About The Filmmakers

MICHAEL LEMBECK (Director) made his feature directing debut in 2002 with the hit comedy, "The Santa Claus 2," starring Tim Allen. Lembeck's follow-up film was the musical comedy film "Connie and Carla," starring Toni Colette and Nia Vardalos. In 2006, Disney released Lembeck's third film, the last of the holiday franchise, "The Santa Claus 3: The Escape Clause," starring Tim Allen and Martin Short. In 2008, Lembeck directed "The Clique," a Warner Bros. movie based on the best selling series of teen books from Alloy.

Lembeck is a veteran of television comedy. As an actor, he appeared in over 200 episodes of half-hour comedy television. As a director, he has helmed nearly 300 episodes. Among the awards he has received for directing is the Emmy Award in 1996 for Best Direction of a Comedy Series for his work on "Friends" - one of the three Emmy nominations he has received for his work on that show. He directed multiple episodes of "Mad About You," starring Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser; as well as the pilot and several subsequent episodes of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Lembeck has had the good fortune of directing some of the world's great comedy players, including Carol Burnett, Martin Short, Carroll O'Connor, Nathan Lane, Steve Carell, Mel Brooks and Phil Hartman. In addition, he has worked with Julia Roberts, Ellen DeGeneres, Jeremy Piven, Mercedes Ruehl, Hector Elizondo, Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Gene Kelly, Jack Benny, Joan Plowright, Dennis Quaid, John Ritter, Peter Falk, Harvey Korman, and many others.

Lembeck is second generation following in the comedy tradition. Both Michael and his father Harvey started in the theater. Harvey Lembeck starred in both the Broadway play and movie "Stalag 17" as Harry Shapiro. He had a long and illustrious career as one of Broadway and Hollywood's best known character men. He is perhaps best remembered for his work as Corporal Rocco Barbella on "The Phil Silvers Show" and as motorcycle gang leader Eric Von Zipper, in the "Beach Party" series of movies for AIP.

Michael Lembeck appeared in many plays and musicals in New York and regional theater before finding his way to California and movies and television. He appeared in the movies "The In-Laws" and "The Boys in Company C," played Abbie Hoffman in the HBO award-winning movie, "The Trial of the Chicago 8," was a regular on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," and for five years was part of the ensemble on the hit series "One Day at a Time." In the theater he was Marty Sterling in the West Coast premier of "Isn't It Romantic" at the Canon Theater, worked at the Mark Taper Forum in Studs Terkel's "The Good War," played Sonny in the first national tour of "Grease" in 1972-73 with cast mates Jerry Zaks and John Travolta, and was last seen as an actor in New York in 1986 at the Minetta Lane Theater, playing Wally in "Angry Housewives."

When not at work as a director, Lembeck and his sister Helaine run the comedy workshop his father created forty-four years ago, the Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop. Included in its list of longtime members are Robin Williams, Penny Marshall, and the late John Ritter.

LOWELL GANZ & BABALOO MANDEL (Screenplay) have many produced screenplays to their credit, including "Night Shift," "Splash," "Gung Ho," "Parenthood," "City Slickers," "A League of their Own," "Mr. Saturday Night," "Forget Paris," "EDTV," "Where the Heart Is," "Robots" and "Fever Pitch."

They are both from New York City, but did not meet until they each came to Los Angeles.

Before Ganz and Mandel teamed up, Ganz and his former partner Mark Rothman wrote for "The Odd Couple," produced "Happy Days" and created "Laverne and Shirley."

Mandel spent this time restoring his Fiat.

JOSHUA STERNIN & JEFFREY VENTIMILIA (Screenplay) are a writing team whose credits include the feature film "Surviving Christmas" and the upcoming "Yogi Bear." Their many television credits include "That '70s Show," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "The Simpsons," "Murphy Brown" and "The Critic."

RANDI MAYEM SINGER (Screenplay) co-wrote the blockbuster comedy "Mrs. Doubtfire," and was a writer/executive producer on the series "Jack & Jill." She has a number of scripts in development, including "Big Momma's House 3" and a remake of "Topper."

JIM PIDDOCK (Story, Executive Producer) is an actor, writer and producer. He brought his idea and story for TOOTH FAIRY to producer Jason Blum, with Piddock becoming an executive producer on the film as the screenplay was developed. His acting credits include "Dollhouse," "Lost," "E.R.," "Friends," "Monk" and "Without a Trace."

JASON BLUM (Producer) is the president of Blumhouse Productions. Recently, he was a producer on the blockbuster thriller "Paranormal Activity," directed by Oren Peli, and is a producer on Peli's next picture, "Area 51," to be released by Paramount in 2010.

From 1995 to 2000, Blum served as co-head of the acquisitions and coproductions department at Miramax Films in New York. While there, he was instrumental in acquiring such films as "The Others," "Smoke Signals," "A Walk on the Moon," "Happy Texas" and "The House of Yes" among others.

Since opening his own company in 2000, Blum has produced over ten feature films that demonstrate his unique taste and creative sensibilities. Blum was co-executive producer of "The Reader," directed by Stephen Daldry, for which Kate Winslet won an Academy Award.

Blum's other credits include "The Accidental Husband," starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, "The Darwin Awards," starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes, "Griffin and Phoenix," starring Amanda Peet and Dermot Mulroney, "Hysterical Blindness," starring Uma Thurman, Gena Rowlands, and Juliette Lewis, "Hamlet" starring Ethan Hawke, Bill Murray, Sam Shepard and Kyle MacLachlan, and Alexandra Shiva's documentary "Stagedoor."

MARK CIARDI (Producer) and GORDON GRAY (Producer) are partners in Mayhem Pictures, a feature film and television production company. Based in Santa Monica, California, the company possesses a first-look production deal with Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production. Its current pact with the studio, with which it has been affiliated since 2002, runs through August 2011.

Mayhem has established an indelible brand for quality entertainment in just over seven years. It began with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful feature films, "The Rookie" (2002), starring Dennis Quaid, and "Miracle: (2004), starring Kurt Russell. That streak was extended in August 2006 with the release of its third sports drama based on a true story, "Invincible," starring Mark Wahlberg. All three are distributed through Walt Disney Pictures.

Mayhem's thriving collaboration with Walt Disney Studios continued with the release of "The Game Plan," the hit family comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, which opened No. 1 for two consecutive weeks at the domestic box office and grossed nearly $150 million worldwide.

Mayhem Pictures has several other projects in development including Walt Disney Pictures's "Tomorrowland," an action-adventure franchise based on Disney's theme parks, and "Big Brave Brian,: based on a children's storybook, at CBS Films. Additionally, Mayhem has set up the comedy "Million Dollar Arm," at Columbia Pictures, with Steve Carell attached to star, as well as a political drama, "How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative," with Billy Ray ("Shattered Glass," "Breach") attached to adapt and direct Allen Raymond's memoir.

Mayhem Pictures's next film project - currently in production - upholds the tradition of its best sports dramas, as they present the true story of Secretariat, the American thoroughbred racehorse that many consider to be the greatest ever. "Secretariat" chronicles the struggles of Denver housewife Penny Chenery (Diane Lane), who inherited her ailing father's horse farm in the late 1960s and soon found her own life transformed by the winner of the 1973 Triple Crown, the first horse to win that distinction in 25 years. The film also stars John Malkovich.

DAVID TATTERSALL, B.S.C. (Director of Photography) served as the cinematographer for director George Lucas' visually dazzling, blockbusters "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace," Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" and "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith."

Tattersall is known for his versatility and expertise in both film and digital photography, which he has brought to such films as "Radioland Murders," "Con Air," "The Majestic," "The Green Mile," "Vertical Limit," "Die Another Day," "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life," "XXX: State of the Union," "The Matador," "The Hunting Party," "Speedracer," "Zoom" "Next," and "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008). Upcoming is "Gulliver's Travels," starring Jack Black, directed by Rob Letterman, which Twentieth Century Fox releases December 2010.

Tattersall was born and raised in the beautiful Lake District of northern England. He later attended Goldsmith's University of London, where he graduated with a first class Fine Arts Degree. He then studied at Britain's National Film and Television School where he specialized in camera and lighting.

Tattersall's student films were highly regarded and included "King's Christmas," nominated for Best BAFTA Short in 1987; "Caprice," which was selected for the Edinburgh and Milan film festivals; and "Metropolis Apocalypse," which was shown at Cannes in 1988.

Tattersall's television credits include "Yellowthread Street" and "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," for which he has won an Emmy Award and received A.S.C. nominations for Best Cinematography.

MARCIA HINDS (Production Designer) is the recipient of the Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design for the television series "Six Feet Under," for which she also received an Emmy Award nomination. Her work on the HBO movie "Winchell," garnered both Emmy Award and Art Directors Guild nominations.

Hinds worked with director Betty Thomas on the feature films "I Spy," "28 Days" and "John Tucker Must Die." She most recently served as production designer on the Sony Screen Gems feature "Fired Up." Her other feature film credits include "Can't Hardly Wait," "Larger Than Life," "Double Tap," "Josh And S.A.M," The Public Eye," "Linguini Incident" and "Bright Angel."

For the small screen, Hinds has designed pilot episodes for the series "The World According To Barnes," "That Guy," "The Loop," "Westside," "Silicon Follies," "The Clubhouse" and "Boys Next Door." Hinds also designed the television movies, "Border Line," "Desert Breeze" and "Crash: The Fate of Flight 1501."

DAVID FINFER (Editor) received an Academy Award nomination (shared) for his work on "The Fugitive." Finfer has a long-standing collaboration with TOOTH FAIRY director Michael Lembeck, having served as editor on his films "The Santa Clause 2" and "The Santa Clause 3," "Connie And Carla" and "The Clique."

Finfer edited the feature films "Simon Birch," "Joe Somebody," "Snow Day," "Romy And Michele's High School Reunion" and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey." His list of feature film credits also includes ""Lost In America," "Defending Your Life," "Modern Romance," "Boxing Helena," "Warlock," ""Heart Condition," "Back To The Beach, "Inside Out" and "Soul Man."

KEVIN HALLORAN (Co-Producer) has worked in key production capacities on the films "Marley & Me," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Eragon," "Flicka" and "Breakin' All the Rules." He is an executive producer on the upcoming remake of "Red Dawn."

GEORGE S. CLINTON (Music) has written music for over 90 features and telefilms in a career that has spanned over 25 years.

Clinton's early feature film credits include "Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin'," "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers," "Platoon Leader," "Ten Little Indians," "Hard Promises," "White Men Can't Jump," "Mortal Kombat," "The Last Days of Frankie the Fly," and "Beverly Hills Ninja." These were followed by "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," "Wild Things," "The Astronaut's Wife," and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me."

More recently, Clinton scored "Ready to Rumble," "3000 Miles to Graceland," "Joe Somebody," "Austin Powers in Goldmember," "The Santa Clause 2," "The Big Bounce," "Catch That Kid," "Eulogy," "Big Momma's House 2," "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," "Deck the Halls," "Code Name: The Cleaner," "The Love Guru" and "Extract."

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