About the filmmakers, narrator

SIMON WINCER (Director) has found equal success in the United States after ascending to the position of one Australia's most celebrated film and television directors.

In the summer of 1993, Wincer's Free Willy was a critical and commercial smash hit, which took in more than $200 million worldwide. For American television, Wincer directed the hugely successful epic miniseries, Lonesome Dove which ranks among the top dramatic programs ever screened in the U.S. Lonesome Dove was nominated for an incredible 18 Emmy Awards, winning seven, including Best Director for Wincer.

	Director Simon Wincer with an IMAX 3D camera.

In 1999, Wincer directed P.T. Barnum for A&E starring Beau Bridges. The 4-hour special was nominated for Best Miniseries and Best Performance by an Actor at the 2000 Emmy Awards. Also in 2000, Simon's Crossfire Trail a Louis L'Amour Western starring Tom Selleck, became the highest rated movie ever screened on U.S. cable television.

In January 2002, Simon's Monte Walsh starring Tom Selleck and Isabella Rosellini garnered ratings as the highest audience ever for a Friday night movie on cable and a combined three-night audience of 36 million.

In his native Australia, Wincer was the executive producer of The Man From Snowy River and director of Phar Lap. Wincer's other Australian features include Snapshot, Harlequin and The Lighthorsemen, the latter a huge historical spectacle about the last successful cavalry charge in history.

Wincer's additional directing credits include the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, The Echo of Thunder starring Judy Davis (who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance), The Phantom based on Lee Falk's comic book hero, Operation Dumbo Drop, D.A.R.Y.L., Quigley Down Under, Lightning Jack, for which he also served as a producer, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.

Wincer's most recent work includes directing The Young Black Stallion, Disney's first live action 15/70 film.

Born in Montreal, LORNE ORLEANS (Producer) majored in Communication Studies at Concordia University before setting out to learn his trade, working on music videos, television commercials, movies of the week, features and documentaries.

Currently Imax's Vice President of Film Production, Lorne has worked exclusively in the world of large format filmmaking for more than 15 years. His first 15/70 production was the 1986 Stephen Low documentary Beavers, on which he was given the grand title of Head Animal Wrangler.

In addition to overseeing Imax's corporate film production activity, Lorne has taken on the roles of Line Producer, Producer and Executive in Charge of Production on such diverse projects as Flowers In The Sky, the first film shot using the unique IMAX Magic Carpet process and first shown at EXPO '90 in Osaka, Japan, Mountain Gorilla, shot on location in Rwanda, Fires of Kuwait, which received an Academy-Award nomination and Asteroid Adventure, IMAX's first movie ride shot with the revolutionary IMAX HD technology.

Additional producing credits include Whalesong, The Hidden Dimension, Galapagos, China: The Panda Adventure, Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience and Star Wars: Episode 2 Attack of The Clones: The IMAX Experience.

Orleans' most recent project was executive-producing the television documentary Carry Me Home: The Story & Music of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, which won a Gemini Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmys.

DOUGLAS "DISCO" HYLTON (Producer) who got his nickname moonlighting as a Club DJ for more than 15 years, has worked at various studios throughout his Hollywood career. After graduating with an MBA, Hylton worked at Miramax with co-chairs Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Next Hylton took his skills over to HBO where he was involved with the award-winning films And The Band Played On, Stalin, The Burning Season, Barbarians at the Gate and The Late Shift.

Hylton then moved on to TriStar Pictures where he had a hand in the production of such blockbusters as Jerry Maguire, As Good As it Gets, The Mask of Zorro, and My Best Friend's Wedding amongst others.

Hylton joined IMAX in 2001 as Vice President of Filmed Entertainment.

JAMES NEIHOUSE (Director of Photography) has been involved in the professional film and video business since his graduation from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1976, where he received his Bachelor of Arts.

His credits include work on the large format films Ocean, The Great Barrier Reef, Hail Columbia!, The Dream Is Alive, Race the Wind, On the Wing, Blue Planet, Rolling Stones at the Max, Destiny In Space, Whales, L5: First City in Space, Mission To MIR, Michael Jordan to the Max, Ocean Oasis, Bears, India: Kingdom of the Tiger, Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees and Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey.

Neihouse was Director of Photography on the large format Dome film The Eruption of Mt. Saint Helens, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Documentary in 1980. Neihouse also served as co-director and principal cinematographer on Destiny In Space, which opened at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in June 1994.

Neihouse has also been an astronaut trainer and IMAX camera equipment integration supervisor for the space team since 1988.

In addition, Neihouse served as the Director of Photography for Space Station for which he was awarded NASA's highest astronaut honor, the Silver Snoopy, "for the many years of superlative support he has given -- and continues to give -- America's space program." Space Station also won the Giant Screen Theatre Association Film Award for Best Cinematography in 2002.

NEIL GOLDBERG (Executive Producer) has helped to create what is now FOX Sports signature NASCAR coverage. Since 1982, when Goldberg began his NASCAR association with ESPN, he helped shape the way NASCAR is seen by the fans and television viewers around the world.

Today Goldberg is the lead race producer for all of FOX Television productions of NASCAR on FOX, FOX Sports Net, F/X and Speed Channel. Integral to that assignment is the creation of the on-air look of FOX's NASCAR coverage.

Contributing to the race-paced advancements of computer driven technologies, Goldberg plays a major role in keeping NASCAR's live television coverage ahead of the technology curve. Working with all of the major technology providers, virtually every technological advancement on ESPN and FOX Sports' NASCAR television coverage has been impacted in some way by Goldberg's input.

The television coverage of NASCAR is the most technologically advanced and challenging for its producers. Goldberg's contributions can be seen and heard with real-time computer interfaced graphics, live in-car cameras and audio relays common to every NASCAR telecast.

Goldberg has also helped to develop many of today's top NASCAR talent, such as Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Jerry Punch and many more. Goldberg's relationships with drivers and team owners has been responsible for delivering and discovering many new on-air talent for television.

Goldberg is the recipient of many Sports Emmy Awards and other important industry recognitions. He frequently produces for ESPN's X-Game coverage and has directed and/or produced dozens of other entertainment and sporting events.

ABOUT THE NARRATOR

KIEFER SUTHERLAND (narrator) currently stars in the critically acclaimed FOX drama, "24," for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and garnered an Emmy Nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series, as well as a recent Golden Globe nomination.

	Kiefer Sutherland

Sutherland recently wrapped production on the film "Taking Lives," opposite Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. Sutherland was last seen in the FOX film, "Phonebooth", directed by Joel Schummaker, released in 2003. Last year, Sutherland completed production on "Paradise Found," directed by Mario Andreazcchio where he portrays the world famous post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin.

Recently, Sutherland was seen in the limited release World War II drama "To End All Wars." The screenplay is based on the best-selling book, Through the Valley of the Kwai, which is an account of life as a POW in a Southeast Asian prison camp. The film also stars Robert Carlyle, Ciaran McMenarrin and Mark Strong, and successfully screened at both the Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals this year. He will also be seen in "Dead Heat," directed by Mark Malone.

In 1998, Sutherland was seen starring in Showtime's critically-acclaimed original picture, "A Soldier's Sweetheart" with Skeet Ulrich and Georgina Cates, which made its premiere at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival's Gala Screening.

In 1997, Sutherland co-starred with William Hurt and Rufus Sewell in the Newline production, "Dark City." Directed by Alex Proyas, "Dark City" was a special presentation at the Cannes Film Festival. Sutherland also added his second directorial credit and starred in "Truth or Consequences" for Triumph Films alongside Kevin Pollak, Mykelti Williamson, Rod Steiger and Martin Sheen.

In the 1996 Paramount thriller, "Eye for an Eye," directed by John Schlesinger, Sutherland portrayed an unremorseful, brutal murderer opposite Sally Field and Ed Harris. Later that summer, he co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey in the screen adaptation of John Grisham's novel, "A Time to Kill."

In 1993, Sutherland starred in Touchstone Pictures' "The Three Musketeers," based on the classic tale by Alexandre Dumas. The same year, he made his directorial debut in the critically acclaimed Showtime film "Last Light," in which he also starred opposite Forest Whitaker. "Last Light" garnered some of the most glowing reviews that any cable production has received in a long time, especially for Sutherland's directing.

Sutherland's first major role was in the Canadian drama, "Bad Boy," which earned Sutherland and director Daniel Petrie Genie award nominations for best actor and best director, respectively. Following his success in "The Bad Boy," Sutherland eventually moved to Los Angeles and landed television appearances in "The Mission," an episode of "Amazing Stories" and in the telefilm "Trapped in Silence" with Marsha Mason.

In 1992, Sutherland starred opposite Ray Liotta and Forest Whitaker in Orion Pictures' "Article 99," and in Castlerock's military drama "A Few Good Men," also starring Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. Later, in 1994, he starred with Jeff Bridges and Nancy Travis in the American version of "The Vanishing" for 20th Century Fox.

Sutherland's other film credits include "Flatliners," "Chicago Joe and the Showgirl," "1969," "Flashback," "Young Guns," "Young Guns 2," "Bright Lights, Big City," "The Lost Boys," "Promised Land," "At Close Range," and "Stand By Me."

Sutherland resides in Los Angeles.