Credits

DIRECTOR Tom Ford
WRITERS Tom Ford, David Scearce
PRODUCERS Tom Ford, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno, Chris Weitz

Biography

Tom Ford (director/writer/producer)

Tom Ford was born in Austin, Texas on August 27, 1961.  He was raised in Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Ford attended New York University and Parsons School of Design where he studied art history and architecture. Tom Ford is best known for his work as a fashion designer and is credited with reviving the fashion houses of Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent through  influential collections and provocative advertising campaigns that turned Gucci Group into one of the largest and most profitable luxury fashion conglomerates in the world.  Ford left Gucci Group in 2004 and founded his film production company, FADE TO BLACK, as well as his eponymous fashion company, in 2005. Tom Ford’s success in the fashion industry has been recognized by numerous awards including: five awards from the prestigious Council of  Fashion Designers of America [CFDA], five VH-1/Vogue Fashion Awards, and the Fashion Design Achievement Award at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum’s National Design Awards.   In March 2007, Tom Ford was honored with the Vito Russo Award from GLAAD. Ford lives in London and Los Angeles.

Andrew Miano (producer)

Andrew Miano most recently executive produced Paul Weitz’s Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant John C. Reilly. Prior to that, Miano produced Nick & Norah's infinite Playlist for Sony Pictures starring Michael Cera & Kat Dennings, which was directed by Peter Sollett, and executive produced The Golden Compass, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, which Chris Weitz adapted and directed. Next he will serve as executive producer on the upcoming Little Fockers, directed by Paul Weitz and starring Robert DeNiro, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Blythe Danner and Ben Stiller.

 

Miano partnered with Paul and Chris Weitz in 1999, at Depth of Field, their Los Angeles-based production company, where he produced American Dreamz, starring Hugh Grant, and executive produced the critically acclaimed film In Good Company, featuring Dennis Quaid and Scarlett Johanssen, both of which were directed by Paul Weitz.

 

Depth of Field’s diverse slate of upcoming projects includes the feature adaptation of Michael Moorcock's fantasy epic The Elric Saga for Universal Studios, and The Game, based on the book by best-selling author Neil Strauss, which Miano will produce. Miano also served as a producer on the WB television series Off Centre.

 

Prior to joining the Weitz brothers, Miano worked for three years at the William Morris Agency.

Robert Salerno (producer)

Salerno previously produced the critically acclaimed film 21 Grams, directed by Alejandro González-Iñárritu and staring Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts, which received numerous awards including 2 Oscar nominations and a 2004 Film Independent Spirit Award for Outstanding Filmmaking.

 

In 1995, Salerno began an association with The Shooting Gallery, the New York-based independent film production and distribution company, where he began his longtime partnership with actor/filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton.  This creative alliance produced several feature films, including the Academy Award-winning Sling Blade, Daddy and Them as well as All the Pretty Horses, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz.  Salerno also produced Waking Up in Reno  in which Thornton starred with Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, and Natasha Richardson.

 

Among other films Salerno produced are Chinese Coffee, directed by and starring Al Pacino (adapted by Ira Lewis from his play of the same name), and Hype Williams's Belly starring DMX, Nas and Method Man.  Salerno's early features as producer include Hudson River Blues, The Substitute 2: School's Out, starring Treat Williams and Gary Winick's The Tic Code, starring Gregory Hines.

 

He also recently produced under his Artina Films banner: Delirious by Tom Dicillo starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman, and Chapter 27 starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan—both premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival; and Winged Creatures starring Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, and Jennifer Hudson.

 

Salerno is currently in post production on the Joel Schumacher directed film Twelve based on the book by Nick McDonnell and starring Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, and 50 Cent to be released 2010.

Chris Weitz (producer)

Writer/director Chris Weitz most recently helmed the much anticipated New Moon, based on the second novel in the best-selling Twilight series, which was released in theaters November 20th, 2009.

 

Chris Weitz previously adapted, and directed, the Oscar-winning epic fantasy adventure The Golden Compass starring Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours), newcomer Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Elliott (We Were Soldiers), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and Daniel Craig (Casino Royale). Based on Philip Pullman’s best-selling and award-winning first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass was released by New Line Cinema and has grossed over $350 million worldwide.

 

Weitz previously co-directed, with his brother, Paul, the award-winning hit film About a Boy adapting the screenplay from the Nick Hornby novel. The screenplay received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as similar nominations from BAFTA, Writers Guild, Chicago Film Critics and Humanitas; the film was named one of AFI's Movies of the Year and was nominated for the Golden Globe award for Best Comedy, winning Best Studio Comedy Feature at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

 

Weitz's first directorial collaboration with Paul was on American Pie, the phenomenally successful first installment of the Pie franchise, which was followed by American Pie 2 and the final installment, American Wedding, both of which he also executive produced.

 

Prior to their screenwriting work on About a Boy, the brothers collaborated on several screenplays, including Antz and Madeline (adapting the popular children's book).

 

In 1999, Weitz and his brother formed Depth of Field, their Los Angeles-based production company through which he and Paul produced the critically acclaimed film, IIn Good Company, directed by Paul; the comedy American Dreamz, starring Hugh Grant and Dennis Quaid, also directed by Paul; and the hit romantic comedy, Nick & Norah's infinite Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Depth of Field's diverse slate of upcoming projects includes The Game based on Neil Strauss' dating tome which Dan Weiss will adapt and the feature adaptation of Michael Moorcock's fantasy epic The Elric Saga.

 

Weitz also made his acting debut in the Sundance Film Festival hit Chuck & Buck.