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John Milius
Director/Writer

John Milius made his directing debut in 1973 with the feature film Dillinger, starring Warren Oates, Michelle Phillips and Richard Dreyfuss. His subsequent films include Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze, Big Wednesday, Conan the Barbarian, The Wind and the Lion and Flight of the Intruder, all of which he wrote and directed. Milius' other writing credits include the Apocalypse Now screenplay, for which he shared an Academy Award® nomination with Francis Ford Coppola; A Clear and Present Danger; Jeremiah Johnson; Farewell to the King; Geronimo: An American Legend; and Extreme Prejudice.

On television, Milius directed Motorcycle Gang and wrote Melvin Purvis: G-Man. His earlier writing credits include The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Magnum Force, Evel Knievel and The Devil's 8. He also produced the features Uncommon Valor, starring Gene Hackman; Used Cars, with Kurt Russell; and 1941, based on a story by Milius.


Bill Macdonald
Producer

Bill Macdonald most recently produced the feature film The Saint, starring Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue. Macdonald's other credits include One Man's Hero and An Occasional Hell, both starring Tom Berenger; the thriller Sliver, starring Sharon Stone; and Jade, with David Caruso.


Moctesuma Esparza/Robert Katz
Executive Producers

Moctesuma Esparza and Robert Katz recently produced the feature Selena. The film, starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead role of the Tejano singer, met critical and popular acclaim. Other Esparza-Katz films include the thriller Death in Granada, starring Andy Garcia and Edward James Olmos; TNT's The Cisco Kid, starring Jimmy Smits; Avenging Angel, starring Tom Berenger; The Milagro Beanfield War; The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez; and the miniseries Gettysburg. Among Katz's other producing credits are Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light, The Ambulance and The Telephone.


Larry Levinson
Executive Producer

Larry Levinson was executive producer of the popular miniseries Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk, starring Keith Carradine, and Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo, with Sissy Spacek and James Garner. He also produced Gambler V: Playing for Keeps, starring Kenny Rogers. Levinson's writing credits include the 1985 telefilm Missing in Action 2: The Beginning. Among his upcoming projects is the TNT original film Everything That Rises, a contemporary Western starring Dennis Quaid, who is also making his directorial debut.


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