Jim Carrey

Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Jim Carrey knew by age 3 that show business was in his blood. At age 15, he took off for Toronto to perform at Yuk Yuks, the famous comedy club. Following that performance, his career took off. For the next few years, he worked in comedy clubs all over Canada. At age 19, he packed his belongings and moved to Los Angeles.

There, he immediately became a regular at Mitzi Shore's Comedy Store, attracting the attention of top comic Rodney Dangerfield, who was so impressed with the young man that he invited him on tour. Mr. Carrey was subsequently cast in the lead role of the NBC series The Duck Factory. The series lasted only 13 weeks, but film work soon followed, beginning with a starring role in Howard Storm's Once Bitten (opposite Lauren Hutton).

His early film roles also included Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage), Julien Temple's Earth Girls Are Easy (with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Damon Wayans), and Buddy Van Horn's The Dead Pool (with Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry).

In early 1990, Mr. Carrey joined the ensemble cast of the groundbreaking Fox Network comedy hit show In Living Color. In November 1991, his first Showtime special (Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act, directed by Michael French) premiered to rave reviews. He followed the special's success with an acclaimed performance as an alcoholic in Fox's Emmy Award-nominated Doing Time on Maple Drive (directed by Ken Olin).

After several successful seasons on In Living Color, he once again branched out into feature films with the starring role in Tom Shadyac's 1994 hit Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. His performance made him an instant screen sensation, and he starred in two more smash hits that same year: Charles Russell's The Mask (opposite Cameron Diaz, and for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination) and Peter and Bobby Farrelly's Dumb and Dumber (opposite Jeff Daniels).

Mr. Carrey next starred as The Riddler in Joel Schumacher's 1995 blockbuster Batman Forever before reprising his lead role in Steve Oedekerk's Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. The following year he starred in Ben Stiller's comedy The Cable Guy. His subsequent reteaming with Tom Shadyac on the 1997 comedy Liar Liar (for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination) was the first of several blockbuster hits for Universal Pictures. He was honored with the NATO/ShoWest Comedy Star of the Year Award that same year.

Subsequently, Peter Weir's 1998 film The Truman Show earned Mr. Carrey a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Drama). He won a second Golden Globe Award, for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy), the following year for his portrayal of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon, for Universal Pictures.

Mr. Carrey next reunited with Peter and Bobby Farrelly in the summer of 2000 for Me, Myself & Irene, which earned him an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Comedic Performance. That same year he was named Male Star of the Year by NATO/ShoWest, and starred in the year's top-grossing film, Ron Howard's Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. The Universal Pictures release also brought him a People's Choice Award and a fifth Golden Globe Award nomination.

In 2001, he starred in Frank Darabont's The Majestic and, in the summer of 2003, he reteamed with director Tom Shadyac, screenwriter Steve Oedekerk, and Universal Pictures, for the blockbuster hit comedy Bruce Almighty, which is his highest-grossing film (worldwide) to date.

Mr. Carrey is currently filming the role of the dastardly Count Olaf in the highly anticipated film version of Daniel Handler's Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' directed by Brad Silberling. He is also currently recording the voice of one of the lead characters in Tim Johnson's animated feature Over the Hedge.

His next film project is a reteaming with Cameron Diaz on Dean Parisot's Fun with Dick and Jane. Following that, Mr. Carrey begins work on Todd Phillips' The Six Million Dollar Man, based on the popular 1970s TV show.

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet has thrice been nominated for Academy Awards (becoming the youngest actress ever to be nominated multiple times) and also Golden Globe Awards. These nominations were for her performances in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, Richard Eyre's Iris, and James Cameron's Titanic. The latter continues to hold the world record as the highest-grossing film of all time.

The English-born actress grew up in a family of actors, and began performing for U.K. television when she was 13. At age 17, she attracted international attention for her starring role in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. Then, her performance opposite Emma Thompson in Sense and Sensibility brought her BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Ms. Winslet next starred opposite Christopher Eccleston in Michael Winterbottom's Jude, and as Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet. She then took the lead female role in the epic Titanic (opposite Leonardo DiCaprio), which brought her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Her subsequent films have included Gillies Mackinnon's Hideous Kinky, Jane Campion's Holy Smoke, Philip Kaufman's Quills (for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination), Michael Apted's Enigma, Alan Parker's The Life of David Gale. For her performance as the young Iris Murdoch in Iris, she was honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Ms. Winslet will next be seen starring with Johnny Depp and Dustin Hoffman in Marc Forster's J.M. Barrie's Neverland.

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst has successfully made the transition from child actor to leading lady, all the while starring in a diverse and rewarding series of roles.

The Point Pleasant, New Jersey native got her show business start at age 3, acting in television commercials. After filming more than 100 of those, she made the jump to the big screen in Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks" segment of New York Stories.

Ms. Dunst's performance opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles brought her worldwide acclaim. She received a Golden Globe Award nomination, as well as an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor. The performance, in tandem with her work in Gillian Armstrong's Little Women, brought her that year's Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. The latter film also brought her a Young Artist Award.

Her early films also included Joe Johnston's Jumanji, Keith Gordon's Mother Night, and Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog. She guest-starred on several episodes of NBC's top-rated ER, with her work opposite George Clooney on the show earning her Young Artist and YoungStar Award nominations.

Among the telefilms that Ms. Dunst has starred in are Donna Deitch's The Devil's Arithmetic, D.J. MacHale's Tower of Terror, Sam Pillsbury's 15 and Pregnant, and Roger Young's Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy. She won YoungStar Awards for the latter two performances.

Concurrently, on the big screen, she starred in Joe Dante's Small Soldiers, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, and Peyton Reed's sleeper hit Bring It On. She next played Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow and starred in John Stockwell's crazy/beautiful.

Ms. Dunst then landed the coveted role of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, opposite Tobey Maguire. Her performance won her two MTV Movie Awards (for Best Female Performance and Best Kiss). The film was a blockbuster hit all over the world, and she has reunited with the creative team for the upcoming Spider-Man 2.

Her recent films have also included Ed Solomon's Levity (with Billy Bob Thornton) and Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile (with Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal). She has completed work on Richard Loncraine's Wimbledon (opposite Paul Bettany), and next will star for Cameron Crowe in Elizabethtown.

Ms. Dunst is active on behalf of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation charity.

Mark Ruffalo

Actor/director/producer/writer Mark Ruffalo's performance opposite Laura Linney in Kenneth Lonergan's award-winning You Can Count on Me earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination, the New Generation Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Best Actor honors at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival.

He co-wrote the screenplay for Michael Hacker's independent feature The Destiny of Marty Fine, which was the first runner-up in the 1995 Slamdance Film Festival; and has directed several plays, including Timothy McNeil's Margaret (at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles) in early 2001.

As actor, Mr. Ruffalo trained with Joanne Linville at the distinguished Stella Adler Conservatory. He made his professional stage debut in Avenue A, at off-Broadway's The Cast Theater. Ruffalo continued working with The Cast, performing in several of Justin Tanner's award-winning plays, including Still Life with Vacuum Salesman and Tent Show. More recently, he again starred off-Broadway in The Moment When, by James Lapine.

His starring role in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play This is Our Youth, written by Kenneth Lonergan, won him a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor. He has also been honored with a Dramalogue Award and a Theater World Award.

Mr. Ruffalo has starred in, among other films, Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil, Rod Lurie's The Last Castle (with Robert Redford), John Woo's Windtalkers (with Nicolas Cage), Austin Chick's xx/xy, Isabel Coixet's My Life Without Me (opposite Sarah Polley), Jane Campion's In the Cut (opposite Meg Ryan), and Gary Winick's upcoming 13 Going on 30 (opposite Jennifer Garner). He will also soon be seen starring with Laura Dern, Peter Krause, and Naomi Watts in John Curran's independent feature We Don't Live Here Anymore, which he executive-produced; and in Michael Mann's Collateral, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.

Elijah Wood

Long regarded as a gifted young actor, Elijah Wood continues to seek out roles in films that span all styles and genres. He attained worldwide fame and acclaim with his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King), starring with an extraordinary ensemble cast.

He first came to filmgoers' attention over a decade earlier, with such early film work as Mike Figgis' Internal Affairs and Barry Levinson's Avalon. He quickly graduated to starring roles in Mary Agnes Donoghue's Paradise (opposite Thora Birch), Richard Donner's Radio Flyer, Steve Miner's Forever Young, Stephen Sommers' The Adventures of Huck Finn, and Joseph Ruben's The Good Son (opposite Macaulay Culkin).

Mr. Wood's television work includes playing the Artful Dodger in Tony Bill's Oliver Twist, as well as starring in such other telefilms as Michael Schultz' Dayo (in the title role) and Mike Robe's Child in the Night.

He was named 1994's Young Star of the Year by NATO/ShoWest. His subsequent screen credits include Rob Reiner's North (in the title role), Jon Avnet's The War, Alan Shapiro's Flipper, Ang Lee's critically acclaimed The Ice Storm, Mimi Leder's blockbuster Deep Impact, Robert Rodriguez' The Faculty and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, James Toback's Black and White, Martin Duffy's The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Edward Burns' Ash Wednesday, Jeffrey Porter's All I Want, and Glenn Chaika's animated feature The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (voicing the former).

Mr. Wood next begins work on Lexi Alexander's Hooligans, and has recently completed recording his voiceover for the lead role in George Miller's animated feature Happy Feet.

Tom Wilkinson

One of the busiest actors in both the U.K. and the U.S., Tom Wilkinson received Academy Award and SAG Award nominations for his performance in Todd Field's In the Bedroom, opposite Sissy Spacek. His portrayal earned him the New York Film Critics Circle and Independent Spirit Awards for Best Actor.

A renowned stage actor in his native England, Mr. Wilkinson has performed with such prestigious stage troupes as the Oxford Playhouse, the National Theater, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His stage work includes essaying the title roles in Peer Gynt and Henry V. He has also performed in productions of Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Crucible, and As You Like It.

His early films included David Hare's Wetherby, Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father, Antonia Bird's Priest, and Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. His performance in Peter Catteneo's The Full Monty brought him international attention, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has since starred in, among other films, Brian Gilbert's Wilde, Sandra Goldbacher's The Governess, Brett Ratner's Rush Hour, John Madden's Shakespeare in Love (for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination), Ang Lee's Ride with the Devil, Roland Emmerich's The Patriot, Gil Junger's Black Knight and upcoming If Only, Oliver Parker's The Importance of Being Earnest, and Peter Webber's Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Mr. Wilkinson will soon be seen in, among other films, Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty, Julian Fellowes' A Way Through the Woods, John McKay's Piccadilly Jim, Roger Spottiswoode's White on White, and Michael Barker's A Good Woman.

He was recently an Emmy Award nominee for his performance in Jane Anderson's HBO telefilm Normal, in which he starred opposite Jessica Lange.

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry's previous feature as director was the Charlie Kaufman-scripted Human Nature. The film starred Patricia Arquette, Tim Robbins, and Rhys Ifans.

His extraordinary ideas and creative flourishes have previously entranced audiences in the form of award-winning music videos and commercials. A curated DVD compilation, The Work of Director Michel Gondry, was issued in October 2003 as part of Palm Pictures' "Directors Label" series. Included on the DVD is a personal full-length documentary, I've Been 12 Forever, featuring interviews with family members and such collaborators as Björk, Daft Punk, Beck, and Dave Grohl. An accompanying book features a collection of his stories, drawings, and photographs.

Mr. Gondry's notable recent work in videos includes the White Stripes' "Fell in Love with a Girl," which was groundbreaking in its use of Lego animation and swept the MTV Video Music Awards; and Steriogram's "Walkie Talkie Man," which uniquely imposes a yarn incarnation upon band recording footage and the L.A. landscape.

One of the first commercial spots that he directed, the Levi's ad "Drugstore" (1994), garnered the Lion D'Or at Cannes and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most award-winning commercial of all time. Among his other notable credits are, again for Levi's, "Mermaids," which won a silver medal at the Clio Awards and a bronze medal at Cannes; and, for Smirnoff, "Smarienburg," which captured gold medals at Cannes and the Clio Awards. He has since directed a series of spots for Gap's lyrical "That's Holiday" campaign, and another Levi's ad, "Bellybuttons."

Mr. Gondry got his start as a director while studying graphics at a French art school, when he began directing music videos for the band Oui Oui (for which he played drums). The clip's success attracted other local bands, and before long he was working internationally. In 1993, he met pop singer Björk, and the two commenced one of his longest and most successful creative relationships. Their first collaboration, the video for "Human Behavior," won all the major music video awards. He went on to helm another five of Björk's videos, including "Joga" and "Bachelorette."

He has collaborated with a wide range of artists, among them the Rolling Stones, the White Stripes, Chemical Brothers, Foo Fighters, Kylie Minogue, Massive Attack, Cibo Matto, and Radiohead.

Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman wrote the screenplay for Michel Gondry's previous feature as director, Human Nature.

He has twice been nominated for Academy Awards, for Being John Malkovich (in the Original Screenplay category); and, with his twin brother Donald Kaufman, for Adaptation (in the Adapted Screenplay category). He collaborated with director Spike Jonze on both features, and the two are reteaming on a new film project.

Mr. Kaufman also wrote the screenplay for George Clooney's feature directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which he adapted from Chuck Barris' book of the same name.

Pierre Bismuth

Pierre Bismuth's work has been widely exhibited in Europe. For much of the last decade he has been represented by and at the Lisson Gallery, London. He works in diverse media, manipulating images from magazines, newspapers and feature films, as well as creating video installations.

His solo exhibitions include "Collages fit for a General Audience" (Lisson Gallery, 2003); "Pierre Bismuth" (Art Gallery of York University, 2003); "Bonjour chez vous" (Centre d'art Contemporain de Brétigny, France); "Alternance" (Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, 2001); and "Listening Me Watching Them/Humming/Synonymes" (Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, 1997).

Born in Paris, Mr. Bismuth now lives in London and Brussels.

Steve Golin

Steve Golin has helped nurture the careers of some of Hollywood's best new directors. He is the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, a multimedia production, content development, and talent management company.

Anonymous represents, among other directors, David Fincher, David Kellogg, Gore Verbinski, Jeffrey Plansker, Mark Romanek, Andrew Douglas, Martin Weitz, Malcolm Venville, and Hammer & Tongs, for commercials, music videos, and new media. Anonymous' talent management division includes such clients as Aaron Eckhart, Antoine Fuqua, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Everett Scott, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Maura Tierney, Kristen Johnston, Heather Thomas, Ron Rifkin, Ron Underwood, Omar Epps, Academy Award-winning writer/director Stephen Gaghan, and Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies.

Mr. Golin is the producer of several notable feature films. These include Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, written by Charlie Kaufman, which was nominated for 3 Academy Awards and 4 Golden Globe Awards; Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty, for which Renée Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical/Comedy); Don Roos' Bounce, starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow; David Fincher's The Game, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn; Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady, starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, and Barbara Hershey, which was nominated for 2 Academy Awards; Barry Levinson's Sleepers, starring Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman; John Dahl's Red Rock West, starring Nicolas Cage, which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards; Dominic Sena's Kalifornia, starring Brad Pitt and David Duchovny; and Alek Keshishian's Truth or Dare, starring Madonna.

In addition, he has been producer on a number of television projects, including the current Showtime original series The L Word. He also produced the breakthrough series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Twin Peaks; Kevin Hooks' telefilm Heat Wave, which won 4 CableAce Awards, including Best Movie, as well as an Emmy Award for costar James Earl Jones; the Peabody-Award-winning miniseries Tales of the City; and the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels, episodes of which were directed by Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Steven Soderbergh, and Phil Joanou, among others.

Prior to Anonymous, Mr. Golin founded Propaganda Films in 1986. The company set a new creative standard for music videos and commercial production, becoming the largest such production company in the world. Propaganda won more MTV Video Music Awards and Cannes honors (for commercial excellence) than any other company. Under Mr. Golin's guidance, the music video division worked with the world's top artists, such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, George Michael, The Beastie Boys, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The commercial division produced award-winning spots for such leading advertisers as AT&T, IBM, Nike, Apple, McDonald's, and Budweiser.

Anthony Bregman

Anthony Bregman produced Human Nature, the first film to team director Michel Gondry with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.

Mr. Bregman's production of Nicole Holofcener's Lovely & Amazing earned six Independent Spirit Award nominations, more than any other 2002 release. He also produced The Tao of Steve, directed by Jenniphr Goodman and starring Donal Logue (who received a special acting prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival for his performance); Luminous Motion, directed by Bette Gordon; and Frank Grow's Love God, which was the world's first all-digital special effects punk rock monster movie. He also executive-produced Jim Fall's Trick; and associate-produced Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, Bart Freundlich's The Myth of Fingerprints, Edward Burns' The Brothers McMullen, and Jill Godmilow's Roy Cohn/Jack Smith.

Together with partners Ted Hope and Anne Carey, Mr. Bregman runs the independent New York-based feature film production company This is that. The company, which has an overall deal with Focus Features, was formed in the summer of 2002 out of the production and development arms of the groundbreaking independent film company Good Machine, which Mr. Hope had co-founded in 1991 with James Schamus. Mr. Bregman was head of production at Good Machine for nearly a decade.

In its first year, the company has produced, for release by Focus Features, 21 Grams, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, written by Guillermo Arriaga, and starring Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts; The Door in the Floor, written and directed by Tod Williams (whose screenplay is adapted from John Irving's best-selling novel A Widow for One Year), and starring Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, and Jon Foster; and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Next up for This is that is Mike Mills' feature directorial debut, Thumbsucker, which Mr. Bregman is producing with Bob Stephenson. Thumbsucker stars Tilda Swinton, Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Vince Vaughn in Mills' adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel of the same name. Currently in production is A Dirty Shame, written and directed by John Waters, and starring Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair, and Chris Isaak.

Pictures soon to follow include Family Planning, written and to be directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman; The Parker Grey Show, written by Kristen Buckley and Brian Regan; and Fast Track, by Dave Guion and Mike Handelman.

As head of production at Good Machine, Mr. Bregman supervised the production and post-production of over 30 feature films, including Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, Eat Drink Man Woman, and The Wedding Banquet, Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking, Todd Haynes' Safe, Cindy Sherman's Office Killer, and Tom Noonan's What Happened Was…

He teaches producing at Columbia University's Graduate Film School.

David Bushell

David Bushell has produced such critically lauded films as Billy Bob Thornton's Academy Award-winning Sling Blade and Bob Gosse's Niagara, Niagara, which received two Independent Spirit Award nominations and for which Robin Tunney won the Best Actress Award at the 1997 Venice International Film Festival.

He has also produced such independent features as illtown, directed by Nick Gomez and starring Lili Taylor; Hampton Fancher's The Minus Man, starring Owen Wilson; and Once in the Life, written and directed by, and starring, Laurence Fishburne. He was also the executive producer of The Banger Sisters, directed by Bob Dolman and starring Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, and Geoffrey Rush.

Mr. Bushell is currently producing the comedy The Wendell Baker Story, written and directed by Luke Wilson and co-directed by Andrew Wilson. Luke Wilson stars, along with an ensemble cast which includes Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes, Eddie Griffin, Will Ferrell, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton, and Seymour Cassel.

He is next slated to produce Dallas Buyers Club for Universal Pictures.

In 2003, Mr. Bushell was cited by Daily Variety as one of its "10 Producers to Watch."

Glenn Williamson

Glenn Williamson's production company, based at Focus Features, is Back Lot Pictures. His current projects include Truth, Justice and the American Way (to be directed by Allen Coulter) and The Changeling (a remake of the 1979 thriller of the same name).

He was president of production at Focus from the company's inception in the spring of 2002 to the fall of 2003. In that capacity, he supervised such pictures as Todd Haynes' award-winning Far from Heaven, starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid; Christine Jeffs' Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig; and Mira Nair's soon-to-be-released Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon.

Immediately prior to the formation of Focus, Mr. Williamson was president of production at USA Films, a position that he held since August 2001. When USA was absorbed into Focus, he continued as the head of production, overseeing the company's development and production activities.

Mr. Williamson had joined USA after serving as a senior production executive at DreamWorks, which he had joined at its inception in 1994. During that time, he brought to the company Alan Ball's spec script American Beauty, and oversaw production of Sam Mendes' film, which went on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. He was also instrumental in bringing Cameron Crowe to the studio and in supervising Almost Famous, which earned Mr. Crowe an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Other productions that Mr. Williamson supervised for DreamWorks included Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition, Gore Verbinski's The Mexican, and Bronwen Hughes' Forces of Nature (based on Mr. Williamson's own story idea). Among the last features that he was overseeing development on at DreamWorks was Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can.

The University of Virginia graduate began his development career with current DreamWorks co-heads Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald back when the duo were producers at Sony-based Aerial Pictures. Mr. Williamson went with the pair when they joined Amblin Entertainment, where he was the executive on Barry Sonnenfeld's blockbuster Men in Black, and retained his close working relationship with Mr. Parkes and Ms. MacDonald when and after Amblin was absorbed into DreamWorks. Prior to joining Mr. Parkes and Ms. MacDonald at Aerial Pictures, Mr. Williamson had worked in production with Cameron Crowe on Singles and Tim Burton on Edward Scissorhands. His first film industry job was at Castle Rock Entertainment, following a two-year stint working in advertising in New York City.

Georges Bermann

Georges Bermann first met Michel Gondry in 1990 and has been collaborating with him ever since on all of his projects.

Mr. Bermann runs one of the most creative commercials and music video production companies in the world, Partizan. The company and its directors have won, among other honors, MTV Video Music Awards (for work with Aerosmith, Björk, and The White Stripes), Grammy Awards (for work with Sting and Annie Lennox), and a Palme d'Or in Cannes.

Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras is the first cinematographer to have won multiple awards at the Sundance Film Festival, and the first to win the Best Dramatic Cinematography award at Sundance an unprecedented three times. She was first cited for her work on Ellen Bruno's documentary Samsara (which also brought her the Eastman Kodak Best Documentary Cinematography Focus Award, among other awards). For Best Dramatic Cinematography, she was honored for her (black-and-white) work on Tom Kalin's Swoon (which also brought her an Independent Spirit Award nomination), and for Rebecca Miller's Angela and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (which also brought her an Independent Spirit Award nomination).

Ms. Kuras has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award, for her work on Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls and the documentary/miniseries A Century of Women.

She has collaborated several more times with Spike Lee, including on his features Summer of Sam and Bamboozled, his telefilm A Huey P. Newton Story, and his documentary Jim Brown All American. She has reteamed with Rebecca Miller on the upcoming feature Rose and the Snake (starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Camilla Belle) and shot segments of Jim Jarmusch's upcoming Coffee & Cigarettes. She was reunited with Tom Kalin on 30, a half-hour narrative film commissioned by Geoffrey Beene.

Ms. Kuras has also been the director of photography on such features as Ted Demme's Blow, Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol, and Harold Ramis' Analyze That. Her earlier films include Steve McLean's Postcards from America, Jill Godmilow's Roy Cohn/Jack Smith, Douglas Keeve's Unzipped, Richard Wenk's Just the Ticket, and Scott Silver's The Mod Squad.

Her television credits include the original HBO feature If These Walls Could Talk, for which she was cinematographer on the segment directed by Nancy Savoca and starring Demi Moore.

In December 2003, Ms. Kuras was honored with the MUSE Award from New York Women in Film & Television. She is the first cinematographer to have been so honored. Three years prior, she received the Kodak VISION Award from Los Angeles Women in Film & Television.

Dan Leigh

Dan Leigh has been the production designer on two films apiece for directors Tony Goldwyn (Someone Like You and A Walk on the Moon), Boaz Yakin (A Price Above Rubies and Fresh), and Joan Micklin Silver (Loverboy and Crossing Delancey).

His other feature credits include Julian Schanbel's Basquiat, Michael Rymer's In Too Deep, Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project (for HBO), and Lucky McKee's upcoming The Woods (starring Agnes Bruckner and Patricia Clarkson).

Mr. Leigh began his career working in, and designing for, the theater.

Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Valdís Óskarsdóttir was the editor of the Dogme features Mifune (directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), The Celebration (directed by Thomas Vinterberg), and julien donkey-boy (directed by Harmony Korine).

Her other feature credits include Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's Skagerrak, Thomas Vinterberg's The Greatest Heroes, and Baltasar Kormákur's The Sea.

Ms. ÓskarsdÓttir began her career as a still photographer and a writer in her native Iceland.

Jon Brion

Jon Brion is a singer-songwriter who lives in Los Angeles.

He also produces records, among them ones by Fiona Apple ("When the Pawn…"), Aimee Mann ("Whatever," "I'm With Stupid," and the Magnolia soundtrack), Brad Mehldau ("Largo"), Rhett Miller ("The Instigator"), Rufus Wainwright ("Rufus Wainwright"), Robyn Hitchcock ("A Star for Bram" and "Jewels for Sophia"), and Evan Dando ("Baby I'm Bored"), as well as his own "Meaningless."

Mr. Brion has worked as a session musician on albums with Fiona Apple ("Tidal"), Badly Drawn Boy (the About a Boy soundtrack, "Have You Fed the Fish"), Macy Gray ("On How Life Is"), Elliott Smith ("XO," "Figure 8"), Sam Phillips ("Omnipop"), The Crystal Method ("Vegas," "Tweekend"), Eels ("Electro Shock Blues"), Grant Lee Buffalo ("Jubilee"), Sean Watkins ("26 Miles"), and Old 97's ("Fight Songs").

He conducted and arranged the orchestra for Tom Petty's album "The Last DJ," as well as for the latter's "Live at the Olympic" concert (recorded for DVD).

Mr. Brion previously composed the music for three of Paul Thomas Anderson's features: Hard Eight (a collaboration with Michael Penn); Magnolia; and Punch-Drunk Love.

He performs weekly sold-out shows at Café Largo.

Melissa Toth

Melissa Toth's feature credits as costume designer include Brian Robbins' The Perfect Score, Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending, Dennis Dugan's Saving Silverman, Kenneth Lonergan's award-winning You Can Count on Me, and Todd Solondz' Welcome to the Dollhouse.

Ms. Toth also designs restructured sweaters for her own company, Cazenovia.