His other producing credits include "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings," starring Burt Reynolds and scripted by Tom Rickman (Academy Award-nominee for "Coalminer's Daughter") and "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes," starring Christopher Lambert and Andie MacDowell.



Dieter Geissler (producer) founded the German-based Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion in 1967 and went on to co-produce or produce major European films such as Luchino Visconti's "Ludwig," Roman Polanski's "What?," Robert van Ackeren's "Woman In Flames" and "The Neverending Story" trilogy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, George Miller and Peter MacDonald.

Geissler is the founder of CineVox Entertainment, (comprised of the individual companies CineVox, CineMagic and CineVox International-all founded by Geissler) which holds a co-distribution agreement with Warner Bros. and a joint production agreement with Universal Family Entertainment. CineMagic (a special effects branch of CineVox) recently worked on the visual effects in "The Adventures of Pinocchio," which Geissler co-produced, and in "Jungle Book 2: Mowgli & Baloo." In 1996, CineMagic and SATEL (a subsidiary of the Philips Group) became the majority shareholders in the state-of-the-art special effects facility High Tech Centre HDO in Oberhausen, Germany.



Michael Lake (producer) has over 25 years' production experience within the Australian film and television industry. He has held various production positions on such films as "The Removalist," "The Getting of Wisdom," "Eliza Fraser," "The Mango Tree" and "The Man from Snowy River." While serving as production executive at two television production companies, Lake was in charge of production on such series as "The Sullivans," "Carsons Law," "All the Rivers Run," "The Flying Doctors" and "The Far Country."

Lake has since held a variety of executive positions with Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios and Village Roadshow Pictures, where he currently serves as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production. He served as co-producer on "Fortress" and producer on "A Place to Call Home," "The Facts of Life Downunder," "Irresistible Force," "Trapped in Space," "Space Above & Beyond," "Flipper" and "Sahara." His recent feature producing credits include "Hotel De Love" and "Joey," both for Village Roadshow Pictures.



Greg Coote (executive producer) has had an extensive career with Australian and American motion picture and television production. Currently the President and COO of Village Roadshow Pictures, his recent motion picture credits include producing Bruce Beresford's "Paradise Road," and executive producing the romantic comedy "Diana & Me" and the family adventure "Joey." Upcoming projects for Village Roadshow Pictures include three planned features with Punch Productions (a Dustin Hoffman joint venture company): "The House of Mirth," starring Hoffman and to be directed by John Schlesinger; "The Knees of a Cellist," written by Matthew Carnahan; and the soon to be released "Over the Moon," starring Dianne Lane and Viggo Mortensen.

Coote began his career in Australian motion picture production and, as one of the joint Managing Directors of Roadshow Distributors, was responsible for the distribution of such hits as "Mad Max" and "Gallipoli." In 1986, he started a two-year tenure as Executive Vice President of Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, re-joining Roadshow in 1988 as President, the position he currently holds.



Peter Ziegler (executive producer) currently holds the positions of Director of Fiscal, Legal and Strategic Objectives of Village Roadshow and Chairman of Village Roadshow Pictures. He received both a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law degree, as well as a Master of Financial Management degree from the University of Queensland. He worked as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia and was a partner with the firm of Ernst & Young before joining Roadshow.



Kurt Silberschneider (executive producer) has created a successful career as an independent motion picture distributor, responsible for such hit films as "Woman in Flames" and "Abwärts" ("Out of Order"). He began his long association with the film industry in the Warner International Trainee Program; after completing the program, he headed the sales department for Warner/Columbia Distribution in Germany and, later, became general manager of Warner Bros. Distribution in Germany and Austria. Following ten years with Warner Bros., he began his own production company, Alta Vista, and had immediate box office success with "The Adventures of Pinocchio." He is currently a partner with Dieter Geissler in CineMagic Film GmbH, which is a 31% shareholder in the $65-million dollar digital and special effects facility HDO in Oberhausen, Germany.



Lawrence Mortorff (executive producer) lists among his motion picture executive producing credits "The Last Time I Committed Suicide," "The Adventures of Pinocchio" (co-credit), "The Grave," "The Whole Wide World" (co-credit), "Last Gasp" (co-credit) and "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book." He also served as co-executive producer on "Andre" and "Lady in Waiting" and executive produced "Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice" and "Romero." His film producing credits include "Deadly Exposure" and "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth."



Paul Gilpin (director of photography) includes the Apartheid dramas "Dangerous Ground" and "Cry, the Beloved Country" among his list of other cinematography credits. He also worked on the 1990 comedy "Oddball Hall."



Harry Hitner (editor) worked as an editor on the recent motion pictures "Zeus and Roxanne" and Wes Craven's "Mind Ripper." His list of additional editing credits includes "Andre," "Look Who's Talking Now," "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid," "The Silver Strand" and "White Fang." He also edited television's "The Christmas Tree" and served as supervising film editor on the Disney video release "Aladdin and the King of Thieves."



Julian Parry (visual effects supervisor) has worked in visual and model effects for motion pictures for nearly two decades. He recently served as visual effects consultant on "A Kid in King Arthur's Court," "Tashunga" and the Oscar-winning "Restoration" (for best production design). His extensive work in television and commercials includes serving as art director for the BBC series "Pie in the Sky III," assistant art director for the acclaimed "Prime Suspect III" and visual effects consultant on the British "Inspector Morse" detective series. He was also visual effects designer and model unit director on the feature "Nightbreed."



Herbert Pinter (production designer) has been production designing motion pictures and television projects for more than 20 years. His list of recent design credits include Bruce Beresford's "Paradise Road," "Dad and Dave: On Our Selection," "A Good Man in Africa," "Sniper" and "Mister Johnson." He also production designed Canada's "Black Robe" (for which he received a Genie Award, Canada's Oscar), "Belinda," "The Fringe Dwellers," "Archer's Adventure," "The Year of Living Dangerously," "Undercover," "Freedom," "Duet for Four" and television's "The Plumber." He also served as art director on the acclaimed Australian drama "Gallipoli."



Christopher Franke (composer) has completed scores on more than 23 made-for-television movies and series and 12 feature film scores since 1990. His feature film credits include "Jamaica Beat," "Ms. Bear," "Solo," "Tenchi Muyo! In Love," "Menno's Mind," "Public Enemy #1," "Requiem" and "Universal Soldier." His series work includes "Codename: Wolverine," "Pacific Blue," "M.A.N.T.I.S.," "Angel Falls," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Babylon 5" and "Streethawk." His telefeature credits include "Babylon 5: In the Beginning," "The Devil's Child," "Kalte Küsse," "Inheritance," "In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped," "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Stephen King's The Tommyknockers."