WILLIAM MALONE (Director) is well on his way to becoming an in-demand writer/director for both motion pictures and television projects in the action, science-fiction and horror genres. Malone has just completed writing the script "Supernova" and co-writing the sequel "Universal Soldier II."

Malone first came to industry attention with his first feature film, "Scared to Death," which he both wrote and directed. He then wrote, produced and directed "Creature," which went on to receive awards from the Academy of Science Fiction and Horror. After working on television episodes of "Freddie's Nightmares" (where he met producer Adler), Malone penned and directed episodes of "Tales from the Crypt" for filmmakers Zemeckis and Silver. His additional television credits include "Perversions of Science," "The Big Easy," "Dream On," "NY Undercover" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." His upcoming projects include directing the second episode of Steven Spielberg's television series, "The Others."

ROBERT ZEMECKIS (Producer) has secured his place in history as one of the preeminent filmmakers of our time. His films-which include "Romancing the Stone," the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?," "Death Becomes Her," the critically-acclaimed "Forrest Gump" (for which he received an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Director) and most recently the science-fiction drama "Contact"-have achieved worldwide grosses in excess of $2 billion.

He is currently directing "Cast Away" with Tom Hanks, and "What Lies Beneath," starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Zemeckis made his directorial debut in 1978 with the screenplay he co-wrote, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," followed by the 1980 cult classic, "Used Cars," starring Kurt Russell.

Zemeckis has directed many television projects including Steven Spielberg's "Amazing Stories," several episodes for HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (which he executive produces with Joel Silver, Richard Donner, Walter Hill and David Giler. Zemeckis will executive-produce and direct the upcoming Showtime documentary "The Pursuit of Happiness."

Producer JOEL SILVER's films have earned a combined gross of more than $3 billion. With the recent release of the worldwide hit "The Matrix," 14 of Silver's films have each earned worldwide box-office totals of more than $100 million.

Silver began his film career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he soon became President of Motion Pictures. He associate-produced "The Warriors" and, with Gordon, produced "48 HRS," "Streets of Fire" and "Brewster's Millions."

The first independent feature made under his Silver Pictures banner was "Commando," followed by "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Predator." Silver produced "Lethal Weapon," "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Lethal Weapon 4" (all directed by Richard Donner), as well as "Die Hard," "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," "The Last Boy Scout," "Demolition Man," "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Richie Rich," "Assassins" and "Conspiracy Theory."

Silver most recently completed production on "Romeo Must Die," a hip-hop kung fu action-romance starring martial arts sensation Jet Li and recording artist Aaliyah.

GILBERT ADLER (Producer) is a multiple CableACE Award-winning hyphenate, having served as writer, director and producer on a long list of television and motion picture projects. Adler's feature projects include the two "Tales from the Crypt" films "Bordello of Blood" (producer/director/co-writer) and "Demon Knight" (producer). He also served as co-writer of "Children of the Corn II" and producer of "Basic Training," "Certain Fury" and Brian DePalma's "Home Movies."

On television, Adler is currently co-executive producing and directing the hip series "The Strip." His other series work includes directing episodes of "Fantasy Island" and "Charmed" and producing, directing and writing episodes of "Perversions of Science" and "Tales from the Crypt." Additionally, he served as producer of the cable film "Double Tap," co-executive producer and co-writer of the telefilm "Weird World" and producer of the series "Freddie's Nightmares."

Adler's upcoming projects include serving as co-executive producer and director of HBO's "Vietnam War Stories."

DICK BEEBE (Screenplay) - has written numerous plays for live theater, including "Farewell to Flesh," "Bayou Confidential," "Rapture Two-Step" (which he also developed as a screenplay), "Heavenzapoppin'," "Vampires in Kodachrome" and "Anapest Destiny." He also wrote HBO's "Prison Stories: Women on the Inside," "The Jan Kemp Story," "One Man's War," "New Chicks," "The Last Pelt," "Only the Lonely - the Roy Orbison Story" and "Bijou Dreams." He also wrote the cable telefilm "Into the Badlands," the ABC Movie of the Week "Dead and Alive," and "Lazarus Man."

Beebe was also involved in the writing of Warner Bros.' "U.S. Marshals" and of "The Net," which starred Sandra Bullock.

DAN CRACCHIOLO (Executive Producer) is a native of Los Angeles who began his entertainment career as an agent trainee at ICM under Ed Limato. In 1991, he joined Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, where his first project was "Lethal Weapon 3." Since then, Cracchiolo has associate-produced Silver's and Donner's HBO television series "Tales from the Crypt" for three seasons, as well as the two "Crypt" feature offshoots, "Demon Knight" and "Bordello of Blood." In addition, he co-produced the feature films "Assassins," "Conspiracy Theory" and "The Matrix."

STEVE RICHARDS (Executive Producer) began his career in film production at Ridley and Tony Scott's production company, Scott Free. In 1995, Richards joined Joel Silver's Silver Pictures. Since then, he served as associate producer on "Double Tap" and executive producer on the features "Made Men" and "Dungeons & Dragons."

He received his MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

TERRY CASTLE (Co-Producer), the daughter of the late noted director and movie impresario William Castle, is the founder of William Castle Productions, a film production company dedicated to making films for young audiences as well as horror movies in the style of her late father's work. The company is currently developing "Point Dume," a thriller with references to William Castle's own work, and "Rubbish," a kids' thriller.

She was, in her own words, "in my mother's stomach during the making of the original 'House on Haunted Hill,' so it's truly in my blood."

Castle was formerly an executive in charge of production at Nickelodeon, where she was responsible for such series as "Are You Afraid of the Dark?," "Wild and Crazy Kids" and "Welcome Freshmen," among others. Prior to her production-executive post, she held a senior producer and writer role working for Nickelodeon's on-air promotions group.

RICK BOTA's (Director of Photography) extensive background in filming projects in the horror genre includes three seasons as cinematographer on HBO's "Tales from the Crypt," which garnered him 1994's CableACE Award for Best Cinematography, as well as an A.S.C. nomination for Best Cinematography in a TV Series in 1995.

Bota's other credits include the "Tales from the Crypt" theatrical release "Demon Night," as well as the features "Barbwire," "Glimmerman" and "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory." He also served as director for second-unit photography on the hit "Lethal Weapon 4." Additionally, he worked as second-unit director and director of photography on "Mimic," "Kiss the Girls" and, most recently, directed an episode of the CBS television series "L.A. Doctors."

ANTHONY ADLER (Film Editor) began in the entertainment industry as an assistant editor on the cable hit "Tales from the Crypt" and went on to serve as editor on the series. He also served as editor on television's "W.I.E.R.D. World" and the features "Implicated" and "Double Tap."

DAVID KLASSEN (Production Designer) has over 20 years' experience in production design, art direction and set design. Most recently, Klassen served as supervising art director on "Lethal Weapon 4," "6 Days,7 Nights," "Hard Rain" and Kevin Costner's 1994 feature "Waterworld." His other notable art direction work includes "North," "Dave," "A Few Good Men," "Radio Flyer," "Dive," "Tango & Cash" and "The Three Amigos," among others.

Klassen's most notable set design work includes "Beverly Hills Cop II," "Running Scared," "Cobra," "The River," "The Toy," the 1981 sci-fi classic "Blade Runner," "Airport," "Airport II" and "Jaws II," his feature-film debut.

Klassen also has worked on several television movies and mini-series, including NBC's "Fatal Vision," Universal Television's "79 Park Avenue," "The Captains & The Kings" and "Masada."

ROBERT AND DENNIS SKOTAK (Visual Effects) - have been making films since they were teenagers in suburban Detroit. They have received Academy Awards for the cutting-edge visual effects they created for "Aliens" and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." Robert Skotak is a special visual-effects director and Dennis Skotak is a special visual-effects cinematographer.

Among their other visual-effects credits for film are "Titanic," "Mouse Hunt, "Mars Attacks!," "Hard Rain," "The Abyss," "Heart and Souls," "My Favorite Martian," "The Pagemaster," "Captain Ron," "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid," "Dracula," "Tremors," "Escape From New York," "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and "Darkman." They have also done effects work on a number of commercials, including two for Miller Lite with director Ridley Scott.

Dennis Skotak is also an award-winning live-action cinematographer and still photographer, and Robert Skotak is the founder and head of 4Ward Productions, a visual-effects company, and Mega Mirage, a digital- and video-effects company.

Composer DON DAVIS most recently created the distinctive score for producer Joel Silver's mega-hit "The Matrix." He previously collaborated with the writing/directing Wachowski brothers when he scored their film "Bound."

His composing credits include "Warriors of Virtue," "Route 9," "The Lesser Evil," "Session Man" and "Blackout," as well as the telefilms "Weapons of Mass Distraction" for HBO (starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne), "Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story" (starring Ann-Margret), "The Lake," "The Agency" (starring Tom Berenger and Ron Silver), "A Match Made in Heaven" (starring Olympia Dukakis), "The Alibi," "Not in This Town," "In the Lake of the Woods," "Leave of Absence," "Murder of Innocence," "A Little Piece of Heaven," "Woman With a Past," "Home Fires Burning" and "A Stoning in Fulham County."

He also composed the music for such miniseries as "The Third Twin," "House of Frankenstein 1997," "Invasion," "Pandora's Clock," "The Beast" and "In the Best of Families," as well as for the TV series "SeaQuest DSV," "Capitol Critters," "My Life and Times," "Tiny Toon Adventures," "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Beauty and the Beast."

Davis worked as an orchestrator and arranger on such films as "A Bug's Life," "Titanic," "Pleasantville," "Lost in Space," "Michael," "Ransom," "Courage Under Fire," "James and the Giant Peach," "Balto," "Toy Story," Apollo 13," "Clear and Present Danger," "Maverick," "Legends of the Fall," "The Pelican Brief," "The Last Action Hero," "Death Becomes Her," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," among many others.

Supervising Sound Editor DANE DAVIS attended film school at the California Iinstitute of the Arts following a lifetime fascination with sound and sound effects. Shortly after graduation, Davis founded Dantracks Inc. and has since been the sound editor/supervising sound editor on more than 60 films, ranging from "Go," "Drugstore Cowboy," "Bound" and "Boogie Nights" to "Simon Birch," "Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and "Defending Your Life." His work achieved particular distinction and notice when he collaborated with Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers on the blockbuster hit "The Matrix" earlier this year.