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Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer · Known for American Experience

Geoffrey C. Ward is an author, editor, historian and writer of scripts for American History Documentaries for Public Television. He is the author or co-author of 18 books. Five books are companion books to documentary films that he has written. He has won seven Emmy Awards. The principal writer of the television mini-series The Civil War (1990,) Ward has collaborated with its co-producer Ken Burns on many of the documentaries he has made since, including Jazz, Baseball, The War and Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. This work has garnered him five Emmy Awards. He also won two Emmys for the American Experience series, including The Kennedys, in 1992 and TR,The Story of Theodore Roosevelt in 1996. His script for the documentary Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, won the Writers Guild of America Award in 2005[3] and the accompanying book won the 2006 William Hill Sports Book of the Year and the Anisfield-Wolf Award for best biography. In 2006, the Organization of American Historians gave Ward their Friend of History Award for his outstanding contributions to American history: "Over the last twenty years Geoffrey Ward's writings on American History have had a greater influence and reached a wider audience than those of any other American writer and historian. [His] work is always his own, but he has also helped free ideas that otherwise might have been imprisoned in the academy and helped them find a wider world. He has helped academic historians understand the possibilities, limits, and demands of what has become the medium through which most Americans now get their history." The most recent Burns/Ward collaboration, Prohibition (2011), brought Ward his seventh Emmy for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming. He is currently at work on a multi-part series "Vietnam", with Lynn Novick and Ken Burns. He is the principle writer or co-writer of 24 documentary films. Ward is married to the writer and social/environmental activist Diane Raines Ward. He has three children.

Bart Shatto

Broadway credits include: Tony-nominated  War Paint (opposite three-time Tony winner Patti Lupone), Valjean in  Les Miserables, Tony-nominated original cast shows of The Civil War and Hands-on a Hardbody, Quincey Morris in Dracula: The Musical. National Tours: Les Miserables, The Civil War, Cats. Vocalist for symphonic rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra (since 2002). World premieres of Tammy Ryan's play Tar Beach (Luna Stage), Martin Casella’s play Black Tom Island (Premiere Stages), musical Treasure Island as Long John Silver (The Rev Theatre Company), The Remarkable Mr. Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (North Coast Rep), and Stephen Schwartz's  Children of Eden (Papermill Playhouse (Original Cast Recording). Other Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse and Casa Manana. TV: Law & Order (NBC), Chicago  Fire (NBC) Chicago Med (NBC), Murphy Brown reboot (CBS), Gaspard and Lisa (Disney Jr.) Film: Freedom (opposite Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr), Life of an Actress (opposite Tony-nominated Orfeh and Taylor Louderman - cast album produced by Broadway Records). Awards: 2024 Best Actor Winner (Chicago Indie Film Awards and New York Arthouse Film Festival), Best Ensemble Winner, for Indecent (Connecticut Critics Circle Award) and a Helen Hayes nomination for The Civil War - Ford’s Theatre) Bart’s solo show Backto Broadway: Heroes, Villains, and Dreamers is seen all over the country. Upcoming projects: The Life and Adventures of Davy Crockett (Davy Crockett) and the World Premieres of Pre-Broadway/Canadian Premiere of The Ballad of Johnny and June (Johnny Cash Musical) directed by Two-Time Tony winner and 4-time Tony nominee Des McAnuff.   www.bartshatto @iambartshatto

Efka Kvaraciejus

Efka Kvaraciejus is known for Logan (2017), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

Florence Kasumba

Cast · Known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Panther, The Lion King

Florence Kasumba (born October 26, 1976) is a German actress of Ugandan origin. She is known for playing the role of Ayo in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). She also played Senator Acantha in Wonder Woman, and the Wicked Witch of the East in the NBC television series Emerald City.

Matthew Schmidt

Editor · Known for Avengers: Doomsday, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War

Matthew Schmidt (born April 30, 1971) is an American film editor best known for working on several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), all alongside Jeffrey Ford, Black Widow (2021), alongside Leigh Folsom Boyd, and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), alongside Peter S. Elliot, Tim Roche and Jennifer Vecchiarello. Schmidt first worked with Ford as an assistant editor, beginning with the first Avengers film and started sharing the editing credit with Ford, beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The duo edited Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame back-to-back, which was a two-year project and meant they were cutting at the same time of shooting. More than 900 hours of film were shot between both films, making the editing process a massive undertaking. Both films rank "among the biggest box-office earners of all time." For Avengers: Endgame, the two won the Saturn Award for Best Editing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Schmidt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Michele Weaver

Michele Weaver works in all four categories of theater, commercial, film and television. She first got noticed starring in the two short films Diana Leigh (1960s musical) and Daughters of Eve ( Civil War Drama, AFI). She has played Dorothy Dandridge in The Nicolas Brothers Tribute and Marylin "A New Musical' at the 1400 seat Alex Theater as well. Most recently she is starring in two new films: Illicit ,next to David Ramsey and Vivica A. Fox as well as 2 Lava 2 Lantuala, where she plays Steve Guttenberg's step daughter, Raya, in the sequel of the SyFy Channel Franchise Lavalantula. Other credits include Switched at Birth on Abc Family, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life on Fox, Short-Com Comedy Hour with Charlie Murphy, and Sistercode starring Amber Rose, Drew Sidora and Eva Marcille.

Ocean M Harris

Cast · Known for Graphic Desires

Ocean M Harris is a UK based actor from London. Born in Westminster, Harris spent his formative years in his native Sierra Leone until civil war would necessitate a return to England. Raised in South London and schooled in Kent at Beth's Grammar School for Boys, Harris would go on to study at the University of Nottingham. Harris began acting in 2017 and will appear in upcoming film Graphic Designs (2022), and feature as part of the main cast in season 2 of The Capture (2022, BBC/NBC). His short film roles include BLUR (2018), My Brother's Hooker (2019) and most recently Rico Johnson-Sinclair's Prey (2022). He has also been the leading man in music videos for Xamvolo (A Damn Fine Spectacle) and Jesse Elvis (All My Love). Harris has worked commercially with companies including Gillette, News UK, Toyota, McDonalds and The FA. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ocean M Harris

Nicholas Hayner

Nicholas Hayner (also known as Nick Filoiali'i) is a stuntman and actor who played Batman in State Farm's Batman vs. Bateman commercial. He was also a stunt performer in Captain America: Civil War, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Some of his work also includes Keanu, The Resident, Hawaii Five-0, Ballers, and NCIS: Los Angeles.

Kamran Shaikh

Kamran Shaikh (born in 1974) is a Pakistani actor. He and his parents migrated to New York in 1980 and lived in Queens for 10 years before moving to Long Island. His breakthrough role was an appearance on Marvel's Captain America: Civil War, in which he decided he wanted to act for a living.

Alex Frankson

Alex is a Toronto actor with a Theatre degree from the University of Victoria. Some recent film credits include Belushi's Toilet, Reign, Blood and Fury: America's Civil War, The Expanse, Dark Matter, and The Handmaids Tale.

Sharif Dorani

Sharif was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, at the time of the Soviet Union's occupation of the country. The Soviet occupation, the Mujahideen Civil War and the Taliban's initial takeover of Kabul in 1996 forced Sharif (with his parents and siblings) to flee to many countries, including Pakistan, Iran and the Central Asian States. While the numerous journeys weren't easy, they had their advantage: the exposure enabled Sharif to learn about different cultures and speak numerous languages, including Pashto, Dari, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Russian, and some Arabic. After a long and dangerous voyage in late 1999, Sharif, along with his parents, claimed asylum in the UK. Although he'd come far away from the danger of the brutal wars, a new set of challenges presented themselves; chief among them was the language. But Sharif knew he had to learn English and catch up on his education. He committed to studying during the day and worked at night (in factories or as a pizza delivery driver). The hard work paid off: he gained undergraduate and master's degrees in Law from The University of Northampton and UCL, respectively, and a PhD in the United States' Middle Eastern Policy from Durham University. While he learned to love the UK and adopted it as a second home, his love for his native country has never diminished. He has authored several articles and two acclaimed books on Afghanistan: "The Lone Leopard", a novel set in Afghanistan, and "America in Afghanistan", published by Bloomsbury Publishing House. His passion, linguistic skills and in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and South Asia, as well as his postgraduate training from one of the most prestigious schools in London, have enabled Sharif to be part of some major projects by established production houses, including The Millennium Media' war movie and Critic Choice award nominee The Outpost, CBC Films/Lionsgate's action thriller film American Assassin, Channel 5's television movie Agatha and The Curse of Ishtar, Netflix's political thriller series The Diplomat, BBC's BAFTA Awards winner detective drama series Shetland, the Emmy Award-winning series Homeland, Fox's Drama series Deep State, Apple's thriller Disclaimer, Canal+'s French multi-awards winner series The Bureau, Channel 4's the Royal Television Society-UK winner series No Offence, ITV's longest-running police series The Bill and SKY's series Strike Back.

Horace Knight Jr.

Horace Knight Jr. is a film and TV stunt performer, known for King Richard (2021), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and The Equalizer 2 (2018), among others.

Ric Burns

Ric Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also published as In the Midst of Life) was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States, and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produced, and in this regard can take his place with such figures as Juvenal, Swift, and Voltaire. His war stories influenced Stephen Crane, Ernest Hemingway, and others, and he was considered an influential and feared literary critic. In recent decades Bierce has gained wider respect as a fabulist and for his poetry. In late 1913, Bierce told reporters that he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican Revolution. It was reported that Bierce accompanied Pancho Villa's army as far as the city of Chihuahua. His last known communication with the world was a letter he wrote there to a close friend, dated December 26, 1913. He disappeared and was never seen again. From Wikipedia.

Alan Rosenberg

Cast · Known for L.A. Law

Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor who portrayed the character Eli Levinson in both the series Civil Wars and the popular L.A. Law. From 2005 to 2009, Rosenberg was president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union.

John Paul White

John Paul White (born August 4, 1972) is an American musician and former member of the Grammy Award-winning duo the Civil Wars. He restarted his solo career with his 2016 release, Beulah. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Paul White, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Aaron Toney

Aaron Toney is an American stunt performer and fight choreographer. He is perhaps best known for his involvement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including roles doubling for Anthony Mackie’s Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018), as well as doubling Chadwick Boseman in Captain America: Civil War (2026), Black Panther (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He studied at Los Angeles Valley College. Toney is also involved with moving arts beyond film, including martial arts, acrobatics, and movement training. Among his recent recognition are nominations and wins through Stunt and Ensemble Awards: for example, his work on Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) won Actor Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) earned a nomination; and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) got him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Stunt Performance.

Mark Millar

Executive Producer · Known for Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The King's Man

Mark Millar MBE (born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer, known for his work on The Authority, The Ultimates, Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Civil War, The Secret Service, Wanted, Chrononauts, Superior and Kick-Ass, the latter six of which have been, or will be, adapted into feature films. For his work Millar has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and two Eagle Awards, and in June 2013 he was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to film and literature.

Tom Holland

Cast · Known for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Odyssey

Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is a British actor. His accolades include a BAFTA Award as well as two Critics' Choice Awards nominations. His films as a lead actor have grossed over $9.9 billion worldwide. He was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list of 2019. Holland's career began as a teen when he played a supporting role and later the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical on the West End from 2008 to 2010. He made his film debut in the disaster drama The Impossible (2012) followed by roles in the romance drama How I Live Now (2013) and the historical adventure dramas In the Heart of the Sea (2015) and The Lost City of Z (2016). Holland achieved international recognition playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in six Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films, beginning with Captain America: Civil War (2016). The following year, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award and became the youngest actor to play a title role in an MCU film in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Its sequels, Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021), each grossed more than $1 billion worldwide; the latter became the highest-grossing film of the year. Holland played against-type roles in the crime dramas The Devil All the Time (2020) and Cherry (2021), and starred in the big-budget films Uncharted (2022) and The Odyssey (2026). Holland has voiced roles in the animated features Spies in Disguise (2019) and Onward (2020). On television, he took roles in the PBS historical miniseries Wolf Hall (2015) and the Apple TV+ psychological thriller limited series The Crowded Room (2023). He returned to the stage starring as one of the title roles in the West End revival of Romeo and Juliet (2024). He is married to his longtime co-star Zendaya. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Holland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Marisa Tomei

Cast · Known for The Mongoose, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Big Short

Marisa Tomei (/toʊˈmeɪ/, Italian: [toˈmɛi]; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).  Her early appearances were in the soap opera As the World Turns (1983–1985) and the first season of the sitcom A Different World (1987). Tomei's other notable films include Chaplin (1992), The Paper (1994), What Women Want (2000), Danika (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Wild Hogs (2007), The Wrestler (2008), The Ides of March (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Parental Guidance (2012), The Big Short (2015), and The King of Staten Island (2020). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Tomei was a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. She appeared in John Morgan Evans' Daughters (1986) off-Broadway before making her Broadway debut in Wait Until Dark opposite Quentin Tarantino (1998). She earned a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Top Girls (2008), and a special Drama Desk Award for Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses (2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival of The Rose Tattoo in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sian Brooke

Cast · Known for Sherlock

Sian Brooke is a British actress, known for portraying Laura in All About George, Lori in Cape Wrath, and Eurus Holmes in Sherlock. Sian Elizabeth Phillips was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England and is the youngest of three siblings. She took on a stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actress Siân Phillips, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War general who served at Lichfield. She is the daughter of a police officer and a teacher.Her parents are Welsh. Brooke's early education was at The Friary School in Lichfield. She initially joined the Lichfield Youth Theatre at the age of 11 before becoming a member of the National Youth Theatre and subsequently training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from where she graduated in 2002.

Anthony Russo

Director · Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Avengers: Endgame, Community, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970) is an American filmmaker with his brother, Joe Russo, collectively known as the Russo brothers (/ˈruːsoʊ/ ROO-soh). They direct most of their work together. They are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War(2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Endgame grossed over $2.798 billion worldwide, briefly becoming the highest-grossing film ever.  The brothers have also worked as directors and producers on the comedy series Arrested Development (2003–2005), Community (2009–2014), and Happy Endings (2011–2012). They won a Primetime Emmy Award for Arrested Development. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russo brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Joe Russo

Director · Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Avengers: Endgame, Community, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Joe Russo (born July 18, 1971) is an American filmmaker with his brother, Anthony Russo, collectively known as the Russo brothers (/ˈruːsoʊ/ ROO-soh). They direct most of their work together. They are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War(2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Endgame grossed over $2.798 billion worldwide, briefly becoming the highest-grossing film ever.  The brothers have also worked as directors and producers on the comedy series Arrested Development (2003–2005), Community (2009–2014), and Happy Endings (2011–2012). They won a Primetime Emmy Award for Arrested Development. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russo brothers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ken Burns

Cast · Known for The Colbert Report

Ken Burns (born 1953) is a highly celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music director in addition to producing and directing. He achieved his apotheosis with The Civil War (1990), a phenomenally popular 11-hour documentary that won two Emmys and broke all previous ratings records for public TV. The series' companion coffee table book--priced at a hefty $50--sold more than 700,000 copies. The audio version, narrated by Burns, was also a major best-seller. In the final accounting, "The Civil War" became the first documentary to gross over $100 million. Not surprisingly, it has become perennial fund-raising programming for public TV stations around the country. Burns arrived upon the scene with the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn Bridge (1981), a nostalgic chronicle of the construction of the fabled edifice. The film was more widely seen when rebroadcast on PBS the following year. Though Burns has made other nonfiction films for theatrical release, notably an acclaimed and ambiguous portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long (1985), PBS would prove to be his true home. He cast a probing eye on such American subjects as The Statue of Liberty (1985), The Congress (1988) (PBS), painter Thomas Hart Benton (1988) (PBS) and early radio with Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) (PBS). Burns returned to long-form documentary with his most ambitious project to date, an 18-hour history of Baseball (1994), which aired on PBS in the fall of 1994. He approached the national pastime as a template for understanding changes in modern American society. Ironically, this was the only baseball on the air at the time, as the players and owners were embroiled in a bitter strike.