LISZT & CHOPIN IN PARIS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE LISZT & CHOPIN IN PARIS - major dramatic motion-picture drama blockbuster portraying the lives of Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin taking place at Europe’s top destinations featuring world’s greatest musicians and international cast filmed London, Rome, Berlin and Paris. Introduction Liszt & Chopin In Paris is the best classical music, historical film since "Amadeus" and “The Sound of Music”. In the days when orchestras are "folding" due to the lack of funds and when classical music is taught less and less in schools because people are less exposed to this genre of music here comes a movie that will all of change all that with amazing voyage into the classics from Paris to London to Russia. Liszt & Chopin In Paris will feature some of the best performances ever to be presented on big movie screen with participation of major Hollywood talent, breathtaking costumes, set design and high-end drama about the Romantic Age filmed at Europe’s top destinations. Liszt & Chopin In Paris is targeted for a built-in audience of hundreds of millions of classical fans worldwide who have been waiting for this type of film all their lives. The film is a period epic drama with pround and commercial impact about the power of music in 19th Century Europe as seen through the eyes of two greatest piano icons Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin. The film is told in the context of Lisztomania – precursor to Jacksonmania, Presleymania and Beatlemania following in 20th Century. Liszt & Chopin In Paris film has one of the best production teams in the world both in terms of scale, competency and credentials and is currently being set up with state-of-the-art, complete turnkey production facilities both in terms of co-production and distribution at Europe’s largest film studios tha includes international cast, soloists, design artists and the best music virtuosos in the world. It is the first major blockbuster movie of this about the lives Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt taking place in the authentic 19th century Romantic Age featuring superstar performers who were responsible for creating the modern era of classical piano we know today soon to be enjoyed by millions around the world. Production Team/Crew JOHN MARK FILM - Company Staff/Personnel John Mark Producer/Director [email protected] Ewa Kochanska Production Coordinator/Scenic Designer [email protected] Luigi Marchione Production Designer [email protected] Dianna Liner Executive Producer [email protected] James Siler Co-Producer [email protected] Todd Hicks Co-Producer [email protected] Stan Zielinski Music Coordinator [email protected] Daniel Szpilman Production Assistant [email protected] Bettina Sadoux Agent (Paris, France) [email protected] Odette Hasenfratz Still Photographer [email protected] Giuseppe Rossi Co-Production Italy [email protected] Eugene Zykov Co-Production Russia [email protected] Livia Pascucci Costumes [email protected] David Nichols Line Producer [email protected] John Bernard Producer 2nd Unit [email protected] Pinar Toprak Composer [email protected] ◄LISZT & CHOPIN IN PARIS - Crew List David Nichols, Producer David Nichols is the co-producer of $100 million plus feature drama EVEREST starring Josh Broling, Emily Watson and Jake Gyllenhall with Baltasar Kormákur by Universal Studios, as well many high-end, large scale productions such as The Tourist with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, Seven Years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt, The Last Emperor with Bernardo Bertolucci, To Rome With Love with Woody Allen and many other features. David Nichols is one of the most successful producers in the past two decades and his company Cineroma he runs with his partner Francesco Marras has a long long track record of producing highly successful marquee films and is one of the most respected production companies. John Bernard, Producer Jake Productions founded in 2004, by vastly experienced British Producer John Bernard based out in Monte Carlo and Paris works closely with David Nichols and his company producing many US blockbusters in Europe such as Hunger Games, Star Wars (presently) Inception, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hunger Games Part I and II, Devil Wears Prada, The Bourne Ultimatum and many others. The company’s raison d’être is to provide a vastly modernized and more competitive approach to US based productions in Europe. Formed in 2004, Jake Productions already boasts a formidable list of credits which includes Munich, Devil Wears Prada, Iron Man 2, Entourage, Inception, Dom Hemingway, Edge of Tomorrow, Inglorious Basterds and Martin Scorsese's Hugo and The Wolf of Wall Street, as well as numerous TV commercials for companies in US and UK. Sonja Zimmer, Producer Sonja Zimmer has done over 50 feature films ranging from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, Wes Anderson’s The Budapest Hotel to just completed latest Spielberg’s feature Bridge of Spies. Other films include The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 2) , Unfinished Busines, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1) Beauty and the Beast, The Book Thief, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Apparition, Anonymous, Roman Polanski’s Ghost, Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie, The Reader and also most recently The Monuments Men, The Reader, Point Break and The Lake. John Mark, Producer/Director John Mark is the producer and director of Liszt & Chopin In Paris feature based on the lives of two iconic piano virtuosos Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt in 19th Century Paris. John Mark has completed film directing and cinematography education in Paris and Rome, namely at IDHEC (Paris) and at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Rome). IDHEC since 1988 is known as École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son. John Mark has received and keeps receiving numerous letters of acknowledgement and recognition for his contributions to classical music and for Liszt & Chopin In Paris film. His primary genres are historical and contemporary drama and science-fiction. John Mark is the creator and director of Liszt & Chopin In Paris feature film based on the lives of two iconic piano virtuosos Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt in 19th Century Paris. As filmmaker John Mark has trained with many prominent filmmakers among them Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Costa Gavras, Arnaud Desplechin, Pascale Ferran and others. Besides being a filmmaker John Mark is also accomplished musician and classical music expert who who began playing piano at the age of 5 and has studied music composition with Prof. Nadia Boulanger at the Paris Conservatory. Prof. Boulanger's students were Aaron Copland, John Eliot Gardiner, Dinu Lipatti, Igor Markevitch, Philip Glass, Ástor Piazzolla and Marta Ptaszynska, also John Mark’s teacher who is currently head of Music Department at University of Chicago. LISZT & CHOPIN IN PARIS http://www.lisztandchopininparis.com/News-or-Reviews.html Website http://www.johnmarkfilm.com/#!about2/c1m5d Dianna Liner, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer Dianna Liner’s company Liner Entertainment Group, LLC is a talent management and executive film production firm located in Atlanta Ga, and Houston Texas focused on managing careers of recording artists, actors and producers as well as talent casting, public relations, celebrity liaison, and film finance. The company executive produces major indie films. Liner Films has a successful production and music production company working with many top level clients in the music industry in US and Dianna Line is the Co-Executive Producer with SNA Films in Liszt & Chopin In Paris as co-producing partners. http://www.linerfilms.com/home.html Luigi Marchione, Production Design Luigi Marchione recent production is Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings, and most recently The Huntsman starring Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain to be released in 2016. Based in Rome he works almost exclusively at Pinewood/London and at present he is also working on large scale theater production with Paolo Sorrentino. Luigi Marchione’s theatrical design work with Franco Zeffirelli places him as one of the top art directors and production designers. http://www.luigimarchione.com/p/concept-art.html http://luigimarchione.blogspot.com/ 1.0 Scene drawing by Luigi Marchione for Liszt & Chopin In Paris 2.0 Scene drawing by Luigi Marchione for Liszt & Chopin In Paris Ewa Kochanska, Concept Illustrator, Scenic Designer Ewa Kochanska has a PhD in graphic design and fine arts and is one of the most sought after graphic artist and teacher in large-scale theatrical and historic productions and feature film design. 1.0 Character drawing by Dr. Ewa Kochanska Liszt & Chopin In Paris. 1.0 Scene drawing by Dr. Ewa Kochanska 2.0 Scene drawing by Dr. Ewa Kochanska Liszt & Chopin In Paris. Livia Pascucci, Costumes Livia Pascucci-Righi, based in both London and Rome has worked with Anthony Minghella (Play, Comic Relief, English Patient), Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast, James Bond production Tomorrow Never Dies, and in numerous theatrical and fashion productions in both Italy and UK. Excellent communicator with a degree from London School of Fashion she is a sought after costume designer and fashion consultant. Pinar Toprak, Composer Pinar Toprak is credited with more than 70 productions as film composer, producer and executive producer. She is currently finishing Geostorm, an action adventure Sc-Fi blockbuster produced and directed by Dean Devlin (Stargate, Independence Day, Universal Soldier,) produced by Dean Devlin and David Ellison to be released by Warner Bros. in 2016. Among Pinar Toprak’s films are: Behind The Enemy Lines, The River Murdesr, The Wind Gods, Last Will, Girls, Girls, Grils, How to Have A Happy Marriage, The Light Keepers, The Crimson Mask, Ocean of Pearls, In The Name of the Son and Geostorm, a 100 million+ Sci-Fi action adventure blockbuster starring Andy Garcia, Ed Harris produced by Warner Bros.