Steven F. Seagal ( born April 10, 1952) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, philanthropist, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He belongs to a generation of movie action hero actors (including Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone) who were featured in many blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 6' 4" (193 cm) 7th-dan black belt in aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in Osaka, Japan. He later moved to the Los Angeles, California area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law. Since then, Seagal has become a major action star, mainly due to his films of the 1990s such as Under Siege (1992) and Under Siege 2 (1995) where he played Navy SEALs counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback. In total his movies have earned in excess of $850 million worldwide. Seagal is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Seagal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rightsactivist and a supporter of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and the cause of Tibetan independence. Spiritualism and Buddhism play an important role in Seagal's life and he has been recognized by Tibetan lama Penor Rinpoche as a reincarnated Tulku. According to Seagal in a November 2006 interview: "I was born very different, clairvoyant and a healer".

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Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American filmmaker and music video director. He is best known for his films such as The Family Man, After the Sunset, Red Dragon, the Rush Hour series, and X-Men: The Last Stand. He is also a producer on the Fox drama, Prison Break.

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Jason Pollock is the director of the feature length documentary film The Youngest Candidate. It is produced by David Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants, in partnership with Oscar winner Lawrence Bender and Balance Vector Productions.

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David Slade (born September 26, 1969) is a British film director who began his career making music videos. His work includes videos for artists such as Aphex Twin, Rob Dougan, System of a Down, Stone Temple Pilots, Tori Amos, and Muse. His first feature film, Hard Candy, was released in 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment, who purchased the independent movie at the Sundance Film Festival. Slade has been hired by Summit Entertainment to direct Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight film series.

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Cash Garner Warren born on January 10, 1979, is an American producer. Warren attended high school—Crossroads School—in Santa Monica, California, with famous actress Kate Hudson. At Crossroads, Warren also played basketball with his buddy Baron Davis, who is now an NBA basketball star, currently playing as point guard for the Golden State Warriors. After Crossroads, Warren went on to “bigger and better things” by attending Yale, where he later graduated. Warren started making his living as a Hollywood film and television crewmember, director’s assistant, and producer in, with Taxi (2004), and Fantastic Four in 2005 as Tim Story's assistant. Warren decided to try his hand at producing in 2006 with the film Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi, and most recently, with The Baron Davis Project, starring his friend and NBA star Baron Davis.

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Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted by Comedy Central as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time.

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Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, dancer, actor and choreographer. He has been a judge on the television program So You Think You Can Dance since Season 3. He began his professional career in musical theater, and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman also choreographed one of the Spice Girls' tours. He has directed several feature-legnth films, including A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, and Hairspray.

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Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2006) and Juno (2007) as well as utilizing unique opening sequences.

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Daryn Tufts (born April 1, 1973 in Arcadia, California) is a writer, director, producer, and actor. Best known for his acting in LDS cinema, Tufts’ writing, producing and directing credits include national feature films, documentaries, and television commercials. Tufts has also performed and taught sketch comedy and improvisational comedy with several professional comedy troupes.

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