Sacha Gervasi, Director

Born in London to an American diplomat and a Canadian concert pianist, Sacha Gervasi was the only head-banger at Westminster School where he was threatened with expulsion for wearing red-striped troubadour trousers and a matching Hawkwind waistcoat.

After meeting the legendary heavy metal band Anvil at London's Marquee club at the age of 15, Sacha was invited to roadie for the band during a tour of Canadian hockey arenas the following summer. He toured with Anvil twice more during the 80s, learning how to play drums along the way from metal God Robb Reiner.

Sacha later earned a degree in Modern History from King's College, London but turned down a fellowship to Harvard in favor of co-founding a band with an old school friend. He quickly left, claiming the band was "talentless and going nowhere." Shortly afterwards the band changed its name to Bush and sold over ten million records in the U.S. alone.

Sacha next worked for British Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes, at the Arvon Writing Foundation, the charity Hughes started with Sylvia Plath.

But it was after seeing Bruce Robinson's 'Withnail and I' that Sacha decided to put down his drumsticks forever (a particular relief to his mother) and pursue a career as a screenwriter.

In 1995, he attended the graduate screenwriting program at UCLA Film School, where he twice won the BAFTA/LA scholarship, supporting himself by writing for publications such as Punch, The Observer, and The London Sunday Times. While still at UCLA, a script he co-wrote with Craig Ferguson was made into a film called 'The Big Tease' by Warner Bros. Warners next asked Sacha to consider adapting a new children's book about a boy wizard called Harry Potter. He turned them down citing the book's "complete lack of commerciality."

In 2004, Sacha wrote 'The Terminal', starring Tom Hanks and directed by Steven Spielberg. He has subsequently written 'Comrade Rockstar' for Tom Hanks, 'How to Marry A Millionaire' for Nicole Kidman, 'Dallas' and is also co-writing 'Henry's Crime' for Keanu Reaves.

Next year he will write and direct the true story of actor Hervé Villechaize's final week alive, starring Peter Dinklage.

Rebecca Yeldham, Producer

Rebecca Yeldham is an independent producer who most recently produced THE KITE RUNNER, which has been nominated for two Golden Globes. She is currently working on a variety of feature and documentary projects including director Walter Salles' next two features, LINHA DE PASSE (which just completed production in Brazil) and ON THE ROAD (which will shoot in '08). Yeldham also served as Executive Producer on THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (directed by Walter Salles and released in the US by Focus Features). The film received two Academy Award® nominations and won an Oscar® for Best Original Song, and a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Foreign Film.

Prior to the production of THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, Yeldham was Senior Vice President, Production at FilmFour (the film division of the British broadcaster Channel 4) and ran its U.S. production wing. She had previously served as Senior Programmer of the Sundance Film Festival (1996-2001) overseeing world cinema programming and selecting dramatic and documentary features for the festival. She also served as Associate Director of the Sundance Institute's International Programs organizing initiatives to support screenwriters, producers and directors throughout the world.

In the '90's Yeldham worked extensively in the areas of independent and international cinema developing, acquiring and working in production on dramatic and documentary films. Between 1990 and 1994, she worked for the New York based independent distributor Fox/Lorber Associates as the Director of Acquisitions and Business Affairs acquiring such films as John Woo's THE KILLER and George Sluizer's THE VANISHING.

Yeldham currently serves on IFP/LA's Executive Board and has served on several international film festival juries and selection committees, including; the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the Buenos Aires International Film Festival. Born and raised in Australia, she studied law at Sydney University transferring to Brown University's Modern Culture and Media (Art/Semiotics) department where she graduated magna cum laude.

Chris Soos, CSC, Director of Photography

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Chris Soos has rapidly become one of the most renowned Commercial and Music Video DP's in the U.S.. Known for his innovative technical expertise, Chris has worked on scores of award-winning commercials in the past 9 years. His groundbreaking visual style has been recognized with eleven CSC nominations (Canadian Society of Cinematographers) including six Awards for Best Cinematography in a Music Video. His first film, PARANOIA 1.0, was chosen to be part of the prestigious Dramatic Competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. His second feature, PHANTOM LOVE received rave reviews at its world debut at Sundance in the New Frontier collection section. Chris just wrapped Dominic Sena's new Thriller, WHITEOUT starring Kate Beckinsale. He resides in Los Angeles.

Jeff Renfroe, Editor

Jeff Renfroe sunk his teeth into filmmaking as ateenager, writing,directing, and editing short films such as THEADVANTAGES OF VACULUX 2000, THE EDGE, and theaward-winning NOAH. He has won awards for his musicvideo work, both as a director and an editor. Some ofhis other editing credits include videos for Icelandicband SIGUR ROS and a short documentary BUY NOTHINGDAY. Renfroe's internationally co-produced debutfeature film ONE POINT O was nominated for the GrandJury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and itwas named Most Groundbreaking & Best InternationalFeature Film at the 2004 Fantasia Film Festival inMontreal. Recently, he directed and edited his secondfeature film, CIVIC DUTY.

Andrew Dickler, Editor

Andrew Dickler began his career in feature film editing as an apprentice on "Pulp Fiction". His most recent editing credits include "Me and You and Everyone We Know", "What Love Is", and the documentary "Does Your Soul Have a Cold". He also worked as an additional editor on "A Mighty Wind" and "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". He is currently editing "Spooner", a romantic comedy starring Matthew Lillard.

Dana Sano, Music Supervisor

Being an avid fan of both film and music has inspired Dana into a music supervision career of nearly two-decades. She began at Creative Artists Agency with music agent Brian Loucks and then moved on to assist the late film producer, Robert F. Colesberry. Soon thereafter, she became music coordinator for supervision veterans Gary Goetzman and Sharon Boyle on films such as "The Silence of the Lambs", "The Hot Spot", "Point Break" and "Groundhog Day". When Goetzman transitioned into Playtone Productions, Sharon and Dana continued working together on the overall PolyGram Filmed Entertainment slate of movies and others including "Kalifornia", "Until The End Of The World" and "Under Siege".

In 1994, Dana was brought in to help start New Line Cinema's West Coast Music Department. As Senior Vice President of Music, she worked with directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, James Gray, Jay Roach and Gary Ross. To date, she has worked on over seventy-five films including "Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery", "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me", "Blade", "Blue Crush", "Boogie Nights", "Hedwig & The Angry Inch", "Magnolia", "Seven", and "Wag The Dog". Upcoming and current releases include "Dan In Real Life", "Make It Happen", "Shoot 'Em Up" and "We Own The Night".