| Producers JAMES JACKS and SEAN DANIEL are partnered in Alphaville Productions, an independent media company headquartered at Paramount Studios. Since its inception in 1992, the company has produced: Dazed and Confused, directed by Richard Linklater; Hard Target, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by acclaimed Hong Kong director John Woo; Heart and Souls starring Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin and Alfre Woodard and directed by Ron Underwood; Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer and an all-star cast; Mallrats directed by Kevin Smith; The Gulf written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson; Michael starring John Travolta and directed by Nora Ephron; The Jackal starring Richard Gere and Bruce Willis; and A Simple Plan starring Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi.
JAMES JACKS (Producer) graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was a successful Wall Street stock analyst before leaving that career to write screenplays. Jacks served as executive producer on the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona. He joined Universal Pictures as Vice President of Acquisitions, later becoming Senior Vice President of Production. During his five years at Universal he was involved in the production of such films as Field of Dreams, Do The Right Thing, Darkman, Tremors, Jungle Fever, American Me and People Under the Stairs. In 1992 Jacks left Universal to go into partnership with Sean Daniel, forming the Alphaville company. Forthcoming projects include: Blood Mark written by Kevin Jarre and Desmond Nakano and The Gift directed by Sam Raimi and written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson. |