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Lydia Dean Pilcher is founder of Cine Mosaic, based in New York City.
Pilcher is presently in post-production on “Amelia,” the story of the famous aviatrix, Amelia Earhart. The film is directed by Mira Nair, and stars Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan McGregor. Pilcher recently produced Wes Anderson’s film, “The Darjeeling Limited,” and “The Namesake,” based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, directed by Mira Nair, and released theatrically in Spring 2007 by Fox Searchlight.
Pilcher was nominated in 2005 for a Golden Globe Award for the HBO feature film, “Iron Jawed Angels” directed by Katja von Garnier and starring Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston. She was nominated in 2004 for an Emmy Award, Golden Globe and Producer’s Guild Award as the Executive Producer of “Normal” with writer/director Jane Anderson and starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson.
Other producing credits include the feature film “Vanity Fair” directed by Mira Nair and starring Reese Witherspoon for Focus Features; “Hysterical Blindness,” directed by Mira Nair and starring Uma Thurman, Gena Rowlands and Juliette Lewis for HBO Films; "Jesus' Son" directed by Alison Maclean, based on the novel by Denis Johnson, starring Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton for Lions Gate; "Cradle Will Rock" directed by Tim Robbins for Touchstone Pictures; "Chinese Box" directed by Wayne Wang with Gong Li and Jeremy Irons filmed on location in Hong Kong; "Kama Sutra -A Tale of Love," directed by Mira Nair; "The Perez Family" directed by Mira Nair for The Samuel Goldwyn Company with Anjelica Huston and Marisa Tomei; "Disappearing Acts", for Home Box Office, based on the novel by Terry McMillan, starring Wesley Snipes and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood; "The Kill-Off" (dir: Maggie Greenwald) and "Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint" (Michael Moore's documentary sequel to his controversial "Roger and Me); "Mississippi Masala " (Goldwyn/dir: Mira Nair); and "Strapped" (HBO/Forest Whitaker's directorial debut). Pilcher Co-produced "Longtime Companion"(dir: Norman Rene); "My New Gun" (dir: Stacy Cochran); and "Red Hot + Dance" (dir: Mark Pellington-an AIDS benefit performance film for MTV). In 2002, Pilcher and Mira Nair teamed on a short film about September 11th for Studio Canal’s package of international shorts entitled “11 Minutes, 9 Seconds, 1 Frame.”
After receiving an MFA at NYU Film School in 1983, Pilcher began her career making documentaries and working in the production department of feature films including "After Hours" (dir: Martin Scorsese); "F/X"(dir: Robert Mandel); "Round Midnight"(dir: Bertrand Tavernier); "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"(dir: John Hughes); "Mississippi Burning" (dir: Alan Parker); and "Quiz Show" (dir: Robert Redford).
Pilcher has served two terms as Vice Chair of the Producers Guild of America East and currently serves on the Board of Directors of The New York Production Alliance. She was named one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Women’s eNews for 2005. |
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Courtney Lee-Mitchell has worked in various facets of the entertainment industry since graduating from UCLA School of Law.
She practiced entertainment law at the firm of Kenoff & Machtinger in Century City, CA, and subsequently trained in the feature film literary department of United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, CA. Mitchell also worked for the Weitz Brothers on their feature film directing debut for Universal Studios, "American Pie."
In 2005, she produced "Nail Polish," a low-budget indie feature starring Alexandra Lydon and Paz de la Huerta for Pigdog Films. The film screened at the 2006 Mill Valley and Starz Denver Film Festivals. Prior to this, she worked in short film distribution for Hypnotic in NYC, preceded by a stint managing entertainment and sports-related content acquisition for the San Francisco online syndicator, iSyndicate.
Courtney is a member (inactive) of the California Bar. From 2003 to 2005, she served on the San Francisco board of Gen Art, the New York-based arts and entertainment organization. In 2004, she served on the programming committee for the Gen Art Film Festival in New York. |
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Christine McKeever attended Northwestern University where she participated in the highly selective Creative Writing for the Media Program and received the 2000 Bindley grant to write and direct a 16mm short film. Christine holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Boston University and was a finalist in BU’s Ted Harbert pilot contest in 2005 for her comedy, “Protection.” Christine has placed in several writing contests, including Finalist, Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab in 2002, and Semi-Finalist, Page Awards (TV Comedy Pilot) in 2006. Christine has been working for Cine Mosaic since 2007. |
