Sol Goode : About The Filmmakers


DANNY COMDEN
Writer/Director/"Cooper"

After sometimes working, and often not working during his four long years as an actor, Danny decided to take matters into his own hands. Inspired by Cameron Crowe, he decided to gather the blood, sweat and tears and make a movie about the lives of he and his friends. After many incarnations, and nearly getting that first call time, in the fifth year the dream finally became a reality. Danny took on the challenge of writing, directing and co-starring. "Sol Goode" was a labor of love that attracted a stellar cast that includes Balthazar Getty, Jamie Kennedy, Katharine Towne, Johnathon Schaech, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Tori Spelling among others. Danny is currently starring as a detective in the ABC pilot "The Johnny Chronicles" for Touchstone Television.

HAPPY WALTERS
Producer

During the past decade, Mr. Walters has been a manager, executive producer, music supervisor, president, and chief executive officer of several companies in the music and film industries. In 1989, Mr. Walters founded Buzztone Entertainment and signed his first recording artist, Cypress Hill. Until he dissolved the company in 1996, Mr. Walters and Buzztone Entertainment launched the careers of several respected rap/hip hop artists, including Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Red Man, and members of Wu Tang Clan.

In 1994 Mr. Walters founded Sidewinder Music. At Sidewinder Music, Mr. Walters has supervised and executive produced approximately 30 soundtracks, including There's Something About Mary, Scream 2, and the Mighty Morpin Power Rangers. In 1992, he entered into a five-year agreement with Epic Records to start his own record label, Immortal Records. This agreement gave Mr. Walters and his fourteen person team complete autonomy to sign bands and market and promote records.

In 1997, Mr. Walters entered into another five-year agreement with Epic Records, which allowed Immortal Records to continue as an independent record label while receiving marketing and promotional assistance from Epic Records. The artists signed by Immortal Records include Kom, whose 1998 release Follow the Leader debuted at number one on the Billboard Charts. In addition to developing artists, Immortal Records also produces soundtracks. The soundtracks produced by Immortal Records include "Judgment Night," "Span" and "Spawn. " In 1997, Mr. Walters founded Immortal Films, which has produced Searching for Debra Winger (recently premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival), "Life Without Dick," and "Kiss of the Dragon. " Immortal Films and Immortal Records are collectively known as Immortal Entertainment.

MATTHEW WEAVER
Producer

Matt Weaver has built a highly successful career in the motion picture industry from the ground up. With a range of skills few film producers possess, his experience in working his way up the ladder has enabled him to utilize all of his talents as the head of production of Immortal Films. Starting his career directly out of high school, Matt worked at Walt Disney Studios as a production assistant under the tutelage of Jeffrey Katzenberg and Marty Katz. At Disney, his well-rounded production education included working in a number of different departments. Among the projects Weaver has worked on include such well-known films as Down and Out In Beverly Hills, Dick Tracy, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

After three years at Disney, Matt then joined The Badham/Cohen Group working as an assistant to the principals on Bird On A Wire and The Hard Way. Following the completion of these two projects, Matt moved to Buena Vista Pictures, a Walt Disney subsidiary, where he worked as a staff production coordinator on a number of films including The Hand That Rocks The Cradle. In 1993, anxious to step out on his own, Matt formed Lord/Weaver Productions with Tony Lord, where they quickly signed a first look producing deal with Davis Entertainment that included, The Harlem Globetrotters Story, being developed at Columbia with Penny Marshall attached to direct; The Ice Queen, a thriller also in development at Columbia; Confucius Brown, a Martin Lawrence comedy in development at Universal.

In 1996, Lord/Weaver also went on to sign a first look producing deal with Columbia Pictures, which yielded the studio projects that include Billy Carter, about the nation's most famous first brother, and The Village People Story to be written and directed by the team that wrote Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Man on the Moon. In 1999, Matt and Tony Lord left Columbia to produce Shiny New Enemies for Warner Brothers, a film directed by Traktor and starring Steve Zahn, Sema Hayek and Elijah Wood. In early 2000, Matt joined Immortal Films to head up its production division.

VINCENT NEWMAN And TUCKER TOOLEY
Producers

Producers Vincent Newman and Tucker Tooley formed Newman/Tooley Films in January 1997. Initially brought together at the University of California at Santa Barbara, they now seek to capitalize on their unique range of experience to produce meaningful, commercially viable motion pictures. Resisting the paradigm of a singular film genre, Newman/Tooley Films endeavors to produce motion pictures that will serve a global audience, where the story is as compelling as its star, in the $10-$25 million budget range.

Recently, they wrapped production on Diablo for New Line Cinema. Directed by F. Gary Gray, the film stars Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate and Timothy Olyphant. The acclaimed rapper Dr. Dre is producing the Diablo soundtrack as Newman/Tooley recently completed Poolhall Junkies, directed by Mars Callahan, and starring Chazz Palminteri, Christopher Walken, Rick Schroder, and Rod Steiger; as well as In the Shadows for Lions Gate Films, starring James Caan, Matthew Modine, Cuba Gooding, Jr. , and Joey Lauren Adams.

Some of their other credits include, such as A Better Way to Die for Newmarket Capital Group and Columbia/Screen Gems, and The Last Marshal for HBO.
The development slate covers a range of genres, from both emerging and veteran talent including The Courier by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with Dominic Sena directing for Splendid Pictures; Blind Horizon by Paul Benz and Steve Tomlin, with Jeremiah Chechik directing for Splendid Pictures; A Normal Life by Henry Pincus, being financed by Newmarket Capital Group; Mexicali by Christian Gudegast and Paul Scheuring, being financed by Columbia/Sony; Nikolas by Ken Young and Dennis LeFevre, with Jan de Bont directing; and an untitled thriller by Wesley Strick for Spyglass Entertainment.

Prior to founding Newman/Tooley Films, Mr. Newman served as a private consultant in communications, government relations and capital development, representing various non-profit sector organizations. In this capacity Mr. Newman raised in excess of $40 million from the private sector, and wrote and produced two documentary films (Eye of a Woman's Soul, Walking in Two Worlds) while advocating the interests of clients in the public sector, including the Mayor's office of Los Angeles, the Office of Governor for New Mexico, the US House and Senate Committees on Indian Affairs, and the office of former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia.

Prior to founding Newman/Tooley Films in 1997, Mr. Tooley had extensive involvement in the entertainment industry. For several years he was a premiere party and event coordinator for some of Hollywood's elite. After working for the InterTalent Agency of Beverly Hills in 1993 and being mentored by some of the most successful agents in the business, he struck out on his own and put together his first feature film, Andrej Sekula's Fait Accompli. A year later in 1997, his longtime friendship with Vincent Newman turned into a partnership at Newman/Tooley Films.

DAVID C. GLASSER
Executive Producer

David C. Glasser is the Chief Executive Officer of Splendid Pictures, a division of Splendid Medien AG, which has previously financed such films as Traffic, Ali, and Gangs of New York. Splendid Pictures was established in January 2002 with the merger of Splendid Medien and Cutting Edge Entertainment Inc. , the Los Angeles based motion picture production and distribution company Glasser created in 1993.

Recently, Splendid produced the Alec Baldwin directed film, The Devil & Daniel Webster, in which Baldwin also co-starred with respected actor, Anthony Hopkins. Splendid also recently completed Narc, starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta, for Paramount Pictures, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. Splendid is currently in production on Agent Cody Banks for MGM, in addition to such upcoming projects as The Courier, with director Dominic Sena; Without Apparent Motive, with director Bille August; and She Died Twice, with director Jonas Akerlund.

Prior to forming Splendid and Cutting Edge, Mr. Glasser produced Hidden Obsession for Universal Pictures and Internal Invasion for Double Helix Films. Mr. Glasser also collaborated in a producing capacity on three motion pictures for Rumar Films; Ghost Writer, Club Fed, and California Casanova. Additionally, Mr. Glasser was responsible for overseeing the budgeting process on a number of television projects including Baywatch and Family Feud, as well as the film Eddie and the Cruisers for LBS Communications. Prior to his producing work, Mr. Glasser was a production executive for DEV Films, where he was responsible for budgeting, negotiating talent deals and coordination on the physical production of such films as Heaven at Last.

ADAM STONE
Executive Producer

Producer Adam M. Stone is the Chief Executive Officer of Theory Films, Inc. , a Los Angeles-based independent production company. Recently, Mr. Stone served as Executive Producer of the powerful upcoming cop drama entitled Narc, a selection at this year's Sundance Film Festival, starring Ray Liotta, Jason Patric and Busta Rhymes. Mr. Stone also recently produced the praised, short live-action festival favorite for children entitled The Pirates of Central Park.

In March 2001, Mr. Stone became C. E. O. of Theory Films after exiting his post as President of Cutting Edge Entertainment, where he was in charge of production, product acquisitions, business and legal affairs, and the company's administration since 1997. While at Cutting Edge, Mr. Stone served as Producer of a diverse slate of motion pictures including, The Devil and Daniel Webster, a contemporary adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's classic novel, starring Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kim Cattrall and Dan Aykroyd, which marked the directorial debut of Baldwin; In The Shadows, starring James Caan, Matthew Modine, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Joey Lauren Adams; and Cutaway, starring Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Denis Rodman, Casper Van Dien and Ron Silver.

At Cutting Edge, Mr. Stone also served as Executive Producer of such film titles as One Eyed King, starring William Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri and Armand Assante; Poolhall Junkies, starring Chazz Palminteri, Christopher Walken and Rick Schroder and Sol Goode, starring Balthazar Getty, Jamie Kennedy, Jared Leto, Katherine Towne, Tori Spelling and Carmen Electra.

Prior to joining Cutting Edge, Mr. Stone served as Production Executive of Kopelson Entertainment, a motion picture and television company once based at Warner Bros. , then later at Twentieth Century Fox. While at Kopelson from 1993-1997, Mr. Stone helped coordinate the company's business affairs division, aided in the development of several of the films on the company's production slate, and worked with producers Arnold and Anne Kopelson in the production of eight films, including U. S. Marshals, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr. ; Devil's Advocate, starring Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron; Mad City, starring Dustin Hoffinan and John Travolta; Murder at 1600, starring Wesley Snipes, Dennis Miller and Diane Lane; Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa Williams; Seven, starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey; Outbreak, starring Dustin Hoffinan, Morgan Freeman, Rene Russo and Kevin Spacey; and Out for Justice, starring Steven Seagal.

Mr. Stone has worked in physical production for over seventeen years and has aided in the production of such other films as D2: The Mighty Ducks, The Flintstones, The Little Rascals, Last Action Hero, The Hard Way, Bird on a Wire, and films for television such as Accidental Meeting, The Disappearance of Christina, The Red Shoe Diaries, and The Jacksons. .. An American Dream.

MAR ANDERSONS
Co-Producer

A ten-year veteran of the film industry, Mar Andersons was born in Vancouver B. C. , Canada. After studying film writing, directing and producing at both The University of British Columbia and The Vancouver Film School, Andersons refined his on-camera talents studying with some of the industries forest including Jeff Goldblum, John Ritter and Malcolm McDowell.

Andersons experience in film marketing and promotion is extensive. He worked for a Vancouver based company that handled marketing and promotion in western Canada for some of the largest film studios in the world. Some of them included Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Alliance, New Line and Miramax.

As a working actor, Andersons has appeared in over forty feature films, television movies and series. Some include "The X - Files", "Little Women", "Cats & Dogs", "The New Addams Family", "Outer Limits", "First Wave", "Cabin By The Lake", "Stargate SG-1" and the CBC dramedy "These Arms Of Mine".

As a producer, Andersons started doing corporate video presentations and music videos. His first film was the short film entitled "Three Rings". He then went on to co-produce the critically acclaimed half our television pilot "The Love Charm". The British Columbia Motion Picture Association awarded him with a LEO award in the Best Picture category for his efforts on "The Love Charm". Andersons then went on to produce the festival hit "Barbecue . .. a love story". "Barbecue" traveled to over twelve film festivals worldwide including Berlin, South By Southwest, Houston, Moving Pictures and Vancouver.

Andersons is Vice-President of After The Edge Films Inc. and is looking forward to continued growth with the company.

STEVE MCLELLAN
Co-Executive Producer

Steve McLellan's experience in the film industry started 20 years ago when McLellan founded a small production company called Drummond Productions in Montreal where he produced low budget projects and commercials.

McLellan's significant contribution to the film industry commenced when McLellan enrolled in McGill University to study labour relations. Following McGill, McLellan became a labour organizer for The Canadian Autoworkers, the largest private sector union in Canada. It did not take long for McLellan to develop a reputation, nation-wide, for his effective organizing strategies and campaigns. In 1994 ACTRA Performers Guild (the Canadian union for talent) recruited McLellan to assist in addressing the union situation in British Columbia with respect to performers in the motion picture industry. From 1994 until recently, McLellan has been the labour organizer for performers in British Columbia. McLellan is one of the key players who facilitated the merger between ACTRA Performers Guild and the Union of B. C. Performers. This merger created a new standard in actors' compensation in the province and an unprecedented labour climate where close to 95% of all performers in the film industry work under a collective agreement. McLellan has left a legacy of an airtight jurisdiction for peaceful negotiations and thus, a more stable environment for conducting business unparalleled in North America.

From his experience with the performer's union in British Columbia, McLellan brings to AFTER THE EDGE FILMS extensive and respected contacts with talent and their agents in British Columbia and Los Angeles. McLellan also brings a solid understanding of all aspects of filmmaking after having been directly involved with talent negotiations in hundreds of television series and feature films. As co-founder and President of AFTER THE EDGE FILMS, McLellan looks forward to seeking out lucrative film production investments based on good stories, told well, by talented people.

EVELYN DECOTIIS
Co-Executive Producer

DeCotiis brings to the ATE management team 19 years of corporate management and finance experience. From 1981 until recently, DeCotiis was a consultant with The DeCotiis Group, a land development business, where DeCotiis was involved in all aspects of the land development deals from land assembly, financing, design conception through to sales and marketing.

Having been active in land development and charity in Vancouver for the majority of her career, DeCotiis has an extensive network of contacts in the investment and finance community. It was access to this investment community that allowed The DeCotiis Group the extraordinary growth they have experienced and enjoy today.

In addition to her significant presence in the land development market in Vancouver, DeCotiis plays a significant philanthropic role in the community in Vancouver. DeCotiis has been a valuable member of the Jacquie Cohen's Face the World Foundation and the Ladies Media Golf Classic.

As founder of ATE, DeCotiis looks forward to utilizing the goodwill which she built in the land development investment business where she will liaison between investors and ATE while seeking out lucrative film production investments that will maximize profit position and return on investment.

Author : Lions Gate Films