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VICKY JENSON (Director) made her directorial debut on the computer-animated blockbuster "Shrek," which won the first Academy Award® ever presented in the category of Best Animated Feature. The film's many other honors included the Critics Choice, Los Angeles Film Critics and National Board of Review Awards for Best Animated Feature, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. "Shrek" also won eight Annie Awards, including Best Director, shared by Jenson and Andrew Adamson, and Best Picture. Jenson started her career in 1977, working as a background artist at Hanna-Barbera Productions. From there, she segued into storyboarding for animation as well as live action. While storyboarding for directors like Wayne Wang and John Hughes, she helped develop visual styles for Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi on such animated series as "Mighty Mouse, The New Adventures" and "The Ren & Stimpy Show." She also served as a production designer on live-action independent films, as well as on such traditionally animated features as "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest" and DreamWorks' "The Road to El Dorado," the latter of which eventually led to her becoming a director on "Shrek." BIBO BERGERON (Director) previously directed the animated comedy adventure "The Road to El Dorado," which marked his feature film directing debut. Prior to his becoming one of the film's directors, he began work as a story artist, based at his own animation studio, Bibo Films, in France. He also assisted in the creation of the first animation tests for "The Road to El Dorado." Before joining DreamWorks, Bergeron worked as an animation supervisor on such films as "The Adventures of Pinocchio" and "The Goofy Movie." He also worked at Amblimation in London, serving as an animation supervisor on the features "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story." Hailing from Paris, France, Bergeron studied art at the Ecole de la rue Madame. In 1985, he graduated from the animation school CFT Gobelins in Paris, where he later taught classes. Early in his career, Bergeron worked at Stout Studios in Paris as a director and animator on various commercials. He also served as a commercial animator at London's Film Garage and ULI Meyer studios. While at ULI Meyer, Bergeron animated a sequence for "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest." In 1993, Bergeron founded Bibo Films, specializing in features and short films, as well as commercials. ROB LETTERMAN (Director/Screenwriter) counts "Shark Tale" as his first produced screenplay. The film is also his major feature film directorial debut. Letterman had previously directed a short film entitled "Los Gringos," which was selected to screen at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Currently, he is working on another animated project for DreamWorks and has live-action screenplays in various stages of development at other studios. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Letterman attended the University of Southern California. BILL DAMASCHKE (Producer), the Head of Creative Production for DreamWorks Animation, is responsible for the launch of all of the studio's animated pictures into production. He is integrally involved in setting all of the behind-the-scenes artistic talent and oversees the films during the run of production, which lasts several years. During his tenure at DreamWorks, Damaschke has been involved in such animated releases as the Academy Award®-winning blockbuster "Shrek," the record-breaking sequel "Shrek 2," which is the top-grossing animated film of all time, and "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," which earned an Oscar® nomination for Best Animated Feature. Currently in production at DreamWorks are the upcoming computer-animated films "Madagascar" and "Over the Hedge," as well as the clay-animated comedy "Wallace & Gromit," from Aardman, the creators of DreamWorks' hit "Chicken Run." In addition, DreamWorks' first animated series, "Father of the Pride," just debuted on NBC. A native of Chicago, Damaschke graduated from Illinois' Wesleyan University with a BFA in Music and Theatre. He began his career in animation working on the hit feature "Pocahontas." Coming to DreamWorks in 1995, Damaschke served as a production manager on the traditionally animated musical epic "The Prince of Egypt." He later co-executive produced the animated adventure "The Road to El Dorado." Damaschke was named Head of Creative Production in 1999. JANET HEALY (Producer) joined DreamWorks Animation in 1999 as the Head of Digital Production, where she oversaw the digital and computer graphics process for "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." Following the release of that film, she was instrumental in the transformation of DreamWorks' 2D animation facility in Glendale into a state-of-the-art 3D animation studio. "Shark Tale" marks her first full producing credit. A Los Angeles native, Healy is an industry veteran who has held a variety of production posts since beginning her career in 1973. She started out working in live action with such esteemed directors as Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Kramer and Hal Ashby. Her association with Steven Spielberg began on "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and she subsequently served as an associate producer on his film "1941." In 1985, Healy joined George Lucas' effects company, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), as Co-Head of Production, later becoming ILM's senior visual effects producer. In that capacity, she oversaw the visual effects and animation on more than a dozen projects, including such digitally groundbreaking films as "Willow," "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Jurassic Park" and "Casper." During her tenure at ILM, she also headed up the computer graphics department. Moving to Disney in 1995, Healy played a key role in setting up the Northside Digital Studio for Walt Disney Feature Animation. As Disney's Head of Digital Production, she also oversaw the computer graphics work on such major animated films as "Mulan," "Tarzan," "Fantasia 2000" and "Dinosaur." Healy attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, Birmingham University in England, and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. She is a founding member and two-time Executive Board member of the Visual Effects Society and she also sits on the Board of Governors for the Producers Guild of America New Media Council. ALLISON LYON SEGAN (Producer) hails from Chicago where she attended Northwestern University's School of Film Studies before coming to Hollywood to pursue her career. She worked her way up the industry ladder, eventually becoming a development executive for producer Gary Adelson. While working for Adelson, she helped develop such films as "Tap" and Steven Spielberg's "Hook." Segan moved on to team with producer Mark Gordon, with whom she developed such films as "Speed," "A Pyromaniac's Love Story" and "Broken Arrow." She also served as a co-producer on all three films. Later named President of Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn's Mutual Film Company, Segan executive produced the thriller "Hard Rain," produced the family film "Paulie," and co-produced Steven Spielberg's Academy Award®-winning World War II drama "Saving Private Ryan." In 1998, Segan left Mutual Film Company to produce for Michael Douglas' then-newly formed Further Films. The company has a first-look deal with Universal to make mainstream studio movies and a second-look deal with USA Films to produce more independent fare. Segan produced Further Film's first release, "One Night at McCool's," starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser and Michael Douglas, and more recently produced their hit thriller "Swimfan." JEFFREY KATZENBERG (Executive Producer) is a principal partner in DreamWorks SKG, the studio he co-founded with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994. Katzenberg most recently executive produced the computer-animated blockbuster "Shrek 2," which broke numerous box office records and has become the top-grossing animated feature of all time. It is also the third-highest grossing film of any kind in history. Katzenberg had previously served as a producer on "Shrek," which won the first Academy Award® ever presented for Best Animated Feature, as well as Best Animated Film Awards from a number of critics organizations, including the Broadcast Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics. The film also earned Golden Globe and Producers Guild Award nominations and is the fourth-highest grossing animated feature of all time. In addition, Katzenberg produced the traditionally animated "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," which earned an Oscar® nomination for Best Animated Feature. He had earlier served as an executive producer on DreamWorks' clay-animated hit "Chicken Run," which was named the best-reviewed movie of 2000, and won awards for Best Animated Feature from several critics groups. He was also an executive producer on the traditionally animated films "The Prince of Egypt" and "The Road to El Dorado," and was a producer on "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas." Currently, Katzenberg is a creator and executive producer on DreamWorks' new animated television series, "Father of the Pride," which debuted on NBC in August 2004. He is also an executive producer on DreamWorks' first reality series, "The Contender," in collaboration with Mark Burnett, also coming to NBC for the 2004-05 season. MICHAEL J. WILSON (Screenwriter) previously co-wrote the screenplay, from his own story, for the computer-animated comedy hit "Ice Age," starring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary. He more recently scripted the Jackie Chan action comedy "The Tuxedo." Wilson is currently working on two live-action projects, as well as another animated feature for DreamWorks. Wilson started out as an agent for CAA and William Morris before beginning his writing career. Early on, he created, produced and wrote the CBS sitcom "Sydney," starring Valerie Bertinelli and Matthew Perry. HANS ZIMMER (Composer) is one of the film industry's most prolific composers. He was most recently honored with a Golden Globe Award nomination for his score for Edward Zwick's epic drama "The Last Samurai," starring Tom Cruise. In 1994, he won both the Academy Award&Mac226; and a Golden Globe Award for his score for the animated blockbuster "The Lion King," which also spawned one of the most successful soundtrack albums ever. Zimmer has garnered six additional Academy Award&Mac226; nominations, the latest for his "Gladiator" score, for which he also won a Golden Globe Award and earned a Grammy Award nomination. He has also been Oscar&Mac226;-nominated for "The Prince of Egypt," "The Thin Red Line," "As Good As It Gets," "The Preacher's Wife" and "Rain Man," and received Golden Globe nominations for his scores for "Pearl Harbor" and "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." The composer's music for "The Lion King" continued to draw applause in the award-winning stage production of the musical. The show earned the 1998 Tony Award for Best Musical, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Album. The composer also reunited with "The Lion King" songwriters Elton John and Tim Rice for DreamWorks' animated musical "The Road to El Dorado." Zimmer has several films upcoming, including two for director Ridley Scott, "Kingdom of Heaven" and "A Good Year." He is also scoring Gore Verbinski's "Weatherman" and James L. Brooks' "Spanglish." In all, he has scored more than 80 feature films, including "King Arthur," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Tears of the Sun," "The Ring," "Black Hawk Down," "Hannibal," "Crimson Tide," for which he won a Grammy, "Thelma & Louise," "Driving Miss Daisy," "Mission: Impossible 2," "The Peacemaker," "The Rock," "Broken Arrow," "Nine Months," "Cool Runnings," "A League of Their Own," "Black Rain," "Backdraft," "Green Card," "True Romance," "Days of Thunder" and "My Beautiful Launderette." In addition to his composing work, Zimmer heads DreamWorks' film music division. His appointment marks the first time that a composer has headed the music department of a major studio since the days of Dimitri Tiomkin at MGM and Alfred Newman at Twentieth Century Fox. DARREN HIGMAN (Music Supervisor) became the product manager for soundtracks at MCA Records in late 1993. Working under Kathy Nelson, he oversaw the marketing campaigns for such hit soundtracks as Pulp Fiction and Dangerous Minds. In April 1995, he was hired by Atlantic Records, where he oversaw the marketing campaign for the double-platinum Batman Forever soundtrack. Later that year, Atlantic moved Higman to New York as General Manager of both Tag Recordings and Big Beat Records. During his tenure, he oversaw the marketing and promotional campaigns for all label artists, including Lil' Kim, Junior Mafia, Fat Joe, Fountains Of Wayne, and Changing Faces, as well as several soundtracks. In November of 1998, he was promoted to Vice President, Soundtracks for Atlantic Records. In this post, Higman oversaw the production and subsequent marketing of more than 25 soundtracks, including Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Any Given Sunday; Dr. Dolittle; You've Got Mail; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; Message in a Bottle; Pokemon; Great Expectations; and Anastasia. The soundtracks Higman produced have soundscanned more than 10 million copies in the U.S. alone. Leaving Atlantic in the summer of 2002, Higman began music supervising, picking up projects from both film studios and television networks. In January 2003, he partnered with Laura Wasserman to form WH Entertainment. He has since served as a music supervisor on such films as "Radio," "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," "Win a Date With Tad Hamilton" and the upcoming "XXX2." LAURA WASSERMAN (Music Supervisor) is a partner and Co-President of WH Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based full-service music supervision company, which she formed with Darren Higman. Wasserman came to WH, having developed dozens of the industry's most renowned and diverse soundtracks, from "Moulin Rouge," which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Soundtrack and a Golden Globe for Best Song, to "The Full Monty," which won an Academy Award® for Best Score - Musical or Comedy. WH signed a consultancy agreement with Buena Vista Music, Inc., and has recently supervised the music for "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," and "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton." They were also chosen to consult on the "Spiderman 2" soundtrack. In addition, Wasserman has supervised the music for the live-action feature "Scooby-Doo," "Down With Love," "Two Weeks Notice," "Radio" and the soundtrack album to Baz Luhrmann's "La Bohème." Wasserman also worked as a soundtrack consultant for RCA Records, where she was the executive producer for the soundtrack to "Mr. Deeds." Prior to founding WH Entertainment, Wasserman served as Senior Vice President of Fox Music for five years, where she oversaw music supervision for some of the studio's most successful films. While there, she coordinated the music for the films "Hope Floats," "Romeo + Juliet" and "Dr. Dolittle," whose soundtracks all achieved triple-platinum status. Wasserman's supervising credits at Fox also included "There's Something About Mary," "Never Been Kissed," "Great Expectations," "Anywhere But Here," "Brokedown Palace" and "The Beach." NICK FLETCHER (Supervising Editor) previously served as the supervising editor on DreamWorks' traditionally animated features "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" and "The Prince of Egypt." Born in Wales, Fletcher began his career at John Wood Sound Studios in London, working on commercials. He then moved on to Richard Williams Animation in 1981. Fletcher went on to work at Amblimation in London, where he served as the supervising editor for "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West." He was also a co-supervising editor for "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" and "Balto," and was the animation editor for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." He came to DreamWorks in 1995. DANIEL ST. PIERRE (Production Designer) earned an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature for his work as an art director on the hit "Tarzan." He was more recently a story artist and visual consultant on "102 Dalmatians." St. Pierre's other credits include work as a layout supervisor on the animated features "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "The Lion King" and "Mickey's The Prince and the Pauper." He was also a key layout artist on such films as "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast." "Shark Tale" marks his first film as a production designer. SAMUEL MICHLAP (Art Director) joined DreamWorks in 1996 as a lead visual development artist on the animated epic "The Prince of Egypt." He went on to serve as an assistant art director on "The Road to El Dorado," and also worked on the visual development of "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas." Previously, Michlap had worked as a layout artist on the films "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Lion King." He also lent his talents to the live-action films "Kull the Conqueror," "Mortal Kombat" and "Operation Dumbo Drop." Michlap has a B.A. in Illustration from Cal State Northridge and also studied at the California Art Institute. He has had his own artwork displayed at several galleries. SETH ENGSTROM (Art Director) previously served as an art director on DreamWorks' animated adventure "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas." A graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Engstrom joined DreamWorks to work as a visual development artist on the animated comedy adventure "The Road to El Dorado." He also worked as a layout artist and background painter on that film. Engstrom later served as a member of the layout team on "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." DOUG COOPER (Visual Effects Supervisor) joined DreamWorks in 1998 as a CG effects animator and technical director on "The Prince of Egypt." He later served as the digital supervisor on "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." Before coming to DreamWorks, Cooper was a scene planner and software developer for special effects on the Amblimation feature "Balto." Cooper's association with Amblimation began when he worked in San Diego as a technical coordinator for American Film Technologies on the feature "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story." Cooper also served as a consultant for Sidley Wright Motionworks in Los Angeles, where he was involved in the development of a digital ink and paint system for feature film production. KEN STUART DUNCAN (Supervising Animator) has earned two Annie Award nominations for Best Character Animation for his work as a supervising animator on the lead characters of Jane in "Tarzan" and Megara in "Hercules." He also served as a supervising animator on the films "Pocahontas," "Rock-A-Doodle" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven." Duncan's other credits as an animator include such films as "The Lion King," "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Rescuers Down Under" and "The Land Before Time." LIONEL GALLAT (Supervising Animator) joined DreamWorks to work as an animator on "The Prince of Egypt." He has since served as a supervising animator on "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," and also worked on the traditionally animated features "The Road to El Dorado" and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas." Gallat comes from France where he graduated from the animation school CFT Gobelins in Paris. Prior to moving to the United States, Gallat worked at Bibo Films in Paris, the animation studio founded by "Shark Tale" director Bibo Bergeron. FABRICE JOUBERT (Supervising Animator) recently supervised the CG character The Roc in "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," and also held the dual posts of senior animator on the character of Rain and CG animator for both Spirit and Rain in "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron." He had earlier served as an animator on the character of Moses for "The Prince of Egypt" and as a senior animator on the character of Tulio in "The Road to El Dorado." In conjunction with the last, he also served as a senior animator on Elton John's video for the song "Someday Out of the Blue." Born in Paris, France, Joubert attended the University of Saint-Charles Paris/Sorbonne and then CFT Gobelins in Paris, where he trained as a junior animator. During his time at CFT Gobelins, Joubert assisted in the production of the animated opening credits for a feature film and on the short film "The Seagulls," which debuted at the Animation Festival of Annecy in 1997. FABIO LIGNINI (Supervising Animator) began his career at DreamWorks as a supervising animator on the character of Aaron in "The Prince of Egypt." He more recently worked as a supervising animator on the films "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas," and as an animator on "The Road to El Dorado." Prior to joining DreamWorks, Lignini worked at Amblimation Studios in London as a senior animator on the features "Balto," "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" and "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West." Lignini had earlier worked in his native Brazil as a freelance animator and director on several award-winning short films. He co-directed "Alex," which won a Caracol Award for Best Animated Short at the ninth annual International Festival of Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba. Lignini also directed the five-minute short "When Bats are Silent," which went on to win five awards, including the Debut Prize at the second Los Angeles International Animation Celebration and the Debut Prize at the second Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. The film also garnered a Best Animated Film Award at Fest Rio in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the Coral Negro Award for Best Animated Short at the eighth annual Festival of Latin American Cinema. WILLIAM SALAZAR (Supervising Animator) has supervised the animation for several central characters in DreamWorks' traditionally animated features. He was most recently the supervising animator for the female lead character, Marina, in "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas." He had previously served as the supervising animator for the equine love interest, Rain, in "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron," as well as the characters of Tulio in "The Road to El Dorado" and Young Moses in "The Prince of Egypt." Hailing from Corsica, France, Salazar graduated from Paris' animation school CFT Gobelins in 1980. He went on to work at Amblimation, where he served as an assistant animator on "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West," as an animator on "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story," and as a supervising animator on the three comedic dogs, Nikki, Kaltag and Star, in "Balto."
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