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! ! Presents! JAMES!WHITE! Written!and!Directed!by!Josh!Mond! !

! ! Starring:!Christopher!Abbott,!Cynthia!Nixon,!Scott!"Kid!Cudi"!Mescudi,! Makenzie!Leigh!and!Ron!Livingston! ! 85!Minutes,!color,!U.S.A.!

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Press Kit and High Rez Images: filmswelike.com/james-white ! LOGLINE! A!comingRofRage!story!about!a!young!New!Yorker!struggling!to!take!control!of!his! reckless,!selfRdestructive!behavior!in!the!face!of!momentous!family!challenges.! ! ! SYNOPSIS! ! James!White!(Christopher!Abbott)!is!a!troubled!twentyRsomething!trying!to!stay! afloat!in!a!frenzied!New!York!City.!He!retreats!further!into!a!selfRdestructive,! hedonistic!lifestyle,!but!as!his!mother!(Cynthia!Nixon)!battles!a!serious!illness! James!is!forced!to!take!control!of!his!life.!As!the!pressure!on!him!mounts,!James! must!find!new!reserves!of!strength!or!risk!imploding!completely.!!The!directorial! debut!of!MARTHA!MARCY!MAY!MARLENE!producer!Josh!Mond,!!JAMES!WHITE,! which!had!its!world!premiere!at!Sundance!Film Festival 2014 where it was the winner of the "Best of Next" Audience Award, is!a!confident!and!closely!observed! debut!that!explores!loss!and!the!deep!relationship!between!a!mother!and! son.!!Abbott’s!strong!central!performance!is!aided!by!a!stellar!supporting!cast! featuring!Cynthia!Nixon!(“Sex!and!the!City”),!Scott!“Kid!Cudi”!Mescudi!("Comedy! Bang!!Bang!"),!and!Ron!Livingston!(DRINKING!BUDDIES).!Shot!on!location!in! New!York!City!with!an!intimate!visual!style,!JAMES!WHITE!follows!its!lead!into! deep,!affecting!places!while!still!maintaining!its!fragile!humanity.!

!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ABOUT!THE!FILM! ! A!Film!Comes!Together! ! ! Much!has!been!written!about!the!manner!in!which!New!YorkRbased! production!company!Borderline!Films!operates,!for!good!reason!–!few!independent! film!companies!have!such!a!unique!structure.!Comprised!of!three!principals!–! Antonio!Campos,!Sean!Durkin!and!Josh!Mond!–!the!company!functions!as!a! collective!as!directing!and!producing!duties!rotate!–!Mond!and!Durkin!produced!for! Campos!(Afterschool,!Simon!Killer),!Campos!and!Mond!produced!for!Durkin!(Martha! Marcy!May!Marlene).!With!James!White,!Mond,!the!group’s!longtime!producer,!is! stepping!into!the!director’s!chair.!For!his!directorial!debut,!Mond!chose!to!draw! influence!from!a!deeply!personal!event!in!his!life!–!losing!his!mother!to!cancer.!It! wasn’t!what!Mond!initially!gravitated!toward!making!a!feature!about,!but!he!came! to!realize!it!was!the!right!project.!“I!was!writing!something!else!a!couple!years!ago,! something!personal!but!not!as!personal!as!James!White,!and!I!was!encouraged!to! work!on!something!that!was!more!personal!to!me,”!Mond!explained.!“That!more! personal!story!was!a!relationship!between!a!mother!and!her!son,!a!story!about!what! it!was!like!dealing!with!my!mother’s!cancer.!James!White!isn’t!my!exact!story!R!it! wouldn't!be!possible!to!tell!my!story!in!one!movie!R!but!it!definitely!came!from!a! place!of!wanting!to!understand!things!that!I!was!dealing!with,!things!that!I!am!still! dealing!with.”!! ! For!Mond,!tackling!such!a!personal!story!enabled!him!to!achieve!a!certain! kind!of!personal!catharsis.!While!the!film!isn’t!directly!autobiographical,!being! forced!to!confront!themes!that!reverberated!from!his!personal!experiences!enabled! him!to!approach!his!personal!history!from!a!new!perspective.!“Making!the!film! allowed!me!to!explore!some!pretty!painful!stuff,!because!of!the!way!the!creative! process!works.!To!paraphrase!the!playwright!John!Guare!‘going!into!your! imagination!makes!selfRreflection!bearable.’!It!wasn't!easy!to!engage!in!that! reflection,!though.”!Mond!explained!that!being!able!to!step!outside!his!personal! memories!through!the!objectivity!of!film!enabled!him!to!work!through!his!pain,!in!a! manner!that!proved!therapeutic.!“I!took!things!from!my!personal!experiences!that! made!me!upset!as!I!was!writing!or!thinking!about!them,!and!I!tried!to!find!some! beauty!in!them.!It!was!a!painful!process,!and!my!partners!who!worked!on!the!movie! helped!push!me!to!the!other!side.!Who!wants!to!sit!down!and!think!about!the!worst! things!that!have!ever!happened!to!them?!But!this!experience!has!been!very! therapeutic.!The!artists!who!inspire!me!are!people!who!explore!themselves,!explore! things!they!want!to!understand.!Sometimes!I!think!that's!what!making!a!movie!is!R! trying!to!figure!something!out!as!a!way!to!make!it!bearable.”! ! !As!Mond!began!crafting!James!White!–!a!story!of!the!titular!character,!a!bornR andRbred!New!Yorker!who!parties!hard,!shirks!his!professional!responsibilities!and! sticks!close!to!his!friends!as!he!attempts!to!deal!with!his!grief!over!his!mother!Gail’s! worsening!cancer!–!he!relied!closely!on!his!own!friends!and!partners,!those! individuals!who!helped!push!him!to!the!other!side,!as!he!puts!it.!Among!those! individuals!are!Campos!and!Durkin,!who!are!among!the!most!esteemed!independent! filmmakers!working!today.!“I!can't!imagine!having!made!this!movie!without!Antonio! and!Sean,”!Mond!said.!“It's!very!rare!to!have!people!around!you!who!unquestionably! have!your!best!intentions!in!mind,!where!it's!not!about!ego.!They!just!care.!Our! connection!to!one!another,!the!way!that!we!work!together,!it!really!spreads!out!to! our!actors!and!our!crew.!I!think!that's!pretty!rare,!in!the!film!industry,!to!be! uncomplicated!by!motives!or!personal!agendas.!Every!decision!I!made,!I!was! encouraged!to!do!what!was!best!for!the!film.!Additionally,!I!had!two!directors!I! admire!who!I!could!lean!on!and!ask!for!help,!and!get!encouragement!from.”!!Both! Campos!and!Durkin!were!closely!involved!in!Mond’s!writing!process.!“When!I!was! writing!the!film,!Antonio!and!I!went!up!to!his!grandparents’s!farmhouse!upstate,! where!we!shot!Martha.!He!would!help!me!organize!my!thoughts!and!talk!me! through!things.!Sean!came!back!to!the!city!a!few!months!before!shooting!began!and! he!worked!with!me!on!the!script,!trying!to!shorten!and!improve!it.!They!were! fighting!for!me!all!the!way.”!For!Campos!and!Durkin,!advising!Mond!was!a! straightforward!task.!“We!told!Josh!to!trust!his!gut,”!they!explained.!“Josh!has!always! had!very!good!instincts!and!as!a!producer!is!able!to!use!them!quite!effortlessly.!We! encouraged!him!to!direct!in!the!same!way.”! ! Once!the!script!was!finished,!the!casting!process!began.!The!crucial!roles!to! fill!were!those!of!James,!his!mother!Gail,!and!James’s!best!friend!Nick.!In!choosing! Christopher!Abbott!()!to!play!James,!Mond!was!able!to!call!upon!the!talents!of!a! longtime!friend.!“Susan!Shopmaker,!our!casting!director,!has,!over!the!years,! introduced!us!to!a!lot!of!young!actors!who!are!really!talented,!who!have!become!our! friends!R!Brady!Corbet,!Christopher!Abbott,!David!Call.!Christopher!was!in!Martha,! and!he!was!incredible!in!that.!He's!a!sweet!guy,!extremely!talented,!and!since!we're! so!close!I!told!him!that!I!felt!like!we!understood!each!other,!and!that!I!knew!the!only! person!who!could!do!it!was!him.”!Abbott!also!felt!that!his!friendship!with!Mond! proved!helpful!in!the!process!of!discovering!James’s!character.!“Because!Josh!and!I! are!friends,!we!had!time!before!shooting!to!sit!down!while!he!worked!on!different! drafts!of!the!script,!to!see!what!worked.!We!talked!about!anything!from!wardrobe!to! the!way!James!talks!to!the!way!the!situations!in!the!story!are!unfolding.!We!have!a! kind!of!shorthand!report!with!each!other.!By!the!time!we!were!making!the!film!all! the!big!talking!points!had!already!been!discussed!so!we!could!try!as!many!different! things!as!we!wanted!to.!All!of!the!homework!had!been!done!already.”!! ! Working!with!Cynthia!Nixon!(Sex!and!the!City)!came!to!be!after!Nixon! reached!out!to!Mond!after!reading!the!script,!and!the!two!ended!up!having!a! conversation!in!which!they!bonded.!“I!had!lunch!with!Cynthia!and!we!shared!a!lot!of! personal!experiences.!Like!me,!Cynthia's!from!New!York,!she!grew!up!on!the!Upper! West!Side.!She!had!a!close!relationship!with!her!mother,!who!passed!away!from! cancer.!Cynthia!had!cancer!herself.!My!personal!connections!with!her!were,!I! identified!with!her!in!my!own!right,!but!she!also!reminded!me!of!many!women!in! my!life.!She!seemed!like!she!would!have!been!really!good!friends!with!my!mom.”!For! Nixon,!the!personal!connection!between!her!and!Mond!was!also!of!crucial! importance.!“When,!I!read!the!script,!I!certainly!thought!the!portrait!of!what!it's!like! to!care!for!a!parent!with!terminal!cancer!was!very!true,”!she!explained.!“I!also! thought!that!meeting!with!Josh!was!really!the!thing!that!put!me!over!the!edge.!He's! such!a!fascinating!person,!and!an!incredible!young!filmmaker.!I!was!very!honored! that!he!would!entrust!me!to!portray!this!character!in!her!dying!weeks.”! ! Scott!“Kid!Cudi”!Mescudi,!a!musician!as!well!as!an!actor,!entered!the!picture! via!his!music,!which!was!influential!for!Mond.!“I!was!listening!to!Scott’s!music!while! I!was!writing!the!script,!and!I!respected!what!he!explored!in!his!music.!A!friend!of! ours!was!in!a!movie!with!him,!so!Antonio!asked!him!if!he!could!get!the!script!to! Scott,!who!liked!it,!and!he!was!great.!He!reminded!me!of!a!culmination!of!all!my! buddies!I!grew!up!with.”!With!Scott,!Mond!had!found!the!ideal!actor!to!play!Nick.!! ! Inside!James*White* ! When!we!meet!James,!he’s!partying!hard!in!a!New!York!nightclub.!Shortly! thereafter,!he’s!at!a!shiva!call!his!mother!is!hosting!for!his!recently!deceased!father,! despite!the!fact!that!he!and!Gail!had!been!divorced;!James!is!upset!by!his!loss,!but! more!importantly!is!extremely!protective!of!his!mother.!When!he!suspects!his! mother!might!feel!overwhelmed!by!all!of!the!mourners!in!her!home,!he!immediately! –!and!loudly!–!kicks!everyone!out.!The!deep!emotional!connection!between!James! and!Gail!is!clearly!the!focus!of!these!early!scenes.!As!Abbott!explained,!“The!crux!of! their!relationship!is!that!they!love!each!other!and!depend!on!each!other!in!some! healthy!and!some!unhealthy!ways.”!Mond!added:!“I!wanted!to!set!up!that!it's!been! just!James!and!his!mom,!on!their!own,!for!a!while.!I!wanted!to!set!up!how!small!the! world!was!for!James!and!Gail.!I!think!the!way!he!tells!everyone!at!the!shiva!call!to! leave!is!partly!selfish!and!partly!selfless.!He's!protecting!his!mother,!but!there's! more!to!it!than!that!R!he's!human,!he's!hung!over,!he!has!no!patience!anymore.!He's! been!shitty.!Had!he!not!gone!out!and!been!selfRdestructive!the!night!before,!he! probably!wouldn't!have!behaved!in!that!manner.”!! ! ! James’s!selfRdestructive!behavior!–!drinking!excessively,!doing!various!drugs,! partying!till!all!hours!–!is!established!early!on!in!the!film,!and!will!only!increase!as! the!story!goes!on.!In!one!intense!sequence,!he!and!Nick!go!to!a!bar!and!initiate!a! huge!brawl,!which!they!only!flee!from!after!James!manages!to!steal!a!bottle!of! Jameson!from!behind!the!bar.!Mond!sees!James’s!behavior!as!closely!tied!to!his! environment.!“I!think!some!of!James's!selfRdestructive!behavior!is!a!result!of! growing!up!in!New!York.!As!much!as!I!love!the!New!York!and!all!it!has!to!offer! growing!up!there,!you!don't!have!room!to!breathe,!everything's!moving!every!day.! You!don't!have!much!time,!as!a!kid,!to!stop!and!reflect,!so!you're!just!used!to! reacting.!It’s!also!due!to!the!fact!that!he's!been!dealing!with!Gail’s!cancer,!and!he's! just!so!intolerant.!He!does!what!he!wants,!he's!frustrated!about!other!things,!and! things!that!wouldn't!annoy!most!people!annoy!him.”!! ! ! Seemingly!more!and!more!on!edge,!James!decides!that!what!he!needs!is!a! change!of!scenery,!and!he!and!Nick!decide!to!head!to!Mexico!for!a!vacation.! Temporarily,!James!seems!at!peace,!wading!in!the!ocean,!relaxing!for!the!first!time! since!the!film!began.!His!charming!side!emerges!as!he!chats!up!a!young!girl,!Jayne! (Makenzie!Leigh),!by!the!beach,!and!begins!dating!her.!(Only!later!does!James!realize! Jayne!is!in!high!school.)!For!Abbott,!it!was!an!opportunity!to!show!James’s!skill!at! talking!his!way!into!things,!regardless!of!whether!or!not!they’re!in!his!best!interest.! “Josh!and!I!spoke!about!how!James!has!this!way!of!talking.!He!talks!his!way!in!and! out!of!things.!He!has!a!certain!set!of!skills!in!that!realm,!a!way!of!picking!up!on!what! people!want!to!hear.!But!I!think!his!relationship!with!Jayne!is!a!weird!thing.!Because! of!the!big!problems!in!his!life,!he’s!not!in!the!right!mindset!to!dive!into!a!healthy! relationship.!He’s!searching!for!attention!from!anything!or!anyone.!So!he!goes!headR in!for!her.!He!almost!forces!her!in!a!way.!I!think!he!has!love!for!her!but!he!has!a!lot!of! things!going!on!in!his!life!that!aren’t!necessarily!right,!and!winds!up!treating!her! poorly.”!! ! ! James!ends!up!returning!to!New!York,!with!Nick!and!Jayne!–!who!happens!to! be!from!New!York!as!well!–!when!he!learns!that!Gail’s!health!is!failing.!In!fact,!he! learns!that!his!mom!is!now!in!hospice!care,!and!has!been!for!some!time.!However,! she!had!withheld!that!information!from!him,!as!she!didn’t!want!to!upset!James!any! further.!Once!James!realizes!that!Gail!is!in!hospice!–!with!the!full!understanding!of! what!that!designation!means!–!his!selfRdestructive!behavior!dramatically!increases.! One!night,!in!a!hotel!room!with!Jayne!and!Nick,!James!has!something!of!an!emotional! breakdown,!screaming!at!Nick!as!if!he’s!trying!to!initiate!a!fight!–!though!what!he! seems!to!actually!be!seeking!is!some!emotional!comfort.!The!scene!is!one!of!the! film’s!tensest!moments,!and!for!Mond,!it!also!served!as!a!key!turning!point!in!the! story.!“The!movie!found!its!way!to!break!into!five!sections.!The!first!is!about!who! James!is,!the!second!is!him!running!away,!the!third!is!him!finding!out!Gail’s!in! hospice,!and!the!fourth!is!about!his!reaction!to!that!news.!That!hotel!scene!is!James! being!unable!to!process!it.!He's!smart!enough!to!know!that!his!mom!didn't!tell!him! because!she's!worried!about!him!keeping!it!together,!and!rightfully!so!R!he!doesn't! have!enough!adult!tools!to!handle!the!news.!So!in!that!hotel!scene,!he!truly!loves! Nick,!and!he!needs!to!talk!to!someone!about!this!but!he!doesn't!know!how!to!say!it,! and!so!it!comes!out!like!that.!When!you!don't!talk!about!the!things!that!are!going!on! inside!you,!that's!what!happens.”!! ! ! Abbott!found!shooting!this!scene!to!be!particularly!memorable.!“James!is! someone!who!bottles!things!up!and!whenever!he!needs!to!explode,!he!just!does.! That!scene!is!about!someone!who!doesn’t!know!how!to!deal!with!his!emotions.!It’s! one!of!those!scenes!you’re!excited!about!but!also!terrified!to!shoot.!On!the!day,!I!had! made!a!request!to!have!it!be!the!last!thing!that!day,!so!we!were!a!bit!tired!and! frustrated!by!the!time!we!started!it.!When!we!shot!it!we!did!it!in!one!continuous! shot!where!the!camera!followed!everything!that!was!going!on,!and!we!did!it!over! and!over!again.!So!by!the!fourth!to!tenth!time!you!kind!of!come!into!this!naturally! high!state.!The!agreement!I!had!with!Josh!was!that!we!would!keep!doing!it,!lets!keep! trying!things!and!some!things!are!going!to!be!wrong!and!some!are!going!to!be!right! but!it!was!about!not!being!scared.”!! ! ! After!James!manages!to!get!his!feelings!out!into!the!world,!he’s!further!prompted!to! get!his!act!together!the!next!day,!when!he!shows!up!to!a!job!interview!at!New!York! Magazine!with!Ben!(Ron!Livingston)!while!clearly!hung!over!and!unprepared.!Try!as! he!might,!he!can’t!talk!his!way!into!the!job,!and!the!wakeRup!call!Ben!provides!leads! James!to!take!a!more!active!role!in!caring!for!his!mother.!As!James!begins!to!face!his! fears!of!dealing!with!his!mother’s!illness!headRon,!he’s!thrust!into!a!tumultuous! night!where!he!has!to!watch!her,!alone,!as!she!develops!a!dangerously!high!fever.! Since!Gail!is!in!hospice!James!can’t!call!an!ambulance,!so!he’s!forced!to!simply!take! care!of!her!as!best!as!he!can.!Nixon!herself!had!a!personal!connection!to!this!aspect! of!the!material.!“I!feel!that!having!watched!not!only!my!mother!die!of!cancer,!but! having!watched!other!friends!of!mine!die!of!other!things,!I!knew!a!little!bit!what!that! looks!like.!You!know,!people!are!animals.!There!are!certain!times!in!our!lives!where! it!becomes!really!clear!that!we're!just!dressed!up!animals.!Childbirth!is!one,!dying!is! another.!It's!wonderful!to!be!able!to!have!that!animal!experience!and!attachment!to! your!son!who!you!love!and!who!is!caring!for!you,!but!all!you!can!focus!on!is!your! raging!fever!and!dehydration!and!you!just!keep!living!moment!to!moment.”! ! The!emotional!scene,!a!crucial!late!turning!point!in!the!film,!was!inspired! directly!by!an!experience!Mond!had.!“The!scene!where!James!has!no!one!there!to! help!him!with!Gail!that!evening,!so!all!he!can!do!is!give!her!Tylenol!and!a!wet!towel!–! that!was!a!real!experience!I!had!with!my!mom.!It!was!a!scary!experience,!having!so! few!tools!to!bring!her!fever!down.!No!one!was!coming!till!the!morning.!It!was!one!of! the!scariest!things!I!have!ever!experienced,!but!the!following!day!my!sister!(who! was!also!extremely!supportive!throughout!my!mother’s!illness)!told!me!that!I!would! appreciate!that!night!I!shared!with!her!down!the!road,!as!a!beautiful!experience.!At! the!time!I!couldn't!really!understand!that,!but!now!I!do!think!it's!one!of!the!most! beautiful!experiences!of!my!life.!In!making!this!film,!I!was!able!to!explore!things!that! made!me!really!angry,!and!I!worked!through!them!to!realize!how!lucky!I!was.”!! ! The!Visual!Style!of!James*White* ! In!addition!to!all!of!the!narrative!tensions!running!throughout!the!film,!James! White!is!also!marked!by!a!highly!tense!visual!style.!For!a!significant!running!time!of! the!film,!the!camera!finds!itself!consistently!framing!the!scenes!in!a!simple!closeRup! of!James’s!face,!which!is!framed!dead!center!in!the!composition.!This!technique! abates!at!times!–!such!as!when!James!travels!to!Mexico!–!to!reflect!James!being!able! to!“breathe,”!but!for!much!of!his!time!in!New!York!the!camerawork!is!constructed!to! convey!James’s!sense!of!claustrophobia.!Director!of!Photography!Matyas!Erdely! explained!the!disparity!between!the!Mexico!sequence!and!the!rest!of!the!film!as! such:!“The!Mexico!sequence!was!the!valve!that!lets!air!into!the!story.!James!needs!to! get!away!from!his!situation!and!that!allows!the!film!to!get!away!R!the!whole!mood! seems!to!change.!Because!of!that!we!decided!to!find!a!visual!approach!in!contrast! with!all!the!New!York!scenes,!but!which!still!speaks!the!same!language!of!the!film.! So!we!went!extremely!wide!in!Mexico!but!kept!the!symmetry!and!central!framing.”!! ! ! As!with!so!much!of!James’s!character,!Mond!sees!the!visual!style!as!being! distinctly!due!to!the!influence!of!the!New!York!environment!as!well.!“The!visual! language!of!the!film!goes!back!to!New!York.!I!think!there's!a!sense!of!survival!to!New! York,!and!anxiety!and!claustrophobia.!I!think,!on!its!own,!being!young!in!New!York! can!feel!that!way,!but!also!being!lost!and!going!through!tragedy!can!feel!that!way.! Matyas!and!I!discussed!for!a!month!how!to!construct!the!visual!language.!I!had!done! an!experimental!short!before!where!I!was!really!obsessed!with!the!idea!of!being! close.!It's!that!feeling!that!you!can!never!get!away!from!yourself,!you!can!never! breathe,!you're!stuck,!you!have!to!deal!with!this.!The!whole!movie!is!subjective,!and! that's!the!closest!I!could!get!to!replicating!how!James!feels.”!! ! ! ! CREW!BIOS! ! WRITER!/!DIRECTOR! ! is a writer, director, producer, and co-founder of Borderline Films. Mond’s breakthrough directorial debut, JAMES WHITE, which stars , and Scott “” Mescudi, premiered at this year's to rave reviews and took home the Sundance Next Audience Award. JAMES WHITE was acquired for a fall theatrical release by . Mond also produced the critically acclaimed film, , which premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film went on to screen as part of Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and was picked up by Fox Searchlight. Mond was named one of Variety’s “Ten Producers to Watch” in 2011.

Josh Mond produced AFTERSHCOOL, directed by fellow Borderline member, Antonio Campos, for which he was nominated for a 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. AFTRSCHOOL premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world including New York Film Festival, Berlin, London Film Festival, SXSW, Pusan Film Festival and AFI. The film was nominated for two and was released theatrically by IFC in October 2009. Josh also produced Campos’ second feature, , as well as TWO GATES OF SLEEP, both staring . TWO GATES OF SLEEP premiered at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes.

Mond produced the short “Mary Last Seen,” which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and had its European premiere at 2010 Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, where it won the SFR Prize. Other short films include “The Last 15,” which in competition at 2007 Cannes Film Festival and Official Selection 2007 New Directors/New Films. Mond has also produced and directed several music videos and commercials, including the acclaimed music video for Mayday Parade’s “Kids in Love,” which was featured at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and was named by MTV as one of the top videos of the year. In 2006 Josh won a commendation award at NYU’s 1st Run Film Festival for Achievement in Music Video.

Josh Mond is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Film & Television. Along with Sean Durkin, Mond is currently executive producing Antonio Campos’ third feature as director, CHRISTINE, which recently wrapped shooting and stars Michael C. Hall and Rebecca Hall. ! ! PRODUCERS! ! ANTONIO!CAMPOS! ! An!acclaimed!writer,!director,!and!producer,!Antonio!Campos!is!one!of!the!three! founding!members!of!Borderline!Films,!a!New!YorkRbased!production!company!and! filmmaking!coalition.!Campos’!second!feature,!SIMON!KILLER,!which!he!wrote!and! directed,!premiered!in!competition!at!the!2012!Sundance!Film!Festival!and!was! acquired!by!IFC!Films!for!distribution!in!April!of!2013.! ! Campos!has!written!and!directed!almost!twenty!short!films!and!documentaries,! which!have!garnered!numerous!awards!and!accolades.!His!short,!“Buy!It!Now,”! premiered!at!the!2005!Cannes!Film!Festival!Cinefondation!where!it!won!First!Prize! and!also!took!home!the!Audience!Award!at!CineVegas.!Another!one!of!his!shorts,! “The!Last!15,”!was!selected!as!one!of!two!American!shorts!in!competition!at!the! 2007!Cannes!Film!Festival!and!premiered!at!the!2007!New!Directors/New!Films! Festival!at!Lincoln!Center.!Campos’!debut!feature!(and!Borderline’s!first!film),! AFTERSCHOOL,!premiered!at!the!2008!Cannes!Film!Festival!and!subsequently! screened!at!the!New!York,!Berlin,!London,!AFI,!and!Pusan!Film!Festivals.! AFTERSHCOOL!was!nominated!for!Best!First!Feature!at!the!2008!Film!Independent! Spirit!Awards!and!Campos!was!nominated!for!Breakthrough!Director!at!the!IFP! Gotham!Independent!Film!Awards!that!same!year.!The!film!also!received!a!Gotham! nomination!for!Best!Film!Not!Playing!at!a!Theater!Near!You,!and!Campos!was!named! one!of!Variety's!"Ten!Directors!to!Watch"!for!2008.! ! Antonio!Campos!produced!Sean!Durkin’s!film!MARTHA!MARCY!MAY!MARLENE,! which!premiered!in!competition!(and!subsequently!won!Best!Director)!at!the!2011! Sundance!Film!Festival.!Along!with!Durkin,!producer!Josh!Mond,!and!actress! Elizabeth!Olsen,!Campos!won!the!Los!Angeles!Film!Critics!Association’s!New! Generation!Award.!He!was!an!executive!producer!on!the!film!TWO!GATES!OF!SLEEP,! which!premiered!at!Cannes!as!part!of!Director’s!Fortnight,!and!produced!Durkin's! short!MARY!LAST!SEEN,!which!took!first!prize!at!the!same!Director's!Fortnight.! Antonio!recently!produced!Josh!Mond’s!debut!narrative!feature,!JAMES!WHITE,! which!premiered!to!critical!acclaim!at!the!2015!Sundance!Film!Festival!and!won!the! Sundance!Next!Audience!Award.!JAMES!WHITE!was!acquired!for!a!fall!theatrical! release!by!The!Film!Arcade.!! ! Antonio!attended!NYU’s!Tisch!School!of!the!Arts!and!is!a!resident!of!New!York!City.! He!recently!wrapped!shooting!his!third!feature,!CHRISTINE,!which!stars!Michael!C.! Hall!and!Rebecca!Hall.! ! ! SEAN!DURKIN! ! Sean!Durkin!is!a!writer,!director,!and!producer!best!known!for!the!highly!acclaimed! MARTHA!MARCY!MAY!MARLENE,!which!he!both!wrote!and!directed.!Developed!in! the!2010!Sundance!Screenwriter’s!and!Director’s!Lab,!the!film!premiered!in! competition—and!subsequently!won!Best!Director—at!the!2011!Sundance!Film! Festival.!MARTHA!MARCY!MAY!MARLENE!went!on!to!screen!as!part!of!Un!Certain! Regard!at!the!Cannes!Film!Festival!and!was!picked!up!by!Fox!Searchlight.!! ! Sean’s!short!film,!“Mary!Last!Seen,”!premiered!at!the!2010!Sundance!Film!Festival! and!had!its!European!premiere!at!2010!Director’s!Fortnight!in!Cannes.!The!film!won! the!PRIX!SFR!for!Best!Short!in!Cannes!before!going!on!to!screen!at!the!New!York,! London,!and!AFI!film!festivals.!In!2013,!Durkin!directed!the!fourRpart!miniseries! “Southcliffe”!for!UK’s!Channel!4.!A!close!look!at!small!English!village!in!the!aftermath! of!a!mass!shooting,!the!series!brought!in!high!ratings!in!the!U.K.!before!receiving!its! North!American!premiere!at!the!Toronto!Film!Festival.!“Southcliffe”!was!nominated! for!four!BAFTA!awards!in!2014,!including!Best!MiniRseries!and!Best!Leading!Actor! for!the!show’s!star,!Sean!Harris,!which!he!subsequently!won.!! ! Sean!is!also!the!producer!of!AFTERSCHOOL,!(directed!by!fellow!Borderline!member,! Antonio!Campos),!for!which!he!was!nominated!for!a!2009!Independent!Spirit!Award! for!Best!First!Feature.!AFTERSCHOOL!premiered!at!the!2008!Cannes!Film!Festival! and!was!nominated!for!two!Gotham!Awards.!!The!film!was!released!theatrically!by! IFC!Films!in!October!2009.!Sean!also!executive!produced!the!feature!TWO!GATES!OF! SLEEP,!which!premiered!at!2010!Director’s!Fortnight!in!Cannes,!and!in!2013!he! produced!SIMON!KILLER,!the!second!feature!from!Antonio!Campos.!Sean!recently! produced!Josh!Mond’s!debut!narrative!feature!film!JAMES!WHITE,!which!premiered! to!critical!acclaim!at!the!2015!Sundance!Film!Festival!and!won!the!Sundance!Next! Audience!Award.!JAMES!WHITE!was!acquired!for!a!fall!theatrical!release!by!The! Film!Arcade.!! ! Sean!Durkin!is!a!graduate!of!NYU’s!Tisch!School!of!the!Arts,!Department!of!Film!&! Television!and!a!cofounder!of!Borderline!Films.!Along!with!Josh!Mond,!Durkin!is! currently!executive!producing!Antonio!Campos’!third!feature!as!director,! CHRISTINE,!which!recently!wrapped!shooting!and!stars!Michael!C.!Hall!and!Rebecca! Hall.! ! ! MELODY!ROSCHER!most!recently!Produced!Josh!Mond’s!upcoming!feature!film! JAMES!WHITE,!as!well!as!Ben!Dickinson’s!CREATIVE!CONTROL.!Previous!film!works! include!Antonio!Campos’!SIMON!KILLER!and!Sean!Durkin’s!MARTHA!MARCY!MAY! MARLENE.!Both!screened!in!competition!at!the!SUNDANCE!FILM!FESTIVAL,!as!well! as!CANNES!for!Durkin.!Her!first!feature!film!OPUS!JAZZ!R!featuring!the!choreR! ography!of!OscarRwinner!Jerome!Robbins,!dancing!talent!of!the!NY!City!ballet!cast,! and!directing!talent!of!Henry!Joost!and!Jody!Lee!Lipes!R!won!the!Audience!Award!at! the!2010!SXSW!Film!Festival!as!well!as!a!nomination!for!the!Rose!d’Or!Award.!She! has!garnered!a!NY!EMMY!nomination!for!her!commercial!work!with!CATFISH! directors!Henry!Joost!and!Ariel!Schulman!and!in!music!video!work,!Melody! produced!Patrick!Daughters!and!fine!artist!Marcel!Dzama’s!music!video! collaboration!NO!ONE!DOES!IT!LIKE!YOU!which!won!the!2009!UK!VMA!for!Best! Video.!Melody!lives!and!works!in!Brooklyn,!New!York.!! ! ! ! ! CAST!BIOS! ! CYNTHIA!NIXON,!Emmy,!Tony!and!Grammy!AwardRwinner!Cynthia!Nixon!is!an! actress!whose!prolific!career!spans!three!and!a!half!decades.! ! Cynthia!made!her!film!debut!at!12!playing!a!flower!child!in!Little!Darlings,!opposite! Tatum!O'Neal.!At!14!she!made!her!Broadway!debut!as!Blythe!Danner's!kid!sister!in! The!Philadelphia!Story!for!which!she!won!a!Theatre!World!Award.!At!16!she! appeared!as!Mozart's!terrified!maidRturnedRinformant!in!the!OscarRwinning!film! Amadeus.! ! In!1984!as!a!freshman!at!Barnard!College,!she!famously!juggled!two!roles!on! Broadway!–!lost!runaway!Donna!in!the!first!act!of!David!Rabe’s!Hurlyburly!and!pert,! privileged,!British!Debbie!in!the!second!act!of!Tom!Stoppard’s!The!Real!Thing,!both! directed!by!Mike!Nichols.!She!has!appeared!in!plays!and!films!by!such!varied!and! distinguished!directors!as!Sidney!Lumet,!Alan!J!Pakula,!Milos!Forman!and!Robert! Altman.! ! Beginning!in!1998,!Cynthia!starred!as!Miranda!Hobbes!in!HBO’s!celebrated!series! Sex!and!the!City,!a!role!that!garnered!her!the!first!of!her!two!Emmy!Awards.!She! then!went!on!to!coRstar!in!the!two!wildly!successful!SATC!films.! ! She!earned!her!first!of!her!three!Tony!Award!Nominations!for!her!work!in! Indiscretions!in!1995.!She!has!appeared!in!35!plays,!11!on!Broadway.!Favorite!Bway! roles!include!Harper!in!Tony!Kusner's!Angels!in!America,!Mary!Haines!in!the! Roundabout’s!revival!of!The!Women,!and!Becca!in!David!LinsayRAbaire’s!Rabbit! Hole!for!which!she!won!a!Tony!Award.!In!2012!she!played!John!Donne!scholar! Vivian!Bearing!in!Margaret!Edson’s!Wit,!!for!which!she!was!again!TonyRnominated.! ! Cynthia!was!awarded!the!2009!Best!Spoken!Word!Grammy!for!her!recording!of!Al! Gore’s!An!Inconvenient!Truth.! ! She!will!next!be!seen!in!Richard!Loncraine’s!5!FLIGHTS!UP!(formerly!known!as! RUTH!&!ALEX)!a!comedy!in!which!she!stars!opposite!Diane!Keaton!and!Morgan! Freeman,!to!be!released!in!May!of!2015!by!Focus!World.! ! In!January,!Cynthia!can!be!seen!starring!in!two!dramas!at!The!Sundance!Film! Festival.!!In!Nicole!Beckwith’s!STOCKHOLM,!PENNSYLVANIA!Cynthia!stars!opposite! Saoirse!Ronan!as!the!mother!of!a!daughter!who!has!been!returned!to!her!home!after! a!17Ryear!long!kidnapping.!!In!Josh!Mond’s!directorial!debut!film,!JAMES!WHITE,!she! plays!the!mother!to!Christopher!Abbot’s!20Rsomething!struggling!to!figure!himself! out!in!the!wake!of!a!family!struggle.!!This!spring!she!starts!production!on!A!QUIET! PASSION,!the!Emily!Dickenson!biopic!directed!by!Terrence!Davies!where!she!plays! the!title!role.!She!is!appearing!this!summer!at!Williamstown!Theatre!Festival!in! Carey!Perloff's!new!play!Kinship.!Next!fall!she!is!directing!Staceyann!Chin's!oneR woman!show!Motherlode!at!the!Culture!Project.! ! This!past!fall!she!appeared!on!Broadway!alongside!Ewan!McGregor!and!Maggie! Gyllenhaal!in!Sam!Gold's!production!of!The!Real!Thing!playing!the!mother!of!the! character!she!created!on!Broadway!exactly!30!years!ago.!She!is!currently!in! rehearsals!of!her!directorial!debut!at!The!New!Group!with!the!NY!premiere!of! Rasheeda!Speaking!starring!Dianne!Wiest!and!Tonya!Pinkins.! ! In!addition!to!her!acting,!Cynthia!is!also!a!vocal!champion!for!public!school! education,!LGBTQ!equality,!and!reproductive!rights.! ! Cynthia!lives!in!downtown!Manhattan!with!her!wife!Christine!Marinoni!and!their! three!children!Sam,!Charlie,!and!Max.! ! ! CHRISTOPHER!ABBOTT,!having!recently!finished!shooting!Jackie!Earle!Haley’s! CRIMINAL!ACTIVITIES!opposite!John!Travolta,!Michael!Pitt,!and!Dan! Stevens,!Christopher!Abbott!is!an!emerging!stage,!screen,!and!television!actor.!!! ! Christopher!recently!starred!in!Mona!Fastvold’s!2014!film!THE!SLEEPWALKER! which!premiered!in!competition!for!the!2014!Sundance!film!festival.!In! 2012,!Christopher!coRstarred!opposite!Melanie!Lynskey!and!Blythe!Danner!in! 's!release!HELLO!I!MUST!BE!GOING.!!The!film!debuted!at!the!Sundance! Film!Festival!unveiling!Abbott!as!one!of!the!festival's!honored!"Fresh!Faces!in!Film"! by!7!For!All!Mankind.!! ! The!Stamford,!Connecticut!native!made!his!Broadway!debut!in!John!Guare's!THE! HOUSE!OF!BLUE!LEAVES!opposite!Ben!Stiller,!Jennifer!Jason!Leigh!and!Edie! Falco.!!Additionally,!film!audiences!were!introduced!to!him!alongside!Elizabeth! Olsen!and!John!Hawkes!in!Sean!Durkin's!striking,!award!winning!feature!debut! MARTHA!MARCY!MAY!MARLENE,!for!whichChristopher!received!a!Gotham!Award! nomination!for!"Best!Ensemble.”!!He!also!starred!in!BURMA,!a!film!by!Carlos!Puga,! which!debuted!at!SXSW!in!2013!and!received!special!jury!recognition!for!"Best! Ensemble."!Christopher!also!appeared!for!two!seasons!in!Lena!Dunham’s!critically! acclaimed!HBO!series!"Girls."!! !! Christopher!can!currently!be!seen!in!JC!Chandor’s!awardRwinning!film!A!MOST! VIOLENT!YEAR!opposite!Oscar!Isaac!and!Jessica!Chastain.!!He!also!recently!starred! in!Lucy!Thurber's!acclaimed!play!WHERE!WE’RE!BORN!at!the!Rattlestick!theater!in! New!York!City,!and!was!also!seen!in!the!play!FOOL!FOR!LOVE!at!the!Williamstown! Theatre!Festival!alongside!Sam!Rockwell!and!Nina!Arianda.! ! ! ! SCOTT!“KID!CUDI”!MESCUDI,!better!known!as!recording!artist!Kid!Cudi,!quit!a! restaurant!job!in!his!hometown!of!Shaker!Heights,!near!Cleveland,!after!his!boss! encouraged!him!to!leave!Ohio!and!carve!his!lane!in!the!entertainment!industry.!! ! NYC!was!a!new!beginning!for!Cudi.!A!loner!in!a!city!where!he!didn't!know!anyone,! he!would!walk!aimlessly!through!Times!Square!and!go!to!the!movies!by!himself.!His! uncle,!the!last!sibling!of!Cudi’s!father!who!died!of!cancer!when!he!was!11,!allowed! him!to!stay!in!his!South!Bronx!apartment.!Cudi!slept!on!a!couch!while!juggling!retail! jobs!at!stores!like!American!Apparel!and!A!Bathing!Ape!while!clocking!long!hours!at! the!recording!studio!every!night!with!his!managers!Plain!Pat!and!Emile!(in!2008,! Cudi!and!his!partners!started!the!indie!label!Dream!On).!!Cudi!fell!heavily!into!the! MC!grind!until!tragedy!struck!in!2006,!when!his!uncle!suffered!the!same!fate!as!his! father!and!passed!away.!!Cudi!went!back!to!Cleveland!for!the!funeral!in!an!emotional! funk!which!inspired!"Day!N!Nite"—the!song!that!would!change!his!life!forever.! Recorded!in!a!pitchRblack!room,!Cudi!put!his!heart!into!the!gloomy!popRhit.!After! posting!it!on!his!MySpace,!the!song!started!racking!up!hits!and!eventually!caught!the! attention!of!ARTrak,!Kanye!West's!former!tour!DJ.! !! Cudi!ended!up!signing!a!single!deal!on!the!DJ’s!Fool's!Gold!label.!A!criticallyR acclaimed!mixtape,!presented!by!Pat!and!Emile!and!coRbranded!with!NYC! streetwear!label!10!Deep,!the!MC's!first!full!body!of!work!was!titled!"A!KiD!Named! CuDi"!and!was!released!on!July!17,!2008.!Things!were!looking!up,!but!the!game!truly! changed!when!ARTrak!played!"Day!N!Nite"!at!Kanye!West's!"Stronger"!premiere! party.!!West!loved!the!song,!and!saw!enough!potential!in!Cudi!that!he!flew!him!out! to!Hawaii!to!do!reference!hooks!for!JayRZ's!“The!Blueprint!3.”!!Soon,!'Ye!and!Cudi! started!work!on!Kanye's!“808s!&!Heartbreak”!album.!!Cudi's!singRsongy,!eclectic! style!was!the!perfect!match!for!808s,!and!the!upRandRcomer!ended!up!writing!four! songs!for!the!album!(“Heartless,”!“Paranoid,”!“Welcome!To!Heartbreak,”!and! “Robocop”).!Before!long,!the!kid!from!Cleveland!was!beginning!to!creep!into!the! mainstream.!!With!hype!(and!Kanye)!behind!him!and!a!Billboard!hit!with!"Day!N! Nite,"!Cudi!inked!a!deal!with!Kanye's!G.O.O.D!music!label.!Soon!after,!he!parlayed! that!into!a!major!deal!with!Universal!Motown.!! !! After!his!debut!album,!"Man!on!the!Moon:!The!End!Of!Day"!dropped,!Cudi!set!off!on! a!soldRout!cityRtoRcity!tour!with!Asher!Roth!("The!Great!Hangover!Tour")!and! appeared!as!the!main!attraction!at!festivals!like!Audiotistic!and!Bonnaroo,!all!while! prepping!his!sophomore!album,!“Man!on!the!Moon!II:!The!Legend!of!Mr.! Rager.”!!The!highlyRacclaimed!album,!which!released!November!9,!2010!through! GOOD!Music!and!Universal!Motown,!featured!Kanye!West,!Mary!J.!Blige!and!GLC,! with!production!from!Emile,!Plain!Pat,!Jim!Jonsin,!Diplo,!Dot!Da!Genius!and! others.!!The!album!debuted!at!#3!on!the!Billboard!Top!200!chart!and!produced!the! hit!single!“Erase!Me,”!which!features!Kanye!West!and!became!a!certified!gold!album! by!the!RIAA!for!shipments!of!500,000!copies!in!the!United!States.!! ! To!date!he's!sold!over!4.6!million!digital!singles,!1.3!million!mobiletones,!and! according!to!The!Hype!Machine,!he!is!among!the!top!ten!most!blogged!about!artists! of!allRtime.!As!of!August!2013,!Cudi's!videos!on!VEVO!clock!in!at!over!200!million! views.!In!addition!to!being!soughtRafter!for!his!music,!topRtier!companies!like! Converse!and!Heineken!have!tapped!Kid!Cudi!to!appear!in!campaigns!like!"3!Artists,! 1!Song"!and!"Plug!into!Summer,"!respectively,!while!Askmen.com!has!labeled!him!a! "Style!Icon."! !! In!2010,!Scott!Mescudi!broke!into!Hollywood!when!he!was!cast!as!Domingo!Dean,!a! young!New!York,!street!smart!entrepreneur!on!the!acclaimed!HBO!comedyRdrama,! "How!To!Make!It!in!America".!!The!role!helped!launch!his!acting!career,!and!has! since!earned!him!a!slew!of!upcoming!roles!in!both!major!and!indie!film! projects.!!Mescudi!was!seen!staring!in!the!Denis!Hennelly!film!"Goodbye!World"! with!Adrian!Grenier,!Mark!Webber!and!Gaby!Hoffman.!The!film!premiered!at!the! prestigious!Los!Angeles!Film!Festival!in!the!summer!of!2013!and!was!distributed!by! Samuel!Goldwyn!and!Phase!4!Films.!!.!He!also!starred!in!the!film!"Two!Night!Stand",! directed!by!Max!Nichols!(son!of!the!legendary!Mike!Nichols)!and!produced!by!Ruben! Fleischer!and!Beau!Flynn.!The!comedy!garnered!critical!buzz!due!to!its!stellar!cast! including!Miles!Teller,!Analeigh!Tipton,!Jessica!Szohr!and!Leven!Rambin.!!Mescudi's! acting!career!has!taken!off,!starring!in!Disney’s!adaptation!of!the!popular!video! game!series!"Need!for!Speed"!alongside!Breaking!Bad!star!Aaron!Paul.!!Including! "James!White",!which!Mescudi!stars!and!composed!the!score!for,!he'll!soon!be!seen! in!the!film!adaptation!of!HBO's!"Entourage",!"VincentRNRRoxxy"!starring!Emile! Hirsch!and!Zoe!Kravitz,!as!well!as!"Meadowland"!starring!Olivia!Wilde,!Juno!Temple,! Elisabeth!Moss!and!Giovanni!Ribisi.!!Mescudi!recently!replaced!Reggie!Watts!on! IFC’s!“Comedy!Bang!!Bang!”! !

Ron!Livingston!is!in!3!films!that!premiere!at!the!Sundance!Film!Festival.!“The! End!of!the!Tour,”!which!is!directed!by!James!Ponsoldt,!is!based!on!Rolling!Stone! contributing!editor!David!Lipsky’s!acclaimed!memoir!about!the!time!he!spent! interviewing!David!Foster!Wallace!in!the!mid!1990’s.!The!book!was!published!after! Wallace’s!suicide!in!2008.!PulitzerRPrize!winner!Donald!Margulies!wrote!the! adapted!screenplay!and!the!film!stars!Jesse!Eisenberg,!and!Jason!Segel.!!! Livingston!can!also!be!seen!in!“James!White,”!which!marks!the!directorial!debut!of! “Martha!Marcy!May!Marlene”!producer!Josh!Mond!and!stars!Christopher!Abbott!and! Cynthia!Nixon.!!Additionally!he!is!in!SundanceRfavorite!Joe!Swanberg’s!“Digging!for! Fire”!which!stars!his!“Drinking!Buddies”!coRstars!Jake!Johnson,!Anna!Kendrick;! along!with!Rosemarie!DeWitt,!Brie!Larson!and!Sam!Rockwell.!

Livingston!recently!wrapped!production!on!“ShangriRLa!Suite,”!in!which!he!plays! Elvis!Presley!in!coRwriter/director!Eddie!O’Keefe’s!fictional!story!about!a!couple! who!meet!and!fall!in!love!in!a!mental!hospital!and!set!out!on!a!cross!country!road! trip!with!the!intent!to!murder!Presley.!!

In!2013!Livingston!coRstarred!in!Lynn!Shelton’s!“Touchy!Feely”!with!Rosemarie! DeWitt,!Allison!Janney!and!Ellen!Page.!The!film!premiered!in!competition!at!the! Sundance!Film!Festival.!Additionally,!his!film!“Drinking!Buddies”!had!its!World! Premiere!at!SXSW!in!March.!!Joe!Swanberg!directed!Olivia!Wilde,!Anna!Kendrick!and! Jake!Johnson!in!the!film,!which!released!theatrically!and!on!VOD!and!was!a!critical! hit.!

Additionally,!Livingston!starred!in!New!Line’s!supernatural!thriller,!“The!Conjuring”! along!with!Patrick!Wilson,!Vera!Farmiga!and!Lili!Taylor.!!Based!on!the!real!life!story! of!the!Perron!family!and!their!horrifying!experiences!while!living!in!a!haunted! Rhode!Island!farmhouse!in!the!1970’s.!James!Wan!directed!the!hit!film!which!went! on!to!gross!over!$300!million!worldwide.!

That!fall,!Livingston!coRstarred!in!“Parkland”!alongside!a!stellar!cast,!which!included! Paul!Giamatti,!Billy!Bob!Thornton!and!Marcia!Gay!Harden.!Additionally,!he!returned! to!HBO!as!a!new!series!regular!on!the!acclaimed!series!“Boardwalk!Empire”!where! he!went!on!to!garner!a!SAG!Award!Nomination!in!the!Outstanding!Performance!by! an!Ensemble!in!a!Drama!Series!category.!

In!2012,!Livingston!coRstarred!in!several!high!profile!film!and!television!projects.! The!Walt!Disney!pictures!‘The!Odd!Life!of!Timothy!Green,”!which!starred!Jennifer! Garner!and!Joel!Edgerton,!and!“Ten!Year”!with!Channing!Tatum,!Rosario!Dawson! and!Anthony!Mackie.!For!HBO,!Livingston!also!coRstarred!in!the!multiple!awardR winning!“Game!Change”!along!with!Ed!Harris,!Julianne!Moore,!Woody!Harrelson!and! Sarah!Paulson.!The!film!was!based!on!the!bestRselling!book!by!the!same!name! authored!by!John!Heilemann!and!Mark!Halperin.!Jay!Roach!directed!with!! producing.!

Additional!projects!include!the!Paramount!Pictures!film!“Dinner!for!Schmucks”!with! Steve!Carell!and!Paul!Rudd,!directed!by!Jay!Roach,!“Time!Traveler’s!Wife”!with!Eric! Bana!and!Rachel!McAdams,!and!the!ABC!series!“Defying!Gravity,”!a!oneRhour!drama! about!a!team!of!astronauts!on!a!sixRyear!billionRmile!mission!in!outer!space.! Livingston!played!“Maddux!Donner,”!the!flight!engineer!responsible!for!the! spaceship.!! In!2007,!Livingston!appeared!Off!Broadway!in!the!Neil!Labute!play!In!a!Dark,!Dark! House;!in!addition!he!starred!with!Michael!Sheen!and!Melissa!George!in!the!“Music! Within,”!winner!of!the!audience!award!at!the!Palm!Springs!and!AFI!Dallas!film! festivals,!and!in!2006!he!also!starred!in!“Holly,”!a!riveting!film!about!child!trafficking! shot!on!location!in!Cambodia!and!screened!at!several!festivals.!

As!Captain!Lewis!Nixon!in!the!2001!HBO!film!“Band!of!Brothers,”!Livingston!was! nominated!for!a!Golden!Globe!in!the!Best!Supporting!Actor!category.!!The!critically! acclaimed!series!won!the!Emmy!and!Golden!Globe!for!best!miniRseries!that!year.! That!fall,!Livingston!took!a!memorable!turn!as!Jack!Berger!on!the!ever!popular!HBO! series!“Sex!and!the!City”!opposite!Sarah!Jessica!Parker.!

Previous!films!include!“The!Cooler,”!starring!William!H.!Macy,!Maria!Bello,!and!Alec! Baldwin,!which!premiered!at!the!Sundance!Film!Festival.!He!has!also!appeared!in:! “Adaptation”!for!director!Spike!Jonze!with!Nicolas!Cage,!Meryl!Streep,!and!Chris! Cooper;!“Swingers,”!with!Jon!Favreau!and!Vince!Vaughn;!“Pretty!Persuasion”!for! Samuel!Goldwyn!with!Evan!Rachel!Wood!and!James!Woods;!“Winter!Solstice”!with! Anthony!LaPaglia!and!Allison!Janney;!and!“Little!Black!Book.”!!

Livingston!may!be!best!known!as!the!star!of!the!cult!hit!“Office!Space.”!Directed!by! Mike!Judge!and!starring!opposite!Jennifer!Aniston,!the!film!has!gone!on!to!become! one!of!the!industry’s!bestRselling!film/DVD!rentals!of!all!time.!In!the!film,!he!played!a! disgruntled!young!office!worker!caught!up!in!the!corporate!rat!race.!

Raised!in!Iowa,!Livingston!graduated!from!Marion!High!School!and!attended!Yale! University.!He!currently!resides!in!Los!Angeles!with!his!wife!and!daughter.!

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