ARLENE SANFORD makes her feature film directorial debut with "A Very Brady Sequel." Sanford directed numerous episodes of the popular and critically acclaimed HBO series "Dream On." She was awarded a CableACE Award in 1990 for Best Director for "Dream On," and earned an additional CableACE Best Director nomination the following year for her work on the series.
Sanford's numerous television directing credits in comedy and drama include "Friends" and "The Wonder Years." She also wrote, produced and directed a 30-minute film, "Welcome Home," starring Jamie Lee Curtis.
Sanford worked her way up through the ranks as a production assistant, then as an associate director in video production. She was raised in New Rochelle, New York and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Rochester with a degree in psychology.
ALAN LADD, JR. (Producer) served as executive producer for Paramount's 1995 hit "The Brady Bunch Movie," and as producer for "Braveheart," directed by and starring Mel Gibson. "Braveheart" was recently honored with ten Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture. Ladd also produced the upcoming "The Phantom" for Paramount, for which he is also set to produce "With Wings As Eagles," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ladd entered the industry in 1963 as a motion picture talent agent with Creative Management Associates. Turning to independent production in 1969, he moved his headquarters to London and produced nine films over a four year period. Ladd returned to Los Angeles in 1973 to become head of creative affairs for Twentieth Century Fox Studios.
After advancing to vice president of production in 1974 and senior vice president of worldwide production in 1975, Ladd became president of Twentieth Century Fox Pictures in 1976. Some of the most successful films in that company's history were brought into existence by the creative team assembled by Ladd during his tenure there. These films include "Star Wars," "Silver Streak," "The Omen," "Julia," "Alien," "Nine to Five," "Young Frankenstein," "The Turning Point," "Breaking Away," "Norma Rae" and "All That Jazz."
In 1979 Ladd and his associates Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan departed Fox to form The Ladd Company, a partnership which resulted in such screen accomplishments as "The Right Stuff," "Chariots of Fire," "Body Heat," "Star 80," "Night Shift," "Blade Runner," "Once Upon A Time in America," "Outland" and the series of "Police Academy" comedies.
Ladd joined MGM/UA and remained with the company through September 1988. During his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc., Ladd was responsible for such screen successes as "Spaceballs," "Willow," the Academy Award®-winning "Moonstruck" and "A Fish Called Wanda."
While serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Pathe Entertainment, Ladd oversaw the production of "The Russia House." He was named chairman and chief executive officer of MGM in April 1991. During his time as chairman, he was responsible for the development of such films as the Academy Award®-winning "Thelma & Louise" and "Six Degrees of Separation."
After leaving MGM in August 1993, Ladd reestablished The Ladd Company at Paramount.
SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ (Producer) created, wrote and produced "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island" television series which are among the most successful syndicated shows in history. Schwartz is an Emmy winner who has written and/or produced more than 700 television shows. He will produce the upcoming feature film "Gilligan's Island," with his son, Lloyd J. Schwartz, for Turner Pictures.
Schwartz began his writing career in radio for "The Bob Hope Show." After writing in the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, he was a writer for the radio show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." His long television career began with such shows as "I Married Joan," "The Red Skelton Show" and "My Favorite Martian" before he began creating series on his own.
Schwartz' work also includes a book, "Inside Gilligan's Island," and, for the stage, several produced plays, including "Mr. & Mrs." And "Rockers."
Schwartz co-wrote the theme songs for both "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island" television series.
"The Brady Bunch" series inspired first an animated series, "The Brady Kids," and then the two-hour telefilm "The Brady Girls Get Married" and the series "The Brady Brides," both of which Schwartz wrote and produced with his son, Lloyd J. Schwartz.
LLOYD J. SCHWARTZ (Producer) wrote and produced the telefilm "A Very Brady Christmas" with Sherwood Schwartz. "A Very Brady Christmas" was the highest-rated telefilm of 1988 and inspired the hour-long 1990 series "The Bradys." The two also wrote and produced the pilot and series "Harper Valley PTA." Lloyd's upcoming projects include the feature version of "Gilligan's Island" and, for the stage, "Gilligan's Island - The Musical."
Early in his career, Lloyd J. Schwartz was a dialogue coach on the original "Brady Bunch" series. His other television work includes creating and producing the syndicated series "The Munsters Today," producing the series "What's Happening," and writing episodes of such series as "Baywatch," "Alice" and "The A-Team." He is also a playwright and stage producer.
Lloyd J. Schwartz was the first person to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree in television writing from UCLA.
KELLIANN LADD (Co-Producer) was most recently a producer with The Turman-Foster Company. She served as associate producer for the MGM feature "Masquerade." Ladd was a vice-president, production and development for Michael I. Levy Enterprises, as well as vice-president, development for the David Field Company.
Ladd earned a degree in International Relations from USC, where she later served as an adjunct professor for the school's Cinema Department, focusing on film development. She began her career as a production assistant, working on such features as "Mike's Murder," "Body Double" and "Perfect." She later worked in marketing and production at MGM, and served an assistant to Michael Cimino for the film "Year of the Dragon."
MICHAEL FOTTRELL (Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager) served as an executive production manager for four years for Walt Disney and Touchstone Pictures, supervising all facets of film production on "A Simple Twist of Fate," "When A Man Loves a Woman," "D2: The Mighty Ducks," "Sister Act," "Sister Act 2" "Cool Runnings," "What About Bob?" and "Pretty Woman," among others.
Fottrell served as co-producer for Disney's "Heavyweights," and as production manager for "Crimson Tide," "Gross Anatomy," "Shy People," "Nobody's Fool," "The Seduction" and "The Amityville Horror - The Evil Escapes." A graduate of the USC School of Cinema, Fottrell resides in Los Angeles.
HARRY ELFONT & DEBORAH KAPLAN (Screenwriters) wrote the screenplays for two feature films about to begin production - "Gilligan's Island" for Turner Pictures, and "Jingle All The Way," which will star Arnold Schwarzenegger. "A Very Brady Sequel" is their first produced film.
STAN ZIMMERMAN & JAMES BERG (Screenwriters) produced and wrote several episodes of ABC's hit series "Roseanne," and will executive produce the new Fox situation comedy starring, Pauly Shore.
MAC AHLBERG's (Director of Photography) 's extensive list of film credits includes the upcoming "Space Truckers" with Dennis Hopper, "Beverly Hills Cop III," "Oscar," "Deep Star Six," "Ghoulies," "Hell Night," "House" and "House II: The Second Story," "My Tutor," "From Beyond," "Re-Animator" and "The Seduction." Ahlberg's foreign films include "The Cats" for Danish director Henning Carlsen. Ahlberg won a Swedish Film Award for Best Cinematography for "The Serpent."
Ahlberg's television work includes the HBO film "The Late Shift," which stars Kathy Bates and Treat Williams and is based on Bill Carter's book about the behind-the-scenes battle between Jay Leno and David Letterman to succeed Johnny Carson as "The Tonight Show" host. His other credits include "Dream On," "The Wonder Years," the telefilm "My Breast" and Showtime's "Law Breakers." He also shot Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video.
A native of Sweden, Ahlberg worked for several years in Swedish television, contributing his talents to "Songs of Jeremiah," an acclaimed German miniseries, and music video programs for German television. He moved to the United States in 1978.
CYNTHIA CHARETTE 's (Production Designer) feature film credits include "Vampire in Brooklyn," "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," "Trading Mom," "Trusting Beatrice," "Shocker," "Race for Glory," "Pumpkinhead," "All's Fair," "He's My Girl" and "The Offspring."
Charette's television credits include the HBO film "Norma and Marilyn," the pilot episodes of "Central Park West" and "Laurel Canyon," and the telefilm "Bed of Lies." She received a CableACE nomination for her work on TNT's "Memphis."
Charette is a Theatre & Film Design graduate of Syracuse University. She began her film career after designing for the off-Broadway stage.
ROSANNA NORTON (Costume Designer) received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Costume Design for her work on the futuristic science fiction film "Tron." She also received an Emmy nomination for "The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Norton's extensive feature credits include "Dumbo Drop," "The Brady Bunch Movie," "Barb Wire," "Angels in the Outfield," "The Flintstones," "Frankie & Johnny," "Gremlins II," "The 'Burbs," "Innerspace," "Ruthless People," "Airplane!" and "Airplane II," "Carrie," "Phantom of the Paradise," "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Badlands."
Her television credits include the telefilms "Deadly Crossing" and "Surviving."
ANITA BRANDT-BURGOYNE's (A.C.E.) (Editor) feature film credits include Disney's "A Kid in King Arthur's Court," and "Cross Worlds" and "Payback" for Trimark Pictures. Her work in television includes a long list of movies-of-the-week and miniseries including "The Minutes," "Saratoga Summer," "Extreme Rescue," "One More Mountain," "Dangerous Heart," "Her Final Fury - Betty Broderick, The Last Chapter," "A Woman Scorned - The Betty Broderick Story," "Dead on the Money," "Miracle Landing," "Unconquered" and "Hard Time on Planet Earth."
Brandt-Burgoyne also served as editor or second editor on the award-winning episodes of NBC's "In the Line of Duty" series, including the episodes "Ambush in Waco," "Manhunt in the Dakotas," "A Cop For The Killing" and "The FBI Murders."
As a record producer, songwriter and publisher, STEVE TYRELL (Music Supervisor) has had top ten hits over a period of four decades. His songs have been recorded by Elvis, B.J. Thomas, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, James Ingram and Randy Travis, among others. His productions have earned Academy Awards®, Grammy Awards, Ace Awards, as well as Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Tyrell's film work as a songwriter/producer or performer can be heard in "The Brady Bunch Movie," for which he wrote eight songs and produced the soundtrack album, "Father of the Bride," "Father of the Bride II," "The Client," "I Love Trouble," "Love Affair," "An American Tail," "The Five Heartbeats," "Mystic Pizza" and "A Thing Called Love." Tyrell is currently working with Tom Hanks on Hanks' directorial debut film "That Thing You Do," for which Tyrell has written and produced two songs.
Tyrell's work in television includes producing songs for 24 episodes of MTV's first dramatic series "Catwalk." His additional television credits include "Hanging With Mr. Cooper," "California Dreams," "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Matlock," "Frank's Place," "Elvis - The Early Years," "Baby Boom."
Tyrell has worked with a variety of recording artists, including Blood, Sweat & Tears, Bonnie Raitt, Jamie Walters, Alice Cooper, B. J. Thomas, Ray Charles, Diana Ross, Rickie Lee Jones and L.L. Cool J. Tyrell also produced Woody Allen's classic double album, "Woody Allen: Stand Up Comic."
