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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House

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SYNOPSIS

Based on a true story of the most famous anonymous man in American history: Mark Felt, the FBI second-in-command who was the “Deep Throat” whistleblower in the 1970s Watergate scandal.

The identity of the secret informant remained a source of intense public curiosity and speculation for over thirty years, until Felt revealed himself through an article in Vanity Fair in 2005.

While his name has been public for a decade, few know about the personal and professional life of the brilliant and uncompromising Felt, who risked and ultimately sacrificed everything, including his family, career, and ultimately his freedom, to bring what he knew to light.

MARK FELT shows us Watergate as we’ve never seen it before, flipping the perspective from All the President’s Men’s journalists-on-the-street to a view from the highest offices of power, an extraordinary window into a government in turmoil. The story of far-reaching White House corruption, of which the Watergate break-in was only a lone example.

As current events strike startling parallels to the political turmoil of the Watergate era—including power struggles between the executive branch and the FBI, evidence of election dirty tricks, and renewed White House challenges to the veracity of the media—Mark Felt’s story could not be more timely.

Written and directed by Peter Landesman (CONCUSSION, PARKLAND), the film is headed by Academy Award® nominated Liam Neeson as Mark Felt, as well as Academy Award® nominated Diane Lane, as his wife Audrey. The film’s cast also includes such celebrated actors as: Marton Csokas (Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray); Tony Goldwyn, Josh Lucas, Ike Barinholtz, Brian d’Arcy James (FBI Agents Ed Miller, Charlie Bates, Angelo Lano, and Robert Kunkel); Tom Sizemore (Felt’s FBI rival, Bill Sullivan); Michael C. Hall (John Dean); Wendi McLendon-Covey (Felt’s secretary Carol Tschudy); Bruce Greenwood (Sandy Smith); Julian Morris (Bob Woodward); Maika Monroe (Felt’s daughter Joan); Kate Walsh (Ed Miller’s wife Pat); Noah Wyle (Federal Prosecutor Stan Pottinger); and Eddie Marsan (Agency Man).

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

Some stories simply call out to you. I was a former investigative reporter and war correspondent in Chicago the day Vanity Fair broke the identity of Deep Throat. It was July 2005. Nixon had resigned in 1973. Woodward and Bernstein, and the infamous source on Nixonian corruptions himself, had kept the name a secret for more than thirty years. When Mark Felt outed himself, you could feel anticlimax in the air, almost a disappointment. Felt wasn't sexy. He wasn't a celebrity. A life-long FBI man, the infantry of law enforcement. I'd never even heard of him, but I knew one thing for sure: the seeming banality of the true identity of Deep Throat was going to end up being precisely why Felt was one of the great stories of our time. Who the hell was this guy to step into the breach revealing a president’s sins, and corruptions? Who did this anonymous “ditch-digger” think he was to help change the course of history?

I called my agent from Chicago. I instructed her to do whatever it took to get me in the room with the producers hiring the screenwriter to write this movie. (I hadn't yet started directing.) I was going to visit Felt, and then I was going to Washington, to find out not just who this guy was, and how he pulled this off, but why. When I found out why, I was floored. Politics barely had a thing to do with it. It was principle, and it came at the steepest possible price - his career, all his friendships, his wife's life, and his future. He had self-immolated in the quiet dark and no one knew. Woodward knew how he did it, obviously, and as a filmmaker I wanted to tell the world why.

Lifer lawman discovers corruptions emanating from the highest office in the land, does all he can to investigate, is gagged by orders to implicitly join the cover-up, faces the moral crisis of a man built to defend truth and justice, ultimately chooses to sacrifice all he knows and stands for in the name of a higher calling.

Felt became to me an object of honor. I related personally to all of this, and owe him the debt of his story. We all do.

The film dives through the Looking Glass of America's most important journalistic moment, the unveiling of the anonymous source, Deep Throat. Felt had a lot more going on at the time than just Watergate. His story is mythic.

The epic nature of the real story gave me certain freedoms as a filmmaker. I looked at Felt's isolations- at work, at home- and the stakes, and saw the mythic romance of his situation. It made me want to make this film exceedingly beautiful, the way an Edward Hopper painting can be beautiful and vertigo-inducing. I didn't want an overtly period look, didn't want to pull that trick of making the movie seem as if it was shot in the 70' s. But I didn't want a crisp contemporary feel either. I chose a palette unique to Felt and unique to his world. The mess of the 60's was over; the modernization of the 70's hadn't yet begun. The early 70's was an interstitial space. So, I shot on a digital camera, but with vintage anamorphic lenses for an organic painterly look. As if the camera were the eyes of a voyeur, with his own subjective point of view about what and who we're watching. I created a wall of images by Todd Hido and Saul Leteir, photographers who captured a particularly American brand of isolation, using color that was moody but never artificial. I shot almost everything through blue filters to cool everything off. Cool but never cold. Colors play the emotions.

Liam Neeson as Felt was more than casting. The actor taking Felt on would be stepping into enormous, but invisible shoes. This film would be Deep Throat's coming out. Liam, elegant and tall and quiet in body like Felt, was really, now that I think about it, my only choice. His integrity- as a man, as an artist- mirrors Felt's. The way other actors in our business clamor to work with him, his diligence as a professional on set- all of this reminded me of Felt in the FBI, and at home: stoic, measured, incisive... and a killer, when he had to be.

I was determined to surround Liam with the best character actors working, even to come in for a single scene. This is as much a movie about reaction and strategic silence, as it is about dialog and plot. It's harder, and more interesting, for an actor to tell story without saying a word. I asked Diane Lane to play Felt's combustible and troubled wife, Audrey, because of her ability to play strong, fearsome and frail at the same time. Tony Goldwyn and Josh Lucas, top actors on all size screens, as Felt's FBI lieutenants. Brian D' Arcy James, Michael C. Hall, Eddie Marsan, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Greenwood, Marton Csokas, Noah Wyle - all did this film in support of Liam as Felt, and to lend the story the depth and integrity it demands.

- Peter Landesman

Cast

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Mark Felt

Liam Neeson received Academy Award®, Golden Globe® Award, and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Best Picture Oscar® winner SCHINDLER’S LIST.

Three years later, he played the title role in Neil Jordan’s biopic MICHAEL COLLINS, earning another Golden Globe® nomination and winning an Evening Standard British Film Award and the 1996 Venice International Film Festival’s Volpi Cup for Best Actor.

Neeson garnered his third Golden Globe® nomination, an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for his portrayal of Alfred Kinsey in Bill Condon’s KINSEY (2004).

He will next be seen on-screen in Jaume Collet-Serra’s THE COMMUTER, Hans Petter Moland’s HARD POWDER, and Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS. Neeson has appeared in over 70 films, including the blockbuster TAKEN trilogy; Joe Carnahan’s THE GREY; Bille August’s LES MISÉRABLES; George Lucas’ STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - THE PHANTOM MENACE; Christopher Nolan’s BATMAN BEGINS; Richard Curtis’ LOVE ACTUALLY; Martin Scorsese’s GANGS OF NEW YORK and SILENCE; and JA Bayona’s A MONSTER CALLS.

Neeson made his Broadway debut in 1993, receiving a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Eugene O’Neill’s 1921 drama ANNA CHRISTIE.

He is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and a proud father of two sons.

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Audrey Felt

Diane Lane was named Best Actress by the New York Film Critics and National Society of Film Critics, and received Academy Award®, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe® nominations for her starring role as an adulterous wife in Adrian Lyne’s UNFAITHFUL (2002), opposite Richard Gere.

She made her film debut at age 13 opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in George Roy Hill’s A LITTLE ROMANCE in 1978. Her additional screen credits include: Audrey Wells’ UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, for which she earned Lane another Golden Globe® nomination; NIGHTS IN RODANTHE, HOLLYWOODLAND, MUST LOVE DOGS, A PERFECT STORM, with A WALK ON THE MOON, (garnering Lane an Independent Spirit Award nomination), TRUMBO, and CHAPLIN. Lane has co-starred in four films with director Francis Ford Coppola: THE OUTSIDERS, RUMBLE FISH, THE COTTON CLUB, and JACK. Most recently, she starred in PARIS CAN WAIT, directed by Eleanor Coppola. Later this year, she will reprise her role as “Martha Kent” in JUSTICE LEAGUE.

On television, Lane earned Emmy®, Golden Globe® and SAG Award® nominations for her leading role in HBO’s “Cinema Verite” (2011). She also received an Emmy nomination for her role as “Lorena” in the CBS series “Lonesome Dove,” co-starred as “Stella” in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and starred in the CBS epic miniseries “The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.”

Lane answered a call for child actors at the legendary La MaMa Experimental Theater at age 6, and spent the next five years in multiple productions both in New York and international touring theatre festivals. Additional stage credits include The Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2016 production of “The Cherry Orchard,” having made her Broadway debut as a child in Joseph Papp’s 1977 revival of the play at Lincoln Center. Lane claims she “grew up backstage” at Lincoln Center, with her second show there that same year with “Agamemnon.” In 2015, she returned to Lincoln Center yet again, starring in Bathsheba Doran’s “The Mystery of Love and Sex.”

In February 2016, Lane committed $20,000 towards a four-year, $5,000 annual grant for NYC-based female educators vested in music in honor of composer Elizabeth Swados, in association with the Ziegfeld Club.

Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas

L. Patrick Gray

Marton Csokas recently starred alongside Joel Egerton in Jeff Nichols’ critically acclaimed film, LOVING (2016 Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals). He will be seen next in TRUE CRIMES with Jim Carrey; the supernatural thriller VOICE FROM THE STONE, opposite Emilia Clarke; and BURN YOUR MAPS (2016 Toronto Film Festival), with Jacob Tremblay and Vera Farmiga.

Csokas starred opposite Denzel Washington in Sony’s hit film THE EQUALIZER. Most famously, he starred as “Lord Celeborn” in one of the highest-grossing film series of all time, Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. His additional film credits include: Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH; Robert Rodriguez’s SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR; THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone; Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND; THE DEBT, with Jessica Chastain; David Mackenzie’s ASYLUM; Paul Greengrass’ THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, with Matt Damon; and Ridley Scott’s KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

On the small screen, Csokas starred as “Quinn” in AMC’s dystopian martial arts thriller “Into the Badlands.” He also starred in the History Channel miniseries “Sons of Liberty” as well as the Discovery Channel miniseries “Klondike,” with Tim Roth and Sam Shepard.

On stage, Csokas continues to work internationally, starring most recently as “Astrov” in The Goodman Theatre’s production of “Uncle Vanya,” directed by Robert Falls. He also starred in acclaimed director Ivo van Hove’s production of Lillian Hellman’s “Little Foxes” at The New York Theatre Workshop; the play was cited by Time Magazine as one of the “Top 10 of Everything of 2010.” His additional theatre credits include “Orsino” in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at the National Theatre of Great Britain, “Anthony” in “Anthony and Cleopatra” at the Theatre of a New Audience, “Brutus” in "Julius Caesar" and ‘Septimus’ in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” in Csokas’ birthplace of New Zealand. On the Australian stage, Csokas starred as “George” in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” directed by Benedict Andrews of the Schaubuhne Theatre in Berlin and in “Riflemind,” directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Sydney Theatre Company.

Csokas (pronounced “Chokash”) has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama, Acting, from Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa, The New Zealand Drama School.

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

Ed Miller

Tony Goldwyn is an actor, director, and producer who is juggling multiple projects both behind and in front of the camera. Currently starring as “President Fitzgerald Grant’ in Shonda Rhimes’ hit series “Scandal,” Goldwyn recently wrapped production on A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY with Sharon Stone, and starred in MGM’s THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, written and produced by James Gunn. Previously, he co-created and executive produced the AMC series “The Divide,” directing the two hour pilot while partner Richard LaGravenese wrote the episodes. He also starred as Warren Jeffs in the Lifetime movie, “Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs” and appeared in the hit features DIVERGENT and INSURGENT.

In addition to acting on the show, Goldwyn has directed multiple episodes of “Scandal.” His other television directing credits include “Dexter,” “Justified,” “Law & Order,” “Damages,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “The L Word,” among others.

Goldwyn made an auspicious feature directorial debut with A WALK ON THE MOON, starring Diane Lane and Viggo Mortensen. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive universal praise from critics as well as winning a special recognition from the National Board of Review for Excellence in Filmmaking. His subsequent feature directing credits include THE LAST KISS, for which Goldwyn received Best Director from the Boston Film Festival, the romantic comedy “SOMEONE LIKE YOU, and CONVICTION, which Goldwyn also produced. The latter film earned Hilary Swank a SAG Award nomination, won Best Film at the Boston Film Festival and was awarded a Freedom of Expression honor from the National Board of Review.

As an actor, Goldwyn first caught audiences’ attention with his portrayal of the villain in the box office smash GHOST. His other films include: THE PELICAN BRIEF, KISS THE GIRLS; Oliver Stone’s NIXON; THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE; THE LAST SAMURAI; the remake of Wes Craven’s THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT; and the title voice in Disney’s animated feature TARZAN.

His other television acting credits include “The Good Wife,” “Dexter,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Without A Trace,” “The L Word,” the HBO Mini-Series “From The Earth To The Moon,” “Frasier,” “Murphy Brown,” and “Designing Women,” where he touchingly portrayed the first AIDS victim on a prime time series.

Goldwyn began his acting career on the stage, spending seven seasons at the Williamstown Theater Festival. His New York theater credits include “The Water’s Edge” at the 2nd Stage Theater, “The Dying Gaul” at the Vineyard Theater, “Holiday” at The Circle in the Square opposite Laura Linney, “Spike Heels” with Kevin Bacon at 2nd Stage, “The Sum of Us” at the Cherry Lane Theater, for which he earned an Obie Award, and “Digby” at the Manhattan Theater Club. His most recent stage credit was starring in the revival of the hit musical “Promises, Promises” on Broadway.

Ike Barinholtz

Ike Barinholtz

Angelo Lano

Ike Barinholtz currently stars on Hulu’s “The Mindy Project,” which is in production on its sixth and final season. He also served as a writer and producer on the show for the first five seasons. He was most recently seen in Fox’s “Snatched,” alongside Amy Schumer, and recently wrapped production on the Netflix/David Ayer movie BRIGHT and Universal’s THE PACT, alongside Leslie Mann and John Cena.

Most recently, Barinholtz was seen reprising his role in Universal’s NEIGHBORS 2, appearing in SUICIDE SQUAD and starring alongside Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in Universal’s SISTERS. Additionally, he wrote the action comedy CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE with his writing partner David Stassen which came out last summer. Barinholtz and Stassen are also reteaming to write an untitled basketball comedy for Universal which will star Amy Poehler.

Previously, Barinholtz was a series regular on FOX’s “Mad TV” for five seasons and had a recurring role on HBO’s “Eastbound and Down” and FX’s “The League.” He has also appeared on “Weeds” and “Children’s Hospital.” He was the star and co-creator of the Spike TV pilot “Mega Winner” and is an alumnus of Amsterdam’s comedy troupe “Boom Chicago.”

Barinholtz’s additional feature credits include NEIGHBORS, MEET THE SPARTANS, DISASTER MOVIE and the indies SHRINK, LOCK AND ROLL FOREVER and INVENTING ADAM.

Josh Lucas

Josh Lucas

Charlie Bates

Josh Lucas rceived his first breaks playing a young George Armstrong Custer in the Steven Spielberg produced “Class of ’61” and in Frank Marshall’s film ALIVE. In 1997 he was cast as Judas in Terrence McNally’s controversial Manhattan Theater Club production “Corpus Christi.” The play led to supporting roles in the films YOU CAN COUNT ON ME and AMERICAN PSYCHO, followed by standout performances in the Oscar® winning A BEAUTIFUL MIND and the box office hit SWEET HOME ALABAMA. Lucas’ other film credits include: Ang Lee’s HULK, David Gordon Green’s UNDERTOW, SECONDHAND LIONS, POSEIDON, GLORY ROAD, WONDERLAND, THE LINCOLN LAWYER, DAYDREAM NATION, BIG SUR, PEACOCK, Clint Eastwood’s J. EDGAR as Charles Lindbergh, RED DOG (won Australia’s best actor award, the I.F. Award), John Magary’s Independent Spirit Award nominated THE MEND, BOY CHOIR, LITTLE ACCIDENTS, YOUTH IN OREGON, and Netflix’s THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA.

Lucas made his Broadway debut in Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” and his other theater credits include the award winning off-Broadway production “Spalding Gray: Stories Left Untold” and “Fault Lines.” He will return to the stage this fall for Beau Willimon’s (“House of Cards”) “The Parisian Woman,” opposite Uma Thurman. The play, based on Henry Becque’s 1885 farce “La Parisienne,” follows D.C. social operative Chloe (Thurman), whose husband Tom (Lucas) is “near the bottom of the shortlist” of possible nominees for a judgeship. She’s determined to move him to the top of that list through the efforts of a powerful lobbyist who also happens to be her lover.

Lucas’ first producing project DEATH IN LOVE, released in 2009. He also recently starred for two seasons on NBC’s series “The Mysteries Of Laura” opposite Debra Messing.

Lucas also recently completed production in Baltimore on John Hyam’s ALL SQUARE, and in Copenhagen on the independent film GUARDIAN ANGEL, opposite Pilou Asbæk.

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Wendi McLendon-Covey

Carol Tschundy

Wendi McLendon-Covey stars as family matriarch “Beverly Goldberg” on the ABC series “The Goldbergs,” which was recently picked up for two more seasons and will premiere its 5th season in October 2017. She has been nominated for two Critics Choice awards for her portrayal of fan favorite “Beverly.”

McLendon-Covey is best known on the big screening for her starring role in the hit comedy BRIDESMAIDS. She was also recently seen in Michael Showalter’s HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, Larry Charles’ ARMY OF ONE, opposite Nicolas Cage, and will soon be seen in Scott Speer’s comedy STATUS UPDATE. Her other film credits include: THINK LIKE A MAN TOO, with Kevin Hart and Regina Hall; and BLENDED, opposite Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.

In 2015, McLendon-Covey was tapped to host Ellen DeGeneres’ “Repeat After Me,” a reality comedy show where celebrity guests were placed to interact with everyday people while following improvised instructions from her via earpiece.

Comedy fans will recognize her from her five year arc on “Reno 911,” as well as roles on “Lovespring International” and “Rules of Engagement.”

She got her start at the world famous “Groundlings Theater” in Los Angeles, where she excelled at both improv and sketch comedy. She currently resides in Los Angeles, with her husband.

Brian D'Arcy James

Brian D'Arcy James

Robert Kunkel

Brian D'Arcy James was awarded the 2016 SAG Award, Critics Choice Award, Gotham Award and the Independent Spirit’s Robert Altman Award for Best Ensemble, for his portrayal of “Matt Carroll” in the 2016 Best Picture Oscar®-winning film SPOTLIGHT starring opposite Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams.

James is a celebrated stage actor who has received three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway in the hit musical “Something Rotten,” “Shrek the Musical,” and “Sweet Smell of Success.” In 2015, he originated the role of King George in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” off-Broadway.

His upcoming film projects include: Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, MOLLY’S GAME, opposite Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain; Stephen King’s 1922, directed by Zak Hilditch; SONG OF BACK AND NECK, directed by Paul Lieberstein; Theresa Rebeck’s TROUBLE, starring Anjelica Huston; and Danny Strong’s JD Salinger biopic REBEL IN THE RYE, starring Nicholas Hoult and Kevin Spacey.

On television, James appears in the new Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” and starred in Discovery Channel’s “Manhunt: Unibomber.”

As a concert artist, James has performed worldwide at venues that included The White House, Madison Square Garden, and Carnegie Hall.

Maika Monroe

Maika Monroe

Joan Felt

Maika Monroe was highly praised for her performance in the leading role of “Jay Height” in the hit horror film, IT FOLLOWS, which was nominated for a 2016 Critics Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie. The film screened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival succeeding its acclaimed world debut at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a nomination for the Critics Week Grand Prize.

Her performances in the drama AT ANY PRICE (2012), starring opposite Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid (Venice, Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals), Jason Reitman’s LABOR DAY (2013), opposite Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet, the psychological thriller THE GUEST (2014 Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals), and IT FOLLOWS, led Variety to place Monroe on their list of of “10 Actors to Watch for 2015.” In 2016, she was seen in Roland Emmerich’s INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (2016), opposite Liam Hemsworth.

Upcoming for Monroe are an adaptation of Joy Nicholson’s young adult novel THE TRIBES OF PALOS VERDES, alongside Jennifer Garner; Elijah Bynum’s HOT SUMMER NIGHTS, with Emory Cohen; and Federico D'Alessandro’s sci-fi thriller TAU.

In addition to her film career, the Santa Barbara, California native is also one of the top-ranked female kiteboarders (kite surfers) in the world. She has competed on a global level for six years and took second place at the 2012 Red Bull International Big Air Style competition.

Michael C Hall

Michael C. Hall

John Dean

Michael C. Hall most recently appeared on screen as anchorman George Ryan opposite Rebecca Hall in Antonio Campos’ CHRISTINE, which premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. His film credits also include Jim Mickle’s COLD IN JULY with Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, in which Hall starred as a Texas man who kills a home intruder and KILL YOUR DARLINGS, John Krokidas’ feature about a 1944 murder that draws together the great poets of the beat generation.

Hall is perhaps best known for his work on the acclaimed television series “Six Feet Under” (two SAG ensemble awards, Emmy nomination) and “Dexter” (SAG, Golden Globe® awards, five Emmy nominations). This month, he began work on “Safe,” an eight-part drama executive produced by Harlan Coben and written by Danny Brocklehurst for Netflix and Canal Plus. Hall plays Tom, a pediatric surgeon raising teenage daughters Jenny and Carrie in a picturesque gated community after the death of his wife. Everyone seems to be recovering and thriving, until one evening, Jenny sneaks out to a party. A murder and a disappearance ensue, bringing buried secrets to the surface. The drama premieres next year.

On stage, Hall most recently starred as Thomas Newton in the New York Theatre Workshop production of “Lazarus” (Drama Desk, Drama League, Lucille Lortel award nominations) by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, directed by Ivo van Hove and inspired by the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis. Last fall, “Lazarus” transferred to London’s King’s Cross Theater, where it ran until late January. Hall previously portrayed the title character in the Broadway production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” directed by Michael Mayer from the book by John Cameron Mitchell, with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask. He also starred in Will Eno’s Broadway production of “The Realistic Joneses” (Drama League Award nomination) directed by Sam Gold and co-starring Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei. Hall made his Broadway debut in 1999 as the Master of Ceremonies in Sam Mendes’ revival of “Cabaret” and portrayed“Billy Flynn” in 2002 in the revival of “Chicago.” Off-Broadway, Hall’s credits include the Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Mr. Marmalade,” “Cymbeline,” “Macbeth,” “Timon of Athens,” and “Henry V” at the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, “The English Teachers” for MCC, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Corpus Christi,” “Romeo and Juliet” at Center Stage, “R Shoman” at Williamstown and “Skylight” at the Mark Taper Forum.

Bill Sullivan

Tom Sizemore

Bill Sullivan

Tom Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., a lawyer and professor. Sizemore grew up idolizing the tough-guy characters of the movies he watched. After attending Wayne State University, he got his Master’s degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986.

His first break came when Oliver Stone cast him in a bit part in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY in 1989. Bigger roles soon followed throughout the 1990s, including GUILTY BY SUSPICION, TRUE ROMANCE, STRIKING DISTANCE, WYATT EARP (as “Bat Masterson), NATURAL BORN KILLERS (as “Detective Jack Scagnetti”), DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, STRANGE DAYS, and Michael Mann’s HEAT, THE RELIC, Steven Spielberg’s SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (as “Sergeant Horvath”), ENEMY OF THE STATE, Martin Scorsese’s BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, and PLAY IT TO THE BONE.

Sizemore’s subsequent films include: RED PLANET, PEARL HARBOR, Ridley Scott’s BLACK HAWK DAWN, SWINDLE, BIG TROUBLE, WELCOME TO AMERICA, DREAMCATCHER, PAPARAZZI, THE NICKEL CHILDREN, BORN KILLERS, NO RULES, ZYZZYX RD, THE GENIUS CLUB, WHITE AIR, BOTTOM FEEDER, GAME OF LIFE, PROTECTING THE KING, FURNACE, A BROKEN LIFE, AMERICAN SON, THE FLYBOYS, RED, THE ACQUIRER, THE LAST LULLABY, STILETTO, TOXIC, COMMUTE, THE GRIND, 21 AND A WAKE-UP, DOUBLE DUTY, BIG MONEY RUSTLAS, SHADOWS IN PARADISE, THE AUCTIONEERS, BAD ASS, BLACK GOLD, CELLMATES, CONTRACTOR’S ROUTINE, SUING THE DEVIL, THE SPEAK, THE SNITCH CARTEL, THE SAINTS OF MT. CHRISTOPHER, SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTER, EL BOSC, VISIBLE SCARS, PIECES, GROUNDED, THE BANKSTERS, MADOFF WITH AMERICA, 5 HOUR FRIENDS, METH HEAD, CHLORINE, PARANORMAL MOVIE, REMNANTS, CROSSHAIRS, FIVE THIRTEEN, BEFORE I SLEEP, THE DRUNK, MURDER101, BORDERING ON BAD BEHAVIOR, PRIVATE NUMBER, REACH ME, THE AGE OF REASON, SWAT: UNIT 887, THE INTRUDERS, LAUGH KILLER LAUGH, ASSASSIN’S GAME, 6 WAYS TO DIE, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: DARKEST DAWN, ALTERNATE REALITIES, IF I TELL YOU I HAVE TO KILL YOU, CLANDESTINE, DURANT’S NEVER CLOSES, WEAPONiZED, HALLOWEED, CROSSING POINT, WOLF MOTHER, HUNTING SEASON, TRADED, THE BRONX BULL, USS INDIANAPOLIS: MAN OF COURAGE, BETTER CRIMINAL, CALICO SKIES, EXIT 14, MISIRLOU, COLLAR, SECRETS OF DECEPTION, CROSS WARS, JOE’S WAR, BLUE LINE, ATOMICA, BAD FRANK, and UNKILLABLE.

His recent TV work includes: “Crash,” “Southland,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,”

“Hawaii Five-O” (recurring role of “Captain Vincent Fryer), “Perception,” “The Red Road,”

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Lucifer,” “Shooter,” and “Twin Peaks” (recurring role of “Anthony Sinclair”).

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Sandy Smith

Bruce Greenwood was most recently in Ryan Murphy’s award-winning series “American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson” playing District Attorney Gil Garcetti, and as “Dr. Jake Houseman,” father of “Baby” in ABC’s recent adaptation of “Dirty Dancing.” He played the love interest of Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) on the last season of “Mad Men.”

He has twice played American presidents, in THIRTEEN DAYS (as JFK, winning a Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor) and in NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, plus CBS News President Andrew Heyward in TRUTH. He played “Captain Christopher Pike” in STAR TREK and STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. He has acted in five films for Atom Egoyan: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, DEVIL’S KNOT, EXOTICA, and THE SWEET HEREAFTER.

Greenwood’s other feature films include: WILD ORCHID, PASSENGER 57, THICK AS THIEVES, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, THE LOST SON, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, HERE ON EARTH, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, I, ROBOT, BEING JULIA, RACING STRIPES, THE WORLD’S FASTEST INDIAN, CAPOTE, EIGHT BELOW, DÉJÀ VU, FIREHOUSE DOG, I’M NOT THERE, MAO’S LAST DANCER, MEEKS CUTOFF, BARNEY’S VERSION, DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS, SUPER 8, FLIGHT, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, DONOVAN’S ECHO, ENDLESS LOVE, GOOD KILL, ELEPHANT SONG, WILDLIKE, SPECTRAL, and GOLD.

He also enjoys a diverse and successful career in television, including the ABC series “The River,” the holiday movie “A Dog Named Christmas,” and the David Milch HBO series “John from Cincinnati.” His other television credits include a regular role on “St. Elsewhere,” the “Larry Sanders Show,” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.”

Greenwood will next be seen in the title role in GERALD’S GAME, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel, opposite Carla Gugino; KODACHROME, opposite Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olson and Ed Harris; Steven Spielberg’s THE PAPERS, with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks; and the Fox TV series “The Resident.”

Julian Morris

Julian Morris

Bob Woodward

Julian Morris has appeared alongside Jon Voight in BEYOND and Tom Cruise in VALKYRIE, starred in Universal’s CRY WOLF, the British cult-hit DONKEY PUNCH and the BAFTA winning movie, KELLY + VICTOR directed by Kieran Evans, which premiered at the 2012 SXSW and garnered rave reviews from critics for both the film and Morris’ performance.

In summer 2017, Morris starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the BBC’S miniseries “Man in The Orange Shirt.” He also recently reprised his role as “Paul Dobson,” the actor-turned preacher in season two of the Amazon series “Hand of God.” Morris has also guest starred on the FOX comedy “New Girl” along with playing “Prince Phillip” in the ABC fantasy fairy-tale series “Once Upon A Time.” His past television credits also include “24” and “ER.”

Morris began his acting career at the Anna Scher Theatre in London. After training under Scher, he went on to spend three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which he merits as being a major influence on his craft.

Morris currently resides in Los Angeles and recently became a US citizen.

Kate Walsh

Kate Walsh

Pat Miller

Kate Walsh can currently be seen in Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why,” playing the role of “Olivia Baker.” She was recently nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award for her portrayal of “Holly Baker” in New York’s Roundabout Theater Company production of “If I Forget,” by Steven Levenson (Tony winner for “Dear Evan Hansen”)

Walsh is widely known for her role as “Dr. Addison Montgomery” on Shonda Rimes’ acclaimed series GREY’S ANATOMY. During her two seasons on the show, it received a SAG award for “Best Ensemble” in 2007, as well as ensemble nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The enormous success of her character led Rimes and ABC to create a spin-off series, PRIVATE PRACTICE, in 2007. The series also starred Amy Brenneman, Taye Diggs, and Paul Adelstein, and debuted as the number one show on Wednesday evenings.

Walsh’s other TV credits include series regular roles on “The Mike O’Malley Show,” “Mind of a Married Man,” and “The Drew Carey Show.” She also executive produced and starred in “Bad Judge.” In 2014, she had a four episode arc as “Gina Hess” on the first season of the critically acclaimed series “Fargo.”

Her film credits include LEGION, ANGELS CREST, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, and recently, GIRLS TRIP. Upcoming is Netflix’s #REALITYHIGH and a film adaptation of IF I FORGET, in which she reprises her stage role.

Noah Wyle

Noah Wyle

Stan Pottinger

Noah Wyle became known to audiences worldwide for his award-winning work portraying “Dr. John Carter” for twelve seasons on the NBC drama “ER.” He was nominated for five Emmys and three Golden Globes® for his work on the show, and shared four SAG Awards with the ensemble cast.

Wyle currently stars as “Flynn Carsen” and executive produces TNT’s action-adventure series “The Librarians,” which was renewed for a fourth season. He played the same role in three TV movies: “The Librarian: Quest for the Spear,” “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines,” and “The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice.”

Wyle’s other TV credits include his critically acclaimed portrayal of Steve Jobs in the Emmy-nominated “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” and starring as “Tom Mason” and serving as producer on TNT’s a series “Falling Skies.” His other recent TV roles include “Drunk History,” “Adoptable,” and “Angie Tribeca.”

His film roles include: A FEW GOOD MEN, SWING KIDS, THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS (also associate produced), DONNIE DARKO, SCENES OF THE CRIME, ENOUGH, WHITE OLEANDER, THE CALIFORNIANS, AN AMERICAN AFFAIR, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, AN AMERICAN AFFAIR, Oliver Stone’s W. (as Bush Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans), BELOW THE BELTWAY, QUEEN OF THE LOT, SNAKE & MONGOOSE, THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT, and upcoming, SHOT.

Wyle is involved in numerous issue-oriented initiatives including serving as national spokesperson for “Cover the Uninsured Week,” an unprecedented effort to bring awareness to the 44 million Americans who have no health coverage. His other philanthropic involvement includes work with the disability rights group ADAPT, Doctors of the World, Human Rights Watch, and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Agency Man

Eddie Marsan previously worked with writer/director Peter Landesman when he portrayed “Dr. Steve DeKosky” in CONCUSSION.

Marson has collaborated with Mike Leigh on three films: VERA DRAKE (2004), for which he won the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008), for which he also won a BIFA for Best Supporting Actor as well as the London Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society Of Film Critics; and the comedy short A RUNNING JUMP (2012). Marsan was also nominated for an Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actor for THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED (2009).

His other film credits include Martin Scorsese’s GANGS OF NEW YORK, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 GRAMS, David Thewlis’ CHEEKY, Woody Allen’s MATCH POINT, THE HEADSMAN, THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS, BEOWULF & GRENDEL, V FOR VENDETTA, Terrence Malick’s THE NEW WORLD, THE ILLUSIONIST, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III, Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE, SIXTY SIX, I WANT CANDY, GROW YOUR OWN, HANCOCK, Richard Linklater’s ME AND ORSON WELLES (as John Houseman), FAINTHEART, HEARTLESS, Guy Ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES, THORNE: SLEEPYHEAD, THORNE: SCAREDYCAT, LONDON BOULEVARD, TYRANNOSAUR, JUNKHEARTS, Steven Spielberg’s WAR HORSE, Guy Ritchie’s’s SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, I, ANNA, Byran Singer’s JACK THE GIANT SLAYER, THE WORLD’S END, STILL LIFE, FILTH, GOD’S POCKET, A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND, A KIND OF MURDER, THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM, Lone Scherfig’s THEIR FINEST, THE EXCEPTION, and ATOMIC BLONDE.

Marsan’s TV credits include: “The Bill,” “Get Well Soon,” Grange Hill,” “The Vice,” “The Monkey King,” “Bodily Harm,” “Judge John Deed,” “Grass,” “Silent Witness,” “Little Dorrit” (as “Pancks”), “The 39 Steps,” “Red Riding,” “Criminal Justice,” “The Sarah Jane Adventures,” “Law & Order: UK,” “Moby Dick,” “Playhouse Presents,” “Southcliffe,” “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” (as “Mr. Norrell”), “River,” and “Ray Donovan” (as Ray’s brother “Terry”), among many others.

Marsan was born in Stepney, London, to a working class family. He served an apprenticeship as a printer before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. He is a patron for the School of the Science of Acting and Kazzum, a children’s theatre company that promotes the acceptance of diversity. He is married to the make-up artist Janine Schneider and they have four children.

Filmmakers

Peter Landesman

Peter Landesman

Writer/Director/Producer

Peter Landesman began his filmmaking and TV career after starting as an award-winning painter and novelist, and investigative journalist and war correspondent for The New York Time Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker and others. As a journalist, Landesman covered the conflicts in Rwanda, Kosovo and Afghanistan/Pakistan after 9/11; and broke groundbreaking investigations into weapons trafficking; sex trafficking and slavery; drug and refugee trafficking; art and antiquities forgery, trafficking and con-artistry; and the anatomy of the lethal violence of street gangs in Los Angeles. His journalism was twice awarded Overseas Press Club awards (the magazine world’s Pulitzer) for best International and Human Rights reporting.

He has written and directed the films, PARKLAND (2013), about the immediate aftermath in Dallas of the JFK assassination, starring Paul Giamatti, Marcia Gay Hardon, Zac Ephron, and Billy Bob Thornton; and CONCUSSION (2015), starring Will Smith, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Alec Baldwin, about whistleblower Dr. Bennet Omalu, who discovered the deadly disease caused by playing football.

He has also written the films KILL THE MESSENGER (2014), starring Jeremy Renner; and the HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (2017) starring Oprah Winfrey. He is the creator and director of the upcoming television series, “The Department,” for AMC.

Landesman has published two novels: The Raven (1996), which won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction; and Blood Acre (1999). The 2007 film TRADE, starring Kevin Kline, was based on his sex trafficking reportage “The Girls Next Door” for The New York Times Magazine.

John O'Connor

Co-Writer of Original Book/Co-Producer

John O'Connor is co-author with Mark Felt of A G-Man’s Life: The FBI, Being ‘Deep Throat,’ and the Struggle for Honor in Washington (2006).

O’Connor wrote the article in the July 2005 issue of Vanity Fair, “I’m the Guy They Called Deep Throat,” which revealed for the first time Felt’s identity as the anonymous Watergate source. He is the son of a former FBI intelligence agent, who later was the law partner of former FBI Director and “Saturday Night Massacre” victim William Ruckelshaus. O’Connor was an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco when All the President’s Men was published, and determined that “Deep Throat” was Mark Felt. After later meeting Felt through his grandson, Nick Jones, he persuaded him to admit his identity and became his lawyer.

O’Connor is an experienced business trial litigator and attorney fee consultant, practicing in San Francisco. He earned his law degree at the University of Michigan, and his A.B. at Notre Dame University. He lives in Marin County, California, with his family.

Jay Roach

Producer

Jay Roach recently directed “All The Way” for HBO, based on the Tony-Award winning play by Robert Schenkkan. Bryan Cranston reprises his role as President Lyndon B. Johnson alongside Melissa Leo, Anthony Mackie and Frank Langella.

Roach was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduated with an economics degree from Stanford University in 1980 and later went on to receive his masters degree in film production from the University of Southern California in 1986.

Roach was awarded a total of four Emmys for his directing on the made for television movies “Recount” in 2008 and “Game Change” in 2012. As a director, his most recent film, TRUMBO, stars Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, one of Hollywood’s blacklisted screenwriters in the 1940s. The film, which also stars Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren and Diane Lane, was released in November, 2015. In addition, Roach is known for directing movies such as MEET THE PARENTS, MEET THE FOCKERS, the AUSTIN POWERS trilogy and THE CAMPAIGN.

Along with directing, Roach has also spent time as a producer on a number of movies, including 50 FIRST DATES, THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, “BORAT, LITTLE FOCKERS and SISTERS.

Steve Richards

Producer

Steve Richards is the CEO of Endurance Media, a feature film finance and production company, which shares a strategic distribution alliance with Entertainment One. Endurance has two film releases this fall with MARK FELT and the action comedy VILLA CAPRI, starring Oscar® winners Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, along with Rene Russo, set for release November 22.

Over the last twenty years, Richards had a leading role in producing more than forty feature films including blockbuster hits like The Matrix Reloaded, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Project X, The Book of Eli, RocknRolla, Unknown and Non-Stop.

Prior to launching Endurance in the fall of 2014, Richards presided over Silver Pictures as Co-President and COO. During his tenure, Richards grew the company from a studio-based company to a dynamic boutique production and distribution company, generating over $5 billion in worldwide box office revenues. Prior to 1995, Richards held other management roles for the International Movie Group, and Tony and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free production company.

Marc Butan

Producer

Marc Butan is the founder and CEO of MadRiver Pictures, a motion picture production, financing and sales company. Butan has worked in film for almost twenty years, after beginning his career in investment banking.

After launching of MadRiver Pictures in 2015 MadRiver’s initial titles included: John Hillcoat’s TRIPLE 9 starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson and Kate Winslet; Burr Steers’ PRIDE & PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES; and James Gray’s THE LOST CITY OF Z, directed by James Gray and starring Charlie Hunnam and Sienna Miller.

In 2016, Butan and MadRiver partner Kimberly Fox, and Insider’s Vincent Maraval announced the formation of MadRiver’s foreign sales partnership, IMR. IMR’s intial titles include: Pablo Larrain’s JACKIE, starring Natalie Portman; Jeff Nichols’ LOVING; and Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s HOME AGAIN, starring Reese Witherspoon.

Prior to the launch of MadRiver, Butan partnered with Annapurna Pictures in 2012, to form Panorama Media, a production AND sales company. Panorama developed a wide slate of films and handled sales on Annapurna’s productions including Kathryn Bigelow’s ZERO DARK THIRTY and David O. Russell’s AMERICAN HUSTLE.

From 2010 until joining Panorama, Butan worked as a producer on such films as THE GREY, directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Liam Neeson, KILLING THEM SOFTLY, directed by Andrew Dominick and starring Brad Pitt, and THE HOST, directed by Andrew Niccol.

From 2004 through 2009, Butan served as the President of 2929 Productions, where he supervised the production of such films as: George Clooney's 2005 Academy Award® Best Picture nominee GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK; the critically acclaimed family film AKEELAH AND THE BEE, starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett; James Gray’s crime thriller WE OWN THE NIGHT, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg, whose sale to Columbia Pictures in 2007 ranked as the largest-ever Cannes Film Festival domestic sale; and the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel THE ROAD, starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron.

From 1998-2004, Butan was an Executive Vice President of Production at Lionsgate Films.

Prior to beginning his career in the motion picture production business, Butan worked in the investment banking industry, first at Kidder, Peabody and Co. and then at Prudential Securities. At both firms, Butan was a member of the Media and Entertainment Investment Banking group. Butan graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Ohio State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is married with three children and resides in Pacific Palisades.

Anthony Katagas

Producer

Anthony Katagas is one of the most prolific producers working in American independent film. Winner of the Academy Award® for Best Picture for his role in producing 12 YEARS A SLAVE, he has produced nearly 35 films in the last twelve years. He has worked with a variety of innovative and award-winning filmmakers, including James Gray, John Hillcoat, Steve McQueen, Andrew Dominik, Paul Haggis, Brad Pitt, John Singleton, Michael Almereyda, Wes Craven,Vadim Perelman, Sam Shepard, Lasse Hallstrom, Ben Younger, Nanette Burstein, Denys Arcand, and Sofia Coppola.

Along with his Oscar, Katagas’ awards include a BAFTA, Golden Globe®, Broadcast Critics’ Choice Award, Independent Spirit Award and the coveted Darryl F. Zanuck PGA Award for Best Picture. He has had four films nominated for the Palme d’Or and two films nominated for César Awards. Additionally, his films have garnered nominations or awards from the DGA, SAG, National Board of Review, Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics and appeared on the prestigious AFI list for achievement in film.

Some of his credits include Andrew Dominik’s KILLING THEM SOFTLY (2012), starring Brad Pitt; James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT (2013), starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard; James Gray’s TWO LOVERS (2008), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix; James Gray’s WE OWN THE NIGHT (2007), starring Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix; Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013), starring Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor; Rupert Goold’s TRUE STORY (2014), starring Jonah Hill and James Franco; John Hillcoat’s TRIPLE NINE (2016), starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck; and NERVE (2016), which was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and stars Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. Katagas has also produced five films with visionary filmmaker Michael Almereyda from 1999-2013.

Most recently, Katagas produced James Gray’s THE LOST CITY OF Z (2016), starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, and Sienna Miller. Currently, Katagas is producing his fifth film with writer/director James Gray, AD ASTRA, which stars Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones.

Giannina Scott

Producer

Giannina Scott previously teamed with writer/director Peter Landesman when she produced his acclaimed drama CONCUSSION, starring Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin and Luke Wilson.

Scott was born in Costa Rica and moved to Italy in her teens. While in Italy, she studied art and languages, and received her degree from the Instituto di Traduzione Simultanea in Florence. In addition to her passion for art and language, she was also an avid cinema devotee. She began her career in front of the camera as an actress, but eventually segued into producing.

Scott’s producing credits also include the critically acclaimed MATCHSTICK MEN, starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell, and the romantic drama TRISTAN + ISOLDE, directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring James Franco.

She also has a number of high-profile film projects in varied stages of development including: the biographical drama GUCCI, which follows the tumultuous story of the infamous Gucci family; the Marco Pierre White biopic THE DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN; and THE BIG BLOW, based on the life story of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, set against the backdrop of the 1900 hurricane that flattened Galveston, TX, among others.

Ridley Scott

Producer

Ridley Scottmarks his second project with writer/director Peter Landesman on MARK FELT, after producing his acclaimed film CONCUSSION in 2015. Scott is a renowned Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker honored with Best Director Oscar® nominations for his work on BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), GLADIATOR (2000) and THELMA & LOUISE (1991). All three films also earned him DGA Award nominations. Scott’s most recent directorial release was ALIEN: COVENANT, the sequel to PROMETHEUS starring Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston. He is currently in production on ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, starring Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg and Charlie Plummer.

Scott has garnered multiple nominations over his illustrious career. In addition to his Academy Award® and DGA nominations, he also earned a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Director for AMERICAN GANGSTER, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. As he also served as a producer on the true-life drama, Scott shared in a BAFTA nomination for Best Film. Scott also received Golden Globe® and BAFTA nominations for Best Director for his epic GLADIATOR. The film won the Oscar®, Golden Globe® and BAFTA Award for Best Picture.

In 1977 Scott made his feature-film directorial debut with THE DUELLISTS, for which he won the Best First Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed with the blockbuster science-fiction thriller ALIEN, which catapulted Sigourney Weaver to stardom and launched a successful franchise. In 1982 Scott directed the landmark film BLADE RUNNER, starring Harrison Ford. Considered a sci-fi classic, the futuristic thriller was added to the U.S. Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 1993 and a director’s cut was released to renewed acclaim in 1993 and again in 2007.

Additional film credits as director include THE MARTIAN starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, which received numerous awards and nominations, including, Golden Globes® for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, 7 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, a DGA Award nomination, and 6 BAFTA nominations, including Best Director; EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS starring Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton; THE COUNSELOR, written by Cormac McCarthy and starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Javier Bardem; the acclaimed hit PROMETHEUS, starring Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron; LEGEND, starring Tom Cruise; SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME, starring Tom Berenger; BLACK RAIN, starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia; 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE, starring Gérard Depardieu; WHITE SQUALL, starring Jeff Bridges; G.I. JANE, starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen; HANNIBAL, starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore; BODY OF LIES, starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio; A GOOD YEAR, starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney; the epic KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, with Orlando Bloom and Jeremy Irons; MATCHSTICK MEN, starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell; and ROBIN HOOD, marking his fifth collaboration with star Russell Crowe, also starring Cate Blanchett.

Scott and his late brother Tony formed the commercial and advertising production company RSA in 1967. RSA has an established reputation for creating innovative and groundbreaking commercials for some of the world’s most recognized corporate brands.

In 1995 the Scott brothers formed the film and television production company Scott Free. With offices in Los Angeles and London, the Scotts produced such films as IN HER SHOES, THE A-TEAM, CYRUS, THE GREY and the Academy Award®-nominated drama THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD.

On television, Scott executive produced the Emmy®, Peabody and Golden Globe®-winning hit “The Good Wife,” for CBS, the critically-acclaimed series adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s classic “The Man in the High Castle” for Amazon, and most recently FX’s “Taboo” starring Tom Hardy.

Scott has also been an executive producer on the company’s long-form projects, including the Starz miniseries “The Pillars of the Earth,” the A&E miniseries “The Andromeda Strain,” the TNT miniseries “The Company,” the award-winning HBO movies “RKO 281” “The Gathering Storm” and “Into the Storm” and the hit National Geographic Channels’ telefilms “Killing Lincoln” “Killing Kennedy” and “Killing Jesus.”

In 2003 Scott was awarded a knighthood from the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions to the arts. He received the 30th American Cinematheque Award at the organization’s annual gala in 2016 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Picture Direction at the 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards.

Adam Kimmel

Director of Photography

Adam Kimmel began his film career at age 17 as a camera trainee to cinematographer Michael Chapman on Philip Kaufman’s THE WANDERERS, Martin Scorsese’s RAGING BULL, and Brian DePalma’s DRESSED TO KILL.

Kimmel worked for five years as a camera assistant before becoming a Cinematographer in 1986, and has shot over fifteen feature films and received two Independent Spirit nominations and a BAFTA short listing for Best Cinematography.

His films include Bennett Miller’s award-winning CAPOTE, Craig Gillespie’s LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Mark Romanek’s NEVER LET ME GO, Alison Maclean’s JESUS’ SON.

Kimmel is currently shooting an untitled Bennett Miller project and is preparing to work with Ritesh Batra on the upcoming film PHOTOGRAPH.

He has been a member of the Acadamy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences since 2007 and the American Society of Cinematographers since 2008.

David Crank

Production Designer

David Crank previously teamed up with Peter Landesman, on CONCUSSION.

He has worked with Paul Thomas Anderson, as the production designer on INHERENT VICE, for which he was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award; serving as co-production designer on THE MASTER; and as art director on THERE WILL BE BLOOD. He was the production designer on THE DOUBLE, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska and directed by Richard Ayoade, and upcoming, Carlo Hintermann’s THE BOOK OF VISION.

As an art director, Crank has worked with some of today’s most talented filmmakers, including Steven Spielberg and Terrence Malick. With Crank’s involvement, the series “John Adams” on HBO won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie as well as an Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design. In addition, Crank’s work contributed to the Art Directors Guild Award nomination for LINCOLN, and an Art Directors Guild Award win for THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

Crank’s other art direction credits include TO THE WONDER, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, THE TREE OF LIFE and THE NEW WORLD.

Crank received his bachelor’s degree at The College of William & Mary in 1982, and in 1984 graduated from Carnegie-Mellon with a Masters in Fine Arts.

Tariq Anwar

Editor

Tariq Anwar won the European Editor Film award for his work on THE KING’S SPEECH, for which he also received nominations for an Academy Award®, BAFTA, and ACE awards in 2011. He was also nominated for an Academy Award® and an ACE award for AMERICAN BEAUTY and won the BAFTA for Best Editor.

Anwar’s other feature film credits include: THE CRUCIBLE, THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION, COUSIN BETTE, SYLVIA, THE GOOD SHEPHERD, THE OTHER MAN STAGE BEAUTY, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, THE LIBERATOR, HUSSEIN, WHO SAID NO, CURVE, THE LADY IN THE VAN, OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, and upcoming, DEAD IN A WEEK: OR YOUR MONEY BACK.

His other BAFTA wins include the TV dramas “Oppenheimer” and “Caught on a Train,” and his nominations include THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE, “Summer’s Lease,” “Fortunes of War,” “The Monocled Mutineer,” and “Tender is the Night.”

Anwar began his career working 18 years at the BBC, cutting a vast array of programs for almost every department, from the News department, to Music and Arts, to the History and Geographic channels. Always working on an extremely tight schedule, the lessons he learned in terms of storytelling, structure and how to make fast decisions were invaluable to his later work.

Lorraine Z. Calvert

Costime Designer

Lorraine Z. Calvert most recently designed costumes for the hit Marvel TV series, “Daredevil,” and the highly anticipated premiere of Marvel’s “The Punisher” series starring Jon Bernthal.

Calvert has also designed costumes for numerous other TV shows, including “Rubicon,” “The Night Shift,” “Forever,” and the pilot “Time After Time.”

She earned two Emmy nominations as an Assistant Costume Designer on HBO’s “The Sopranos” and “Phil Spector.” Her other credits as an Assistant Costume Designer include the Coen Brothers’ MILLER’S CROSSING, Nora Ephron’s YOU’VE GOT MAIL, Sidney Lumet’s GLORIA, John Turturro’s ROMANCE & CIGARETTES, Antoine Fuqua’s BROOKLYN’S FINEST, Harold Ramis’ YEAR ONE, Kevin Smith’s COP OUT, and David Wain’s WANDERLUST.

Daniel Pemberton

Music

Daniel Pemberton an Ivor Novello winning and multi-Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer known for embracing a wide range of musical mediums, from electronic to orchestral. His unconventional and innovative approaching to scoring has captured the attention of not only some of the most legendary directors in the industry but also filmgoers and critics alike and has established him as one of the most versatile and exciting voices working in film today.

He has composed the scores to such major films as Danny Boyle’s STEVE JOBS (2015), Ridley Scott’s THE COUNSELOR (2013), Aaron Sorkin’s MOLLYS GAME (2017), Guy Ritchie’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (2017), Nicole Garcia’s FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (2016), and Stephen Gaghan’s GOLD (2016).

After more than a decade establishing himself as one of the most inventive and experimental voices in British television, Pemberton moved into the world of film with the period supernatural thriller The Awakening (2011). His hybrid choral, orchestral and electronic score caught the ear of Ridley Scott who hired the composer to score his feature THE COUNSELOR (2013). He collaborated again with Scott on the director’s first foray into television, “The Vatican” in 2014. He was named “Discovery Of The Year” at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2014 and nominated as “Film Composer Of The Year” in 2016.

Mary Vernieu

Casting Director

Mary Vernieu has cast over 250 features during her career. With an eye for talent in both actors and filmmakers, she has developed and enjoyed long standing relationships with numerous acclaimed directors as well as many up-and-coming filmmakers.

After welcoming LINDSAY GRAHAM into her Betty Mae family in 2005, they have since collaborated on over 75 films together including Peter Landesman’s directorial debut PARKLAND. Their creative relationship continued with Mr. Landesman on his critically acclaimed film CONCUSSION and MARK FELT.

THE HISTORY

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Mark Felt

Portrayed By Liam Neeson

Mark Felt was an FBI special agent who served as the Bureau’s second-ranking post, Associate Director, from May 1972 until his retirement in June 1973. During that time, he was an anonymous informant to Bob Woodward and other reporters during the Watergate scandal, providing them with critical information that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. After his retirement, he was found guilty of having violated the civil rights of members of the Weather Underground and their associates. He was ordered to pay a fine and was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan.

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Audrey Felt

Portrayed by Diane Lane

Audrey Felt (formerly Robinson) married Mark in 1938 and they were together for 46 years, until her death by suicide in 1984. Audrey’s marriage to Mark was a loving one, but she suffered from depression and alcoholism, problems which were exacerbated by the strains of Felt’s FBI career and the legal troubles he endured after his retirement.

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Joan Felt

Portrayed by Maika Monroe

Joan Felt graduated from Stanford in 1965, and won a Fulbright scholarship to Chile, where she worked as an actor, and returned to Stanford to get her Master’s degree. Unable to get along with her mother, Joan moved to a farm in Santa Cruz County, California and told her parents she didn’t want them to look for her. Felt sent letters to every post office in the county until he found her.

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L. Patrick Gray

Portrayed by Marton Csokas

L. Patrick Gray was Acting Director of the FBI from May 2, 1972 to April 27, 1973. After beginning his career as the commander of three submarines during the Korean War, he later worked in the Nixon administration in several positions, including Assistant Attorney General. He resigned as Acting Director of the FBI after admitting to destroying documents from Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt’s safe, giving to him by White House counsel John Dean

Ed Miller Ed Miller

Ed Miller

Portrayed by Tony Goldwyn

Edward S. Miller was the Deputy Assistant Director of the Inspections Division under Mark Felt at the FBI. In 1980, Miller and Felt were convicted, after a seven-week federal jury trial, of having violated the rights of the Weather Underground and their families, through unauthorized investigations. He was fined $3000, and while appealing, he and Felt were pardoned by President Ronald Reagan.

Charlie Bates Charlie Bates

Charlie Bates

Portrayed by Josh Lucas

Charles W. Bates, a 36-year FBI veteran, supervised the opening stages of the FBI’s investigation into the Watergate scandal, but in 1972 chose to return to his post as Special Agent in Charge of the bureau’s San Francisco office. There he gained prominence during the Patty Hearst kidnapping case.

Bob Woodward Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward

Portrayed by Julian Morris

Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author, who has worked at the Washington Post since 1971, and is best known for his reportage with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal. While a Navy lieutenant, Woodward befriended Mark Felt, who later became an essential anonymous source, “Deep Throat,” in breaking the story.

John Dean John Dean

John Dean

Portrayed by Michael C. Hall

John Wesley Dean III served as White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. He was described as the “master manipulator of the cover-up” by the FBI. He pleaded guilty to a single felony count, in exchange for becoming a key witness for the prosecution. Dean is currently an author, columnist, and frequent TV commentator on contemporary politics.

Bill Sullivan Bill Sullivan

Bill Sullivan

Portrayed by Tom Sizemore

William C. Sullivan joined the FBI during WWII, became head of the domestic intelligence division, and in 1961, became the bureau’s third-ranking official. He led a series of controversial and in 1961, became the bureau’s third-ranking official. He led a series of controversial counterintelligence programs (COINTELPRO) that included such things as bugging the Reverend Martin Luther King’s hotel room. He was widely expected to succeed Hoover, but when he began speaking out publicly against Hoover’s policies, he lost favor, and was forced to retire on October 1, 1971.

Stan Pottinger Stan Pottinger

Stan Pottinger

Portrayed by Noah Wyle

John Stanley Pottinger, as the assistant attorney general leading the investigation into Mark Felt’s FBI break-ins into the Weather Underground, became in 1976 the first person outside Bob Woodward’s circle to discover that Felt was “Deep Throat.” He kept the secret for three decades. Pottinger had various roles in the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, before having a career on Wall Street and becoming a best-selling novelist.

Reviews

PETE HAMMOND

DEADLINE

"Extraordinary. Liam Neeson leads a superb cast. A riveting tale of political deception."


JOSHUA ROTHKOPF

TIME OUT NEW YORK

"As timely as it gets."