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Personal Life

DOB: July 27, 1969

Birthplace: Clarkston, Washington

Education: Clarkston H.S., 1987; Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID; USC Film School

Family/Relationships: Single

Biography: Mr. Fuller began his career as a screenwriter in 1993 by submitting a spec script for "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and went on to write for "Star Trek: Voyager" before creating "Dead Like Me" and "Wonderfalls". Most recently, he worked on "Heroes" as co-executive producer and writer. Mr. Fuller is one of the few openly gay people in the area of entertainment production.

Bryan Fuller, creator of Pushing Daisies

Bryan Fuller
Creator/Executive Producer/Writer

Credits Trivia
Big break: Writing for the "Star Trek" series

Best known for: Creating "Dead Like Me"

Movies: None

Television: "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"; "Star Trek: Voyager"; "Carrie"; "Dead Like Me"; "Wonderfalls"; "The Amazing Screw-On Head"; "Heroes"

Awards: None		 • The germ of Ned's character was intended to be used in a future storyline of Mr. Fuller's first TV show, "Dead Like Me."

• With "Pushing Daisies", this is the third TV show created by Mr. Fuller that actively involves death as the primary theme.

• Lead actor Lee Pace had a starring role in "Wonderfalls".

• Orbit the golden retriever appeared in "Dead Like Me" as J.D.
– 'Just Dog'.

• Actor Jim Dale starred in a 1973 UK film called Digby, the World's Biggest Dog.

• Actress Anna Friel co-starred with Caroline Dhavernas in the 2005 film, Niagara Motel; Ms. Dhavernas was the lead in Mr. Fuller's cancelled series "Wonderfalls", which is set in Niagara Falls.


Personal Life

DOB: April 1, 1953

Birthplace: NYC, NY

Education: High School of Music & Art, NYC; New York University; Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; Institute of Film & TV, NYU, Masters of Fine Arts in 1978

Family/Relationships: Married to Susan Ringo since 1989; daughter, Chloe, born 1993; parents, Sonny & Kelly; uncle, Gus Schilling, 1940-50s vaudeville comedian

Biography: Began in show business as a cinematographer for a documentary; met Joel Coen at a party and was invited to work on Blood Simple, which led to his career in cinematography, directing/producing feature films and television.		 Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld
Executive Producer/Director

Credits Trivia
Big break: Cinematographer for Blood Simple

Best known for: Directing Men in Black

Movies: Blood Simple; Compromising Positions; Raising Arizona; Throw Momma from the Train; Big; When Harry Met Sally ... ; Miller's Crossing; Misery; The Addams Family; The Addams Family Values; Men in Black; Men in Black 2; Get Shorty; Out of Sight; Wild, Wild West; Big Trouble; The Ladykillers; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Television: "Fantasy Island"; "Maximum Bob"; "Secret Agent Man"; "Karen Sisco"; "The Tick"; "Notes from the Underbelly"

Awards: Nominated for a Spirit Award in 1984 for his work on Blood Simple; won the 1985 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for an ABC Afterschool Special: "Out of Step"
 • Occasionally includes himself, his wife and daughter in cameo roles.

• Worked as a cinematographer for four Coen brother movies: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and The Ladykillers.

Personal Life

DOB: August 22, 1976

Birthplace: NYC, NY

Education: NYU, double degrees in Music Composition & Classical Composition; USC Graduate School

Biography: Descended from a family of firefighters, James Michael Dooley did his graduate studies with famous composers such as Elmer Bernstein and Christopher Young before becoming an assistant & Chief Technical Engineer to Hans Zimmer in 1999. Since then, he has worked in every media outlet such as video games, commercials, documentaries and movie trailers.

Blake Neely, the original composer hired by Barry Sonnenfeld, scored the opening six-minutes of the pilot; however, due to conflicting schedules, he passed the project onto the capable and talented Mr. Dooley.
James Dooley, Composer Pushing Daisies

James Dooley
Series Composer

Credits Links
Big Break: Gladiator

Best Known For: "The Contender"

Movies: Hannibal; Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron; Black Hawk Down; The Ring; Tears of the Sun; Pirates of the Caribbean; Matchstick Men; Something's Gotta Give; Thunderbirds; The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper; Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit; The Da Vinci Code; When a Stranger Calls; The Simpsons Movie

Television: "Skin"; "The Contender"; "What About Brian?"; various cable networks (National Geographic, ESPN, History Channel)		 • http://www.jamesmichaeldooley.com (official)
(streaming audio of highlights from the series)

• http://www.myspace.com/jamesdooleyscore (official)
(streaming audio of a PD cue "Against the Wall")



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IronChefCrazy re: interview with Fuller & Sonnenfeld 2 Oct 26 2007, 1:09 AM EDT by IronChefCrazy
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If you go to www.npr.org and click on Fresh Air, choose the 10-2-07 edition and listen to the streaming interview. Funny and insightful!
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