Dream Team - crew

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and had his first experience as a director with a two week stint on Piranha II: The Spawning (1982) before being fired.

He then wrote and directed The Terminator (1984), a futuristic action-thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton. It was a low budget independent film, but Cameron's superb, dynamic direction made it a surprise mainstream success and it is now regarded as one of the most iconic pictures of the 1980s. After this came a string of successful, bigger budget science-fiction action films such as Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). In 1990, Cameron formed his own production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. In 1997, he wrote and directed Titanic (1997), a romance epic about two young lovers from different social classes who meet on board the famous ship. The movie went on to break all box office records and earned eleven Academy Awards. It became the highest grossing movie of all time until 12 years later, Avatar (2009), which invented and pioneered 3D film technology, and it went on to beat "Titanic", and became the first film to cost two billion dollars until 2019 when Marvel took the record.

James Cameron is now one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. He was formerly married to producer Gale Anne Hurd, who produced several of his films. In 2000, he married actress Suzy Amis, who appeared in Titanic, and they have three children.

Angela graduated from a career in non-profit communications where she traveled to disaster-stricken and war-torn areas, telling stories of relief and triumph rooted in the worst circumstances, to writing for television and film. Her television credits include Teen Wolf (MTV), Salvation (CBS), Station 19 (ABC) and American Horror Stories (FX). She's also an independent film producer and director, recently premiering her latest short at the Austin Film Festival. Angela serves on the Board of Directors of the advocacy agency CARE Action and the WGA's PAC.

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is known for Angry Inuk (2016), Lumaajuuq (2010) and North of North (2025).

Oneika Barrett is known for Evil (2019), Your Honor (2020) and Bodkin (2024).

Leila Basen is known for Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006), Mental Block (2003) and Emily of New Moon (1998).

Michelle MacLaren was born in Canada. Michelle is a producer and director, known for Breaking Bad (2008), Game of Thrones (2011) and Shining Girls (2022).

Cherie Nowlan was born in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. Cherie is a director and producer, known for Introducing the Dwights (2007), Marking Time (2003) and Lucinda, 31 (1995).

Born November 9, 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana, US as Ryan Patrick Murphy, he is an American writer, director, and producer, responsible for creating such hits as Nip/Tuck (2003), Glee (2009) and American Horror Story (2011). His mother, J. Andy Murphy, was a writer and communications worker and his father was a circulation director in the newspaper industry. He has one brother. He attended a Catholic school till the eighth grade and graduated from Warren Central High School. He went on to study journalism at the Indiana University Bloomington, where he was also a member of a vocal ensemble, and went on to intern in the style section of the The Washington Post in 1986. In 1990 he got into screenwriting, but only in 1999 was his first story produced: it was Popular (1999), a teen comedy show, which he co-created with Gina Matthews and which run for two seasons. In 2003 he created Nip/Tuck (2003), which brought him his first Emmy nomination. He won the award six years later, when in 2009 he directed the pilot of his hit series Glee (2009) which he co-created with Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk. In 2011 he and Falchuk co-crated another highly popular series, American Horror Story (2011). in 2015 he was awarded the Award for Inspiration from amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. In 2018 Murphy signed a five-year $300 million development deal with Netflix. He is a pan equal opportunities activist, both through his movies and television projects which very often focus on the LGBTQ+ community, and as a creator of the Half Initiative, which aims at making Hollywood more inclusive for women and minorities. He's been married to photographer David Miller since 2012. They have three sons, Logan Phineas, Ford, and Griffin Sullivan.

Brad Falchuk was born on 1 March 1971 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Glee (2009), American Horror Story (2011) and Pose (2018). He has been married to Gwyneth Paltrow since 29 September 2018. He was previously married to Suzanne Bukinik.

Marcus Stokes is known for American Horror Stories (2021), The Walking Dead (2010) and Quantum Leap (2022).

Robert Greene is known for 50 Cent: The Money and the Power (2008), The 48 Laws of Power and Maestro (2015).

Bronwen Hughes is known for The Journey Is the Destination (2016), Breaking Bad (2008) and Better Call Saul (2015).

Paddy Campbell is known for Bodkin (2024) and Mr Whippy (2021).

Alexis Ostrander is an award-winning and Emmy nominated director. Since graduating from Syracuse University, she has worked consistently in film and television, starting out in documentaries before segueing into narrative storytelling. In 2014 she was a participant in the 40th annual AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

Alexis received the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, Creative District Grant, Impact First Films Grant, and The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation Grant to enable her to make her first short film, THE HAIRCUT, premiering at AFI Fest in 2014. It has since played over 45 festivals, garnering 13 awards. In 2016 Alexis was selected for the Ryan Murphy Half Foundation Mentorship Program and subsequently directed the penultimate episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ROANOKE for FX. She was a participant in the Fox Filmmakers Lab and Fox Global Directors Initiative and was a drama fellow for the apprenticeship program on HOMELAND.

Alexis was one of five directors in the inaugural Warner Bros. Emerging Film Directors Workshop, leading her to direct the grounded sci-fi short film, SENSUM, which premiered on HBO Go. After completing the 2017 Warner Bros. Television Directors' Workshop, she has gone on to direct over 30 episodes of television including RIVERDALE, SHADOWHUNTERS, THE ARRANGEMENT, DEADLY CLASS, PEARSON, SUPERGIRL, SERVANT, SWAMP THING, IMPULSE, CONDOR, SEAL TEAM, NANCY DREW, SWEET TOOTH, CRUEL SUMMER, TRUTH BE TOLD, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, THE CONSULTANT and MAYFAIR WITCHES. In 2018 Alexis directed the pilot episode of LIGHT AS A FEATHER on Hulu, for which she received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Digital Drama Series.

In January 2020, The Alice Initiative named Alexis one of twenty "Emerging Female Directors" in The Hollywood Reporter. She is currently in development on a tv series for SB Projects, CEDE for Star Thrower Entertainment, MEMPHIS DYNAMITE for Range Studios and RED ROSE CREW for The Gotham Group, which she is set to direct and executive produce. She has written a guest post for Indiewire: "Here's Why Female-Driven Films Are Important Right Now."

Alexis is represented by CAA and Range Media.

Jeff Davis was born on 13 June 1975 in Connecticut, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Criminal Minds (2005), Wolf Pack (2023) and Teen Wolf (2011).

Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth, was born October 25, 1993 in Southwark, London, England to a Brazilian mother and a Canadian father.

Aged 14, she was discovered at the Underage Festival in London by fashion photographer Gemma Booth, who signed her to Storm Model Management. She subsequently appeared in advertisements for Vogue and Miu Miu. She began to audition for films at the age of 16, and after finishing sixth form, she won her first role in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac and played alongside Willem Dafoe. She later played Sophie Campbell in the Sky Atlantic's crime drama series The Tunnel and appeared in Stephen Fingleton's directed introductory short film Magpie. In 2015, Goth played the lead role of Milja in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Survivalist. She also appeared in the BBC One's crime series Wallander. Goth starred in the disaster adventure-thriller film Everest, which was directed by Baltasar Kormákur. In 2017, Goth played a lead role in the horror film A Cure for Wellness, directed by Gore Verbinski.

In 2018, Goth had a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's remake of Suspiria, alongside Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, as well as the sci-fi mystery film High Life, directed by French auteur director Claire Denis, opposite Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.

Emmy-nominated writer and director Geeta Vasant Patel is renowned for her form-pushing and nontraditional filmmaking style, which spans both drama and comedy. In 2024, Patel is slated to helm a handful of prestigious projects, positioning her as one of the most-watched directors in the entertainment industry today. First up, she returns to direct and executive produce season two of Max's Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning fantasy/drama series "The House of the Dragon" starring Matt Smith and Emma D'Arcy, set to premiere Sunday, June 16th. Patel takes the reins on episode #3 and the finale of season two, marking her return to the show after directing "The Lord of the Tides" (ep. #8, season 1) in 2022.

Also in television, Patel serves as an Executive Producer and Pilot Director on Hulu's new limited series "Under the Bridge" starring Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough. "Under the Bridge," and Patel's work was nominated for Breakthrough Limited Series at the inaugural 2024 Gotham TV Awards.

Additional recent credits for Patel include directing "Ahsoka" for Disney+, "P-Valley" for Starz, and multiple episodes of Hulu's award-winning series "The Great" starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. She has also directed episodes of "The Magicians," "The Runaways," "Sweetbitter," "Dead to Me," "Chambers," "Santa Clarita Diet," "The Mindy Project," "Atypical," "Fresh off the Boat," and 5 episodes of the comedy series "Superstore."

In 2014, Patel, alongside her brother, gained global acclaim for their romantic comedy "Meet The Patels" which they co-directed, wrote, edited, and produced. The film dove headfirst into cultural identity and matrimonial expectations within their Indian-American family and premiered to critical acclaim. Variety called it "sharp" and "riotously funny," while The Hollywood Reporter said it's "the funniest doc I've seen in years and a sure-fire Oscar contender." "Meet The Patels" was nominated for Outstanding Arts & Culture Documentary at the 2017 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, nominated for Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC, and won Best Documentary Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film further solidified Patel's path in wearing multiple hats in bringing a project to life, as she also took on the role of cinematographer.

Patel launched her career in the film industry as an associate screenwriter for big-budget studio films across all stages of production. She collaborated with Disney, Universal Pictures, ABC, NBC, and Twentieth Century Fox, and worked on projects including "The Fast and the Furious" and "Blue Crush." Her directorial talents were first recognized in her debut documentary "Project Kashmir," a war thriller that explored the geopolitical tensions in the Kashmir region. The film was produced by the Sundance Documentary Fund, featured at the Sundance Film Festival, and earned Patel directing fellowships at both the Sundance and Tribeca Institutes.

A graduate of Duke University with a degree in Comparative Area Studies, Patel's background in languages and global human geography enriches her narrative approach, providing a deeper cultural and social context to her films. While studying in Berlin, filmmaker Anthony Minghella inspired her to pursue a career in storytelling. Beyond her roles behind the camera, Patel has also served as a Visiting Artist in various countries, including Belarus, Turkey, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Japan as part of the U.S. State Department's film diplomacy program. This role not only highlights her commitment to cross-cultural exchange through film but underscores her influence as a global storyteller. Her extensive body of work, marked by a commitment to exploring diverse narratives and pushing the boundaries of conventional filmmaking, continues to earn her recognition and respect within the international film community.

Bob Lee Dysinger is known for The Legend of Catclaws Mountain (2024), Eye of the Beholder (2016) and Nightwing: The Series (2014).

Augustine Frizzell was born on July 27th, 1979 in Garland, Texas. She is a director and actress known for Never Goin' Back (2018), Euphoria (2019), and The Last Letter From Your Lover (2021.) Her first feature, Never Goin' Back, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section and was released later that year by A24. She is a vegan and animal rights activist who lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and five cats.

Ritchie Greer is known for The Legend of Catclaws Mountain (2024), Weekend Warriors (2021) and Underdog (2019).

Captivating, gifted, and sensational, Angela Bassett's presence has been felt in theaters and on stages and television screens throughout the world. Angela Evelyn Bassett was born on August 16, 1958 in New York City, to Betty Jane (Gilbert), a social worker, and Daniel Benjamin Bassett, a preacher's son. Bassett and her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother. As a single mother, Betty stressed the importance of education for her children. With the assistance of an academic scholarship, Bassett matriculated into Yale University. In 1980, she received her B.A. in African-American studies from Yale University. In 1983, she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama. It was at Yale that Bassett met her husband, Courtney B. Vance, a 1986 graduate of the Drama School.

Bassett first appeared in small roles on The Cosby Show (1984) and Spenser: For Hire (1985), but it was not until 1990 that a spate of television roles brought her notice. Her breakthrough role, though, was playing Tina Turner, whom she had never seen perform before taking the role, in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). Bassett's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination and a Golded Globe Award for Best Actress.

Simon Franglen is a composer and producer of film, classical and contemporary music.

Current projects include writing the score to James Cameron's Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and the subsequent Avatar Sequels. Franglen's credits include three of the four top grossing films of all time and six of the top selling albums (Wikipedia). He also has a Golden Globe nomination for work on Avatar (2009) and "Record of the Year" Grammy as a producer on 'My Heart Will Go On' for Titanic (1997) among other awards. ASCAP Award winner for the top score of 2023, winner at the World Soundtrack Awards award in 2023, nominated for the Ivor Novello award in 2023, winner of the International Film Music Critics awards for Best Composition in 2023, following on from his award for Best Drama score in 2022. He's recently finished scores to independent films, such as Going for Two, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu A musical nomad, he's collaborated with singers and musicians from across the world, from the South Pacific Islands to Mongolia.

Franglen is also known for his cutting-edge work in immersive audio, and is a consultant to several multi-national companies on the intersection of music and immersive audio. He has major art and commercial installations running around the world, including a permanent installation for "The Highest Art Space In The World" (CNN) at the top of the Shanghai Tower, a third of a mile high. As an educator, in the past year he has given master classes across the world.

Franglen was a top line producer and session musician in Los Angeles for several years, with dozens of multi-platinum albums and singles. Franglen's music credits range from The Weeknd, Celine Dion and Toni Braxton to producing UK grime acts. Well-known for his long time collaboration with with his friend, James Horner, he was the arranger and producer on films such as 'The Amazing Spider-man', 'Avatar', 'Titanic' and others. His work in films as an arranger and musician also included multiple films with Alan Silvestri, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore and his first mentor, John Barry. He created the gritty electronica for David Fincher's Se7en (1995) and David Cronenberg's Crash (1996) and produced the vocals for Moulin Rouge! (2001). Alongside film scores, upcoming work includes a multi-year immersive and installation project in the USA, and a new orchestral and choral work to be premiered in late 2025.

Anna Giudice is known for Interstellar (2014), Game of Thrones (2011) and Under the Tree (2017).

SEAMUS McGARVEY (Director of Photography) has collected two Academy Award nominations for his cinematography: on Joe Wright's 2007 WWI drama "Atonement," and his 2012 adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, "Anna Karenina." In addition to the Oscar nominations, McGarvey won the British Society of Cinematographers (B.S.C.) award for "Anna Karenina" and "Nocturnal Animals" as well as a nomination for "Atonement," and also earned BAFTA and A.S.C. nods for both projects. "Atonement" also earned him nominations for the British Independent Film Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society, while walking off with the top honor from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. McGarvey has also won three Evening Standard British Film Awards for "Atonement," "Anna Karenina" and Stephen Daldry's "The Hours"; and five Irish Film & Television Awards for "Atonement," "Anna Karenina," "Sahara" "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Nocturnal Animals". He was Emmy nominated in 2017 for the dystopian TV drama "Black Mirror: Nosedive" Dir. Joe Wright. In 2004, he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's prestigious Lumière medal for contributions to the art of cinematography, sharing the company of such pioneers as Jack Cardiff, Freddie Francis, Roger Deakins and Sir Ridley Scott, McGarvey hails from Armagh, Northern Ireland, and began his career as a stills photographer before attending film school at the University of Westminster in London. Upon graduating in 1988, he began shooting short films and documentaries, including "Skin," which was nominated for a Royal Television Society Cinematography Award, and "Atlantic," directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. The latter project, an experimental, three-screen projected film created in 1997, earned Taylor-Wood a nomination for the 1998 Turner Prize, and would lead to an ongoing collaboration between McGarvey and the director. His four dozen credits as director of photography include Joss Whedon's superhero epic "Marvel's The Avengers," the industry record holder for highest opening weekend box office upon its release in May 2012, and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time; Lynne Ramsay's "We Need to Talk About Kevin"; Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," which earned an IFTA nomination; Gary Winick's "Charlotte's Web"; John Hamburg's "Along Came Polly"; Stephen Frears' "High Fidelity"; Mike Nichols' "Wit"; Michael Apted's "Enigma"; Michael Winterbottom's "Butterfly Kiss," McGarvey's first feature film credit; and two projects marking actors' directorial debuts: Tim Roth's "The War Zone" and Alan Rickman's "The Winter Guest." He also served as cinematographer on the pilot for the BBC/HBO TV series "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency," directed by Anthony Minghella. He reunited with director Wright for his 2009 drama "The Soloist," and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood (now Sam Taylor-Johnson) on her acclaimed 2008 drama, "Nowhere Boy," her 2011 short, "James Bond Supports International Women's Day" and the "Death Valley" segment of the 2006 erotic drama "Destricted." Following his work on "Godzilla" Dir. Gareth Edwards he reteamed with Taylor-Johnson on her big screen adaptation and Hollywood directorial debut of the bestselling phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey." "The Accountant," from director Gavin O'Connor. "Nocturnal Animals", from director Tom Ford. "LIFE" dir. Daniel Espinosa. "The Greatest Showman" Dir Michael Gracey and "Bad Times at the El Royale" Dir: Drew Goddard are his latest projects. His documentary work includes "Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home," which followed his work on Wright's "The Soloist," and filmed in the same locales; "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction"; "Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue"; and "The Name of This Film Is Dogme95." Supplementing his work on features and telefilms, McGarvey has also photographed and directed over 100 music videos, for such artists as PJ Harvey, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Robbie Williams.

David Peers is known for Happy Feet Two (2011), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Gods of Egypt (2016).