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"Tank Girl ," "The Shadow:' "Addams Family Values : "Fearless:

Born in Osaka , Japan, Bromley earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Northeastern University and her M.A.

"Point of No Return ," "Sneakers ," "Memoirs of an Invisible

in Film Production at Stanford. She joined Industrial Light &

Man," "City Slickers" and "Predator 2." Among his many other film credits are

Magic in 19B7 as a production assistant, and the following

"'batteries not included ," "Iron Eagle," "Beverly Hills Cop:

year moved up to a stop motion coordinator on "Willow.'

"The River," "Scarface ," "The Right Stuff: "Grease 2,"

She then served as the visual effects coordinator on the films "Back to the Future II & III: "Hudson Hawk" and

and "The Great Santini. "

"Hook." Her first credit as an effects producer was on

JERRY GOLDSMITH (Composer) is one of the

selected scenes in "Last Action Hero.'

film industry's most respected and prolific composers .

ELLEN POON (Visual Effects Co-Supervisor) has

His illustrious career spans more than four decades and

previously worked on such films as "Men in Black," "Mars

encompasses over 1BD film and television projects. This year, he earned his 17th Academy Award~

Attacks l ," "Jurassic Park," "Jumanji:' "The Mask," "Disclosure" and "Hook." Her credits also include a number of commercials,

nomination for his score for the acclaimed film noir murder

including "Toy Soldiers' for Perrier.

mystery "L.A. Confidential." He won an Academy Award'" for Best Score for "The Omen: and also earned Dscar~

Poon obtained her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Essex in England.

nominations for his work on the films "Basic Instinct,"

She continued her Ph .D. studies at the University of London

"Hoosiers," "Under Fire ," "Poltergeist: "Star Trek: The Motion

and subsequently published two books on her research in

Picture ," "The Boys from Brazil ," "The Wind and the Lion :

theoretical computer science . While in college, she had the

"Chinatown," "Papillon ," "Patton ," "Planet of the Apes ," "The

opportunity to work with fine artists on various graphics

Sand Pebbles," "A Patch of Blue" and "Freud." He has also been

projects using software developed in-house, which led her to

honored with five Emmy Awards for the longform television

pursue a career in computer graphics.

projects "QB VII ," "The Red Pony," "Masada" and "Babe ," and the series "Star Trek: Voyager" for the main title theme .

She joined the Moving Picture Company and Rushes Post Production Ltd . in London and produced work that won

Goldsmith has collaborated with Joe Dante on

numerous major international awards. Poon was also invited

the features "Gremlins ," "Twilight Zone-The Movie,"

to be a part-time lecturer at the Royal College of Art and

"Explorers ," "Innerspace," "The 'burbs ," "Gremlins 2 The New

the University of Middlesex in England, where she taught

Batch" and "Matinee." His other film credits include "U.S.

computer graphics courses to graduate students.

Marshals," "Air Force One ," "The Edge ," "Deep Rising ," "Star Trek: First Contact," "Executive Decision ," "The Ghost and the

KENNETH 0, PEPIOT (Special Effects

Darkness ," "City Hall ," "First Knight: "Congo ," "The River

Supervisor) has been working in the special effects field for

Wild ," "Six Degrees of Separation: "Dennis the Menace:

more than 33 years .

"Rudy," "The Vanishing ," "Sleeping With the Enemy," "Russia House ," "Rambo II & III ," "Total Recall ," "Raggedy Man ,"

He previously worked with Joe Dante on the films "Gremlins 2 The New Batch" and "The 'burbs ." More recently,

"Alien," "MacArthur," "Coma ," "Islands In The Stream,"

he served as the special effects supervisor on such films as

"Magic," "Tora , Tora , Tora: "Seven Days in May," "Lillies of

"Sphere:' "The Glimmer Man ," "Executive Decision ," "Virtuosity:'

the Field" and many more.

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