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Matthew McConaughey

Texas native MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY (Newt Knight) is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after leading men. A chance meeting in Austin with casting director and producer Don Phillips led him to director Richard Linklater, who launched the actor’s career in the cult classic “Dazed and Confused.” Since then, he has appeared in over 40 feature films that have grossed over $1 billion; and has become a producer, director, and philanthropist – all the while sticking to his Texas roots and “jk livin” philosophy.

2014 was a game-changing year for McConaughey. For his riveting portrayal of Ron Woodruff in “Dallas Buyers Club,” McConaughey received an Academy Award¼, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Gotham Award for Best Actor, the Best Actor Award at the Rome Film Festival as well as the Desert Palm Achievement Actor Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival. He also made the move to TV starring alongside Woody Harrelson in the HBO dramatic series “True Detective.” The show was met by rave reviews from critics and fans alike and earned Matthew a Critics Choice and TCA Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series as well as an Emmy Nomination. Later that year he starred in “Interstellar,” directed by Christopher Nolan, and also starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. In addition McConaughey completed shooting Gus Van Sant’s “Sea of Trees”.

In 2012 McConaughey was spotlighted in four diverse career-changing performances. He won a Spirit Award for his portrayal of Dallas Rising in Steven Soderbergh’s “Magic Mike,” and was named the year’s Best Supporting Actor by both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics for his work in “Magic Mike” and Richard Linklater’s “Bernie.” Mr. McConaughey also received acclaim for his performance in Lee Daniels’ “The Paperboy,” and was a Spirit Award nominee for playing the title role in William Friedkin’s “Killer Joe.”

He followed this up in 2013 with the release of Jeff Nichols’ “Mud,” which received rave reviews and was a sleeper hit in the national box office top 10 for five weeks and Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which opened in December 2013.

His other films include Brad Furman’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder,” McG’s “We Are Marshall,” Jill and Karen Sprecher’s “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing,” Bill Paxton’s “Frailty,” Jonathan Mostow’s “U-571,” Ron Howard’s “EDtv,” Richard Linklater’s “The Newton Boys,” Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad,” Robert Zemeckis’ “Contact,” Joel Schumacher’s “A Time to Kill,” and John Sayles’ “Lone Star.”

In 2008, Mr. McConaughey started The just keep livin Foundation (www.jklivinfoundation.org), which is dedicated to helping boys and girls transform into men and women through programs that teach the importance of decision-making, health, education, and active living. The Foundation has partnered with Communities in Schools (CIS) – the nation’s largest, non-profit, dropout-prevention organization –in West Los Angeles to implement fitness and wellness programs in two large urban high schools. Through an afterschool program, they are able to give kids a healthy start in life and the promise of a healthy future.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Born in Oxford in the United Kingdom, GUGU MBATHA-RAW (Rachel) trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first professional role was in an Open Air production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” as Celia. Following this, Mbatha-Raw landed roles at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre where she performed in “Antony and Cleopatra” and the title role of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," opposite Andrew Garfield, for which she was nominated for the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actress in 2005.

Mbatha-Raw’s other stage credits include the critically-acclaimed “Big White Fog” at the Almeida Theatre and David Hare’s “Gethsemane,” a production at the National Theatre that later toured the UK. She made her West End debut as Ophelia in “Hamlet” opposite Jude Law. The Donmar production was directed by Michael Grandage and transferred to New York’s Broadhurst Theatre for a limited run and was a hit on Broadway in 2009.

Her British television credits include “M15/Spooks”, “Dr. Who,” “Marple – Ordeal by Innocence,” “Bonekickers,” and “Fallout.” It was for this latter role that she was selected as a “Star of Tomorrow 2008” by industry magazine Screen International. In 2010 Gugu starred as Samantha Bloom in the JJ Abrams’ NBC series, “Undercovers,” for which she was nominated for an NAACP award for best actress in a television series.

In film she worked with directors such as Dominic Savage and Dan Reed before landing her first major feature film, “Larry Crowne,” directed by Tom Hanks and co-starring Julia Roberts, which was released on July 1st, 2011.

In June 2011, Mbatha-Raw landed the female lead as social worker Clea Hopkins opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the FOX series “Touch.” The cast also included Danny Glover and David Mazouz. Also in Summer 2011, she was recognized at BAFTA’s Brits to Watch event, which was attended by Prince William and Duchess Kate.

Mbatha-Raw recently starred in Fox Searchlight’s highly acclaimed period drama “Belle,” playing the title role alongside Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Sam Reid and Matthew Goode. The May 2014 release was produced by Damian Jones and directed by Amma Asante.

Mbatha-Raw next starred alongside Minnie Driver, Nate Parker and Danny Glover in “Beyond the Lights,” a love story set in the music world. Mbatha-Raw recently received a Best Actress nomination from the 2014 Gotham Awards for “Beyond the Lights” and Best Actress and Most Promising Newcomer nominations for “Belle” by the British Independent Film Awards.

In February 2015, Mbatha-Raw was seen in Andy and Lana Wachowski’s “Jupiter Ascending,” stars Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne. Most recently, Mbatha-Raw starred opposite Will Smith in Peter Landesman’s drama “Concussion,” a David vs. Goliath story about the discovery of football-related brain trauma.

Mbatha-Raw divides her time between Los Angeles and London.

Maherashala Ali

MAHERSHALA ALI (Moses) is fast becoming one of the freshest and most in-demand faces in Hollywood with his extraordinarily diverse skill set and wide-ranging background in film, television, and theater.

Ali can currently be seen on the award-winning Netflix original series “House of Cards,” where he reprises his role as lobbyist and former press secretary Remy Danton. The series third season premiered on February 27, 2015.

On film, Ali most recently appeared in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1,” the third installment in the critically and commercially acclaimed “Hunger Games” franchise, alongside Jennifer Lawrence, Philip Seymour-Hoffman, and Julianne Moore. As District 13’s Head of Security, “Boggs” (Ali) guides and protects Katniss (Lawrence) through the beginning stages of the district’s rebellion against the Capitol, a partnership that grows even stronger in “Part 2.” Lionsgate released the film in November 2014, and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” in November 2015.

Ali’s previous feature film credits include Derek Cianfrance’s “The Place Beyond the Pines” opposite Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, Wayne Kramer’s “Crossing Over” starring Harrison Ford, John Sayles “Go For Sisters,” Deon Taylor’s “Supremacy,” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

On television, he appeared opposite Julia Ormond in Lifetime’s “The Wronged Man” for which he subsequently received a NAACP Nomination for Best Actor. Ali also had large recurring roles on HBO’s “Treme” and SyFy’s “Alphas,” as well as the role of Richard Tyler, a Korean War pilot, on the critically acclaimed drama “The 4400” for three seasons.

On the stage, Ali appeared in productions of "Blues for an Alabama Sky," "The School for Scandal," "A Lie of the Mind," "A Doll’s House," "Monkey in the Middle," "The Merchant of Venice," "The New Place" and "Secret Injury, Secret Revenge." His additional stage credits include appearing in Washington, D.C. at the Arena Stage in the title role of "The Great White Hope," and in "The Long Walk" and "Jack and Jill."

Originally from Oakland, California, Ali received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications at St. Mary’s College. He made his professional debut performing with the California Shakespeare Festival in Orinda, California. Soon after, he earned his Master’s degree in acting from New York University’s prestigious graduate program.

Keri Russell

A familiar face to audiences worldwide, KERI RUSSELL (Serena Knight) has starred in a number of major motion pictures, independent films and television shows.

Russell can currently be seen on the critically acclaimed FX series “The Americans,” which will return for a fourth season in 2016. “The Americans” is the story of Elizabeth (Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. during the Cold War era of the 1980s with their unsuspecting children and their neighbor, an FBI counterintelligence agent.

Most recently, Russell was seen in the hit summer film “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” which reunited her with director Matt Reeves who created “Felicity” with J.J. Abrams.

Russell’s other film credits include “Austenland,” “Dark Skies,” “August Rush,” “The Girl in the Park,” “Mission Impossible III,” “The Upside of Anger,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Mad About Mambo,” “Dead Man’s Curve,” “Eight Days A Week,” “Leaves of Grass,” “Goats,” “Bedtime Stories” with Adam Sandler, “Extraordinary Measures” with Harrison Ford, and of course the romantic film “Waitress” for which she received rave reviews.

Russell first garnered attention when she starred in the title role of the hit television series “Felicity” from J.J. Abrams. Just four months after the show’s acclaimed premiere on the WB, she was honored with a Golden Globe¼ Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series.

Some of Russell’s other television credits include the miniseries “Into the West,” executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation “The Magic of Ordinary Days,” “Running Wilde” with Will Arnett and “The All New Mickey Mouse Club.”

In 2005, Russell made her Off-Broadway stage debut in Neil LaBute’s play, “Fat Pig,” opposite Jeremy Piven.

Russell and her family live in Brooklyn, New York.

Four-time Academy Award¼ nominee GARY ROSS (Writer/Director) developed, co-wrote and directed the record-setting box office hit “The Hunger Games” (more than $690 million worldwide) starring Jennifer Lawrence for Lionsgate, which spawned a hugely successful four-part franchise based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling dystopian trilogy.

Ross launched his career as co-writer of the hit film “Big,” starring Tom Hanks, which earned him his first Academy Award¼ nomination. Next, he drew on his experience in and love of the American political process for his screenplay of the Capra-esque comedy hit “Dave,” for which he received his second Academy Award¼ nomination and won the esteemed Writer's Guild Paul Selvin Award.

In 1998, Ross marked his directorial debut with the ambitious and critically-acclaimed “Pleasantville.” In 2003, he wrote and directed the much celebrated, epic feature “Seabiscuit,” starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, and Chris Cooper. The film received seven Academy Award¼ nominations, including best picture and best screenplay for Ross. He also received DGA and WGA award nominations, the USC Scripter Award, and numerous other guild and critical awards. Ross also developed, wrote and produced the animated adventure “The Tale of Despereaux,” based on Kate DiCamillo's best selling children’s novel.

Ross’s first book, Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind, was published fall 2013 by Candlewick Press. A children’s fantasy, the illustrated book is written completely in verse.

Ross is active in civic and charitable work. During his tenure as President of the Los Angeles Library, he established mentoring programs for young adult and expanded teenage and youth-at-risk services throughout the Los Angeles library system. For his service, he was awarded the Light of Learning Award by the Los Angeles Public Library. He has served on numerous boards and charitable organizations. In that regard, he is currently working with architect Frank Gehry on the revitalization of the LA River.

Scott Stuber

SCOTT STUBER (Producer) is the founder and CEO of Bluegrass Films, which has been based at Universal Pictures since 2006.

Recent Bluegrass Films releases include: the true-life dramatic thriller “Kill The Messenger,” starring Jeremy Renner and directed by Michael Cuesta from a screenplay by Peter Landesman; Seth MacFarlane’s Western comedy “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” starring Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried and MacFarlane; “Identity Thief,” starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman and directed by Seth Gordon, which grossed over $100 million domestically; “Ted,” the highest grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, written and directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and MacFarlane; and “Safe House,” starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds and directed by Daniel Espinosa.

Bluegrass Films’ most recent release was “Ted 2,” the sequel to the blockbuster comedy, which was out in theaters June 26, 2015. Seth MacFarlane is once again wrote and directed with Mark Wahlberg starring.

Stuber is currently in production on the comedy “Central Intelligence” starring Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson.

Under his Bluegrass Television label, Stuber ventured onto the small screen as an executive producer on the NBC comedy “Whitney,” created by and starring comedian Whitney Cummings. He is currently collaborating with Yahoo! on the original comedy series, “The Pursuit,” which he is executive producing.

Stuber’s first production was summer 2006’s romantic comedy “The Break-Up,” starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. That summer also saw the release of the hit “You, Me and Dupree,” starring Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson. These were followed by Peter Berg’s critically acclaimed film “The Kingdom;” the David Wain hit “Role Models,” starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott; and “Couples Retreat,” starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau.

During Stuber’s eight years at Universal - five of which he spent running worldwide production with Mary Parent – he was responsible for many of the studio’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including “King Kong,” “Jarhead,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Seabiscuit,” “Cinderella Man,” “Munich,” “Meet the Parents,” “Meet the Fockers,” “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” “About a Boy,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “8 Mile,” “Spy Game,” “The Family Man,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Nutty Professor II: The Klumps,” “The Mummy” franchise, the “American Pie” franchise, “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, “Friday Night Lights,” “Bring It On” and many others. More than 20 of the films Stuber supervised grossed over $100 million domestically.

JON KILIK’s (Producer) films have won numerous prizes, including Best Picture Golden GlobesÂź for Alejandro GonzĂĄlez Iñårritu’s “Babel” and Julian Schnabel’s “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” and numerous Academy AwardÂź nominations. Kilik produced the blockbuster “The Hunger Games” directed by Gary Ross, and its sequels, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 and 2.”

In 1988, Kilik began a partnership with Spike Lee on the groundbreaking “Do the Right Thing,” and has gone on to produce thirteen more of Lee’s films: “Mo’ Better Blues,” “Jungle Fever,” “Malcolm X,” “Crooklyn,” “Clockers,” “Girl 6,” “He Got Game,” “Summer of Sam,” “Bamboozled,” “25th Floor,” “Inside Man,” “Miracle at St. Anna,” and the telefilm “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.”

He has produced all five of Julian Schnabel’s films: “Basquiat,” “Before Night Falls,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Golden Globe¼ for Best Feature Film Drama, four Academy Award¼ nominations), “Miral,” and the documentary “Lou Reed’s Berlin.”

Kilik’s other film credits as a producer include Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” (Golden GlobeÂź nomination for Best Motion Picture), Robert De Niro’s “A Bronx Tale,” Tim Robbins’ “Dead Man Walking” (Academy AwardÂź for Best Actress); Gary Ross’ “Pleasantville,” Ed Harris’ “Pollock” (Academy AwardÂź for Best Actress), Chris Eyre’s “Skins,” Oliver Stone’s “Alexander” and “W,” Jim Jarmusch’s “Broken Flowers” and “The Limits of Control,” and Alejandro GonzĂĄlez Iñårritu’s “Babel” (Best Director, Cannes; Golden GlobeÂź for Best Feature Film Drama, seven Academy AwardÂź nominations, including Best Picture) and “Biutiful.”

Kilik was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in Millburn. He graduated from the University of Vermont and moved to New York in 1979 to pursue a career in filmmaking. He returned to his Vermont alma mater to receive an honorary doctorate and deliver the commencement address to the class of 2003.

Benoit Dehomme

BENOIT DEHOMME (Director of Photography) was born in a suburb of Paris, France in 1961. He started to study cinema in the beginning of the ‘80s in Paris at Sorbonne Nouvelle, and at the Ecole Louis Lumiùre where he specialized in cinematography.

Benoit's early major works as a director of photography are the two movies he shot for the French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung: "The Scent of Green Papaya" which won the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and got an Oscar nomination for best foreign film and "Cyclo" which won the Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival. Following the critical success of these two films, Benoit has since built a strong international filmography working with acclaimed directors such as Mike Figgis, David Mamet, Jean Jacques Beineix, Benoit Jacquot, CĂ©dric Klapisch, Tsai Ming Liang, Hideo Nakata, Michael Radford, Anthony Minghella, and John Hillcoat (for “The Proposition" and "Lawless"). His credits also include “The Winslow Boy,” “When the Cat’s Away,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “Breaking and Enterting,” “1408,” “Artemisia” and “Shanghai.”

Benoit recently shot "Salome" directed by Al Pacino and starring Jessica Chastain, "A Most Wanted Man" directed by the legendary photographer Anton Corbijn and starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman and "The Theory Of Everything," the biopic of Stephen Hawking directed by James Marsh for which Eddie Redmayne won an OscarÂź for Best Actor.

Juliette Welfling

JULIETTE WELFLING (Editor) is a feature film editor who earned an Academy Award nomination for Julian Schnabel’s multi-nominated film “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.” She has been nominated for the Cesar Award for Best Editing in France seven times and has won five of the prestigious awards for her work on “See How They Fall,” “The Beat That My Heart Skipped,” “A Prophet,” which also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and “Rust and Bone.”

Welfling is reunited with writer director Gary Ross on “Free State of Jones” after editing his critically acclaimed box-office phenomon “The Hunger Games.” Her diverse body of work spans decades and continents adding up to 33 films to date.

Pamela Martin

PAMELA MARTIN (Editor) is a feature film and commercial editor who earned an Academy Award¼ nomination for David O. Russell’s gritty 2010 boxing biopic, “The Fighter,” while also collecting her second American Cinema Editor’s “Eddie” nomination for the project. She was previously nominated for the A.C.E. honor for her editing on another Oscar¼-nominated Best Picture, “Little Miss Sunshine,” in 2006.

Martin first worked as a dialogue and sound editor early in her career before earning her first feature editing credit, coincidentally on Russell’s own big screen debut, the 1994 comedy “Spanking the Monkey.”

Her eclectic list of credits includes “Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day”, “Hitchcock,” “Ruby Sparks” (reuniting with filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris), “Youth in Revolt,” “Weeds,” “Saved!,” “How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog,” “Slums of Beverly Hills,” “The House of Yes,” “The Substance of Fire,” “Ed’s Next Move” and “What Happened Was
” (Associate Editor).

Martin graduated from N.Y.U. film school, where she had studied several different crafts before choosing film editing as a career path. During her senior year at the university, she landed her very first professional assignment for a PBS documentary series before gaining further experience when she was introduced to Ang Lee (and his editor, Tim Squyres), for whom she served as dialogue editor on his first three feature films -- “Pushing Hands,” “The Wedding Banquet” and “Eat Drink Man Woman.”

Her commercial credits include Volkswagen, Holiday Inn and Hewlett Packard. She also served on the feature jury at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Nicholas Britell

Nicholas Britell is an award-winning composer, pianist, and producer. His music featured prominently in director Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning film 12 YEARS A SLAVE, for which he composed and arranged the on-camera music including the violin performances, spiritual songs, work songs, and dances. Britell recently finished scoring Adam McKay’s Golden Globe-nominated film THE BIG SHORT, based on Michael Lewis’ book about the housing and credit bubbles of the 2000’s and the subsequent 2008 financial crisis. Britell’s work and projects have been highlighted in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vogue, which called him among “the most talented young artists at work.” He also recently finished the score for Natalie Portman’s directorial debut feature film A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS which was selected for a special screening at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Britell wrote the score for the film GIMME THE LOOT (directed by Adam Leon), which won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW in March 2012 and was an Official Selection for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard ). In addition, Britell has scored Jack Pettibone Riccobono’s documentary THE SEVENTH FIRE which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015. He was awarded the Henry Mancini Fellowship from the ASCAP Foundation in December 2012 and also won the ASCAP/Doddle Award for Collaborative Achievement. Britell serves on the executive board of L.A. Dance Project and is Chairman of the New York-based Decoda Ensemble, the first-ever affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall.

As a producer, Britell produced the short film WHIPLASH, directed by Damien Chazelle, which won the Jury Award for Best US Fiction Short at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. After the initial success of the WHIPLASH short, he subsequently helped produce the Oscar-winning feature film WHIPLASH which also won Sundance’s 2014 Jury Prize and its Audience Award. In addition to serving as co-producer on the feature, Britell helped record and produce music for the soundtrack (including the songs “No Two Words,” “When I Wake,” and “Reaction”). Britell has produced numerous other projects with The Amoveo Company, a multimedia production company and artists’ collective that he co-founded with Benjamin Millepied. Among their projects, Amoveo collaborated with director Alejandro Iñårritu to produce his short film NARAN JA; other projects include ballet and film commissions from Van Cleef & Arpels, production on the 30th Anniversary of Canal + live show broadcast, and brand partnerships with Feit shoes and Maiyet.

As a pianist, for the past four years, he has been performing as part of the critically-acclaimed “Portals ” project with violin virtuoso Tim Fain. Britell has been performing for audiences from a very young age, giving his first public recital at the age of 10 in Manhattan. A student of the late Jane Carlson at the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, he has performed at venues including the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, Steinway Hall, the Palace Theater, Kaneko, Harvard University’s Fogg Museum of Art and Signet Society, the Aspen Music Festival, and the National Arts Club. He has also performed Mozart’s Piano Concerti Nos. 12 and 14 at the landmark Old Westbury Gardens with an orchestra led by Eric Jacobsen, noted conductor of The Knights .

In addition, Britell was the keyboardist in the hip-hop ensemble The Witness Protection Program. The WPP, as they were known, opened acts for hip-hop groups including Blackalicious and Jurassic 5 and performed at venues ranging from the Paradise Theater in Boston to New York’s classic Arlene’s Grocery.

Britell is an honors and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University, as well as a piano performance graduate of the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division.

Philip Messina

PHILIP MESSINA (Production Designer) marks his second collaboration with writer/director Gary Ross after the first installment of “The Hunger Games.” He went on to design the entirety of the franchise: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2,” with director Francis Lawrence. In 2013 he was nominated for a Saturn Award for his design of “Catching Fire.” In 2011, Messina designed Marc Forster’s “Machine Gun Preacher.” Prior to that Messina worked with M. Night Shyamalan to create the fantasy adventure “The Last Airbender.”

He has also frequently collaborated with director Steven Soderbergh, designing “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Twelve” and “Thirteen” as well as “The Good German,” “Eros,” “Solaris,” “Traffic” and “Erin Brockovich.” They first met when Messina worked as the art director on “Out of Sight.” “Ocean’s Eleven” garnered Messina an Art Director’s Guild nomination for Outstanding Production Design in a Contemporary Film.

Additional credits include Curtis Hanson’s acclaimed drama “8 Mile” starring Eminem and Gregory Jacob’s directorial debut, “Criminal.”

Born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Messina graduated from Cornell University with a degree in architecture. His initial foray into films was as a set designer on “Mermaids,” “School Ties” and “HouseSitter,” that were all filmed in the Boston area. Relocating to Los Angeles, he went on to serve as the art director on such films as “Hard Target,” “The Neon Bible,” “Reckless,” “The Associate,” “Trial and Error” and “The Sixth Sense.” For television, Messina was the production designer on the pilot episode of the critically acclaimed series “Freaks and Geeks” created by Paul Feig and executive produced by Judd Apatow.

Messina is married to designer Kristen Toscano Messina, with whom he frequently collaborates. They reside in Venice, CA with their six-year-old son, Luca.

Louise Frogley

LOUISE FROGLEY (Costume Designer) most recently designed the costumes for Angelina Jolie’s “Unbroken,” George Clooney’s “Monuments Men,” and Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3.” Her other recent films include Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight” and Clooney’s The Ides of March.

Frogley has collaborated with Steven Soderbergh on five of his films: “Contagion,” “Ocean’s Thirteen,” “The Good German,” “Traffic” and “The Limey,” receiving Excellence in Costume Design for Film (Contemporary) nominations for both “Ocean’s Thirteen” and “Traffic.”

In 2006, Frogley’s designs for Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” earned her a Costume Designers Guild nomination for Excellence in Costume Design for a Period Film. She also designed the costumes for Clooney’s romantic comedy “Leatherheads,” which he directed and starred in.

For her work on Stephen Gaghan’s “Syriana” she received the Guild’s nomination for Excellence in a Contemporary Film. She had previously collaborated with Gaghan on his feature film directorial debut, “Abandon.”

More recently Frogley designed the costumes for Robert Redford’s drama “The Conspirator,” Julie Anne Robinson’s “The Last Song,” Grant Heslov’s feature directorial debut “The Men Who Stare at Goats” starring George Clooney, and the James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” directed by Marc Forster and starring Daniel Craig.

Her costumes were also seen in the romantic thriller “Skeleton Key” starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands and John Hurt and the horror-fantasy “Constantine,” based on the comic book Hellblazer and starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz.

Frogley’s first movie assignment was as assistant costume designer on Hugh Hudson's Academy Award-winning film, “Chariots of Fire.” Since that initial foray into cinema, she has dressed over 20 features, including the romantic thriller “Spy Game” and “Man on Fire,” for late director Tony Scott; “Stigmata,” “U.S. Marshals,” Ron Shelton’s “Bull Durham,” and Neil Jordan’s “Mona Lisa,” among others.

Born in Britain, Frogley, spent her childhood commuting from school in England to her family's home in Kenya. She has been based in Los Angeles for the past twenty years.