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In 1996, Chris founded the production company Living Films in Thailand. Over the years since, Living Films has grown into one of South-East Asia's most successful production companies.
As a Producer, Chris has completed over fifty feature films and Television series working with such artists as Jackie Chan on "The Medallion", Matt Dillon on "City of Ghosts", Bradley Cooper on "The Hangover Part II", Owen Wilson on "No Escape" and Matthew McConaughey on "Gold".
Recently, Chris produced two prestigious projects: Ron Howard's biographical survival film, based on the cave rescue in Thailand, "Thirteen Lives" and the award-winning drama "Tár" starring Cate Blanchett.
In 2023, Chris went into production, as Producer, on Disney/ FX Network's most ambitious project of the year: A TV-series adaptation of Ridley Scott's "ALIEN" which is shooting the entire first season in Thailand, and will complete work in the second half of 2024.- Stephen Smallwood was born in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, UK. Stephen is a producer, known for Rogue Heroes (2022), The Serpent (2021) and Patrick Melrose (2018).
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Bornila Chatterjee is known for The Hungry (2017), Let's Be Out, the Sun Is Shining (2012) and Shantaram (2022).- Writer
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Eric Warren Singer is known for American Hustle (2013), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and Only the Brave (2017).- Director
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Bharat Nalluri was born in 1965 in Guntur, India. He is a director and producer, known for Boy Swallows Universe (2024), Flavia De Luce and Shantaram (2022). He is married to Kylie Morris.- Director
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Vera Mindy Chokalingam is an Indian-American actress, comedienne, producer, writer and director from Cambridge, Massachusetts known for playing Kelly Kapoor in The Office, Disgust in Inside Out, and creating The Mindy Project. She also appeared in Wreck-It Ralph, Despicable Me, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Ocean's 8, and Monsters at Work. She has two children.- Actor
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Aziz Ansari was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Fatima, a medical office worker, and Shoukath, a gastroenterologist. His family is from Tamil Nadu, India. He graduated from NYU as a business major in 2004. He graduated from the South Carolina Governor's School for Math and Science in Hartsville, SC. He previously attended Marlboro Academy, a private school in his home town of Bennettsville, SC.
Starting out in television like the hit comedy Parks and Recreation (2009), he later had bit parts in the films I Love You, Man (2009), Funny People (2009), and Get Him to the Greek (2010), among others, before co-starring in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less (2011).- Writer
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A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which included My Mic Sounds Nice (2010) which aired on BET.
DuVernay's first narrative feature film, I Will Follow (2010), secured her the African-American Film Critics Association award for best screenplay. Her follow-up, Middle of Nowhere (2012) won the Best Director Prize at the 2012 Sundance film festival, making her the first African-American woman to receive the award.- Writer
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Danny Strong started his career as an actor in numerous classic films and TV shows such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Gilmore Girls, then transitioned into screenwriting, exploding onto the scene with his 2007 script Recount which was #1 on the Hollywood Blacklist and became an award winning HBO Film. Since then he has become a prolific film and TV writer, director and producer, garnering numerous awards for various projects, including two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two WGA awards, a PGA Award, and the Peabody Award.
Through out his career he has shown a wide range and versatility moving between mediums and genres with films like the political docudramas Recount and Game Change, the civil rights epic The Butler and the big budget action blockbusters Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part I and II). He co-created the smash hit TV show Empire which won him the NAACP Image Award and he produced the civil rights drama The Best of Enemies starring Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell. He has also written numerous theater projects having made his theatrical debut with a new book to the musical Chess that premiered at the Kennedy Center.
Strong transitioned into directing with several episodes of Empire. He made his feature directorial debut with Rebel in the Rye that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by IFC Films. Over the years he has continued his acting career with recurring roles in many highly acclaimed TV shows including Mad Men, Girls, Justified, Billions and The Right Stuff. He grew up in Manhattan Beach, California and attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts.- Producer
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Sam Esmail was born on 17 September 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Homecoming (2018) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Emmy Rossum since 28 May 2017. They have two children.- Producer
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Naren Shankar is the Executive Producer/Showrunner of the critically acclaimed television adaptation of the international best-seller science fiction novel series, The Expanse, an Amazon Prime Original Series from Alcon Television Studios.
Naren spent eight seasons as a Writer-Executive Producer and Co- Showrunner of the most-watched show in the world, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation. In 2011 he helped launch NBC's Grimm as a Writer- Executive Producer.
Prior to CSI, Naren was an Executive Producer on the SyFy Channel cult hit series Farscape for The Jim Henson Company, and spent three seasons as a writer-producer on Showtime's The Outer Limits.
Naren began his career as a writer and science consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation, and he holds a PhD in Applied Physics & Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
Naren has been honored with multiple Emmy nominations for Best Series, a WGA Award nomination for CSI's two-hour event "Grave Danger" directed by Quentin Tarantino, and has received WGC and Saturn Awards for The Outer Limits, CSI, and Farscape. The Expanse won a Hugo Award for "Leviathan Wakes" in 2017 and was nominated in 2019 for "Abaddon's Gate."
Naren has a small fraction of the cats that Ernest Hemingway did, which may be used as a proportionate measure of his talent. He resides with his wife in Beverly Hills, California.- Producer
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Veena Sud was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Veena is a producer and writer, known for The Killing (2011), The Salton Sea (2016) and Seven Seconds (2018).- Writer
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Mehar Sethi was born on 2 April 1982 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for BoJack Horseman (2014), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) and Rick and Morty (2013). He has been married to Mamie Gummer since February 2019. They have two children.- Swati Shetty is a producer based in Los Angeles focused on creating films and TV shows with global representation. Her most recent release is the much-loved Wedding Season - a Netflix Original, directed by Tom Dey. Swati moved to the US with Netflix, to work on both Originals and Acquisitions. She was also Executive President at Imagine Entertainment prior to starting her own company. While in her previous avatar in India, she produced Umrika, a drama feature through her own banner Samosa Stories. The film went on to win India's first Sundance award (2015) in addition to multiple other honors and awards. She is a Pharmacist, MBA by education who began her entertainment career at Star TV (Fox), followed by Disney, where she started with Disney Channels, went on to lead content distribution for Disney-ABC, and eventually led the studio team towards local productions. She then acquired local Bollywood experience as President of Balaji Motion Pictures where she put together a successful slate of films starting with The Dirty Picture. Swati has a unique breadth of experience across both business and creative. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
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Lorenzo di Bonaventura was born on 13 January 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Four Brothers (2005), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Madame Web (2024).- Producer
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Jeff Kirschenbaum is known for Fast X (2023), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) and The Gray Man (2022).- Producer
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