WHO WE ARE RICHARD C. BERMAN Biography Richard C. Berman has forged a distinguished entertainment career as an agent, producer, and manager. In 1975 Berman co-founded Talent Management International, an agency representing actors, directors, writers and producers. In 1983 the company merged to form talent and literary conglomerate, The Agency, which represented such clients as Ron Howard, Marisa Tomei, Richard Dean Anderson, Patty Duke, Joanna Cassidy, Andy Davis, Joe Bologna, Luke Perry and Lisa Hartman-Black. During his tenure at The Agency, Berman was involved in the packaging and shepherding of such acclaimed television projects as Runaway Father and the popular motion pictures Splash!, Beetlejuice, Can't Buy Me Love and Don't Tell Mom the Baby-sitter's Dead. In 1990 he left The Agency to form Berman Management, a personal management company representing actors, writers and directors. Concurrent with his management activities, Berman also founded Lancaster Gate Entertainment, an independent motion picture and television production company. Its first project, the feature film, December, starred Wil Wheaton, Balthazar Getty, Jason London, and Chris Young in a drama which unfolds upon the evening after the invasion of Pearl Harbor. The film was released by I.R.S. Media on December 7, 1991, marking the 50th anniversary of the invasion. Berman also produced the highly successful feature Grumpy Old Men from an original screenplay by management client Mark Steven Johnson, whom he discovered. The film starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollock and Ossie Davis. Because of the success of Grumpy Old Men, Warner Brothers ordered a sequel which began shooting in late July of 1995; and Grumpier Old Men opened December 22, 1995, in approximately 2500 theaters. In 1996, Berman executive produced two movies made for television: Deadly Web, which starred management client Gigi Rice and won the night in the ratings for NBC, and Angel Flight Down, a true story of the rescue of a downed air ambulance in the Colorado Rockies, for ABC. Lancaster Gate Entertainment produced the critically acclaimed Secret Cutting with USA Networks and Longbow Productions, which was based on the book by best selling author Dr. Steven Levenkron. Another best selling/award winning author that LGE is working on adaptations of their works to the screen is Caldecott Award winner David Wisniewski. David's book, Sumo Mouse is currently being developed as an animated series for television as part of an international co-production with Australia and Canada. Lancaster Gate Entertainment is currently involved in working on a number of feature and television projects that range from romantic comedies, to thrillers, to inspirational true stories, to musicals. This project list includes the recently aired The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice At Sea, an award winning documentary for The Hallmark Channel. Academy Award and Emmy Award winner James Moll directed this inspirational true story of four Army chaplains who in a selfless act of inter-faith brotherhood, sacrificed their own lives so that others would survive the sinking of the USAT Dorchester off the coast of Greenland on February 2, 1943, resulting in the third largest loss of life at sea for the Army during WWII. Berman is frank regarding his filmmaking philosophy: "I want to make the kind of movies that inspire and uplift, films that reaffirm our humanity and impart positive messages. " Expressing little passion for the lucrative action genre, he says, "I want to make movies I can live with." BRIAN K. SCHLICHTER Biography Brian K. Schlichter is Executive Vice President of Development and Production for Lancaster Gate Entertainment. His producing credits include Secret Cutting and The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice At Sea. He is featured in the well-reviewed documentary Talk Fast for DeauxBoy Productions, as seen on Oprah. Brian is also a regular guest speaker to many screenwriting and educational groups. LGE is an independent motion picture and television production company. Its first project, the feature film, December, starred Wil Wheaton, Balthazar Getty, Jason London, and Chris Young in a drama which unfolds upon the evening after the invasion of Pearl Harbor. The film was released by I.R.S. Media on December 7, 1991, marking the 50th anniversary of the invasion. LGE also produced the highly successful feature Grumpy Old Men from an original screenplay by management client Mark Steven Johnson. The film starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollock and Ossie Davis. Because of the success of Grumpy Old Men, Warner Brothers ordered a sequel which began shooting in late July of 1995; and Grumpier Old Men opened December 22, 1995, in approximately 2500 theaters. In 1996, Lancaster Gate Entertainment executive produced two movies made for television: Deadly Web, which starred management client Gigi Rice and won the night in the ratings for NBC, and Angel Flight Down, a true story of the rescue of a downed air ambulance in the Colorado Rockies, for ABC. Lancaster Gate Entertainment produced the critically acclaimed Secret Cutting with USA Networks and Longbow Productions, which was based on the book by best selling author Dr. Steven Levenkron. Another best selling/award winning author that LGE is working on adaptations of their works to the screen is Caldecott Award winner David Wisniewski. David's book, Sumo Mouse is currently being developed as an animated series for television as part of an international co-production with Australia and Canada. Lancaster Gate Entertainment is currently involved in working on a number of feature and television projects that range from romantic comedies, to thrillers, to inspirational true stories, to musicals. This project list includes the recently aired The Four Chaplains: Sacrifice At Sea, an award winning documentary for The Hallmark Channel. Academy Award and Emmy Award winner James Moll directed this inspirational true story of four Army chaplains who in a selfless act of inter-faith brotherhood, sacrificed their own lives so that others would survive the sinking of the USAT Dorchester off the coast of Greenland on February 2, 1943, resulting in the third largest loss of life at sea for the Army during WWII.