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DANNY
DIMBORT
(Executive Producer)
Born in Israel
in 1944, Danny Dimbort started his career in films as general dogsbody
for the Israeli distribution company Golan Globus Films becoming
managing director within two years. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles
to join Cannon Films as head of foreign sales, returning to Israel
to produce several feature films prior to joining Cannon-Pathe in
charge of distribution in L.A. He was president of international
distribution at MGM until 1991 when he formed Nu Image with Avi
Lerner, as partner in charge of sales and marketing.
BOAZ
DAVIDSON
(Executive Producer)
As a successful screenwriter-director-producer, Boaz Davidson has
perfected his craft for over 25 years. Three years ago, Davidson
teamed up with his long-time associate, John Thompson, to produce.
Some of Davidson's directorial credits include Looking for Lola,
Lunar Cop, Blood Run, American Cyborg, Delta Force 3, Crazy People,
Salsa (also writer), Going Bananas (also writer), Dutch Treat, Alex
(also writer), Baby Love (also writer), Private Popsicle (also writer),
The Last American Virgin (also writer), Hot Bubblegum (also writer),
X-Ray, Seed of Innocence (also writer), Tzanani Family and The Wonder
Dog.
Other writer-director credits include Going Steady, Funny, Funny
World, Lemon Popsicle (Israeli Academy Award winner), Lupo Goes
to New York, Snooker, Charlie and a Half, Fifty Fifty and Snail.
ZEV
BRAUN
(Producer)
Chicago-born
Braun has been a successful and honored filmmaker for over 30 years.
In 1964, his production of GOLDSTEIN won the Prix de la Nouvelle
Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1974, his co-production
of Maximilian Schell's THE PEDESTRIAN won the Golden Globe Award
as Best Foreign Film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the
same category. His production of THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN
THE LANE, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen, was voted Best
Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Films. In 1986, Braun again teamed up with director Schell to co-produce
MARLENE, which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best
Documentary Feature along with winning the New York Film Critics
Award. The National Society of Film Critics Award and The National
Board of Review Award. Braun's all-consuming interest in filmmaking
led him fresh from graduate work in Humanities and Classic Arts
at the University of Chicago to enter movies while still serving
as President of Braun International, his family's packaging firm.
Some of Mr. Braun's other productions include: ANGELA, starring
Sophia Loren and John Huston; FREEDOM ROAD, starring Muhammad Ali
and Kris Kristofferson; THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU, starring
Peter Sellers; and WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?, starring Jill Clayburgh
and Frederic Forrest. The 1987-88 television season saw the company
bring to the screen a two-hour movie-of-the week, STILLWATCH, for
CBS starring Lynda Carter and Angie Dickinson; a four-hour CBS mini-series,
MURDER ORDAINED, starring JoBeth Williams, Keith Carradine and Terence
Knox (Emmy nominated and winner of "Eddie" Award); a two-hour
NBC movie, THE FATHER CLEMENTS STORY, starring Louis Gossett, Jr.,
Malcom-Jamal Warner and Carroll O'Connor (winner of Chiristopher
Award and CEBA Award). TOUR OF DUTY, the highly acclaimed weekly
prime-time series about the Vietnam War, also premiered in 1987
and enjoyed three successful season on CBS. Other television series
from Mr. Braun include MURPHY'S LAW, starring George Segal, which
ran on ABC and BAGDAD CAFÉ, starring Whoppi Goldberg and
Jean Stepleton on CBS. In 1991, Mr. Braun produced A SEDUCTION IN
TRAVIS COUNTY, a two-hour movie for CBS, starring Lesley Ann Warren,
Peter Coyote and Jean Smart.
Expanding into the cable marketplace, he produced SPLIT IMAGES,
a two-hour movie based on the best selling novel by Elmore Leonard
and starring Gregory Harrison. In 1994, Braun produced the critically
praised four-hour miniseries MENENDEZ; A KILLING IN BEVERLY HILLS
for CBS starring Edward James Olmos and Beverly D'Angelo. Also that
year at CBS was DOMINICK DUNNE'S 919 FIFTH AVENUE, a two-hour movie
which starred Barry Bostwick, Michelle Phillips and John Rubinstein.
In 1996, ABDUCTED: A FATHER'S LOVE, a two-hour NBC movie starring
Chris Noth, Peter MacNicol and Stepfanie Kramer, turned out to be
one of the highest rated television movie for the year and was highly
acclaimed as well. LETHAL VOWS, starring John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger,
aired on CBS in 1999, and also proved extremely successful.
Braun Entertainment is in post-production on EDGES OF THE LORD,
a feature film shot in Poland and starring Haley Joel Osment and
Willem Defoe. Braun is also preparing the feature film AFRICAN MACBETH
to be filmed in Africa 2001. CLOUT, a out-hour drama series, is
currently in development with HBO.
Mr. Braun is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Art &
Sciences, as well as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
He also serves on the Board of Directors for The American Foundation
for AIDS Research and the Sabin Institute at Georgetown University.
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TREVOR
SHORT
(Executive Producer)
Born
in Harare, Zimbabwe on July 4, 1955, Trevor attended the
Prince Edward School in Harare before studying law at the
University of Zimbabwe. He also obtained an MBA degree at
the University of Cape Town, South Africa and was awarded
the Gold Medal of Merit.
After successfully obtaining his law degree, Trevor entered
the world of banking and commerce. Trevor headed the Corporate
Finance Division at Investec Bank in Johannesburg before
joining Nu Metro Entertainment (Pty) Ltd. as Managing Director.
Nu Metro Entertainment comprised a large cinema chain, a
video and distribution company as well as a film production
company. Following the acquisition of Nu Metro by CNA/Gallo,
a retailing giant, Trevor has become the Managing Director
of Nu World Services (Pty) Ltd., a film production company
based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In addition to the many films produced in South Africa,
Trevor has produced a number of movies outside of South
Africa, including Blood Run, Beyond Forgiveness, Hard Justice,
Project Shadowchaser III and F.T.W.
PHILIP
KRUPP
(Producer)
Philip
Krupp has been with Braun Entertainment Group, Inc. for
over 15 years and currently serves as its Executive Vice
President of Production. Mr. Krupp came to the organization
and worked his way from the ground up, starting as Zev Braun's
assistant and rising through the ranks of development and
production. He worked on such series as TOUR OF DUTY (CBS),
MURPHY'S LAW (ABC) and BAGDAD CAFÉ (CBS). Early on,
he served as Associate Producer on two Movies for Television,
STILLWATCH (starring Lynda Carter) and THE FATHER CLEMENTS
STORY (starring Louis Gossett, Jr. and Malcolm Jamal-Warner).
He then produced the CBS 2-hour DOMINICK DUNNE'S 919 FIFTH
AVENUE as well as the network's 4-hour Mini Series,
MENEDEZ: A KILLING IN BEVERLY HILLS (starring Edward James
Olmos and Beverly D'Angelo). Krupp next served as Executive
Producer on two addition television movies, NBC's ABDUCTED:
A FATHER'S LOVE (starring Chris Noth and Peter MacNichol)
and CBS' LETHAL VOWS (starring John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger).
He received
a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from
the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
AVI
LERNER
(Producer)
Avi
Lerner is probably one of the most prolific producers of
international movies on the global scene. This quiet-spoken
Israeli (born in Haifa) studied Economics and Social Sciences
at the University of Tel-Aviv and also served as a paratrooper
and officer in the Israeli Army.
Avi started in the film industry as a manager of Israel's
first drive-in cinema. After acquiring cinemas there, he
opened a specialized distribution company and moved into
producing small budget Israeli movies.
He expanded into the Southern African movie market in 1984
after working as executive producer of King Solomon's Mines
in Zimbabwe, starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone.
The success of this venture led to a sequel Alan Quartermain
and the Lost City of Gold.
In 1987 he founded the Nu Metro Entertainment Group and
went on to produce more than 50 pictures in Zimbabwe and
South Africa including My African Adventure, American Ninja
2, Fair Trade, Skeleton Coast, Platoon Leader, That Englishwoman,
Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians and Alistair MacLean's
River of Death.
In 1991, he formed Nu Image with Danny Dimbort and moved
into international production and distribution with Woman
of Desire starring Bo Derek, Jeff Fahey and Robert Mitchum,
Cyborg Cop I and II, Double Suspicion and Warriors starring
Gary Busey which were made in Canada, Freefall with Eric
Roberts and directed by John Irvin, and F.T.W. starring
Mickey Rourke and Lori Singer.
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JAN
A.P. KCZMARK
(Composer)
FEATURE
FILMS (Select)
EDGES OF THE LORD Cast: Haley Joel Osment Willem Defoe Dir.
Yurek Bogayevicz / Millenium Film/ Nu Image
LOST SOULS Cast: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin Dir. Janusz Kaminski
/ CastleRock, Prufrock Pict. / New Line Cinema
THE THIRD MIRACLE Cast: Ed Harris, Anne Heche Dir. Agnieszka
Holland / Franchise Pict.; Sony Classics.
WASHINGTON SQUARE Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney,
Ben Chaplin Dir. Agnieszka Holland /Roger Birnbaum / Julie
Bergman Prod., /Caravan Pictures
AIMEE AND JAGUAR Cast: Maria Schrader Dir. Max Faerberboeck
/Senator Films - Germany, Prod.
BLISS Cast: Shery Lee, Craig Sheffer, Terence Stamp Dir.
Lance Young /Allyn Stewart, prod. /Columbia Pict.
TOTAL ECLIPSE Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis Dir.
Agnieszka Holland / Christopher Hampton,scr./ Fine Line
DEAD GIRL Cast: Anne Parillaud, Val Kilmer, Adam Coleman
Dir. Adam Coleman /Philippe Caland, prod.
DESERT LUNCH Cast: Jennifer Rubin, Viggo Mortensen, Rita
Tushingham Dir. Lech Majewski / Propaganda Films
DOPPELGANGER Cast: Drew Barrymore Dir. Avi Nesher / ITC
WHITE MARRIAGE Cast: Jan Englert, Teresa Budzisz-Kryzanowska
Dir. Magdalena Lazarkiewicz / Film Polski
Television (Select)
EMPTY CRADLE Cast: Kate Jackson, Lori Laughlin ABC/Movie
of the WeekDir. Paul Schneider/Papazian-Hirsh prod.
NIGHT OWL Lifetime/ Movie of the WeekDir. Matthew Patrick/
Hearest Enter. - Jennifer Alward, prod.
Theatre (Select)
TIS'S PITY SHE'S A WHORE Cast: Val Kilmer, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Dir. JoAnne Akalailis /The New York Shakespeare Festival/
The Joseph Papp Public Theatre
PEER GYM Dir. David Schweizer / The Actor's Gang
Selected Discography
1997 WASHINGTON SQUARE Varese Sarabande
1997 BLISS Varese Sarabande
1996 TOTAL ECLIPSE Sony Classical
1995 CALIFORNIA IN BLUE Digiton
1994 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO HARRY Digiton
1987 WAITING FOR HALLEY'S COMET Savitor
1984 AT THE LAST GATE Savitor
1983 MUSIC FOR THE END Flying Fish
Awards
1992 DRAMA DESK AWARD / New York Critic Circle award for
Broadway and off-Broadway shows - Best Music in a Play -
"Tis' Pity She's a Whore"/ The New York Shakespeare
Festival
1992 OBIE AWARD - as a member of a team of designers for
"Tis' Pity She's a Whore"
GOLDEN SPRING PRIZE for best composition - Karlovy Vary
Festival - Czechoslovakia
JAZZ TOP POLL of the International Jazz Federation's JAZZ
FORUM MAGAZINE five-time winner - miscellaneous instruments
category
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PAWEL
EDELMAN
(Director of Photography)
Born:
June 26, 1958
1984: Degree in Theory and History of Film and Theatre from
the ºódï
University
1988: Graduated from the Camera Department of ºódï
Film School (PWSFTViT - National Film, Television and Theatre
School)
1986-88: Photography exhibition in Paris, ºódï
and Prague
1989: The Cinematography Debut Award for the shot film "Kopalnia
Wujek" 1999: "Ten DOP to watch" Variety's
award
Filmography
2001: THE PLANIST by Roman Pola½ski
2000: EDGES OF THE LORD by Yurek Bogayevicz (USA - Polish
Prod.)
DUîE ZWIERZE (Big Animal) by Jerzy Stuhr (Polish Prod.)
1999: PAN TADEUSZ by Andrzej Wajda (French-Polish Co-Prod.)
PRAWO OJCA (The father's right )by Marek Kondrat (Polish
Prod.)
1998: DEMONY WOJNY by Wtadystaw Pasikowsi (Polish Prod.)
1997: KRONIKI DOMOWE (The Family Events) by Leszek Wosiewicz
(Polish Prod.)
Awards
-Best Cinematography Award, XXII Polish Film Festival, Gdynia
'97
-"Bronze Frog" CAMERAIMAGE Toru½ '97
HISTORIE MIºOSNE (Love Stories) by Jerzy Stuhr (Polish
Prod.)
Awards
- Grand Prix, XXII Polish Film Festival, Gdynia '97
-FIPRESCI Award, Venice'97
-NAVICELLA Award, Venise '97
-OCIC Award, Venise '97
-Polish Film Critics Award '97
-Italian Film Critics Award '98
-Grand Prix, III International Film Festival Award, Newport
Beach USA '98
1996: SZCZEÐLIWEGO NOWEGO JORKU (Happy New York) by
Janusz Zaorski (Polish Prod.)
1995: SºODKO GORZKI (Bitter Sweat) by W"adys"aw
Pasikowski (Polish Prod.)
1994: PSY 2: OSTATNIA KREW (Pigs 2: The Last Blood) by W"adys"aw
Pasikowski (Polish Prod.)
1993: NASTAZJA by Andrzej Wajda (Japanese Prod.)
PSY (Pigs) by W"adys"aw Pasikoweki (Polish Prod.)
1992: NOVEMBER by ºukasz Karwowski (French Prod.)
-Stockholm Film Festival 1992
- Sarasota French Film Festival 1992
Awards:
- The Minister of Culture Award, XVII Polish Film Festival
Gdynia '92
1991: POLSON TESTERS (black & white) by Urlich Tleere
(American Prod.)
- Un Certain Regard, Cannes '95
1990 KROLL by W"adys"aw Pasikowski (Polish Prod.)
Awards
-Best Cinematography Award, XV Polish Film Festival Gdynia
'90
ROSA ROSA by Martin Van Der Vluight (Deutch Prod.)
1989 GºUCHY TELFON (Crossed Line) by Piotr Mikucki
(Polish Prod.)
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