Deborah Davis

has worked as a story editor and story analyst for Warner Bros., Columbia TriStar, Disney, Miramax, and the William Morris Agency. Her most recent books are Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and his Black and White Ball (Wiley, April 2006) and The Secret Lives of Frames: One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry (Filapacchi, 2007). Davis is currently working on a book about Newport, Gilded: Riches, Romance, and Reversals of Fortune in America's Most Exclusive Resort, which will be published by Wiley in 2008.

Mark Urman

of THINKFilm has collaborated closely with directors and producers of the esteem of Gus Van Sant, Jodie Foster and Jonathan Demme. Prior to the creation of THINKFilm, he worked as co-president of the US Theatrical Releasing division of Lions Gate Films, where he engineered the marketing and distribution of such successes as Gods and Monsters, Affliction, Shadow of the Vampire, The Red Violin and The Dinner Game, garnering nine Academy Award nominations. In his final months at Lions Gate, Urman executive produced Monster's Ball for the company, which saw Halle Berry win the Best Actress Oscar.

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