John Ptak
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John Ptak is an executive in the motion picture industry. He began his career in the entertainment industry in 1968 when, after graduating from the University Of California, Los Angeles, he joined the staff of the American Film Institute
in its first year, where he was part of the team that established AFI's Center for Advanced Studies in Los Angeles. While a student, he worked his way through college as a theatre manager and film programmer for Stanley Warner Theatres, The Walter Reade Organization and the Laemmle Theatres
in Los Angeles, as well as for UCLA, where he oversaw film programming for five years.
In 1971, he became an agent with International Famous Agency, now International Creative Management
, moving to the William Morris Agency
in 1976 and to Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1991. He left CAA in 2006 to form his own company, Arsenal, which provides strategic advisory services to motion picture production companies and film financiers as well as for the sourcing and securing of financing and distribution arrangements and talent for independent films.
As an agent, Ptak was principally involved in the representation of motion picture talent, with an emphasis on directors, producers and independent films. Early in his career he was responsible for setting up such films as Airplane!
, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
, Jaws
, National Lampoon's Vacation
and Taxi Driver
.
, Brian De Palma
, Costa Gavras, Terry Gilliam
, Scott Hicks
, David Lynch
, Wolfgang Petersen
, Paul Schrader
, Ridley Scott
, Tony Scott
, and Peter Weir
.
and Julia Phillips
, and Rysher Entertainment.
At CAA, Ptak expanded the role of the traditional talent agent by representing the financing and distribution arrangements of over 100 independent films, working with his own clients as well as with Woody Allen
, Kenneth Branagh
, Jane Campion
, Kevin Costner
, Paul Haggis
, Anthony Minghella
, Phillip Noyce
and Robert Towne
on such films as Ask the Dust, Crash
, Dances with Wolves
, Driving Miss Daisy
, Everyone Says I Love You
, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hannibal, Lost Highway, The Mexican
, The Painted Veil
, The Piano
, The Quiet American, Sliding Doors, Swingers, The Talented Mr. Ripley
and True Romance
.
He has participated in transactions ranging from traditional talent employment and production financing to the territorial sales of motion picture distribution rights worldwide, as well as the structuring of many international co-productions, including Ridley Scott’s 1942: The Conquest of Paradise, Butterfly on a Wheel, Peter Weir
’s Green Card
, Laws of Attraction, Vincent Ward’s
Map of the Human Heart
, Wolfgang Petersen’s Shattered and Wim Wenders
’ Until the End of the World
. He was a key executive in CAA’s corporate consultancy arrangements, working with such clients as Boeing Digital Cinema, Coca-Cola
, IMAX, and the French bank, Credit Lyonnais
.
Ptak is the Co-Chairman of the American Film Institute
's National Center for Film and Video Preservation
and a member of the National Film Preservation Board
for the Library of Congress
, and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation
as well as The Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation.
, Spitfire and Hammer Films, Halifax Films and Studio Hamburg. The films that Arsenal has participated in include:
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
in its first year, where he was part of the team that established AFI's Center for Advanced Studies in Los Angeles. While a student, he worked his way through college as a theatre manager and film programmer for Stanley Warner Theatres, The Walter Reade Organization and the Laemmle Theatres
Laemmle Theatres
Laemmle Theatres is a group of family-run arthouse movie theaters in the Los Angeles area. It was established in 1938 and is owned and operated by Robert Laemmle and his son Greg Laemmle....
in Los Angeles, as well as for UCLA, where he oversaw film programming for five years.
In 1971, he became an agent with International Famous Agency, now International Creative Management
International Creative Management
International Creative Management is a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London. ICM is a full-service agency representing creative and technical talent in the fields of motion pictures, television, fiction and nonfiction publishing, music, live performance,...
, moving to the William Morris Agency
William Morris Agency
WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...
in 1976 and to Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1991. He left CAA in 2006 to form his own company, Arsenal, which provides strategic advisory services to motion picture production companies and film financiers as well as for the sourcing and securing of financing and distribution arrangements and talent for independent films.
As an agent, Ptak was principally involved in the representation of motion picture talent, with an emphasis on directors, producers and independent films. Early in his career he was responsible for setting up such films as Airplane!
Airplane!
Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...
, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey...
, Jaws
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
, National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall...
and Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy...
.
Directors
Ptak has been associated with Bruce BeresfordBruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...
, Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
, Costa Gavras, Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
, Scott Hicks
Scott Hicks
Robert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
, David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
, Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen is a German film director and screenwriter. His films include The NeverEnding Story, Enemy Mine, Outbreak, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy, and Poseidon...
, Paul Schrader
Paul Schrader
Paul Joseph Schrader is an American screenwriter, film director, and former film critic. Apart from his credentials as a director, Schrader is most notably known for his screenplays for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Raging Bull....
, Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
, Tony Scott
Tony Scott
Anthony D. L. "Tony" Scott is an English film director. His films include Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Déjà Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable...
, and Peter Weir
Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...
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Producers
Ptak's clients have included Intermedia, National Lampoon, MichaelMichael Phillips (producer)
Michael Phillips is a film producer.-Film career:Michael Phillips, his then-wife Julia Phillips, and Tony Bill received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Sting in 1973. The Phillipses were the first husband-and-wife team to win the Best Picture award...
and Julia Phillips
Julia Phillips
Julia Phillips was a film producer and author. She is remembered for being the first woman to win an Academy Award as a film's producer, and for a best selling tell-all memoir.-Early life:...
, and Rysher Entertainment.
At CAA, Ptak expanded the role of the traditional talent agent by representing the financing and distribution arrangements of over 100 independent films, working with his own clients as well as with Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
, Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
, Jane Campion
Jane Campion
Jane Campion is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the United States...
, Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...
, Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and director. He spent his early career producing and directing various American and Canadian television network series.-Early life and education:...
, Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella
Anthony Minghella, CBE was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
, Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce is an Australian film director.-Life and career:Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast...
and Robert Towne
Robert Towne
Robert Towne is an American screenwriter and director. His most notable work may be his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown .-Film:...
on such films as Ask the Dust, Crash
Crash (2004 film)
Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described "passion piece" for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video...
, Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
, Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy...
, Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 American musical film that was written and directed by Woody Allen. The film features many stars, including Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Gaby Hoffmann, Tim Roth, Goldie Hawn, and Natalie Portman.Set in New York, Venice, and Paris, the...
, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hannibal, Lost Highway, The Mexican
The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture of romantic comedy and road movie....
, The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil (2006 film)
The Painted Veil is a 2006 Chinese-American drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham...
, The Piano
The Piano
The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin...
, The Quiet American, Sliding Doors, Swingers, The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological thriller novel by Patricia Highsmith. This novel first introduced the character of Tom Ripley who returns in the novels Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Under Water...
and True Romance
True Romance
True Romance is a 1993 American romance crime film written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast consisting of Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin...
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He has participated in transactions ranging from traditional talent employment and production financing to the territorial sales of motion picture distribution rights worldwide, as well as the structuring of many international co-productions, including Ridley Scott’s 1942: The Conquest of Paradise, Butterfly on a Wheel, Peter Weir
Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...
’s Green Card
Green Card (film)
Green Card is a 1990 romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United...
, Laws of Attraction, Vincent Ward’s
Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward, ONZM is a film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Vincent Ward was awarded an Order of New Zealand Merit in 2007 for his contribution to film making. He was born in Greytown, New Zealand. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream and trained as an artist at the...
Map of the Human Heart
Map of the Human Heart
Map of the Human Heart is the title of a 1993 film by New Zealand director Vincent Ward. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....
, Wolfgang Petersen’s Shattered and Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
’ Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World is a 1991 film by the German film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and Solveig Dommartin. An initial draft of the screenplay was written by American filmmaker Michael Almereyda...
. He was a key executive in CAA’s corporate consultancy arrangements, working with such clients as Boeing Digital Cinema, Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
, IMAX, and the French bank, Credit Lyonnais
Crédit Lyonnais
Crédit Lyonnais is a historic French bank. In the early 1990s it was the largest French bank, majority state-owned at that point. Crédit Lyonnais was the subject of poor management during that period which almost led to its bankruptcy in 1993...
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Ptak is the Co-Chairman of the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
's National Center for Film and Video Preservation
National Center for Film and Video Preservation
The National Center for Film and Video Preservation was established in 1984 by the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts to...
and a member of the National Film Preservation Board
National Film Preservation Board
The United States National Film Preservation Board is the board selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. It was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988...
for the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
, and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation
National Film Preservation Foundation
The National Film Preservation Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America’s film heritage. Growing from a national planning effort led by the Library of Congress, the NFPF began operations in 1997. It supports activities nationwide that...
as well as The Motion Picture & Television Fund Foundation.
Arsenal
Arsenal has provided services for such entities as Kadokawa Pictures, a leading Japanese publishing and film production, distribution and exhibition company, Wild Bunch, a production, sales and distribution company based in Paris, Endgame Entertainment, an established film production company and financier, Relativity MediaRelativity Media
Relativity Media is an American independent motion picture production and investment company based in West Hollywood, California.- Company :...
, Spitfire and Hammer Films, Halifax Films and Studio Hamburg. The films that Arsenal has participated in include:
Selected Projects
- The Boys Are Back (2009): Scott HicksScott HicksRobert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
directed and Clive OwenClive OwenClive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
starring – Premiered in 2009 Toronto Film Festival, with Miramax distributing in the US and Hanway handling foreign sales. - Che (2009): The two-part Steven SoderberghSteven SoderberghSteven Andrew Soderbergh is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and an Academy Award-winning film director. He is best known for directing commercial Hollywood films like Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and the remake of Ocean's Eleven, but he has also directed smaller less...
film with financing and foreign sales by Wild Bunch and IFC releasing in the US, starring Benecio del Toro, Benjamin BrattBenjamin BrattBenjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, and Piñero.-Early life:Bratt was born in San Francisco, California,...
, Franke Potente and Matt DamonMatt DamonMatthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...
. Premiered at 2008 Cannes Film Festival. - Glass (2008): A Scott HicksScott HicksRobert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
documentary on the composer Philip GlassPhilip GlassPhilip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
, with The Sales Company handling foreign sales. Premiered at 2008 Toronto Film Festival and released in the US by Koch Lorber. - THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS (2009): Terry GilliamTerry GilliamTerrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
directed and co-wrote this UK/Canada co-production, with Bill Vince, Amy Gilliam and Samuel Hadida producing, starring Heath LedgerHeath LedgerHeath Andrew Ledger was an Australian television and film actor. After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his film career...
, Johnny DeppJohnny DeppJohn Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
, Colin FarrellColin FarrellColin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
, Jude LawJude LawDavid Jude Heyworth Law , known professionally as Jude Law, is an English actor, film producer and director.He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989...
, Christopher PlummerChristopher PlummerArthur Christopher Orne Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1957's Stage Struck, and notable early film performances include Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther and The Man Who Would Be King.In a career that spans over five...
, Lilly Cole and Tom Waits. Premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
. Mandate handling foreign sales and released in the US in via Sony Pictures Classics. - LET ME IN (2010): Matt Reeves directing his own screenplay of the remake of the Swedish cult film, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, with Hammer Films financing, Exclusive handling foreign sales and the US release via Overture set for October 2010.
- ONE MISSED CALL (2008): Produced and financed by Kadokawa and Alcon Entertainment with Warners distributing worldwide.
- OUTLANDER (2008): Directed by Howard McCain and starring Jim Caviezel, with financing and foreign sales by Wild Bunch and WeinsteinWeinsteinWeinstein is a German-language Jewish surname meaning wine stone, referring to the crystals of potassium bitartrate used in the process of fermenting grape juice.Weinstein may refer to:* Alan Weinstein, mathematician** Weinstein conjecture...
distributing in the US. - PUSH (2008): Paul McGuigan directed with Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning and Djimon Hounsu starring, produced by Infinity, Icon and Summit, with Summit distributing domestic and sharing foreign sales with Icon.
- THE WAY BACK (2010): Peter WeirPeter WeirPeter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...
directed his own script, starring Colin FarrellColin FarrellColin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
, Ed HarrisEd HarrisEdward Allen "Ed" Harris is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in Appaloosa, Radio, The Rock, The Abyss, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, and The Truman Show. Harris has also narrated commercials for The Home Depot and other companies...
, Saoirse Ronan and Jim SturgessJim SturgessJames Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe .-Early life:...
. Currently in post-production, with financing from Spitfire Films and National Geographic, and Exclusive Sales handling foreign sales. - U2 3D (2008): 3ality Digital3ality Digital3ality Digital is a Burbank, California based company specializing in high-definition, live-action stereoscopic digital 3D. The company develops production systems, image processing software and other technologies that enable the creation, post-production and distribution of live-action 3D...
produced 3D concert film with U2, which premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and released in the US via National Geographic. - ZEBRAS (2010): Bruce BeresfordBruce BeresfordBruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...
directing a screenplay by David Williamson of an Australia/Canada/South Africa co-production to shoot in South Africa, with Halifax Films, Jim and Marta McElroy producing. In pre-production for an early 2010 start.