About The Filmmakers

STEVEN SODERBERGH (Director) won an Academy Award® for Best Director for his 2000 ensemble drama "Traffic." He had earned dual Best Director Oscar® nominations that year, also receiving one for "Erin Brockovich," starring Julia Roberts in her Oscar®-winning performance. Soderbergh had earlier gained an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay for "sex, lies, and videotape," which marked his feature film directorial debut. The film also won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

Among Soderbergh's other film directing credits are the two-part biopic "Che," the "Ocean's" trilogy, "The Good German," "Bubble," "Solaris," "Full Frontal," "The Limey," "Out of Sight," "Gray's Anatomy," "Schizopolis," "The Underneath," "King of the Hill" and "Kafka." He most recently directed "The Girlfriend Experience."

He also wrote, directed, photographed and edited "Equilibrium," starring Alan Arkin, Robert Downey Jr. and Ele Keats, which was one of a trio of short eroticismthemed films released as "Eros." Michelangelo Antonioni and Wong Kar-wai directed the other two segments. The film had its premiere at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.

In addition, Soderbergh has produced or executive produced a wide range of features. Most recently he produced "Solitary Man," directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien and executive produced "I'm Not There," directed by Todd Haynes and starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw; "Michael Clayton," directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney; and the documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," directed by Marina Zenovich.

His other producer or executive producer credits include Gregory Jacobs' films "Wind Chill" and "Criminal"; George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck." and "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"; "A Scanner Darkly," directed by Richard Linklater; "Rumor Has It..." directed by Rob Reiner; "Syriana," directed by Stephen Gaghan; Lodge Kerrigan's "Keane," which played at the Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals; John Maybury's "The Jacket"; "Far From Heaven," directed by Todd Haynes; "Insomnia," directed by Christopher Nolan; Anthony and Joseph Russo's "Welcome to Collinwood"; Gary Ross' "Pleasantville"; and Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers."

SCOTT Z. BURNS (Screenwriter) recently wrote the screenplay for the action hit "The Bourne Ultimatum," directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon. Together with Lawrence Bender and Laurie David, Burns also produced the Academy Award®-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," for which he was honored with the Humanitas Prize and the Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America.

In addition, Burns wrote and directed the critically acclaimed independent film "Pu-239," starring Radha Mitchell and Paddy Considine and executive produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. He is currently writing "Side Effects," a psychological thriller set against the world of pharmaceuticals, which he is also attached to direct. Burns is also producing the comedy feature "Pumas," starring Jennifer Aniston, and a thriller based on the Columbian hostage rescue.

With fellow producers Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, he is developing "No Place Like Home," an original series for HBO based on the work of humanitarian aid organizations. Also for the small screen, he is developing "Yogaman," a half-hour comedy series for HBO, co-written with David Duchovny.

Burns grew up in Minnesota, where he dreamed of being a rock star. Those dreams were crushed when his parents gave him a trombone instead of a guitar for his seventh birthday. He had no choice but to reconsider. Graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota with a degree in English Literature, he started out in advertising. He worked as a writer, creative director and commercial director, and founded Tool of North America.

Burns was part of the creative team responsible for the "Got Milk?" campaign, as well as campaigns for Major League Baseball, MTV, VH1, Coors Light, Volkswagen and various environmental groups. His work in advertising has been recognized at the Clio Awards, the Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

In 1999, Burns joined the writing staff of the ABC series "Wonderland," which was named by Time Magazine as one of the year's "Ten Best New Shows." Burns also wrote and directed the advertising campaign for The Detroit Project, a group he founded along with Arianna Huffington, Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and Ari Emmanuel, which takes aim at the U.S. government's energy policies.

Additionally, Burns has written for GQ Magazine and The Huffington Post. And he did receive a guitar for his 13th birthday, which he still plays.

GREGORY JACOBS (Producer) has enjoyed a long association with Steven Soderbergh, as both a producer and an assistant director on a wide range of film projects. Earlier this year, Jacobs produced Soderbergh's independent film "The Girlfriend Experience," and was an executive producer on the director's two-part film biopic, "Che," starring Benicio Del Toro, who won Best Actor honors at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Che Guevara. In addition, Jacobs produced Soderbergh's films "The Good German," starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett; and "Bubble," an independent film starring only non-actors, which premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival.

He also collaborated with Soderbergh on the "Ocean's" trilogy, serving as the first assistant director on all three films, as well as co-producer on "Ocean's Twelve" and executive producer on "Ocean's Thirteen." He also produced "Full Frontal" and the Soderbergh-directed "Equilibrium" segment of the short-film trilogy "Eros," and was an executive producer on "Solaris."

Jacobs and Soderbergh began their collaboration when Jacobs was the first assistant director on the 1993 film "King of the Hill." He has since worked alongside Soderbergh as the first assistant director on such films as the Oscar®-winning hits "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich," as well as "The Limey," "Out of Sight" and "The Underneath."

Jacobs made his writing and directing debut on the feature "Criminal," starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal. He also produced the film, which screened at several international film festivals before opening in limited release in September 2004. He subsequently directed the 2007 horror thriller "Wind Chill," starring Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes and Martin Donovan.

A native of New Jersey, Jacobs attended New York University Film School. While still a student, he worked as a production assistant on John Sayles' 1987 feature "Matewan." He went on to serve as Sayles' second assistant director on the films "Eight Men Out" and "City of Hope." Jacobs has also worked as an assistant director with other noted filmmakers on such projects as Roland Joffe's "Goodbye Lover," Richard Linklater's "The Newton Boys," John Schlesinger's "Eye for an Eye," Hal Hartley's "Amateur," Jodie Foster's "Little Man Tate" and the Coen brothers' "Miller's Crossing."

JENNIFER FOX (Producer) received an Academy Award® nomination as a producer on the Best Picture nominee "Michael Clayton," written and directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney in the title role. Tilda Swinton won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar® for her role in the film, which received a total of seven nominations, also including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Clooney) and Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson). Additionally, Fox earned a Producers Guild of America Award nomination for "Michael Clayton," which also garnered four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture, and was recognized by a number of critics groups. Fox collaborated again with Gilroy to produce his next film, "Duplicity," starring Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti.

Fox served as President of Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's production company Section Eight from 2001 to 2007. She ran the day-to-day operations of Section Eight, in addition to producing Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana," for which George Clooney won an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor. Under the Section Eight banner, Fox also executive produced the Clooney-directed drama "Good Night, and Good Luck.," which received six Oscar® nominations, including Best Picture; Richard Linklater's "A Scanner Darkly," starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder; "Pu-239," which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival; Rob Reiner's "Rumor Has It...," starring Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine and Mark Ruffalo; "The Jacket," directed by John Maybury, and starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley; and "Criminal," directed by Gregory Jacobs and starring John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

During Fox's tenure, Section Eight also produced the "Ocean's" trilogy, "Welcome to Collinwood," "Far From Heaven," "Insomnia," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" and "The Good German."

Prior to Section Eight, Fox was Vice President of Production at Universal Pictures, where she worked on several films, including Steven Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich."

MICHAEL JAFFE (Producer) has been in the entertainment business for four decades. He most recently served as executive producer on last year's independent romantic comedy "Jack and Jill vs. the World." His previous feature film credits as an executive producer include "Mad at the Moon," "Wedlock," "18 Again!" and "Bad Medicine." Additionally, he produced the comedies "Disorderlies," "One Crazy Summer" and "Better Off Dead," and was a co-producer on "Body Snatchers."

A two-time Emmy Award nominee, Jaffe runs Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Ltd. with his producing partner, Howard Braunstein. The company has produced over 70 television films and six miniseries for broadcast and cable. Their recent producing credits include such longform projects as "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," for which they earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Movie for Television; the miniseries "Elvis," starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in his Golden Globe-winning performance, and for which they earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries; "The Engagement Ring," starring Patricia Heaton; the earthquake disaster miniseries "10.5 Apocalypse," the sequel to their original ratings hit "10.5," starring Kim Delaney and Frank Langella; "Faith of My Fathers," based on Senator John McCain's best-selling book; "Touch the Top of the World," based on the true story of Erik Weihenmayer who, despite being blind since birth, climbed Mt. Everest; and "The Brooke Ellison Story," directed by the late Christopher Reeve.

Jaffe's additional projects with Braunstein include the three-hour television musical event "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific," starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr.; "...First Do No Harm," starring Meryl Streep; "Gilda Radner: It's Always Something"; a remake of the family classic "Sounder," for ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" franchise; "Deliberate Intent," starring Timothy Hutton, the first original film for cable's FX Network; "Ice Bound," starring Susan Sarandon; and "The Rosa Parks Story," which won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding television movie or dramatic special and featured an acclaimed performance by Angela Bassett, who earned an Emmy nomination and an NAACP Image Award.

Jaffe and Braunstein also served as producers and financiers of the A&E series "The Nero Wolfe Mysteries," starring Timothy Hutton. Additionally, they financed a second series for A&E, Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street."

HOWARD BRAUNSTEIN (Producer) is a two-time Emmy Award nominee. He teamed with producing partner Michael Jaffe to form Jaffe/Braunstein Films, Ltd. after spending five years in research, scheduling, and current programming at FOX, which he joined when the fledgling network was launched in 1986. Jaffe/Braunstein has produced over 70 television films and six miniseries for broadcast and cable. "The Informant!" marks Braunstein's feature film producing debut.

Braunstein and Jaffe's recent longform producing credits include the 2008 Lifetime movie "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," for which they earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Movie for Television; the miniseries "Elvis," starring Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role, and for which they received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries; "The Engagement Ring," starring Patricia Heaton; the earthquake disaster miniseries "10.5 Apocalypse," the sequel to their original ratings hit "10.5," starring Kim Delaney and Frank Langella; "Faith of My Fathers," based on Senator John McCain's best-selling book; "Touch the Top of the World," based on the true story of Erik Weihenmayer, who, despite being blind since childhood, eventually summits Mt. Everest; and "The Brooke Ellison Story," directed by the late Christopher Reeve.

Braunstein's additional projects with Jaffe include the three-hour television musical event "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific," starring Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr.; "...First Do No Harm," starring Meryl Streep; "Gilda Radner: It's Always Something"; a remake of the family classic "Sounder," for ABC's "The Wonderful World of Disney" franchise; "Deliberate Intent," which starred Timothy Hutton and was the first original film for cable's FX Network; "Ice Bound," starring Susan Sarandon; and "The Rosa Parks Story," which won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Dramatic Special and starred Angela Bassett in an acclaimed performance that brought her an Emmy nomination and an NAACP Image Award.

Braunstein and Jaffe also served as producers and financiers of the A&E series "The Nero Wolfe Mysteries," starring Timothy Hutton. Additionally, they financed a second series for A&E, Sidney Lumet's "100 Centre Street."

Raised in Los Angeles, Braunstein received his bachelor's degree in Communication Studies at UCLA and his Master's Degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication.

KURT EICHENWALD (Author/Producer) is the New York Times bestselling author of three nonfiction books. A former senior writer and investigative reporter at the New York Times, Eichenwald has written about corporate corruption and related topics for more than two decades.

A three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Eichenwald was a winner of the George Polk Award in 1996 for his articles about deficiencies in the American system of kidney dialysis care. In 1998, he won another Polk Award for a series of articles about allegations of corruption at the nation's largest private hospital chain, the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. In 2006, he won the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism.

His first book, Serpent on the Rock, was about the Prudential Securities investment scandal. His second, The Informant, was a finalist for a J. Anthony Lucas Book Award and was deemed by The New York Times as one of the best nonfiction books of the decade. His most recent book, Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, about the Enron scandal, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. His next book, a narrative history of the War on Terror from 2001 to 2008, is scheduled for release in 2010.

Born in New York City, Eichenwald graduated with distinction from Swarthmore College in 1983 with a degree in political science.

GEORGE CLOONEY (Executive Producer) is an Academy Award®-winning actor who has also been honored for his work as a writer, director and producer.

In 2006, the same year Clooney won an Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor for "Syriana," he also received Academy Award® nominations for Best Director and for Best Original Screenplay for "Good Night, And Good Luck." It marked the first time in Academy history that an individual received acting and directing nominations for two different films in the same year.

Clooney's work on "Good Night, and Good Luck." and "Syriana" also brought him numerous other accolades. For the first, he garnered dual Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Critics' Choice Award nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay; nominations for both a Directors Guild of America Award and a Writers Guild of America Award; an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Director; and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nomination for Best Ensemble, shared with the cast. The Broadcast Film Critics Association also presented Clooney with its Freedom Award for "Good Night, and Good Luck." In addition, he won a Golden Globe Award and earned BAFTA Award, SAG Award® and Critics' Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Syriana."

Last year, Clooney received another Oscar® nomination, in the category of Best Actor, for his performance in the title role of "Michael Clayton." He was also an executive producer on the film, which earned a total of seven Oscar® nominations.

Clooney has a number of projects upcoming, including Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air," in which he stars as a corporate downsizer and which will premiere at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival, and the animated feature "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," in which he voices the title character. This fall, Clooney also stars in Grant Heslov's "The Men Who Stare at Goats," which he is also producing under the banner of Smokehouse, the production company he formed with Heslov.

Smokehouse's inaugural production was the 2008 release "Leatherheads," which Clooney directed, co-wrote and starred in, opposite Renee Zellweger. That same year, Clooney joined the ensemble cast of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," together with Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand. The film marked his third collaboration with the Coens, following "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," for which Clooney won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and "Intolerable Cruelty."

Clooney was previously partnered with Steven Soderbergh on the production company Section Eight, which produced the "Ocean's" trilogy, directed by Soderberg and starring Clooney as part of an all-star ensemble cast. Section Eight also produced the 2002 film "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," which marked Clooney's directorial debut, bringing him a Special Achievement in Film Award from the National Board of Review. Other Section Eight films included the aforementioned "Michael Clayton," "Syriana" and "Good Night, and Good Luck.," as well as "The Good German," "Insomnia," "Far From Heaven," "The Jacket," "Full Frontal," and "Welcome to Collinwood." For Section Eight's television division, Clooney executive produced and directed five episodes of "Unscripted," a reality-based show that debuted on HBO in 2005. He was also an executive producer and cameraman for HBO's "K Street."

Clooney's other film acting credits include Soderbergh's "Solaris"; "The Perfect Storm"; "Three Kings"; "Out of Sight," which marked his first collaboration with Soderbergh; "The Peacemaker"; "Batman & Robin"; "One Fine Day"; and "From Dusk Till Dawn."

Clooney has starred in several television series but is best known for his five years on the hit NBC drama "ER." His portrayal of Dr. Douglas Ross earned him Emmy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award® nominations. Additionally, he was an executive producer and star of the live television broadcast of "Fail Safe," a 2000 telefilm based on the early 1960s novel of the same name. "Fail Safe" was nominated for both Golden Globe and Emmy Awards for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.

JEFF SKOLL (Executive Producer) founded Participant Productions (now Participant Media) in January 2004 and serves as Chairman. Skoll's vision for Participant is to create an independent, global media company to produce and finance entertainment focused on long-term benefits to society.

Skoll recently served as executive producer on Participant's films "Good Night, and Good Luck.," "North Country," "Syriana," "American Gun," "An Inconvenient Truth," "The World According to Sesame Street," "Fast Food Nation," "Angels in the Dust," "Jimmy Carter Man from Plains," "Darfur Now," "The Kite Runner," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Chicago 10," "The Visitor," "Standard Operating Procedure," "The Soloist," "Pressure Cooker" and "Food, Inc."

MICHAEL LONDON (Executive Producer) is the principal and founder of Groundswell Productions, an independent production and financing company formed in 2006. Since its inception two years ago, Groundswell has produced several recent releases, which include: Gus Van Sant's Academy Award®-winning "Milk," starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin and James Franco; "The Visitor," from writer-director Tom McCarthy and starring Richard Jenkins; "Appaloosa," directed by Ed Harris, who also stars opposite Renée Zellweger and Viggo Mortensen; "Smart People" directed by Noam Murro and starring Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Ellen Page and Sarah Jessica Parker; Marshall Thurber's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," based on the Michael Chabon novel and starring Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jon Foster; and Todd Louiso's "The Marc Pease Experience," starring Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller and Anna Kendrick.

The company is in post-production on Andrew Jarecki's "All Good Things," starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Frank Langella.

Prior to founding Groundswell, London produced the Alexander Payne film "Sideways," which won a Golden Globe for Best Picture - Comedy or Musical, an Independent Spirit Award, and was a Best Picture nominee at the 2005 Academy Awards®, where it won the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay.

In 2005, London produced "The Family Stone," written and directed by Thomas Bezucha and starring Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams and Craig T. Nelson. London also produced Neil Burger's "The Illusionist," a period romantic thriller set in Vienna, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and was released in August 2006. The film starred Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel and was produced with David Levien, Brian Koppelman, Cathy Schulman and Bob Yari, who also financed the picture.

Earlier in 2006, London teamed up again with Alexander Payne to produce "King of California," which was written and directed by Mike Cahill, and starred Michael Douglas and Evan Rachel Wood.

In 2003, London produced "House of Sand and Fog," starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley, and Catherine Hardwicke's "Thirteen," starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood. Both received Academy Award® nominations and 2004 Independent Spirit Awards. "Thirteen" also won Best Director honors at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

Previously, London spent five years as a production executive at Fox, which he departed as executive vice president of production. Films under his supervision included "Alien3," "Die Hard 2," "Sleeping with the Enemy," "Hoffa" and "The Sandlot." He started his career as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times after receiving his undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

DOUG MEERDINK (Production Designer) first worked with Steven Soderbergh as the art director on the 2006 film "The Good German." The following year, he served as the supervising art director on the director's "Ocean's Thirteen."

Meerdink's film career began in 1993 when he designed several titles at the studios of filmmaker Roger Corman. After working in television for two years, he established himself as a set designer or art director on such films as "Contact," "Titanic," "The Perfect Storm," "Jurassic Park III," "The Italian Job" and "War of the Worlds."

As an art director, he worked with a number of prominent production designers, including Ed Verreaux, Rick Carter and Phil Messina. More recently, he collaborated with designer Martin Whist, as the supervising art director on "Cloverfield" and "The Promotion." In 2000, Meerdink held the post of production designer on the documentary "Shooting War."

Meerdink studied architecture and environmental design at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, before continuing his graduate studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

In 2006, he was invited to serve as guest designer at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden.

STEPHEN MIRRIONE (Editor) won an Academy Award® for his work on the ensemble drama "Traffic," which marked his first collaboration with Steven Soderbergh. Mirrione also received nominations for a BAFTA Award and an Eddie Award, from the American Cinema Editors, for his work on the film. He has since teamed with Soderbergh on the ensemble action comedies "Ocean's Eleven," "Ocean's Twelve" and "Ocean's Thirteen."

In 2007, Mirrione earned his second Oscar® nomination for his work on Alejandro González Iñárritu's drama "Babel," for which he won an Eddie Award and earned another BAFTA Award nomination. The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, where Mirrione won the Vulcain Artist-Technical Grand Prize. He had earlier received a BAFTA Award nomination for his editing work on González Iñárritu's "21 Grams."

Mirrione most recently edited the football comedy "Leatherheads," his third film with director George Clooney. They had previous teamed on Clooney's directorial debut, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," followed by the acclaimed "Good Night, and Good Luck." for which Mirrione garnered both BAFTA and Eddie Award nominations.

Mirrione's other editing credits include Gregory Jacobs' "Criminal"; two films for director Jill Sprecher, "Clockwaters" and "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"; and Doug Liman's "Swingers" and "Go."

MARVIN HAMLISCH (Composer) has won virtually every major entertainment award, including three Oscars®, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe Awards. In addition, the groundbreaking and seminal Broadway musical "A Chorus Line," for which he wrote the music, won the Pulitzer Prize.

Hamlisch is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including his Oscar®-winning score and song for "The Way We Were" and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for "The Sting," for which he received a third Oscar®. He has also received nine additional Oscar® nominations, including nods for his score for "Sophie's Choice"; song and score for "The Spy Who Loved Me"; and the song "Through the Eyes of Love," from "Ice Castles," which he also scored. His prolific output of film scores also includes original compositions and/or musical adaptations for such films as "Ordinary People," "Same Time Next Year," "The Swimmer," "Three Men and a Baby," "Take the Money and Run," "Bananas" and "Save the Tiger," to name only a few.

Apart from his film work, Hamlisch holds the position of principal pops conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony and San Diego Symphony.

Hamlisch was musical director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England, as well as of the television special "Barbra Streisand: The Concert," for which he received two of his Emmys.

Hamlisch is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

SHOSHANA RUBIN (Costume Designer) began her association with director Steven Soderbergh as a costumer on two Oscar®-winning films: "Erin Brockovich," working with designer Jeffrey Kurland; and "Traffic," for designer Louise Frogley. She has since worked on the Soderbergh-directed films "Ocean's Eleven," with Kurland; "Solaris," with designer Milena Canonero; and "Full Frontal," on which she was the costume supervisor. "The Informant!" is Rubin's first film as a costume designer.

Rubin graduated from the University of Michigan in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Moving to Chicago, she was first hired by Kurland as a costumer on "My Best Friend's Wedding." Rubin went on to work with Kurland on such films as "Living Out Loud," "In Dreams," "Man on the Moon," "Hidalgo," "Criminal" and "Collateral," as well as the Soderbergh films.

In addition, she has worked with a number of other costume designers, including Ellen Mirojnick on "What Women Want" and "Rat Race"; and Denise Wingate on the films "Live Free or Die Hard," "Employee of the Month" and "Rise." Rubin's other film credits include "Post Grad," "Strange Wilderness," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "xXx: State of the Union."

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