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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Neil Lamont
Production Design · Known for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Supergirl
Having been one of the U.K.’s most respected and sought-after art directors for many years, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was Neil’s first role as production designer. He was previously supervising the art director on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Solo: A Star Wars Story followed shortly after working alongside Ron Howard. Neil then joined forces again with Stuart Craig on Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. He has recently finished Disclaimer, an Apple TV series coming out next year, directed by Alfonso Quarón. Neil Lamont entered the art department as an art department assistant in 1980, working for his father, Peter Lamont, on For Your Eyes Only. Through talent and hard work, he quickly rose through the department to become Supervising Art Director on Goldeneye. He has worked on the industry’s biggest movie franchises, from Star Wars to Harry Potter to James Bond. He was Supervising Art Director on all eight of the Harry Potter films, winning the Art Director’s Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and winning the Art Director’s Guild Award for Contribution to Cinematic Imagery with all eight of the films. Lamont was also supervising the art director on Michael Apted’s The World Is Not Enough. Other notable credits as supervising art directors include Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, Michael Hoffman’s Gambit, Jeremiah Chechnik’s The Avengers, Richard Attenborough’s In Love and War, and Danny Cannon’s The Young Americans. With a career spanning nearly 30 years, Neil has been a constant talent in art departments throughout the industry, with his many other credits including Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Enemy at the Gates; James Cameron’s Titanic; Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient; Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Stephen Herek’s The Three Musketeers; Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall; and John Glen’s License to Kill. Information above via their homepage.
Brian Vernel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brian Vernel is a Scottish actor best known for his film role as Bala-Tik in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), as Odda the Younger in the TV series The Last Kingdom (2015), and Billy Wallace in British gangster series Gangs of London (2020-). A native of Glasgow, Vernel attended St Mungo's Academy in Gallowgate before training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) after a one-year general arts foundation course at Glasgow University. He played the role of Bala-Tik in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Vernel's character spoke in a Glaswegian accent. Vernel played the main role of Billy Wallace, junkie brother of London drug cartel boss Sean Wallace, played by Joe Cole, and working alongside Michelle Fairley, who played his mother, in Gangs of London, between 2020-2022. Vernal also played the role of Irus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'.
Dan Mindel
Cinematographer · Known for Red One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Ivor Daniel Mindel, ASC, BSC, SASC (born 27 May 1958) is a South African-American cinematographer best known for his work on blockbuster action films like Enemy of the State, Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, working with directors like Tony Scott and J. J. Abrams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Mindel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Joonas Suotamo
Cast · Known for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Joonas Suotamo is a Finnish actor and a former professional basketball player. He is best known for his role as Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga – first as a body double in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and later as the lead in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
Tommy Gormley
Executive Producer · Known for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Tommy Gormley is a Scottish film director and producer. He is known for his work on the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Gormley has produced or served as assistant director on films such as Star Trek and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He produced or co-produced a number of TV series, including Fringe. Gormley won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for outstanding contribution to craft at the 2014 British Academy Scotland Awards. Thomas Matthew Gormley was born on 3 May 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland. The son of Charles Gormley, a Scottish filmmaker. He attended two schools, St. Joseph's Primary and St. Columba of Iona. He enrolled in the University of Strathclyde. Gormley credits his father, Charles Gormley, for inspiring him to get into the film industry. Tommy Gormley has been the director of Fringe. And he also featured prominently in the position of assistant director in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek Into Darkness, John Carter (film), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Super 8 (2011 film), The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film), and 2012 (film). He is to be an assistant director for Wonder Woman (2017 film). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Gormley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Leanne Best
Cast · Known for This City Is Ours
Leanne Best (born June 15, 1979) is an English actress. She trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts and presently lives in southwest London. She is known for her roles as Jane Cobden in the BBC series Ripper Street, Celia Donnelly in Fortitude, and the title role of 'The Woman In Black' in the 2014 film The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death. Best also appeared as Min Sakul in the sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). More recently Best appeared in ITV comedy series Cold Feet in September 2016 as Tina Reynolds. She was also in Line of Duty series 3.
J.J. Abrams
Executive Producer · Director · Producer · Known for Person of Interest, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the tenth-highest-grossing film director of all time. Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias(creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film work includes Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8(2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest-grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017) and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell; composer Michael Giacchino; writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci; cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong; and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. Description above from the Wikipedia article J.J. Abrams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ken Leung
Cast · Known for Saw, Project Hail Mary, Joker: Folie à Deux
Kenneth Leung (Chinese: 梁振邦; pinyin: Liáng Zhènbāng; born January 21, 1970) is an American actor best known for his role as Miles Straume in the ABC television series Lost. His other roles include Sang in Rush Hour, Miles Straume in Lost, Admiral Statura in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Detective Stephen Sing in Saw, and Quill (mistakenly credited as Kid Omega) in X-Men: The Last Stand.
Simon Pegg
Cast · Known for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He starred as Benji Dunn in six Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). He has also provided the voice of Buck in the Ice Age film series (2009–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Maisie Richardson-Sellers
Cast · Known for Insidious: Out of the Further, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Originals
Maisie Richardson-Sellers is an English actress. She is known for her role as Amaya Jiwe / Charlie in DC's Legends of Tomorrow series, as well as Rebekah Mikaelson / Eva Sinclair in The CW series The Originals, and also for her starring role as the daughter of King Saul of Israel, Michal, in the ABC. Bible Series Kings and Prophets. Actress best known for her starring role as Rebekah Mikaelson on The CW's The Originals. She is also known for her portrayal of Korr Sella in the 2015 feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His other credits include Legends of Tomorrow and Of Kings and Prophets. Daughter of stage actor Joy Richardson, she grew up in England and performed in many plays during her youth. Before launching her acting career in the cinema, she obtained degrees in anthropology and archeology at the University of Oxford. She and Joseph Morgan are both known for their work in The Originals. In 2015, she entered production for the upcoming ABC series Of Kings And Prophets.
James McArdle
Cast · Known for War
James McArdle is a Scottish actor from Glasgow. Having worked as a child actor in films, he trained at RADA, graduating in 2010. In his graduation year he appeared in Macbeth at The Globe and starred in the summer smash hit Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He then played in plays such as A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, Chariots of Fire by Mike Bartlett and Platonov for which he won the Ian Charleson Award. On screens, he is known for movies such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), '71 (2014) and Salting the Battlefield (2014).
Maryann Brandon
Editor · Known for How to Train Your Dragon, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mary Jo Markey is an American television and film editor. Markey has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors society. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams. Markey has edited several mainstream films, including The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Mission: Impossible III. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of Felicity, Breaking News, Skin, and fourteen episodes of Alias, and was also chief editor on Lost. She worked with Abrams on three of his television shows (Felicity, Alias, and Lost) and on almost all of his feature films as director with Maryann Brandon, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker being the lone exception. Markey worked with Abrams on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was released in December 2015. Along with her co-editor Brandon, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for her work on the film. In her role editing Abrams' Star Trek, she reported she did not realise that he intended to make extensive use of lens flares and bright lighting and contacted the film developers asking why the film seemed overexposed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Jo Markey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Cast · Known for The Maze Runner, Phineas and Ferb
Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 16 May 1990), is an English actor. He is known for playing Sam in Love Actually (2003), Simon in Nanny McPhee (2005), Ferb in Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015), Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones (2013–2014), Newt in the Maze Runner film series (2014–2018), and Benny Watts in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Brodie-Sangster also grew in popularity for starring in critically acclaimed cult films such as Death of a Superhero (2011), Bright Star (2009), and as Paul McCartney in Nowhere Boy (2009). He played Jake Murray in the series Accused (2010–2012). He also had a cameo as an officer of the First Order in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), a role as Whitey Winn in the Netflix miniseries Godless (2017) and voiced John Tracy in Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).
Bryan Burk
Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Fringe, Lost, Person of Interest
Bryan Burk (born December 30, 1968) is an American film and television producer. He is mainly known for producing movies in collaboration with J. J. Abrams, including the Star Trek reboot series, the Mission: Impossible films Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the TV series Alias, Lost, Fringe, and Person of Interest. His only work outside of producing was co-writing the Fringe episode "There's More Than One of Everything". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Burk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cecep Arif Rahman
Cast · Known for John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Cecep Arif Rahman (born in Garut, August 18, 1972) is a teacher, athlete, teacher of martial arts and Indonesian actor. Born in Garut, Cecep is a martial arts artist from the School of Panglipur Garut. His career in martial arts was transferring him to the French martial festival Bercy Festival des Arts Martiaux from 2000 to 2008. Early in his career as an actor was in the film The Raid 2: Rascal as The Assasin. His career as an actor "The Assassin" in the film led him to star in other films such as 3: Alif Lam Mim as a martial arts teacher and also a action choreographers. In 2015, Cecep with Yayan Ruhian and Iko Uwais were also involved in starring in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In 2019 Cecep with Yayan Ruihan too were also involved in starring in John Wick: Parabellum.
Iko Uwais
Cast · Known for Expend4bles
Uwais Qorny, better known as Iko Uwais (born on February 12, 1983, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and martial artist. He is widely recognized for his roles in action films such as Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), and The Raid 2 (2014). Since the age of 10, Iko has been practicing pencak silat, a traditional Indonesian martial art, under the guidance of his grandfather, H. Achmad Bunawar, who was a silat master and founder of a silat school. In 2005, Iko won the national championship in the Silat Demonstration category. Iko's international career flourished with his role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Razoo Qin-Fee. He also starred in other Hollywood films such as Mile 22 (2018) and Stuber (2019). In 2019, Iko portrayed Kai Jin in the Netflix series Wu Assassins and reprised the role in its sequel film Fistful of Vengeance (2022). In his personal life, Iko married singer Audy Item on June 25, 2012. The couple has been blessed with two daughters, Atreya Syahla Putri Uwais and Aneska Layla Putri Uwais. Recently, Iko made headlines after a Japanese fan, Norihiro Matsuo, became emotional upon meeting him, highlighting Iko's global popularity. With his dedication and talent, Iko Uwais continues to make significant contributions to the action film industry, both in Indonesia and internationally.
Harriet Walter
Cast · Known for Shelter, Youth, Silo
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including Twelfth Night (1987–88) and Three Sisters (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in Macbeth (1999) and Antony and Cleopatra (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of Mary Stuart, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles of Brutus in Julius Caesar (2012) and the title role in Henry IV (2014), as well as playing Prospero in The Tempest, as part of an all-female Shakespeare trilogy in 2016. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007), The Young Victoria (2009), A Royal Affair (2012), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Denial (2016), The Sense of an Ending (2017), Rocketman (2019) and Ridley Scott's The Last Duel (2021). On television she starred as Natalie Chandler in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK (2009–14), in four episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15), in the miniseries London Spy (2015), as Clementine Churchill in The Crown (2016), in Patrick Melrose (2018), and in the third season of Killing Eve (2020). She is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee; two for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Succession (2018–21) and one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Ted Lasso (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harriet Walter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
James Clyne
Production Design · Known for Jurassic World Rebirth, The Creator
James Clyne has worked as a film industry artist for well over a decade. He spent his childhood in Oregon catching garter snakes, building forts on construction sights and drawing everything his impressionable mind could think of. James studied fine art at UC Santa Barbara where he focused on oil painting and photography. He was inspired by master painters and the power of light through a lens. He went on to Art Center where he learned automotive, industrial and film production design. There he was introduced to the work of Raymond Lowey, Pininfarina and, of course, Syd Mead. Since then, James has collaborated on well over thirty film projects. The highlights include working with Steven Spielberg on a number of projects in various capacities related to visualization. On A.I. and Minority Report James not only designed specific production assets but also created imagery that was used to inform the look of the movies through the relationship between light and emotion. James was also the Production Designer on an animated feature in 2008, Tusker, a magical film about a tribe of Indian Elephants. In 2011, James was selected by Steven Spielberg to put together an art team for the development of a television series. James has also worked with James Cameron on Avatar and Battle Angel, JJ Abrams on both Star Trek films, Robert Zemeckis, as well as projects with Michael Bay, Darren Aronofsky, and Terry Gilliam, to name a few. In 2013, James joined the ILM Art Department and was given the opportunity to work on a Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He currently resides in San Rafael with his wife and two sons.
Mark Graham
Mark Graham is known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Victor McGuire
Victor McGuire is an actor, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Daisy Ridley
Cast · Known for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress, who rose to prominence for her role as Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). She also appeared in the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017), played the title character of the romantic drama Ophelia (2018), and has done occasional voice acting, notably the live-action/animated film Peter Rabbit (2018) and video games such as 12 Minutes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daisy Ridley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Will Htay
Production Design · Known for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Will Htay is a British concept artist and production designer. Htay has been closely associated with the Star Wars sequel franchise, serving in senior art department roles on Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Beyond science fiction, Htay’s work extends into contemporary action cinema, notably with No Time to Die (2021), the twenty-fifth James Bond film. Htay’s was also part of the team that won the Excellence in Production Design Award for Contemporary Film in 2022 for No Time to Die (2021). He also received Art Directors Guild nominations for Excellence in Production Design for Fantasy Film for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) in 2017 and Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) in 2016.
Ben Rosenblatt
Producer · Known for Predator: Badlands
Ben Rosenblatt is a producer of feature films, television series, and short media. Previously an executive at Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot, Ben was Co-Producer on STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, and STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS. He was also an Executive Producer of the long running TNT/AMC series Snowpiercer and was a Co-Executive Producer on the Paramount+ series KNUCKLES, the APPLE TV+ series THE BIG CIGAR, and the pilot episode of the HBO Max series TOKYO VICE. Ben has been Emmy Award nominated for his work as Co-Executive Producer on both the TNT series THE ALIENIST and the Netflix series RIPLEY as well as for his work as Executive Producer of the latest installment in Predator franchise, Hulu/20th Century Studios hit film PREY.