard Gere in “The Hoax.” He also turned heads as the villainous Dr. Otto Octavius, a.k.a.
Dr. Octopus, in Sam Raimi’s blockbuster sequel, “Spider-Man 2.” Molina co-starred in such films as
“Identity,” Jim Jarmusch’s “Coffee and Cigarettes,” Ron Howard’s adaptation of one of the most popular
books of all time, “The Da Vinci Code,” Isabel Coixet’s “My Life Without Me,” Eric Till’s biographical
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drama “Luther,” the bilingual suspense thriller “Crónicas,” Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare adaptation
“As You Like It,” François Girard’s “Silk” and John Irvin’s “The Moon and the Stars.”
On television, Molina starred in two CBS sitcoms. He played a washed-up writer sought out by
his estranged daughter in Bram and Alice (2002), and Jimmy Stiles in Ladies’ Man, on which he also
served as one of the producers. His other television work includes the acclaimed 1983 miniseries Reilly:
Ace of Spies, Miami Vice, the BBC telefilm “Revolutionary Witness,” Granada TV’s El C.I.D., the BBC
miniseries Ashenden (based on Peter Mayles’ bestseller, A Year in Provence), the Hallmark Channel’s
Joan of Arc (as narrator), and guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit and Monk.
Despite his thriving film and television career, Molina has never wandered far from the stage for
long. He returned to the RSC to give a much-praised performance as Petruchio in "Taming of the Shrew"
(1985) and earned an Olivier nomination for his work in the British production of David Mamet's "Speed
the Plow.” In his Broadway debut as the good-natured Yvan in Yasmina Reza's "Art" (1998, starring
with Alan Alda and Victor Garber), Molina collected the first of his two Tony Award nominations (for
Best Actor in a Dramatic Play). He made his Broadway debut as the Irish chatterbox Frank Sweeney in
Brian Friel's play "Molly Sweeney" (1995-96), and most recently triumphed as Tevye in the 2004 revival
of “Fiddler on the Roof,” for which he earned his second Tony nod (Best Actor in a Musical). He also
completed a run at the Mark Taper Forum of “The Cherry Orchard“ in 2006 opposite Annette Bening.
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Bill Nighy
Film credits include VALKYRIE, UNDERWORLD, LOVE ACTUALLY, THE GIRL IN THE
CAFÉ, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and THE CONSTANT
GARDENER. Television credits include; Absolute Hell, The Men's Room, State of Play, The
Lost Prince and Gideon's Daughter. Theatre credits include; Map of the World, Pravda, King
Lear, Skylight, Arcadia, Blue/Orange, Betrayal, A Kind of Alaska and The Vertical Hour.
Upcoming projects include CHALET GIRL, RANGO and David Hare’s PAGE EIGHT. Bill was
nominated as British Independent Film Award Best Actor for his performance in THE
LAWLESS HEART in 2002.

CLAUDIA BLACK
Claudia Black returns to reprise her popular recurring role as the sassy Vala Mal Doran, a
scheming, self centered con artist who has none the less earned the cautious respect of the
SG-1 team.
Black rejoins former co-star Ben Browder, having appeared as Officer Aeryn Sun, a
Sebacean peacekeeper, in the acclaimed sci fi series "Farscape" and "Farscape:The
Peacekeeper Wars" for which she garnered a Saturn Award for Best Actress.
She previously starred as Pandora in the Anne Rice feature film "Queen of the Damned,"
alongside Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend and in USA Films sci-fi sleeper hit "Pitch
Black," opposite Vin Diesel. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Black has appeared in
many of Australia’s most popular TV series and movies. Australian audiences will
remember her portrayal of the hermaphrodite Jill Mayhew in "Good Guys Bad Guys,"
and the leading role of Angela Kostapas in "City Life." She also appeared in the series
"G.P.," "Police Rescue," "A Country Practice," "Water Rats" and "Seven Deadly Sins," in
addition to several guest-starring roles on "Hercules" and "Beastmaster." She has also
been performing voice over work for video game, animation and narration projects.
She was a finalist in the 1990 Globe Shakespeare competition; nominated for her first
Saturn Award in 2001; voted 'Best Actress" by TV Zone Magazine and Scifi.ign;
received the SFX Magazine Award for Sexiest Actress on Television; and was one of
Entertainment Weekly's 2002 "IT" girls. Black's theatre credits include Portia in the
European tour of "The Merchant of Venice;" Jo March in "Little Women," and "The
World Knot" for the Bicentennial Opera; and "Spotlight on Women," "Portrait
of Dorian Gray," "Loose Ends," and "Pick Ups" for the Belvoir Street Theatre, one of the
most prestigious theatre companies in Sydney.
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Craig Wood Biography
Craig Wood (Editor) was born in Sydney Australia and began his career at age 19 as an assistant editor
in the documentary department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television network before
moving into music videos and commercials.
Wood has enjoyed a long and rewarding association with director Gore Verbinski including editing the
director’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy. He won an American Cinema Editors award for his work on
“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” and was nominated for both its sequels.
Previously he edited “The Weather Man” and the horror thriller “The Ring” which garnered almost $250
million in worldwide box-office receipts and has gone on to become a rental sensation. Also for
Verbinski he edited “The Mexican” starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and “Mousehunt” starring
Nathan Lane and Lee Evans.
Before “Rango” Wood edited Guillermo Arriaga’s directorial Debut “The Burning Plain” starring Charlize
Theron and Kim Bassinger. Wood was an additional editor on Randall Wallace’s “We Were Soldiers”,
starring Mel Gibson. Other editing credits include “Highway” ; Bronwyn Hughes romantic comedy
“Forces of Nature”, starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck, and Alex Proyas’ 1989 feature “Spirits of the
Air, Gremlins of the Clouds”
He has fashioned the music videos of such artists as Smashing pumpkins, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Garbage,
Tina Turner, Tom Petty, Crowded House and Janet Jackson, not to mention creating stylish ads for
various corporate clients including the Cleo Award winning Budweiser “Frogs”

Delia Gosman Biography:
A New Zealand native, this hard-working raconteuse has scribbled her way around the
globe whether it be animating for boutique commercial and film houses in London,
surviving Canadian winters directing animation, developing feature films for Bay
Area studio juggernauts or boarding a Western at a secret lair in the Hollywood Hills.
Delia started out as a traditional animator before switching to pre-production. During
her career she has clocked up huge pencil mileage on various projects for film,
television, games and commercials at many companies including ILM, Klacto, Red
Rover, Disney and Blindwink to name just a few.
Away from the drawing board Delia likes sneaking chocolate and riding vintage Indian
motorcycles.

DEPP BIO
Depp began his career as a musician with the rock group ‘The Kids’, which took
him to Los Angeles. When the band broke up, Depp turned to acting and earned his first
major acting job in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” He followed that with roles in several
films including Oliver Stone’s Academy Award®-winning “Platoon” before landing the
role that would prove to be his breakthrough, as undercover detective Tom Hanson on the
popular TV show “21 Jump Street.” He starred on the series for four seasons before
starring as the tile character in John Waters’ “Cry-Baby.
It was Depp’s compelling performance in the title role of Tim Burton’s “Edward
Scissorhands” that established him as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents, and
earned him his first Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Actor. He was honored
with another Golden Globe Award nomination for his work in the offbeat love story
“Benny & Joon,” directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik.
Depp reunited with Burton for the critically acclaimed “Ed Wood” and his
performance garnered him yet another Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Actor.
Depp starred and made his feature directorial debut opposite Marlon Brando in
“The Brave,” a film based on the novel by Gregory McDonald. He co-wrote the
screenplay with his brother D.P. Depp.
As Captain Jack Sparrow, Depp reprised the role for a third time in Gore
Verbinski’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” after “Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man’s Chest” earned more than $1 billion, making it the third largest-grossing
movie of all time. He received his first Academy Award® nomination, as well as a
Golden Globe Award® nomination, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTA) Award nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award® for his portrayal of
Sparrow in “Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl.”
Depp received his second Academy Award® nomination, as well as a Golden
Globe Award® nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award® nomination and BAFTA
nomination for his role as J.M. Barrie in Marc Forster’s “Finding Neverland,” in which
he starred opposite Kate Winslet and Freddie Highmore.
In 2004, Depp starred in “The Libertine” as 17th-century womanizing poet John
Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester.
In 2005, Depp collaborated with Burton on “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”,
for which he received a Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy
or Musical, and Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride,” which received an Academy Award®
nomination for Best Animated Film in 2006. In 2008, Johnny received his third Academy
Award® nomination for Best Actor for Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street”, winning a Golden Globe Award® for the role.
More recently, Johnny has starred as real-life criminal John Dillinger opposite
Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in Michael Mann’s
“Public Enemies”, as the ‘Mad Hatter’ in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” for which
he received a Golden Globe Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
or Musical.
Up next is Gore Verbinski’s ‘Rango”, soon to be followed by Rob Marshall’s
“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. He will also soon be seen in ‘Bruce
Robinson’s “The Rum Diary” and is currently gearing up to start filming “Dark
Shadows” with Tim Burton, both have which are produced by his company, Infinitum

Nihil.
Other screen credits include Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck’s “The Toursit”,
David Koepp’s “Secret Window,” Robert Rodriguez’s “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,”
Albert and Allen Hughes’ “From Hell,” Ted Demme’s “Blow,” Lasse Hallström’s
“Chocolat,” Julian Schnabel’s “Before Night Falls,” Sally Potter’s “The Man Who
Cried,” Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow,” Roman Polanski’s “The Ninth Gate,” Terry Gilliam’s
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” Mike Newell’s “Donnie Brasco” with Al Pacino, Jim
Jarmusch’s “Dead Man” and Jeremy Leven’s “Don Juan DeMarco,” in which he starred
opposite Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway, as well as Lasse Hallström’s “What’s
Eating Gilbert Grape,” Emir Kusturica’s “Arizona Dream” and John Badham’s “Nick of
Time.”

George DelHoyo
SAG/ AFTRA/ AEA
TELEVISION/FILM
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Gil Birmingham Biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, award-winning actor Gil Birmingham made
his first TV appearance on an episode of Riptide, and has gone on to star in
more than 40 film and television productions. Recently, Birmingham has
generated public acclaim for his portrayal as Billy Black in Twilight, New Moon
and Eclipse the trilogy of films in the popular Twilight Saga based on the bestselling
books by Stephenie Meyer.
His many TV and Film credits include appearances in Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Skins, Gentle Ben, Body & Soul, Dreamkeeper, End of the Spear, Love’s
Long Journey, Charmed, Veronica Mars, 10 Items or Less, Nip/Tuck, and most
recently, Castle, and The Mentalist. The Love Ranch, starring Helen Mirren and
Joe Pesci, directed by Taylor Hackford, was released June of 2010. Gil is also
recognized for his powerful portrayal of Dogstar in Steven Spielberg’s six-part
miniseries, Into the West, which captured the attention of audiences worldwide. It
was through his eyes that viewers witnessed the atrocities and devastation that
occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890. In addition to on-camera roles,
Birmingham’s voiceover work includes appearances in The Wild Thornberrys,
Night at the Museum and Turok: Son of Stone.
Audiences are now waiting for the release of his next film Rango, an
animated film starring Johnny Depp, scheduled to be released in March of 2011.
Later in the year Shouting Secrets will also be released in which he stars with
Chaske Spencer and Tonantzin Carmelo. Gil begins filming Breaking Dawn the
fourth film in the Twilight series in late February of this year.
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Gore Verbinski
Filmmaker Gore Verbinski has enjoyed tremendous box office success as the innovative director
to both character driven-franchises, and thoughtful genre-bending fare.
Verbinski helmed the hit franchise “Pirates of the Carribean”, directing the first three films
starring Johnny Depp and Keira Knightly. The films have collectively grossed over $3 billion
dollars worldwide since release. He made his directorial debut with “Mouse Hunt,” starring
Nathan Lane, followed by the road movie, “The Mexican,” starring Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, and
James Gandolfini. He also directed the smash, “The Ring,” starring Naomi Watts.
Verbinski was a successful award-winning commercial director when he made the transition to
films. He has been honored with four Clio Awards and a Cannes Silver Lion Award for his work
on an assortment of memorable advertising spots such as Nike’s “100 Foot Hoop” featuring
Michael Jordan, and the first of the popular Budweiser “Frog” spots. Verbinski also directed
music videos for bands including “Bad Religion” and “Crystal Method.”
A graduate of the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA, Verbinski resides in Los
Angeles with his family where he runs his transmedia production company, Blind Wink.

Bio for Rango Production Notes Feb 7th 2011
GRAHAM KING (CEO) won a Best Picture Oscar as a
producer on the 2006 ensemble crime drama The Departed, directed
by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon,
Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. The film won a total of four
Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted
Screenplay. That same year, King was a producer on the drama Blood
Diamond, also starring DiCaprio.
The Departed marked King’s third collaboration with Scorsese.
In 2004, he produced the widely praised Howard Hughes biopic The
Aviator, starring DiCaprio, for which King earned an Academy Award
nomination and won a BAFTA Award for Best Picture. He was also
honored by the Producers Guild of America with a Golden Laurel
Award for Producer of the Year.
King was co-executive producer on Scorsese’s Oscarnominated
epic drama Gangs of New York, starring DiCaprio, Daniel
Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
In 2007, King launched his independent production company
GK Films with business partner Tim Headington. Since 2007, GK
Films produced Edge of Darkness, and the historical epic The Young
Victoria, starring Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend. Nominated for three
Academy Awards and winning for Best Costume Design, the film was
produced by King alongside Scorsese, Headington and Sarah
Ferguson.
GK Films is currently in post-production on both Martin
Scorsese’s 3-D family film Hugo Cabret, their fifth collaboration and
Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut, Untitled Love Story.
GK Films has announced several new projects including the
untitled Freddie Mercury story starring Sacha Baron Cohen and being
written by Peter Morgan. GK Films has also announced a film
adaptation of the hit musical Jersey Boys and is producing a feature

adaptation of the British miniseries Unforgiven, being written by
Christopher McQuarrie.
Most recently King produced The Tourist, starring Angelina
Jolie and Johnny Depp. The film enjoyed a wide theatrical release in
December 2010 through Sony Pictures and has garnered over $225
million worldwide to date. (will be updated before going to press)
Earlier in 2010, King also produced The Town, written and directed by
Ben Affleck. The Town was released by Warner Bros. to both critical
and commercial success. In addition to Rango, upcoming films
produced by King include The Rum Diary, also starring Depp and
produced in association with the actor’s production company,
Infinitum-Nihil and London Boulevard written and directed by William
Monahan.
In 2009, GK Films launched a new division, GK-tv. Run by
President Craig Cegielski, GK-tv is dedicated to the development,
production and worldwide distribution of television programming. GKtv’s
10-episode series “Camelot,” starring Joseph Fiennes and Eva
Green will premiere on April 1, 2011 in the US on Starz.
GK Films, in partnership with Peter Schlessel, recently formed
FilmDistrict, a multi-faceted studio that encompasses acquisitions,
distribution, production and financing on wide release commercial
pictures. The company will theatrically distribute several films per
year, including the upcoming “Insidious,” from the creators of the
“Saw” franchise, due to be released on April 1. FilmDistrict has also
announced that it has acquired “Soul Surfer,” starring Helen Hunt and
Dennis Quaid, to be released on April 15 in partnership with TriStar
Pictures and “Drive,” starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, which
is currently in production.
King was previously the President and CEO of Initial
Entertainment Group, which he founded in 1995. During King’s tenure,
he served as an executive producer on such films as Steven
Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning ensemble drama Traffic, Michael Mann’s

iographical drama Ali and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys,
produced by and starring Jodie Foster. King went on to executive
produce the television miniseries “Traffic,” for which he received an
Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Miniseries.
A native of the United Kingdom, King moved to the United States
in 1982 and was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British
Empire) in 2009.

HAL HICKEL
Animation Supervisor
Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic
Park. On his next production, he was promoted to lead animator and given responsibility for the
animation of several characters in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel
was moved up to animation supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award winning visual
effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. His special
interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into
live-action films. Hickel has since supervised the animation work on Star Wars: Episode II
Attack of the Clones, Lawrence Kasdan’s Dreamcatcher and the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an
Academy Award ® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best
Achievement in Visual Effects.
Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at California Institute of the Art
before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion control operator for
commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters.
Hickel left Vinton in 1994 to join Pixar as an animator on their first animated feature, Toy Story.
Upon completing Toy Story, Hickel was hired at ILM.
ILM FEATURE CREDITS
2011 RANGO (currently in production) – Animation Supervisor
2008 IRON MAN – Animation Supervisor
2007 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END – Animation Supervisor
British Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
2006 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – Animation Supervisor
Academy Award - Best Achievement in Visal Effects
British Academy Award - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
2003 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL – Animation
Supervisor
Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
2003 DREAMCATCHER – Animation Supervisor
2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II “The Attack of the Clones”– Animation Supervisor
2001 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – Animation Supervisor
2000 SPACE COWBOYS – Animator
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I “The Phantom Menace” - Lead Animator
1997 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK – Animator 7/10

HANS ZIMMER
Hans Zimmer has scored over 100 films and been honored with an Academy Award, two Golden Globes,
and three Grammys. In 2003, ASCAP presented him the prestigious Henry Mancini award for Lifetime
Achievement for his impressive and influential body of work.
Hans’ interest in music began early, and after a move from Germany to the U.K., would lead to playing
with and producing various bands, including The Buggles, whose “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the
first music video to ever appear on MTV. But the world of film music was what Hans really wanted to be
involved with. Not long after meeting established film composer Stanley Myers, the two founded the
London-based Lillie Yard Recording Studios together, collaborating on such films as My Beautiful
Laundrette.
It was Hans’ solo work in 1988’s A World Apart, however, that gained the attention of director Barry
Levinson, who then asked Hans to score Rain Man, Hans’ first American film. Levinson’s instinct was
right – the score’s Oscar nomination that followed would be the first of eight.
With Hans’ subsequent move to Hollywood, he expanded the range of genres he explored, and his first
venture into the world of animation, 1994’s The Lion King, brought Hans the Oscar.
Hans’ career has been marked by a unique ability to adeptly move between genres – between smaller
films and comedies (such as Driving Miss Daisy, Green Card, True Romance, As Good As It Gets, and
Something’s Gotta Give) and big blockbusters (including Crimson Tide, Mission: Impossible 2, Hannibal,
Black Hawk Down, The Last Samurai, The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, Batman Begins, and The Da
Vinci Code).
In the middle of Hans’ unparalleled pace of taking on new projects, his ability to re-invent genres is what
is perhaps most striking. The film scores Hans has done this for speak for themselves, whether it has
been for drama in Rain Man, action in Ridley Scott’s Black Rain, historical in Gladiator, war in Terrence
Malick’s The Thin Red Line, or the dark comic book world of The Dark Knight.
Hans has received a total of 10 Golden Globe Nominations, 10 Grammy Nominations, and 9 Oscar
Nominations, the most recent for Christopher Nolan’s Inception. His innovative and powerful score has
been praised as the Best Score of 2010 by countless critics’ groups and has earned him BAFTA, Golden
Globe, Grammy and Critics Choice Award nominations. His other Oscar nominations include Sherlock
Holmes, Rain Man, Gladiator, The Lion King, As Good As It Gets, The Preacher’s Wife, The Thin Red Line
and The Prince of Egypt. Hans has been honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in
Film Composition from the National Board of Review. He also received his Star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame in December 2010.
His recent films include Megamind, How Do You Know, Nancy Meyer’s It’s Complicated, Kung Fu Panda,
Madagascar 2, Frost / Nixon, The Dark Knight and Ron Howard’s Angels & Demons. Hans’ upcoming
films include Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (May 20, 2011) directed by Rob Marshall, Guy

Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes 2 (Christmas 2011) and The Dark Knight Rises (July 20, 2012) which will mark
Hans’ 4 th collaboration with director Christopher Nolan.
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Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton is a prolific and legendary actor who has appeared
in scores of classic films from the 50’s to the present day.
Born in Kentucky, he served in World War II before appearing in a
University of Kentucky production of Pygmalion. After honing his craft at
the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse, his first on screen role was in
Tomahawk Trail in 1957. Following this, Harry Dean had numerous
smaller roles in television and film in the late 50’s and early 60’s,
including Rawhide and Bonanza and films such as The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn in 1960 (Dir: Michael Curtiz)
In 1967, Harry Dean was cast in Cool Hand Luke. Some other classic
films he appeared in around this time include Kelly’s Heroes (Dir: Brian
G. Hutton), Dillinger (Dir: John Milius), and The Godfather: Part II (Dir:
Francis Ford Coppola). He put in a memorable turn as the doomed Brett
in Alien for Ridley Scott in 1979. In another science fiction classic,
Escape from New York (1981), Harry Dean played a cunning scientist for
John Carpenter. Wim Wenders cast Harry Dean in Paris, Texas in 1984,
and Alex Cox used him to great effect opposite Emilio Estevez in the cult
film Repo Man in the same year. In 1986 John Hughes cast Harry Dean
against type as a suburban father in Pretty in Pink. David Lynch’s Wild at
Heart in 1990 gave Harry Dean another memorable role, this time as an
ill-fated private investigator. Lynch also cast Harry Dean in Twin Peaks:
Fire Walk With Me in 1992 and The Straight Story in 1999.
Some more recent memorable Harry Dean Stanton performances have
come in stand out titles including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
for Terry Gilliam, The Green Mile the following year for Frank Darabont,
The Pledge for Sean Penn in 2001 and The Wendell Baker Story
directed by Andrew and Luke Wilson. More recently, he appeared in
Alpha Dog (2004) for Nick Cassavettes, Anthony & Joe Russo’s You Me
& Dupree (2005) and Dirt (2007) for Matthew Carnahan.
For four seasons, he has appeared in the HBO series, Big Love, as
polygamist patriarch, Roman Grant and just finished voicing a character
in the upcoming animated feature, Rango, with Johnny Depp.
In addition to acting, Harry Dean is a musician in the eclectic Harry Dean
Stanton Band.

IAN ABERCROMBIE
Actor
Films include; "Garfield's A Tale of Two Kitties", "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing &
Charm School", 'Wild Wild West', 'Mousehunt', 'Lost World', 'Army of Darkness', 'Warlock',
'Catacombs', 'Zandalee', 'Firewalker', 'The Public Eye'. 'Puppetmaster III', 'The Prisoner of Zenda',
'Jack Frost 2', 'The Molly Maguires', 'Von Ryan's Express', 'They Shoot Horses Don't They?',
'Young Frankenstein', and the upcoming ' Inland Empire", "Hard Four" and "Trust Me".
Among his 200 Guest Starring roles on Television: Charmed, upcoming "Desperate
Housewives". Nip/Tuck, The District, Crossing Jordan, State of Grace, Star Trek: Voyager, Buffy,
The Vampire Slayer, Touched By an Angel, NewsRadio, Babylon 5, Murphy Brown, Cybill, Tales
From the Crypt, Hunter, Falcon Crest, Moonlighting, Quincy, Six Million Dollar Man, Murder She
Wrote, Twin Peaks, LA Law, Dynasty, Northern Exposure, Dynasty and a recurring role on
Seinfeld as Elaine's boss Mr. Pitt. In 2002 he starred in two TV Series; Alfred on WB's "Birds of
Prey" and Sir George in Zalman King's "chromiumblue.com".
Theatre appearances in Europe (touring with Olivia de Havilland), New York, summer
stock, regional, touring and Los Angeles have included: Hamlet, Stalag 17 (with Jason Robards
and Jules Munshin), Separate Tables, As You Like It, The Way of The World, Private Lives,
Misalliance, The Wrong Box, Journey's End (with Maxwell Caulfield and Andrew Stevens), The
Cocktail Party, Bent, Mary Stuart (with Marsha Mason), Crucifer of Blood (with Charlton Heston
and Jeremy Brett), Rough Crossing (with Ian Ogilvie), The Vortex (with Rupert Everett and
Stephanie Beacham), Lettice & Lovage, Out Of Order (with Ray Cooney), My Fair Lady and
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. He received awards for his work in Sweet Prince (with Kier Dullea),
Teeth N'Smiles, A Doll's House (with Linda Purl) and The Arcata Promise opposite Anthony
Hopkins. He also received high acclaim for the one man show Jean Cocteau - A Mirror Image.
Ian has appeared in numerous S.T.A.G.E. and The Actor's Fund Benefits. He has served
on the Board of Directors of BAFTA-LA and has just been reelected to the Western Board of The
Actor's Fund. His on camera and voiceover commercial work covers all media and he is very
active in Radio Drama for C.A.R.T.

ISLA FISHER
Biography
Isla Fisher will next star in the Gore Verbinski animated feature RANGO alongside Johnny Depp. She
also has a number of comedy projects in development at Universal including LIFE COACH, which she
is also producing, and DESPERADOS.
Fisher is most widely recognized for her critically-acclaimed performance as Vince Vaughn's offkilter
love interest in the blockbuster THE WEDDING CRASHERS and most recently starred in
Disney’s CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, the film adaptation of the best-selling book series by
Sophie Kinsella. Her additional film credits include: John Landis’s BURKE AND HAIR with Simon
Pegg and Andy Serkis; DEFINITELY, MAYBE, a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds; the
critically-acclaimed film THE LOOKOUT, written and directed by Scott Frank and also starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels; HORTON HEARS A WHO with Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell;
the comedy HOT ROD with Andy Samberg. David O. Russell’s I HEART HUCKABEES and SCOOBY-
DOO. She also starred in the scripted/improvisation TV series, “Pilot Season,” with comedic actors
David Cross, Andy Dick, and Sarah Silverman.
Born in the Middle Eastern country of Oman, Fisher’s family moved to the small city of Perth in
Western Australia when she was a young girl. At the age of nine, Fisher was already appearing in
commercials broadcast on Australian television. She then became best known for her role as
"Shannon Reed" in the popular soap “Home & Away,” which also helped launch the careers of Guy
Pearce, Naomi Watts, and Heath Ledger. While working on the set of “Home & Away,” she also found
the time to write and release two best selling teen-themed novels.
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Jim Byrkit is a writer and director who has collaborated with Gore Verbinski for years on
a number of projects. He and Verbinski pounded out the story of Rango for many
months as they worked with screenwriter John Logan to find the right blend of adventure,
comedy, mystery, and epic Western flavor for their amazing chameleon hero.
Byrkit’s early pencil sketch of Rango served as the starting point for the that character,
and he worked with good friend and Production Designer “Crash” McCreery to design
Elgin, Spoons, Beans and several other inhabitants of Dirt.
As Head of Story on Rango, Byrkit oversaw the production of thousands of storyboards
that he and Verbinski used to create the “story reel,” a full-length, hand-drawn version of
the movie complete with voices, music and sound effects.
The two also collaborated on songs that eventually became the music performed by the
Mariachi Owl chorus of Rango.
Verbinski and Byrkit voiced the majority of the 50-plus characters on the story reel and a
few of the voices they created stuck, even as a full cast of real-live actors came on board
the project. Byrkit’s Oscar-caliber portrayal of Waffles and Verbinski’s heartbreaking
rendition of Sergeant Turley remained in the final film, giving voice to a population of
desert creatures that cinema has ignored for too long.
Jim Byrkit has directed over 50 commercials, music videos, television and short film
projects. He is currently writing a large-scale adventure movie for Walt Disney Studios
with co-writer Alex Manugian (“Spoons”). John Carls is producing with John Logan on
board as Executive Producer.

JOE NUNEZ
When Joseph Nunez was twelve years
old his mom took him to see a show at
Chicago's famed comedy theater, The
Second City. From that moment on he knew
what he wanted to do in life.
A native of Chicago, Joe majored in
English and Theater at Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska before moving back to his
hometown and realizing his life long dream of
studying and performing with The Second
City.
Eventually, he was hired for the
National Touring Company where he
performed throughout the country for three
years. He’s a founding member of “Salsation,”
the all-Latino sketch/improv troupe whose
critically acclaimed revue, “Touched by an
Anglo” was staged for eight months to sold
out shows at Donny’s Skybox Theater of The
Second City. In Chicago, he also frequently
performed at the Annoyance Theater and The
Improv Olympic, where he co-wrote the hit
Star Wars musical, “The Fandom Menace”
starring as Obi “Juan” Kenobi.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 2001,
he has racked up a number of screen credits
with sharp, supporting roles in the films The
“40 Year Old Virgin”, “Domino”, “The Pursuit
of Happyness”, “Superbad” and “Seven
Pounds”; and recurring parts in the TV shows
Arrested Development and Prison Break.
Most recently he was a guest star on NBC’s
Community and he’s in the upcoming Judd Apatow produced comedy feature “Bridesmaids”, starring
Kristen Wiig. He also voices an armadillo named “Rock Eye” in the upcoming Dreamworks animated
feature “Rango” directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp.
Joe continues to perform onstage, in TV and film projects in LA, most frequently with founders
Matt Walsh and Matt Besser of The Upright Citizens Brigade.

JOHN B. CARLS
John Carls is a producer with a rich history in family and children’s entertainment. In 1992 Carls
formed Wild Things Productions (WTP) with world-renowned author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.
As partner and president Carls established WTP as a family entertainment content provider for film
and television. In association with Nelvana Communications and Nickelodeon, WTP produced five
seasons and a movie of the Daytime Emmy nominated children’s preschool animated television
series, “Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear.” WTP also produced two seasons of the Daytime Emmy
nominated “George And Martha” for HBO, which stars the voices of Nathan Lane and Andrea
Martin. WTP and Nelvana produced three seasons of the animated television series, “Seven Little
Monsters” for PBS.
In 2002, John Carls launched The Carls Company developing both animated and live-action projects
for film and television. Working with comic strip creator Steve Moore, Carls and Moore sold their
animated feature film treatment “City Sewer” to Dreamworks Animation, which became the basis for
Aardman Animation’s “Flushed Away”. Carls and Moore followed up with a deal with Sony
Animation to develop and produce the animated film “Open Season” based on their original
treatment, which was released in September 2006 with Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher voicing
the leads. They are currently working with Overbrook Entertainment on an animated movie,
“Gatoraid” in development at Sony Pictures. In television, Carls and Moore produced a series of
animated shorts for ESPN based on Moore’s comic strip “In the Bleachers”, and they are currently
creating and producing an animated series “Flat Stanley” for Working Title Films.
John Carls is developing and producing a slate of new animated feature films. In 2009, Carls
produced Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman for Warner
Brothers, which was directed by Spike Jonze. Currently in production is “Rango”, ILM’s first full-
length animated movie with director Gore Verbinski and Paramount Pictures. Carls is actively
developing movies with Laika, Sony Animation, Playtone, and Cirque du Soleil.
Prior to forming WTP and The Carls Company, John Carls held executive positions at Orion Pictures
and Columbia Pictures.

JOHN KNOLL
Visual Effects Supervisor
John Knoll joined Industrial Light & Magic as a technical assistant in 1986, and was soon
promoted to motion control camera operator for “Captain EO.” After three years of operating,
Knoll was called upon to work on the ground breaking digital effects for “The Abyss.” Since that
time, he has been promoted to Visual Effects Supervisor helming the visual effects on more than
twenty feature films and commercials. His film background coupled with an advanced
understanding of digital technologies has made Knoll a much sought-after supervisor with three
Academy Award nominations for “Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones,” “Star Wars:
Episode I The Phantom Menace,” which earned him a BAFTA nomination, and “Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” in which he was also honored with a BAFTA
nomination. Knoll’s resume also includes “Mission to Mars,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Star Trek: First
Contact” and “Mission: Impossible” among others. In 2005, he completed work on the final
installment of the Star Wars series: “Episode III Revenge of the Sith.” In 2006 Knoll completed
work on the sequel to the Pirates of the Caribbean films; Dead Man’s Chest for which he
received both a BAFTA and an Academy Award ® . Most recently, Knoll was the ILM Visual
Effects Supervisor on James Cameron’s science fiction epic Avatar.
Knoll’s interest in filmmaking began at an early age. Having a keen interest in visual effects,
Knoll was mesmerized by the original “Star Wars.” During a visit to ILM in 1978 he was able to
observe first-hand the world of visual effects. Inspired to learn more, Knoll attended the USC
School of Cinema and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Production, while freelancing as a
modelmaker at a variety of Los Angeles-based production facilities.
During his last year at USC, Knoll took an advanced animation class where he built a motion
control system from an Oxberry animation stand, an Apple II computer, a CNC milling machine
controller, and a bunch of industrial surplus stepper motors. Impressed by the student film that
was generated from this class project, ILM hired Knoll as a technical assistant for motion control
photography. Greatly impressed by visits to ILM's newly founded computer graphics
department, Knoll took up computer graphics as a hobby. Teaming up with his brother who was
working on his Doctoral Thesis in computer vision at the University of Michigan, the Knoll
brothers created Photoshop in 1987.
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JOHN KNOLL BIOGRAPHY Page 2
Feature Films
ILM CREDITS
2011 MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (currently in production) – Visual
Effects Supervisor
2011 RANGO – Visual Effects Supervisor
2009 AVATAR – Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination – Best Single Visual Effects of the Year
2008 CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC – Visual Effects Supervisor
2008 SPEED RACER – Visual Effects Supervisor/Lonely Highway Sequence
2007 NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS – Visual Effects Supervisor
2007 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END – Visual Effects Supervisor
2006 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – Visual Effects Supervisor
Academy Award – Best Achievement in Visual Effects
British Academy Award – Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award – Outstanding Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award – Best Single Visual Effects of the Year
2005 STAR WARS: EPISODE III “Revenge of the Sith” – Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination – Best Single Visual Effect
2003 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – Visual Effects Supervisor
Academy Award Nomination – Best Achievement in Visual Effects
British Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects
2002 STAR WARS: EPISODE II “Attack of the Clones” - Visual Effects Supervisor
Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination – Best Visual Effects
2000 MISSION TO MARS - Visual Effects Supervisor
1999 DEEP BLUE SEA - Visual Effects Supervisor
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I “The Phantom Menace” - Visual Effects Supervisor
Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
British Academy Award Nomination - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1996 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT - Visual Effects Supervisor
1996 STAR WARS SPECIAL EDITION - Visual Effects Supervisor
1996 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Visual Effects Supervisor
1994 STAR TREK GENERATIONS - Visual Effects Supervisor
1994 BABY'S DAY OUT - Visual Effects Supervisor
1992 PHOENIX WATER PARK (Simulator Ride) - Director
1991 HUDSON HAWK - Visual Effects Supervisor
1991 HOOK - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor
1989 THE ABYSS - Computer Graphics Project Designer
1988 WILLOW - Motion Control Camera Operator
1987 INNERSPACE - Motion Control Camera Operator
1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN - Motion Control Camera Operator
1987 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Motion Control Camera Operator
1987 STAR TOURS (Simulator Ride for Disneyland) - Motion Control Camera Operator
1986 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME - Motion Control Camera Operator
1986 CAPTAIN EO - Motion Control Camera Operator

JOHN KNOLL BIOGRAPHY Page 3
Commercials
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1991 INTEL "Computer Inside" - Director
1991 DODGE DAYTONA "Starting Price" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 PANASONIC "Broadcast Simulator" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 NEC "Turbo Grafix" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 CHEVRON "High Performance" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1990 CRYSTAL LIGHT "Shade" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1989 FDA "Radon" (PSA) - Visual Effects Supervisor
1989 US AIR "Ballet" - Director
1988 PACIFIC BELL "Smart Yellow Pages" - Visual Effects Supervisor
1987 LUCASFILM LTD "THX” (Trailer) - Motion Control Camera Operator
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John Logan
John Logan received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle and Drama League awards for his
play RED. This play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in London and at the Golden Theatre
on Broadway. He is the author of more than a dozen other plays including NEVER THE SINNER
and HAUPTMANN. His work as a screenwriter includes SWEENEY TODD (Golden Globe award);
THE AVIATOR (Oscar, Golden Globe and WGA nominations); GLADIATOR (Oscar, Golden Globe
and WGA nominations); THE LAST SAMURAI; ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, and RKO 281 (WGA award,
Emmy nomination).

CRASH McCREERY
-Biography-
Born to an Air-Force family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Crash spent his early childhood
in the vagabond style of military life. Most of Crash’s early training began from observing
nature, where he gained a deep appreciation for the natural order of things. He developed
an understanding of light and shade and how objects related to one another. Along with his
observations of present nature, he was also intrigued with visions of what once was,
namely prehistoric wildlife. He delved into the study of paleontology and soon found the
marriage between factual science and the powers of the imagination to be the perfect
testing ground for creating what was once only a world of fantasy. Crash made the
proclamation that, when he grew up, he was going to ‘do dinosaurs.’
Crash received a scholarship to the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, graduating
with a BFA in illustration.
Crash’s first design challenge was Predator II, directed by Stephen Hopkins. He soon found
himself immersed in the work that he could before only admire as a fan.
Soon after, Crash collaborated with Tim Burton for Edward Scissorhands. Burton was
indeed a hero of Crash’s, and as such, Crash reveled in the collaboration. Incorporating the
facial features of actor Johnny Depp, Crash translated Burton’s concepts into three different
illustrations, one of which was selected as the final look for the character.
Immediately following was James Cameron’s epic science fiction sequel Terminator 2. With
Cameron’s background in art direction, Crash was challenged to satisfy the eye of a brilliant
artist as well as director. Cameron had Crash designing for what came to be a $205 million
box office sensation.
Working once again with Tim Burton, Crash was asked to design the Penguin makeup
Danny DeVito would wear in Batman Returns. The result was an unforgettable character
that redefined the villainous role portrayed in the comic books and distanced itself, through
originality, from the television series of the 60’s and 70’s. Outselling the highest
expectations with an overall box office success of $163 million. This design also attained a
makeup Academy nomination for best make-up in a film.
The following year, Jurassic Park finally gave Crash the opportunity to work with whom he
considers to be one of the greatest minds in filmmaking, Steven Spielberg, while also
fulfilling his childhood prophecy – he was about to ‘do dinosaurs’ - and do them in an
entirely unprecedented fashion. A whole new vision of dinosaurs, a whole new take on a
kind of movie that had been done a million times before – essentially, breaking the mold.
With new science and new ideas about what dinosaurs really were, the film depicted
dinosaurs that were very active, warm-blooded and even intelligent. Because the project
was cloaked in secrecy in its early stages, Crash worked in solitude on his concepts and
rendered dinosaurs for an entire year. Once the film went into actual production, Crash

served as an on-set puppeteer, breathing life into the prehistoric characters through radio-
and cable-controlled performances, as well as performing as the Raptor he designed,
donning the full size Raptor suit himself.
On the heels of the phenomenal box-office success of Jurassic Park’s $357 million, Crash
went back to the drawing board to design make-ups for Interview With the Vampire. The
responsibility on this project was to satisfy the fans of the book without necessarily
creating the ultimate vampire. Casting indecisions delayed the process and warranted
multiple designs for the lead character, Lestat. Once Tom Cruise was finally cast, Crash
helped to design a makeup that was both subtle and as faithful as possible to author Anne
Rice’s descriptions.
From the subtlety of the vampire make-ups, Crash moved to the comic book fantasy realm
with Tank Girl, a film populated with characters that were half-human, half-kangaroo.
Mutations of man and beast were also the basis for the 1996 remake of The Island of Dr.
Moreau, which featured a variety of his characters.
The Relic, directed by Peter Hyams, challenged Crash to design a beast composed of
features derived from several different animal types. He opted to stress the physical
prowess of the multi-phylum beast ultimately illustrating another original character, which
found its way into cult status.
In the summer of 1995 he was once again given the opportunity to focus his talents on the
prehistoric era. Jurassic Park: The Lost World allowed Crash to further populate his cast of
dinosaur creations for Steven Spielberg’s epic series. In fact, Crash helped to redefine
dinosaurs. Jurassic Park’s two films have grossed more than $1.6 Billion worldwide. The
theme park ride is one of the most successful attractions in Universal Studios, Florida and
Hollywood. The home videos flew off the shelves to the tune of $454 million. Merchandise
sales including toys, clothing, video games and books reached an approximate $1.5 billion.
For the 1998 high-concept DreamWorks project Small Soldiers, Crash designed and art
directed a team of illustrators creating the Commando Elite and Gorgonites, toy action
figures implanted with high-tech military computer chips that allow them to take on a life
of their own. This was a film that was meant to drive toy sales. In fact it did just that.
Hasbro was brought in to facilitate manufacturing and distribution of the line, as it took on
a life of its own, out grossing the box office revenues by twice the amount. The toy
concepts alone reached $150 million in sales.
Crash went on to create a multitude of characters for the major studios biggest releases,
working non-stop for a two year period with films such as Disney’s Inspector Gadget,
DreamWorks’ Galaxy Quest, Universal’s End of Days, where he was reunited with director
Peter Hyams, and DreamWorks’ What Lies Beneath the Hitchcockian murder mystery
directed by Robert Zemeckis.
After having mastered the ability to create artwork that captured the essence of
storytelling, it was natural that Crash would develop a desire to tell stories in a literal
sense, and thus began studying the art of writing, while continuing to build his repertoire of
character designs.
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The opportunity presented itself; with the HBO/Creature Features series whereby Crash
sold the first two stories he pitched and then wrote.
Just as the door had opened and the foray into writing began for Crash, the work that had
attached him to the Horror, Sci-fi and Fantasy genre knocked once again with a third
installment of Jurassic Park, helmed by Joe Johnston, a director Crash holds in high esteem.
He jumped back to his drawing board and began designing.
Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence was Crash’s next endeavor. Not since Jurassic
Park had Crash’s designs, been so closely guarded. It too received an Academy award
nomination for best visual effects in a film.
Through his company Calypso Productions, Crash continues to design breathtaking
characters for the likes of films such as Sound of Thunder, which once again teamed him
with Peter Hyams. Likewise, Larry Kasdan’s Dreamcatcher, Ang Lee’s Hulk, Henson’s Time
Dogs, Anschultz Entertainment’s Lion Witch And The Wardrobe, Steven Sommer’s Van
Helsing, Gale Anne Hurd’s/Emmet Furla Film’s Abominable Snowman, Steven King’s
Kingdom Hospital, and Universal’s Submariner are but a few of Crash’s designs that went
on to gain critical acclaim.
Crash designed characters for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, and soon thereafter was
asked to come onboard as a creature designer and supervisor for Lady In The Water. In the
process of working on the film, M. Night Shyamalan decided to depict the story, as he had
always shared it with his children, “as a bedtime story”. Soon thereafter, Crash illustrated
his first children’s book of the same name, Lady In The Water: A Bedtime Story, written by
M.Night Shyamalan and illustrations by Crash McCreery. The children’s book received
bestseller status in it first week of release with Amazon.com.
Each of Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean films has re-united Crash with director Gore
Verbinski, whom Crash views as an extraordinary gifted director. The two first worked
together years earlier on Mousehunt. For Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl, Crash designed the each of the cursed characters including “Jack Sparrow”,
“Barbossa”, and “Jack the Monkey”, along with many other fascinating crewmembers in the
film. For Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Crash designed the now legendary
character “Davey Jones”, along with the cast of characters from the “Flying Dutchman” to
the beast “The Kraken”. The anticipated Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, once
again showcases Crash’s outstanding creative designs, with a whole new host of characters.
All are being kept under tight confidentiality, until the release of the film.
With the amazing success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Disney, Barry Josephson,
and Barry Sonnenfeld, called on Crash’s services for Enchanted, staring Suzanne Sarandon
as Queen Narissa, the evil queen.
Immediately following Crash’s stint with Disney, he was invited to design for Marvel, yet
again. This time, for the The Incredible Hulk 2. With the success of their professional
relationship, Crash was then commissioned to design the “Ghost Rider” and the “Hell Cycle”
for Marvel’s feature film adaptation Ghost Rider, staring Nicholas Cage.
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As Crash completed the design of the motorcycle in Ghost Rider, it became known to be
work he was clearly passionate for, due to his love of the riding machines, and his ability to
design them quite uniquely. He then joined forces with Jerry Bruckheimer Productions for
a fifth time in his career. This time, he was designing work for two of Bruckheimer
productions G-Force and Alien Legion.
Crash followed up both films by creating designs for Warner Brothers Studio’s I Am
Legend, as they sought out his eye and his designs, for the long awaited film in the making.
Universal Pictures have recently brought Crash back to his roots and the love of his
childhood, with an opportunity to design the “Creature” for Creature From The Black
Lagoon, and the third installment of The Mummy franchise. His most recent works include
Production Designing the animated feature, Rango.
After designing some of the greatest iconic film characters in movie making history, Crash’s
notoriety has escalated, driving him into a category he could only dream of as a young boy,
being referred to as one of the very best in his profession
Crash maintains he is most fortunate to work each and every day, doing what he loves.
Still, every picture tells a story. And, here the box office success story Crash McCreery has
contributed to, with his characters and creatures exceeds 5.1 billion dollars in world- wide
box office grosses.
Meanwhile, as Crash continues to create some of the most memorable characters and
creatures in motion picture history, he says “I know I can always rely on one resource that
is an artists greatest commodity… the ability to dream”.
Crash is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. Crash’s work has been featured in Cinefex magazine, The
Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, Barbara Walters “Most Fascinating People”, In Hollywood, Extra,
Entertainment Tonight, Movie Magic, Jurassic Park DVD, The Making of Jurassic Park, The Making of
Terminator 2, Make-up Magazine, Fangoria Magazine, the Museum of Natural History, The Museum of the
Moving Image, The Making of Ghost Rider, The Making of Lady and the Water, The Making of The Village, The
Making of The Pirates of The Caribbean Trilogy, as well as many other periodicals, newspapers and television
shows worldwide.
Special thanks to John Shannon of Cinefex who contributed to this biography.
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BIOGRAPHY
Once hailed by Daily Variety as the “busiest actor in Hollywood,” Ned Beatty grew up in
Kentucky, fishing and working on farms. St. Matthews, Kentucky is hardly the
environment to encourage a career in the entertainment industry. So when asked “How
did you get into show business?” Beatty responds, “by hanging out with the wrong
crowd,” a crowd including some of the industry’s most prominent names - John Huston,
Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando and Robert Redford.
Accomplished in film, stage and television, Beatty has garnered praise from both critics
and peers as a dedicated actor’s actor. He started as a professional performer at age
ten when he earned pocket money singing in gospel quartets and a barber shop. The
big city and bright lights did not come easy, though. The first ten years of Beatty’s
career were spent at the Barter Theater in Abington, Virginia, eventually moving on to
the prestigious Arena Stage Company in Washington D.C. He first appeared on
Broadway in the theater production of “The Great White Hope.”
In 1971, Beatty was chosen by director John Boorman to play Bobby Trippe in the hit
film “Deliverance.” This marked the beginning of his prolific movie career, with films
including “Silver Streak,” “W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings,” “Network,” for which he was
nominated for an Academy Award ® for Best Supporting Actor, “Nashville, “Superman I
and II,” “The Toy,” “All The President’s Men,” “Wise Blood,” “Rudy,” “The Big Easy,”
“Spring Forward,” “Hear My Song,” for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination for
Best Supporting Actor, “Prelude To A Kiss,” “Just Cause,” “He Got Game” and
“Cookie’s Fortune.”
Beatty’s numerous television credits include three years on the NBC series “Homicide:
Life on the Streets.” He received an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor for his
performance in “Friendly Fire,” opposite Carol Burnett, and a Best Supporting Actor
nomination for “Last Train Home.” Other notable credits include “The Wool Cap,” “The
Execution of Private Slovick,” and “A Woman Called Golda.” He also had a recurring
role on “Roseanne” and performed musically on television specials for Dolly Parton and
The Smothers Brothers.
In 2001, Beatty returned to his theatrical roots starring in London's West End revival
production of Tennessee Williams' “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” with Brendan Fraser and
Frances O' Connor. He also appeared in the production on Broadway in 2003/2004
with Jason Patric and Ashley Judd.
Most recently, Beatty starred with Woody Harrelson in “The Walker,” along with
“Shooter,” starring Mark Wahlberg, “Charlie Wilson’s War,” a Mike Nichols film with Tom
Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts, the upcoming “Rango,” starring
Johnny Depp, and as Lotso Bear in the highest grossing animated film of all-time,
2010’s “Toy Story 3.”

Bio:
Nils Peyron is EVP & Managing Partner of Blind Wink, the transmedia production
company founded by Gore Verbinski.
Prior to joining Blind Wink in September 2008, Nils was EVP & General Manager of
McCann Erickson San Francisco where he oversaw the global Microsoft & Xbox
relationships.
Nils has spent most of his career in Marketing and Advertising, holding Senior Positions
at companies like Air France, Ogilvy & Mather and Limited Brands.
Over his years in Advertising, Nils has won a variety of awards including 2 Cannes
Grand Prix & 1 Gold Lion.
He holds an MBA from Fordham University and is a Board member of Trunk Archive, a
photo licensing company.

RAY WINSTONE was born in Hackney in the East End of London. He started
boxing at the age of twelve, was three times London Schoolboy champion and fought
twice for England. He studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by
director Alan Clarke as Carlin (“the Daddy”) in “Scum”. This BBC Play production
made Winstone’s name and since then he has appeared in numerous TV series and
movies. After playing a starring role in Franc Roddam’s “Quadrophenia” and being
cast by Ken Loach in “Ladybird, Ladybird,” Gary Oldman gave Winstone the lead
role in his gritty biographical drama, “Nil By Mouth”, for which he won a British
Independent Film Award for Best Actor and earned a BAFTA Award nomination. His
mesmerising performance lead to a succession of challenging roles including Dave in
the gangster movie “Face” and Dad in Tim Roth’s disturbing drama, “The War
Zone.” He also played in the comedy drama “The Mammy” and “Fanny & Elvis”
before delivering one of the finest performances of his career opposite Ben Kingsley
in “Sexy Beast.”
TV credits include the title roles in “Henry VIII” (which went on to win Best Mini
Series/TV Movie at the International Emmy Awards) and “Sweeney Todd” for BBC.
Ray’s most recent television credit is “Compulsion”, a co-production with ITV and
the third film for television from his company, Size 9 Productions. In 2006 Ray won
an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his eponymous role in “Vincent”
(Granada/ITV).
Film credits include “Last Orders”, “Ripley’s Game”, “Cold Mountain”, “King
Arthur”, “The Proposition”, Oscar winner “The Departed” directed by Martin
Scorcese, Anthony Minghella’s “Breaking and Entering”, the title role in the Robert
Zemeckis film “Beowulf” and Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull”. Most recent projects include “44 Inch Chest” for director Malcolm
Venville, “London Boulevard” and “Edge of Darkness” both for GK Films, “13” for
director Géla Babluani, “Tracker” for Eden Films, “Percy Jackson” for Fox2000.
“London Boulevard” for GK Films, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
In December 2007, Ray received the Richard Harris Award for outstanding
contribution at the British Independent Film Awards.

STEPHEN ROOT – BIOGRAPHY
Stephen Root, one of today’s most prolific character actors, has several films slated for
release in 2011. He co-stars in CEDAR RAPIDS with Ed Helms, EVERYTHING MUST GO
with Will Ferrell, THE CONSPIRATOR directed by Robert Redford , RED STATE directed
by Kevin Smith and he voices the characters of ‘Doc’ and ‘Merrymack’ in Paramount’s
animated feature RANGO, starring Johnny Depp and directed by Gore Verbinski.
Root has earned rave reviews for bringing a variety of characters to life in such films as
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, LEATHERHEADS,
MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS and DOGEBALL – A TRUE UNDERDOG. He was
catapulted into the realm of cult heros when he starred as the put-upon ‘Milton Waddams’ in
Mike Judge’s OFFICE SPACE. His animated features include FINDING NEMO, ICE AGE 1
& 2, THE COUNTRY BEARS AND MEGAMIND.
Root starred as the eccentric station owner, ‘Jimmy James’, on NBC’s NEWSRADIO.
Stephen has recently recurred on TRUE BLOOD, 24, WEST WING & PUSHING DAISES.
He is currently recurring in JUSTIFIED on FX. His many memorable guest appearances
include; CALIFORNICATION, THE DEFENDERS, CSI and LOUIE
Root was the voice of ‘Bill’ and ‘Mr. Strickland’ on FOX’s Emmy-winning hit
animated series KING OF THE HILL for an impressive 13 seasons. He has also lent his voice
to a number of animated series including AMERICAN DAD, THE JUSTICE LEAGUE,
KUNG FU PANDA and SYFY’s ‘R’ rated TRIPPING THE RIFT.
,Born in Sarasota, Root majored in acting and broadcasting at the University of Florida
and remains a diehard Gator fan. After three years of touring the U.S. and Canada with the
National Shakespeare Company, Root settled in New York, honing his craft in many regional
theatres and starring off-Broadway in JOURNEY’S END AND THE AU PAIR MAN. His
Broadway debut came in SO LONG ON LONELY STREET, which was followed by the Tony
award-winning production of ALL MY SONS, with Richard Kiley. A starring role as ‘Boolie’,
in the Broadway national touring company of DRIVING MISS DAISY with Julie Harris,
brought Root to Los Angeles where he currently resides. Back on the boards, he recently
starred with Helen Hunt and Lyle Lovett in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, an LA
Shakespeare Production.
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TIM ALEXANDER
Visual Effects Supervisor
In 1996 Tim Alexander joined Industrial Light & Magic where he rapidly ascended from the rank
of compositor to a Visual Effects Supervisor. As a testament to his drive and tremendous talent,
Alexander has twice been nominated for the BAFTA award, one resulting in a win for The
Perfect Storm. He has also received a Visual Effects Society award nomination for Best Visual
Effects of the Year for his work on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Prior to joining ILM,
Alexander spent three years at Walt Disney Studios where he worked on the feature film James
and the Giant Peach. He is currently the Visual Effects Supervisor on Gore Verbinski’s first
animated feature, Rango.
Tim Alexander holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. While
there he was a member of the Advanced Undergraduate Theatre Program where he studied
lighting design.
ILM CREDITS
2011 RANGO (currently in production) - Visual Effects Supervisor
2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE – Visual Effects Supervisor
2008 THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES – Visual Effects Supervisor
2007 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX – Visual Effects Supervisor
2005 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE – Visual Effects Supervisor
British Academy Nomination – Best Visual Effects
Visual Effects Society Award Nomination –Best Visual Effects
2004 THE VILLAGE – Compositor
2004 HIDALGO – Visual Effects Supervisor
2003 DREAMCATCHER – Visual Effects Co-Supervisor
2002 PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE – Visual Effects Supervisor
2001 ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (re-release) – Additional Visual Effects Supervision
2001 THE MAJESTIC – Visual Effects Supervisor
2000 THE PERFECT STORM - Associate Visual Effects Supervisor

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British Academy Award (BAFTA) – Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1999 DEEP BLUE SEA – Compositing Supervisor
1999 STAR WARS: EPISODE I “The Phantom Menace” – C.G. Supervisor
1997 TITANIC - Compositor
1997 THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK – Compositor
1997 DEEP RISING – Compositor
1997 CONTACT - Compositor
1996 STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT – Compositor 7/10

TIM HEADINGTON (executive producer), together with longtime friend and colleague
Graham King, formed the Los Angeles-based production company GK Films in 2007.
Under the GK banner, he and King produced The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and
Johnny Depp, three-time Academy Award®-nominated romantic drama The Young
Victoria, the thriller Edge of Darkness, and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming 3D family
adventure film, Hugo Cabret.
Headington is an executive producer on Gore Verbinski’s animated adventure Rango,
featuring the voice of Johnny Depp. His upcoming producing projects include The Rum
Diary, also starring Depp; and the crime drama London Boulevard, for writer/director
William Monahan.
GK Films recently announced several new projects that Headington will produce
including the untitled Freddie Mercury story starring Sacha Baron Cohen being written
by Peter Morgan. GK Films has also announced a film adaptation of the hit musical
Jersey Boys and is producing a featured adaptation of the British miniseries Unforgiven,
to be written by Christopher McQuarrie, as well as an untitled love story written and
directed by Angelina Jolie.
Headington first met King in 2004 when he invested in King’s former production
company, Initial Entertainment Group, as it was financing and producing the awardwinning
biopic The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo
DiCaprio. He went on to executive produce the thriller First Born, starring Elisabeth
Shue, and DiCaprio’s producing debut, Gardener of Eden, directed by Kevin Connolly
and starring Lukas Haas, Giovanni Ribisi and Erika Christensen.
Headington is also a partner in the music management company Wright Entertainment
Group (WEG), looking after such notable stars as Justin Timberlake, the Jonas
Brothers, and Ciara.

TIMOTHY OLYPHANT
Biography
With an expansive list of diverse film and television credits, Timothy
Olyphant is known for his poignant roles in both dramas and comedies. He is currently
the lead of the FX series JUSTIFIED, which is based on Elmore Leonard’s short story
entitled “Fire In The Hole”. Timothy plays “US Marshall Raylan Givens”, a modern day
19th century-style lawman. The series premiere was the largest audience ever to air on
FX.
Timothy is also recurring on this season of NBC’s hit comedy series THE
OFFICE, playing “Danny Cordray” a rival paper salesman, and an ex-boyfriend of
“Pam’s”, who steals clients from Dunder Mifflin.
Olyphant can next be seen in DJ Caruso’s adaption of the James Frey’s novel I
AM NUMBER FOUR, playing the guardian to the title character (Alex Pettyfer).
DreamWorks is releasing this sci-fi thriller - the first of a franchise- February 18, 2011.
Timothy is also coming out in Paramount Picture’s RANGO, which he voiced the role of
“The Spirit of the West”. This Gore Verbinski-directed animated film is being released
March 2011.
Last year, he starred as the town sheriff in Breck Eisner’s remake of the horror
classic THE CRAZIES, which revolves around a small town beset by death and insanity
after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply. He also
starred in Gary Yates’ independent feature HIGH LIFE, a comedy about four hapless

junkies who plan to rob a bank, which won “Best Canadian Feature” at the 2009 Calgary
International Film Festival.
In 2007, Olyphant starred in 20 th Century Fox’s HITMAN and LIVE FREE DIE
HARD. HITMAN, based on the popular video game and directed by Xavier Gans,
centers around “Agent 47” (Olyphant), who realizes he’s being pursued by both Interpol
and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. In LIVE FREE DIE HARD,
directed by Len Wiseman, Olyphant played “Thomas Gabriel” an internet-based terrorist
who “John McClaine” (Willis) is trying to stop from systematically shutting down the
United States.
Olyphant played the lead in David Twohy’s thriller A PERFECT GETAWAY for
Relativity Media, starring opposite Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich. He also co-starred
with Elisha Cuthbert and Emile Hirsch in 20 th Century Fox’s THE GIRL NEXT DOOR.
Olyphant brilliantly portrayed “Kelly”, the porn producer and ex-boyfriend of “Danielle”
(Cuthbert), who tries to convince her to come back to the business. He also starred at
Doug Liman’s GO, playing the role of “Todd”, a drug dealer being double-crossed by
“Ronna” (Sarah Polley) and “Claire” (Katie Holmes).
Timothy’s other film credits include GreeneStreet Films’ independent feature
MEET BILL, which he co-starred opposite Aaron Eckhardt and Jessica Alba, the
romantic comedy CATCH AND RELEASE, which he starred in opposite Jennifer Garner
and the film adaptation of Stephen King’s best selling novel, DREAMCATCHER. He
also appeared in Warner Bros’ ROCKSTAR, Disney’s GONE IN 60 SECONDS, New
Line Cinema’s A MAN APART, SCREAM 2, and A LIFE LESS ORDINARY.

Olyphant has also enjoyed guest appearances on popular shows such as NBC’s
MY NAME IS EARL, HBO’s SEX & THE CITY, ABC’s SAMANTHA WHO? and
FX’s award winning series DAMAGES. He first garnered critical notice for his powerful
portrayal of the tough, honorable, natural born-leader “Seth Bullock” in HBO’s
DEADWOOD. The groundbreaking series was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild
for ‘Best Ensemble’ for the third season.