About The Filmmakers

((Director/Executive Producer) JON FAVREAU is a true multi-hyphenate. After getting his break as an actor in "Rudy," Favreau went on to establish himself as a writer of considerable talent with the acclaimed hipster comedy "Swingers." Since then, he has continued to challenge himself with a variety of eclectic projects.

Prior to "Iron Man," Favreau directed "Zathura," a children's adventure film starring Tim Robbins, for Radar Pictures and Sony Entertainment. In 2003, Favreau directed the acclaimed holiday smash hit "Elf" starring Will Ferrell, for New Line Cinema. Favreau made his feature film directorial debut with "Made," a script he wrote and starred in opposite Vince Vaughn and Sean "Puffy" Combs for Artisan Entertainment.

In front of the camera, Favreau was most recently seen opposite Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston in Universal Pictures' "The Break-Up." He next appears in "Four Christmases" opposite Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, which will be released on November 14, 2008. Favreau was also seen alongside Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany in Universal Pictures' "Wimbledon," in Sony Pictures Entertainment's "Something's Gotta Give," and in the Mark Steven Johnson film "Daredevil" with Ben Affleck, an adaptation of the Marvel Comics franchise for 20th Century Fox-Regency Enterprises. He also portrayed legendary heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano in the MGM biopic "Rocky Marciano."

Favreau's other feature film credits include "Love and Sex" opposite Famke Janssen, "The Replacements" with Keanu Reeves, "Very Bad Things" opposite Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz, and "Deep Impact" with Robert Duvall, Morgan Freeman and Vanessa Redgrave.

Favreau's television credits include a recurring role on "Friends" and a special appearance on HBO's critically acclaimed "The Sopranos," playing himself. Favreau also added the title of show runner to his multi-hyphenate list of credits as the creator, producer and host of the critically acclaimed and Emmynominated IFC series "Dinner for Five."

MARK FERGUS & HAWK OSTBY (Screenplay by) have collaborated on more than a dozen scripts over the past decade, including their Oscar®nominated adaptation of P.D. James' novel "Children of Men" (along with Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata and Timothy J. Sexton) and the thriller "Consequence," for HBO Pictures. Fergus made his directing debut with his and Ostby's original screenplay "First Snow," a psychological thriller starring Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner and J.K. Simmons.

ART MARCUM & MATT HOLLOWAY (Screenplay by) began to work as a writing team in Los Angeles. They made their first sale -- a pitch to Disney's Touchstone Pictures -- in late 2001. Subsequently, they have worked for Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks, as well as CBS and Fox television. "Iron Man" is Marcum and Holloway's first major motion picture to be produced, and will be followed by the upcoming "Punisher: War Zone," directed by Lexi Alexander.

The son of a political science professor, Marcum was raised in Santa Cruz, California, but influenced by the wider world. Regular dinner guests at home included African revolutionaries, novelists, poets and filmmakers. He spent many years living overseas in both France and South America and is a graduate of Stanford University. After college, Marcum worked briefly in television news in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.

Holloway grew up in the Philadelphia area. After completing Stanford University's undergraduate creative writing program, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a film writing career. Holloway worked many production jobs after college on movie sets as varied as James Cameron's "Titanic" and Doug Liman's "Go."

AVI ARAD (Producer) served as chairman and chief executive officer of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment from 1990 to 2006. Arad was the driving force behind Marvel's Hollywood renaissance with a track record that has been nothing short of spectacular, including a string of eight consecutive No. 1 box office openings.

In June 2006, Arad left Marvel to form Arad Productions, under which he most recently produced the film "Bratz."

As an executive producer and producer, Arad's credits include the "Spider-Man" trilogy, the "X-Men" trilogy, "Hulk," "Daredevil," "The Punisher," the "Blade" trilogy, "Elektra" and "The Fantastic Four."

Arad's recent producing credits include the box office smashes "Ghost Rider" and "4: Rise of the Silver Surfer," as well as the upcoming "The Incredible Hulk."

Complementing Arad Productions, Arad is also involved in Marvel's independently financed film slate arranged with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. Through the film fund, Arad will serve as producer or executive producer on films based on such Marvel characters as Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.

Born in Cyprus and raised in Israel, Arad came to the United States during his college years and enrolled at Hofstra University to study industrial management. He earned a bachelor of business administration from the University in 1972.

A long-established expert in youth entertainment, Arad is one of the world's top toy designers. He has been involved in the creation and development of over two hundred successful products, including action figures, play sets, dolls, toy vehicles, electronic products, educational software and video games. In fact, virtually every major toy and youth entertainment manufacturer, including Toy Biz, Hasbro, Mattel, Nintendo, Tiger, Ideal, Galoob, Tyco and Sega, has been selling his products for more than 20 years.

When not working as a producer, Arad can be found riding his Harley-Davidson. His enthusiasm for the motorcycle inspired him to become a successful restaurateur. He founded and still owns the Harley-Davidson Cafe in Las Vegas.

KEVIN FEIGE (Producer) is president of production at Marvel Studios and has creative oversight over its film projects, as well as its animation work for television and DVD and theme park activities.

Feige joined Marvel in 2000 and has been involved in key capacities for all of Marvel's theatrical productions, including the blockbuster "X-Men" trilogy, the "Spider-Man" trilogy and "The Fantastic Four" films.

Feige recently served as executive producer on "4: The Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Punisher: War Zone," and as producer on the upcoming "The Incredible Hulk." Previously, Feige served as executive producer on "Hulk," "Elektra" and "The Punisher" and co-produced the 2003 hit "Daredevil."

After graduating from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, Feige worked for Lauren Shuler Donner and Richard Donner at their Warner Bros.-based The Donners' Company. While there, he worked on the action-adventure "Volcano" and the hit romantic comedy "You've Got Mail." He transitioned into a development position that led to an associate producer role on "X-Men," the film that revamped the comic book genre.

LOUIS D'ESPOSITO (Executive Producer) most recently executive-produced the 2006 hit film "The Pursuit of Happyness" starring Will Smith, "Zathura: A Space Adventure" and the 2003 hit "S.W.A.T." starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell. Prior to that, D'Esposito served as first assistant director on dozens of films, including "Sweet Home Alabama," "Stuart Little 2," "The Glass House," "Hollow Man," "Blast from the Past," "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer," "The Shadow," "Demolition Man," "Hero," "Basic Instinct," "Once Around," "The Freshman" and "Major League."

D'Esposito began his career as a second assistant director on films including "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "A Chorus Line" and "The Cotton Club."

Born in New York City, D'Esposito currently lives in Los Angeles.

PETER BILLINGSLEY (Executive Producer) has been a member of the Hollywood community since he was a small child, achieving success and accolades both behind the scenes and in front of camera. The highly successful child actor-turned-producer received an Emmy Award nomination in 2005 as coexecutive producer on the critically acclaimed Independent Film Channel's "Dinner for Five" with Jon Favreau. He also served as executive producer on the hit summer film "The Break-Up" and the documentary "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights -- Hollywood to the Heartland." Billingsley is currently executive-producing "Four Christmases" starring Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon.

Billingsley also served as co-producer on the Artisan Entertainment film "Made" starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and Sony's recent science fiction release "Zathura," both directed by Favreau.

Billingsley recently became a principal in Wild West Picture Show Productions. The production company, founded by Vince Vaughn, currently has a first-look production deal with Universal Studios.

Growing up in the public eye, Billingsley began his acting career at the age of three in some of the '70s' most memorable television commercials. After appearing on numerous television shows and films during his youth, the Emmy Award-nominated actor delivered a performance for the ages in the beloved holiday film "A Christmas Story." Playing humorist Jean Shephard's youthful alter-ego Ralphie, Billingsley's repeated requests in the film for a genuine Red Ryder B-B gun quickly catapulted the actor to instant stardom and has since driven the film into pop culture lore as the classic modern day Christmas tale.

Born in New York City, Billingsley currently resides in Los Angeles.

ARI ARAD (Executive Producer) has worked in the entertainment industry for nearly a decade. He worked at Village Roadshow and developed comic book properties with Brigade Pictures and Crystal Sky, LLC before heading to Marvel Studios in 2001, where he executive produced and coproduced numerous films in addition to contributing to the development of several Marvel video games.

In June of 2006, he joined Avi Arad in creating Arad Productions, Inc., where he currently serves as president. As an executive producer his credits include "The Incredible Hulk," "Ghost Rider," "The Punisher: War Zone" and "Robosapien: Rebooted." He was also co-producer on "The Punisher."

Arad received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, where he studied philosophy.

STAN LEE (Executive Producer) is currently the chairman and chief creative officer POW! Entertainment. The company was founded in 2001 and has over 40 movies, TV, DVD, video game and other projects in various stages of development.

Also the chairman emeritus of Marvel Comics, Lee is known to millions as the man whose superheroes propelled Marvel to its preeminent position in the comic book industry. Hundreds of legendary characters, including Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, The Avengers, The Silver Surfer, Thor and Dr. Strange, all grew out of his fertile imagination.

Lee served as executive producer for Columbia's worldwide blockbusters "Spider-Man," "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3," all directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

Lee executive-produced the global hit "Ghost Rider," which took in over $200 million worldwide. Lee also executive-produced "X-Men: The Last Stand" after executive-producing the first two smash "X-Men" films. He also served as executive producer of "The Fantastic Four," "Hulk," "Elektra," "Daredevil" and the "Blade" trilogy.

In the early 1960s, Lee ushered in what has come to be known as "The Marvel Age of Comics," creating major new superheroes while breathing life and style into such old favorites as Captain America, The Human Torch and The Sub Mariner.

During his first 25 years at Marvel as editor, art director and head writer, Lee scripted no fewer than two and as many as five complete comic books per week. His prodigious output may comprise the largest body of published work by any single writer. Additionally, he wrote newspaper features, radio and television scripts and screenplays.

By the time he was named publisher of Marvel Comics in 1972, Lee's comics were the nation's biggest sellers. In 1977, he brought the Spider-Man character to newspapers in the form of a syndicated strip. This seven-days-aweek feature, which he has written and edited since its inception, is the most successful of all syndicated adventure strips, appearing in more than 500 newspapers worldwide.

In 1981, Marvel launched an animation studio on the West Coast and Lee moved to Los Angeles to become creative head of Marvel's cinematic adventures. He began to transform his Spider-Man and Hulk creations into Saturday morning television and paved the way for Marvel's entry into live-action feature films.

Under the umbrella of his new company POW! (Purveyors of Wonder!) Entertainment, Inc., Lee is creating and executive producing an animated "Stan Lee Presents" DVD series, with the first two released in 2007: "Mosaic" and "The Condor." Lee's television credits with POW! include serving as executive producer and star on NBC's sci-fi hit reality series "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" seasons one and two, and as co-producer and creator of "Stripperella" on the Spike cable channel, in addition to previously executive-producing "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "The Incredible Hulk," "Spider-Man" and "X-Men."

Lee has written more than a dozen best-selling books, including Stan Lee's Superhero Christmas, The Origins of Marvel Comics, The Best of the Worst, The Silver Surfer, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, The Alien Factor, Bring on the Bad Guys, Riftworld, The Superhero Women and his recent autobiography Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee.

DAVID MAISEL (Executive Producer) is the executive vice president, office of the chief executive and chairman of Marvel Studios. He also served in senior positions for Endeavor, Creative Artists Agency and The Walt Disney Company. He graduated from Duke University and the Harvard Business School.

MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, ASC (Director of Photography) achieved considerable critical acclaim for his collaboration with independent filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. To date, they have worked together on four shorts and three feature films, including "Pi," "The Fountain" and the highly acclaimed "Requiem for a Dream."

The award-winning feature debut "Pi" earned Libatique a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Independent Spirit Awards. He was later honored with an award for Best Cinematography at the Independent Film Sprit Awards and nominations for the BSFC Awards and OFSC Awards for Aronofsky's second feature "Requiem for a Dream." The duo's latest collaboration, "The Fountain," earned a Satellite Award nomination.

Libatique's recent credits include Joel Schumacher's "The Number 23" starring Jim Carrey; Spike Lee's "She Hate Me" and "Inside Man" starring Denzel Washington; "Gothika" for Mathieu Kassovitz; and "Everything Is Illuminated," the directing debut of Liev Schreiber.

Libatique began his career in 1995 shooting music videos for artists such as Moby, Jay Z, Matchbox 20, Pulp, Timbaland, Incubus and Usher. His early film credits include two films for director Joel Schumacher, "Tigerland" and "Phone Booth," "Abandon" directed by Stephen Gaghan, as well as "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Never Die Alone."

He recently completed principle photography on Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna."

J. MICHAEL RIVA (Production Designed by) is an Academy Award® nominee for his designs on "The Color Purple." He also designed "Spider-Man 3," "The Pursuit of Happyness," "Zathura: A Space Adventure," "Stealth," "Charlie's Angels" and "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," as well as Ivan Reitman's "Evolution." Riva has doubled as the production designer and second unit director on "A Few Good Men," "Radio Flyer," "Scrooged" and "Goonies." Other memorable production design credits include "Dave," "Six Days Seven Nights," "Congo," "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," "Lethal Weapon," "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 4," "Ordinary People," "Bad Boys" and "Brubaker."

Among his television credits are the Emmy Award-winning telefilm "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The 74th Academy Awards®," for which he received an Emmy nomination.

DAN LEBENTAL, A.C.E. (Editor) is most recently credited with editing the documentary film "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights -- Hollywood to the Heartland," as well as the box office hit "The Break-Up." His previous credits include Jon Favreau's family films "Zathura" and the holiday hit "Elf," as well as Lucky McKee's "The Woods." Other film credits include "From Hell," "Happy Campers," "Where the Money Is," "American Pimp," "Very Bad Things," "Deceiver," "Dead Presidents" and "The Lounge People."

JOHN NELSON (Visual Effects Supervisor) has had a long and distinguished career that has included an Academy Award® for his work on the 2001 Best Picture winner "Gladiator." He was nominated again in 2004 for his work on "I, Robot."

Nelson's other credits as visual effects supervisor include "Matrix Revolutions," "Matrix Reloaded," "Evolution," "City of Angels," "Anaconda," "The Cable Guy," "Judge Dredd," "Johnny Mnemonic," "Wolf," "The Pelican Brief," "My Life," "So I Married an Axe Murderer" and "In the Line of Fire."

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Nelson began his career as a commercial director, and was nominated six times for a Clio Award, winning the prestigious advertising award twice.

RAMIN DJAWADI (Music) began his musical career as a guitar player in numerous bands in Germany, before moving to Boston in 1995 and earning a bachelor's degree in film scoring and guitar performance from the prestigious Berklee College of Music.

While at Berklee, Djawadi performed as the guitarist for My Favorite Relative, earning seven nominations at the Boston Music Awards in 1999. Ultimately deciding to focus on film scoring, he moved to Los Angeles in 2000, joining Academy Award® winner Hans Zimmer at Media Ventures.

Directly collaborating as a composer and arranger with Klaus Badelt, Djawadi began working on "The Time Machine," "Basic," "The Recruit" and the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." He next collaborated with Zimmer, co-composing and producing the score for "Thunderbirds" and collaborating on "Something's Gotta Give" and "Batman Begins."

Recently, Djawadi scored "Mr. Brooks," "Open Season," "Blade: Trinity," "Buffalo Dreams" and Academy Award® winner Robert Towne's "Ask the Dust." Upcoming are the animated "Fly Me to the Moon," "The Tourist" and "Open Season 2."

Currently, he is scoring Fox's hit series "Prison Break," which garnered an Emmy Award nomination for his main theme. Djawadi previously scored episodes of the "Blade" TV series.

DAVE JORDAN (Music Supervisor) most recently served as music supervisor on "Charlie Bartlett," "TRANSFORMERS," "Reign Over Me," "Meet the Spartans," "Ghost Rider," "Date Movie," "Man About Town," "The Fantastic Four," "Kicking and Screaming," "The Upside of Anger," "Elektra" and "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle."

His other credits include "Dude, Where's My Car?," "The Fast and the Furious," "Daredevil," "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "The Punisher."

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