Bryan
Gordon wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning short film, Ray's Male
Heterosexual Dance Hall. Gordon was originally an actor in off-Broadway
theatre, who turned to writing for the stage, eventually moving into television.
He was responsible for the writing of numerous variety shows and pilots for
artists ranging from Steve Martin to The Pointer Sisters. He has also directed
for television, including episodes of the series "The Wonder Years"
and "Bakersfield, P.D."
Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum was where, as a playwright, Gordon first began writing screenplays. His screenplay for PIE IN THE SKY was developed with the assistance of Sundance Institute's Screenwriters and Filmmakers workshops. Gordon recently completed a script entitled, Late Love, and is currently writing a script for Universal titled Momentum, situated in the behind-the-scenes world of sports broadcasting.
Mindel/Shaw Productions was formed in 1992 by Denise Shaw and Allan Mindel. Their first feature, Bodies, Rest and Motion, starred Eric Stoltz, Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, and Tim Roth, and was directed by Michael Steinberg. They just recently produced Bed of Roses, starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson, directed by Michael Goldenberg, which will be released later by New Line Cinema.
Shaw got her start in motion pictures in production and acquisitions for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. She followed with a stint as a literary agent at the William Morris Agency, where her specialty was working with writer/directors. In 1987 she relocated to the Gersh Agency, where she added packaging to her work.
In 1989 Shaw joined Allan Mindel at Flick East-West Talent, to start a packaging division for independent feature films. Bodies, Rest and Motion was her first effort as a producer.
Mindel got his start on the production side of the film business when he executive produced Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho, starring Keanu Reeves and the late River Phoenix.
Mindel was the co-founder of Click Models, and founder of Flick East-West Talent Agency. At Click, he represented many of the top models who were at the forefront of the supermodel surge in the 1980s. After opening Flick, he helped start the acting careers of such talents as Isabella Rossellini, Lorraine Bracco, Uma Thurman, Kelly Lynch, Carey Lowell, Annabella Sciorra, and Viggo Mortensen.
Bernd Heinl has worked on several of director Percy Adlon's movies, including Bagdad Cafe, Rosalie Goes Shopping, and Younger and Younger. A veteran of European films, television series and commercials, Heinl was also the eyes behind the lens on Bodies, Rest and Motion, Suburban Commando, and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.
Michael Convertino is a musician whose background includes classical and jazz composition. Educated at Yale and the Paris Conservatory, Convertino's extraordinary range is reflected in his musical history. His auspicious classical composition debut took place at the age of 23 at Carnegie Hall. He was the front man for the Yale Jazz Band, and was the singer/songwriter for the rock group, The Innocents.
Children of a Lesser God was his feature film debut, which earned him Oscar and Grammy nominations, as well as the NARAS Soundtrack of the Year Award. His other film scores include Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead, The Santa Clause, Guarding Tess, Bull Durham, The Doctor, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, A Home of Our Own, and Waterdance. PIE IN THE SKY also reunites Convertino with the producing team of Denise Shaw and Allan Mindel, with whom he scored Bodies, Rest and Motion and New Line Cinema's upcoming release, Bed of Roses.
Colleen Halsey's debut in film editing was her stint as the assistant editor on Paul Mazursky's comedy, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, followed by Mannequin and Dragnet.
As a co-film editor, she not only did comedies such as Sister Act, Earth Girls are Easy, Getting Even with Dad, and So I Married an Axe Murderer, but expanded into dramas with Beaches, Article 99, and into the genre-busting films Joe vs. the Volcano and Edward Scissorshands.
Halsey's credit as film editor was seen on Mighty Ducks III prior to PIE IN THE SKY.
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