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DONNIE DARKO - OFFICIAL PRESS KIT
About The Filmmakers
Richard Kelly (Writer/Director)
26 year-old Richard Kelly makes his feature film directorial and screenwriting debut with Donnie Darko, a
provocative, kaleidoscopic journey through 1980s suburbia with a time-traveling twist. Kelly recently graduated
from the University of Southern California and previously directed two short films: The Goodbye Place and Visceral
Matter. Donnie Darko was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival, where Kelly was lauded as one of the festival's
most promising new discoveries. Kelly's future projects include Knowing, the story of a man who discovers a time
capsule containing children's predictions for the future.
Sean McKittrick (Producer)
Sean McKittrick attended UCLA and shortly after graduation produced Richard Kelly's short film, Visceral Matter.
McKittrick went on to join the development staff at New Line Cinema, working under Executive Vice President Lynn
Harris. He and Richard Kelly then resumed their partnership with a one-hour comedy-drama pilot, "The Left Coast,"
for Fox. He and Kelly are currently developing several feature film projects.
Nancy Juvonen (Producer)
Nancy Juvonen founded Flower Films with partner Drew Barrymore in 1995. Their first feature, Never Been Kissed,
opened to enthusiastic reviews and earned over $100 million in worldwide box office. The company recently produced
the smash hit Charlie's Angels, which has garnered over $200 million worldwide. For television, Flower produced
the Emmy-nominated special "Olive, the Other Reindeer" with Matt Groening. The company has numerous projects in
various stages of development.
Hunt Lowry (Executive Producer)
Hunt Lowry heads Gaylord Films and its specialty division, Pandora. As a producer, his credits include such films as
Jon Turtletaub's The Kid starring Bruce Willis; Turtletaub's Instinct with Anthony Hopkins; Joel Schumacher's A Time
To Kill starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey and Ashley Judd; Jerry Zucker's First Knight with Sean Connery
and Richard Gere; and Bruce Joel Rubin's My Life starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman. Lowry also produced The Last
of the Mohicans directed by Michael Mann and starring Daniel Day Lewis and Madeline Stowe; Only The Lonely directed by
John Hughes; Revenge starring Kevin Costner, Madeline Stowe and Anthony Quinn; as well as Career Opportunities, Get Crazy
and Top Secret. Upcoming films include White Oleander, A Walk to Remember , Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and
Wonder Twins. For television, Lowry served as executive producer on HBO's "Baja Oklahoma" and network television's
"Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn." He produced the mini-series "Dream West"
and his telefilms include "His Mistress," "Wild Horses" and "Surviving" for ABC Theatre.
Casey La Scala (Executive Producer)
Casey La Scala oversees production for Gaylord Films and its specialty division, Pandora. Previously, he served as a
Production Executive at Touchstone Pictures, where he supervised development and production of numerous feature film
projects including Ransom, Nothing to Lose, Father of the Bride 2, Enemy of the State and Armageddon. Prior to that,
he was a development executive at Carolco Pictures and a story analyst at Midnight Sun Pictures and Douglas/Reuther.
La Scala also served as an assistant Story Editor at Imagine Films Entertainment.
Steven Poster (Director of Photography)
Award-winning cinematographer Steven Poster worked closely with director Richard Kelly to develop the distinctive
visual world of Donnie Darko. Poster previously was nominated for an ASC Award for Best Cinematographer for his
work on Ridley Scott's Someone to Watch Over Me. His other credits include Patrice Leconte's Une Chance Sur Deaux,
Rocky V, The Boy Who Could Fly, Testament, Life Stinks, Big Top Pee-wee, Cemetery Club and Stuart Little II.
His television movies include "The Roswell Incident," " I'll Take Manhattan," "Courage" and "The Color of Justice."
Poster also filmed Madonna's award-winning, controversial music video "Like A Prayer." In addition, he has shot
over one thousand television commercials. Poster is Vice President of both the American Society of Cinematographers
and the International Cinematographer's Guild.
Alexander Hammond (Production Designer)
Production designer Alexander Hammond brings a mythical 80s suburb to life in Donnie Darko. Hammond's work was most
recently seen in Rod Lurie's The Contender starring Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Jeff Bridges. His credits as an art
director include Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me and Lost and Found. Hammond's forthcoming features include Viva
Las Nowhere directed by Jason Bloom and Four Dogs Playing Poker directed by Paul Rachman. Among his other credits are
Let The Devil Wear Black, October 22, Back to Even, Self Storage and Dry Spell.
April Ferry (Costume Designer)
April Ferry has established an incredibly diverse array of costume designing credits, for both film and television.
She received an Oscar nomination for her work on Maverick starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster and her recent work
includes John Herzfeld's stylish action drama Fifteen Minutes, the submarine thriller U-571 and Robert Iscove's teen
comedy Boys and Girls. Among Ferry's design credits are Brokedown Palace, Playing By Heart, Flubber; Shadow Conspiracy;
The Associate, Little Giants, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Free Willy, Beethoven's 2nd, Unlawful Entry, The Babe, Radio
Flyer and Almost an Angel. Ferry's credits for television include John Herzfeld's "Don King: Only in America" and
"The Rockford Files." In addition, she received an Emmy nomination for her costume designs for "My Name Is Bill W."
Eric Strand (Editor)
Eric Strand's most recent credits include John Woo's Misson: Impossible 2, Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon 4 and Renny
Harlin's Deep Blue Sea. His previous editing credits include Keoni Waxman's Countdown and The Hunted. Strand also donated
his time to edit a short entitled Glory Girl for Martha Cotton at the "Director's Workshop for Women" at the AFI. He also
served as Additional Film Editor on the John Hughes film She's Having a Baby and The Experts. As an assistant editor, his
credits include Gremlins, Staying Alive, Firestarter, To Live and Die in L.A., Eddie Murphy RAW, White Palace, Hand That
Rocks the Cradle, I'll Do Anything and Cutthroat Island. For television, Strand has served as an assistant editor on
"Hill Street Blues" and the television film "Stagecoach," both of which were nominated for Eddy Awards for Best Editing.
Sam Bauer (Editor)
Sam Bauer previously edited Richard Kelly's short film Visceral Matter. Prior to that, he worked as a freelance editor at local
commercial houses including Imaginary Forces where he worked on campaigns for Cadillac and Morgan Stanley. Bauer also recently
edited a music video for the band "Nashville Pussy".
Michael Andrews (Composer)
Michael Andrews' work last appeared in the independent feature Zero Effect, directed by Jake Kasdan, for which his band,
"Greyboy All-Star," provided the score. His other credits include the feature film A Time For Dancing and the television
series "Freaks and Geeks" and the upcoming Orange County and Company Man.
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