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Griffin Dunne has been an actor, producer, and director since the late 1970s. Among his work, he produced and acted in AFTER HOURS; he directed PRACTICAL MAGIC and the documentary THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD about his aunt, Joan Didion. Griffin and his dog, Mary, live in the East Village of Manhattan. Photo credit: Brigitte Lacombe.




Amy Robinson began her film career as an actress, best known for her role in Martin Scorsese’s MEAN STREETS, before turning to producing. In 1977 she formed Triple Play Productions with Griffin Dunne and Mark Metcalf, and they produced CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER from a novel by Ann Beattie and written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver. In 1982, Robinson and Griffin Dunne formed Double Play Productions. Together they produced six feature films: BABY IT'S YOU, AFTER HOURS, RUNNING ON EMPTY, WHITE PALACE, RUNNING ON EMPTY, WHITE PALACE ONCE AROUND, and GAME 6. Robinson continued her producing career with: WITH HONORS, FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, DRIVE ME CRAZY, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, WHEN ZACHERY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN, and JULIE AND JULIA. She also executive produced: FROM HELL and MARIE AND BRUCE.

Rosanna Lisa Arquette was born to a show business family in New York City. She was the first-born child of five in the third generation of the Arquette acting clan. Her grandfather Cliff Arquette played Charley Weaver on The Jack Paar Show and was a regular on the original Hollywood Squares. Her father, character actor Lewis Arquette, was well known as J.D. Pickett on The Waltons. Her siblings Patricia Arquette, David Arquette, Alexis Arquette, and Richmond Arquette all followed her into the family tradition as accomplished working actors. She began acting as a child, started working professionally as a teenager and has never stopped. She has appeared in over 70 films, which have earned over $450 million in domestic box office sales. Her vast experience in the world of film and television has inspired her to explore and expand her talent as a filmmaker into the realm of directing and producing with two highly acclaimed documentaries, 2002’s SEARCHING OF DEBRA WINGER and 2005’s ALL WE ARE SAYING. She is currently developing projects for both television and film through her company, Flower Child Productions. As a busy actress, filmmaker, and activist, her passion for her work is matched only by her passion for her daughter Zoe Bleu Sidel and her family.

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