Cast & crew biographies
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Yancy Butler
David
Chokachi
Eric
Etebari
Anthony Cistaro
William Yun Lee
Yancy Butler - Sara
Pezzini
Yancy Butler's many
television credits include starring roles in the series Mann & Machine,
South Beach and most recently Steven Bochco's critically acclaimed Brooklyn
South. She has also made guest appearances in Law and Order, Perversions
of Science and NYPD Blue. Butler made her feature film debut opposite
Jean-Claude Van Damme in John Woo's Hard Target, and then starred opposite
Wesley Snipes in Drop Zone.
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David Chokachi - Jake McCartey
David Chokachi is best known for his role as lifeguard Cody Madison
on the internationally popular television series Baywatch. Chokachi's
first starring film role was in Showtime's The Unspeakable, which was
shot on location in Ireland for director Howard McCain. In the film, he played
a psychotic killer who falls in love with the cop sent to investigate him. His
other television credits include the telefilms A Crime of Passion and
Bad To The Bone, and guest appearances on V.I.P., Suddenly Susan and
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. On the big screen, Chokachi appeared in 12
Bucks and will be seen in the upcoming Psycho Beach Party.
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Eric Etebari - Ian
Nottingham
Eric Etebari has appeared in the independent feature films The Doorman,
Two Left Turns, The Gate Keeper, Love and War II and China Basin.
He also appeared on the television series 413 Hope Street.
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Anthony Cistaro - Kenneth Irons
Anthony Cistaro has had recurring roles on the television series Angel,
Cheers and Alright Already. Additionally, he has made guest appearances
on Seinfeld, Thanks, The Nanny, Search & Rescue and Bob.
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William Yun Lee - Danny Woo
Will Yun Lee can next be seen in What's Cooking?, set for a Thanksgiving
release. The film won critical raves when it opened the Sundance Film Festival
this year. Lee stars as Jimmy Nguyen, eldest son of one of four neighborhood
families whose relationships are played out against the tapestry of their different
ethnic backgrounds.
After landing a role in Nash Bridges, Lee moved to Los Angeles to pursue
his career. Guest star roles in series like Profiler and Brimstone
led to a lead role in The Disciples for UPN.
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Ralph Hemecker - Director
Ralph Hemecker has directed episodes of numerous television series including
The X-Files, Millenium, Roar, Pacific Blue, Kindred: The Embraced, Strange
Luck and Renegade, and the telefilm Blade Squad. In addition,
he directed the feature films American Dragons, Rolling Thunder and
Dead On.
Dan Halsted - Executive Producer
Dan Halsted's feature film releases this year include The Virgin
Suicides, which premiered at the Cannes Fim Festival as a Director's Fortnight
selection, and had its American premiere at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival;
and The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes and directed by Christian
Duguay. His projects scheduled to enter production in 2000 include Beyond
Borders, Servicing Sara, The Day Reagan Was Shot and Rainbow's
End.
Prior to creating Halsted Pictures, he was the president of Illusion Entertainment
Group, a partnership with Oliver Stone, from 1995 to 1999. His producing credits
at Illusion include Any Given Sunday, The Corruptor, U-Turn, Freeway, Cold
Around The Heart and Nixon. He also produced the award-winning documentary
Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy and King for TBS Superstation.
Before joining Illusion, Halsted was senior vice president of production at
Hollywood Pictures. While there he was the executive in charge of numerous films
including The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, Mr Holland's Opus, Encino Man,
Tombstone, Evita and While You Were Sleeping.
Marc
Silvestri - Executive Producer
Marc Silvestri is one
of the most sought-after creators in the comic book industry today. From the
start of his 17-year career, Silvestri has been involved with both the creation
and development of the hottest comic book characters and titles. Instrumental
in bringing such Marvel comic book properties as Wolverine and X-Men to their
current prominence, Silvestri has built an international fan base enjoyed by
few creators.
In 1994, Silvestri left Marvel with five other artists to form Image comics,
incorporating his own studio, Top Cow Porductions as one of four autonomous
studios therein. With Silvestri's lead, Image Comics rapidly grew to capture
over 25 percent of the comic book market, helping Image to become the third-largest
comic book publisher in the U.S.
Silvestri creations such as Cyberforce, Witchblade, Weapon Zero and
The Darkness continue to set a standard for commercial and critical excellence,
with Witchblade and The Darkness becoming two of the best-selling
books in the country.
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J.D. Zeik - Screenwriter/Co-Executive
Producer
J.D. Zeik's original screenplay Ronin, which was filmed by director
John Frankenheimer and starred Robert De Niro and Jean Reno, was released by
United Artists in 1998 to rave reviews. Zeik has also worked with directors
including James Cameron, Alfonso Cuaron and John Singleton, and written screenplays
for producers such as Larry Gordon and Gale Anne Hurd. Zeik is currently adapting
the comic book series Alien Legion into a feature film for Dimension
Films and Bob Weinstein, and will produce the film with his partners, Don Murphy
and Carl Potts. This past year, Zeik taught screenwriting at SUNY Pruchase in
the presitigious conservatory program which has schooled directors Hal Hartley
and Nick Gomez, as well as actors Edie Falco and Wesley Snipes.
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