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PUSHING DAISIES II
Cast and Producer Biographies

LEE PACE
(Ned)

Lee Pace stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Ned, a young man with a very special gift. The role of Ned was written expressly for Pace by executive producer Bryan Fuller, and Pace was nominated for an Emmy® Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. Pace was also nominated for a 2007 Golden Globe® Award for the role.

Pace previously starred on television as Aaron Tyler, the older brother of a young woman who takes advice from inanimate objects in the cult series “Wonderfalls,” created by Fuller and Todd Holland.

In theaters, Pace recently starred alongside Amy Adams and Frances McDormand in Bharat Nalluri’s “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.” He also starred as stuntman Roy Walker/The Black Bandit in Tarsem’s epic fantasy “The Fall,” and co-starred opposite Matt Damon in Robert De Niro’s CIA drama “The Good Shepherd,” which centers on the formation of the Central Intelligence Agency. Pace also played Dick Hickcock in “Infamous,” Doug McGrath’s take on Truman Capote’s chronicle of the Clutter family murders that featured Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig. Pace will also star opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in Joel Bergvall’s “Posession” later this year.
 
Pace received a Gotham Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit award nominations for his performance as nightclub performer Calpernia Adams in Frank Pierson’s “Soldier’s Girl.” Other motion picture credits also include James Ivory’s “The White Countess,” with Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson.
 
A Juilliard School alumnus, Pace began his career on stage. He most recently garnered a 2007 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Leading Actor for the Culture Project’s “Guardians,” Peter Morris’ two character play inspired by the Abu Ghraib scandals. For his performance as a haunted Bosnian economics student/Oedipus in Craig Lucas’ “Small Tragedy” (a play within a play, directed by Mark Wing-Davey for Playwrights Horizons), Pace received his first Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Actor and shared an Obie Award with the ensemble. He also portrayed a gangster in Janusz Glowacki’s “The Fourth Sister,” directed by Lisa Peterson at the Vineyard Theatre, and a painter whose obsession with a French artist sends his life into a tailspin, in the Playwrights Horizons production of Keith Bunin’s “The Credeaux Canvas,” directed by Michael Mayer.

 

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ANNA FRIEL
(Chuck)

Anna Friel stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Charlotte “Chuck” Charles, Ned’s sunny childhood sweetheart who is given a second chance at life. For her portrayal, Friel received a 2007 Golden Globe® Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy.

Well-known on the stage and screen, Friel has garnered awards and critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. She will next be seen on-screen in the upcoming “Land of the Lost” and recently starred as the legendary Countess Elizabeth Bathory, reported to be the greatest murderess in history. “Bathory” was a long and arduous but highly rewarding shoot in and around the Czech Republic and the beautiful castles of Eastern Europe.

The first half of 2005 kept Friel busy in the UK filming the first in the popular film series “Goal!,” before giving birth to a beautiful baby daughter, Gracie Ellen Mary, with her partner, actor David Thewlis. Next, “Goal II: Living the Dream” beckoned, and Friel returned to work in Spain in the autumn, bringing baby Gracie to her first film set. Friel also starred opposite Rob Lowe in the romantic comedy telefilm “Perfect Strangers,” won over audiences as defense attorney Megan Delaney in Barry Levinson’s gritty courtroom drama “The Jury,” played a heroin addict in Gary Yates’ film “Niagara Motel,” and appeared as Eddie Griffin’s melodic Irish sweetheart in the feature “Irish Jam.” Friel is also featured in a highly successful campaign for Pantene in the UK.

Born in North West England to parents who were language teachers, Friel grew up speaking fluent French. She first joined Oldham Theatre Workshop in 1989, performing in numerous productions in theaters across England. The following year she was cast on the BBC series “In Their Shoes,” and also starred in Alan Bleasdale’s critically acclaimed miniseries “G.B.H.”

During the next two years, Friel amassed a long string of UK television credits that led to a gritty regular role, that of Beth Jordache, on the phenomenally popular series “Brookside.” During her last year on “Brookside” she garnered the coveted National Television Award for Best Actress, after which a number of television performances followed — including her much admired depiction of Bella Wilfer opposite Steven Mackintosh in Charles Dickens’ “Our Mutual Friend.”

In 1995, Friel made her first foray into the world of feature film with Stephen Poliakoff’s movie “The Tribe,” opposite Joely Richardson and Jeremy Northam. Other films followed, including “The Stringer,” “The Land Girls” with Rachel Weisz and Catherine McCormack, “Rogue Trader” with Ewan McGregor, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” with Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer, “Sunset Strip,” “Watermelon,” Barry Levinson’s
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“An Everlasting Piece,” “The War Bride,” for which she was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, the critically acclaimed “Me Without You,” and the time-travel adventure for Paramount, “Timeline,” alongside real-life partner David Thewlis, Paul Walker, Billy Connoly and Gerard Butler.

In 1997, Friel returned to the stage at the Almeida Theatre in “Look Europe!” with Harold Pinter. Two years later she starred on Broadway in Patrick Marber’s “Closer,” alongside Ciaran Hinds, Rupert Graves and Natasha Richardson, and was honored with a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, as well as a Special Achievement Award for an Ensemble Performance. Friel also starred in the London stage play “Lulu” at the Almeida, for which she received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2002.
CHI McBRIDE
(Emerson)

Chi McBride stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Emerson Cod, the morally ambivalent private investigator who partners with Ned.

McBride, a highly respected actor in television and film, will next appear in “Who Do You Love,” a film based on the life story of Leonard Chess, the founder of Chicago’s Chess Records, and the upcoming “Driving Lessons.” McBride recently starred in “First Sunday” opposite Ice Cube, Tracy Morgan and Katt Williams, as well as “Brothers Solomon,” directed by Bob Odenkirk and starring Will Arnett and Will Forte. Prior to that, he collaborated with Odenkirk and Arnett on “Let’s Go to Prison,” and starred on the critically acclaimed drama series “The Nine.”

McBride is probably best known for his five-year run on the critically acclaimed David E. Kelley series “Boston Public,” as Principal Steven Harper. Additional TV roles include a multi-episode arc on “House,” Bundini Brown in the telefilm “Muhammad Ali: King of the World,” plus appearances on “Killer Instinct” and “Deviant Behavior.” He’s also well known for his role as the wisecracking, philosophical janitor on “The John Larroquette Show.”

McBride’s other feature film credits include “Annapolis” opposite James Franco and Tyrese; “Waiting” opposite Ryan Reynolds; “Roll Bounce,” with Bow Wow and Nick Cannon in a film from the producers of “Barber Shop”; Steven Spielberg’s “The Terminal,” opposite Tom Hanks; “I, Robot,” opposite Will Smith; “Narc”; “Paid in Full”; “Undercover Brother” with Eddie Griffin; “Gone in 60 Seconds” opposite Nicholas Cage; “The Kid,” co-starring with Bruce Willis; and starring roles in “The Frighteners,” “Hoodlum” and “Mercury Rising.”
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McBride also received critical acclaim for his starring role in the Hudlin Brothers’ production, “Tang,” a segment of HBO’s “Cosmic Slop Trilogy.”

McBride made his feature film debut in “The Distinguished Gentleman” opposite Eddie Murphy, and followed with roles in the Oscar®-nominated “What’s Love Got to Do with It” and “The Great White Hype.”
ELLEN GREENE
(Vivian)

Ellen Greene stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Vivian, sister to Lily — and one-half of the famed Darling Mermaid Darlings synchronized swimming team — and aunt to Chuck.

For over 30 years, Greene has been a highly regarded and critically acclaimed actress, singer and performer in theater, motion pictures and television. She first made a name for herself as a nightclub chanteuse in such Manhattan clubs as The Brothers & Sisters, Grand Finale and Reno Sweeney.

While performing one night to standing ovations at Reno Sweeney, Greene received a telegram on stage from Peter Allen which read: “I hear you’re making my cheap music sound good.” This marked the beginning of a long and true friendship with Allen. Reno Sweeney bloomed as a New York nightspot, along with Greene’s career.

This brought Greene to her first starring role in Robert Stigwood’s “Rachel Lily Rosenbloom (And Don’t You Ever Forget It!)” at the age of 21, meshing her acting career with her singing. During her engagement at Reno’s, she was cast in the starring role of Chrissy in David Rabe’s “In the Boom Boom Room.” Joe Papp awarded Greene the role and took her under his wing. Under his tutelage at The New York Shakespeare Festival, her acting career took off. The brilliant reviews Greene received for her role as Chrissy led director Paul Mazursky to cast her opposite Lenny Baker and Shelley Winters in “Next Stop, Greenwich Village,” her first feature film.

That led to the Shakespeare Festival’s production of “The Threepenny Opera,” where Greene starred opposite Raul Julia at the Vivian Beaumont in Lincoln Center. She was compared to Martha Graham and received a Tony nomination for her soulful rendition of “Pirate Jenny” in the role originated by Lotte Lenya.

Another theater with which she had a close relationship was the WPA. There she met Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, leading to a long-lasting friendship. She appeared in Menken’s “Weird Romance,” Anne Commire’s “Starting Monday,” and scored a great hit
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when she originated the lovelorn Audrey in the musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Greene received critical acclaim for the stage productions in New York, Los Angeles and London, and starred in the film version of the production, which has gone on to become a cult classic.

Other film credits of Greene’s include “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” “Talk Radio,” “Me and Him,” “Pump Up the Volume,” “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,” “Rock-a-Doodle,” “Stepping Out,” “Wagons East,” “The Professional,” “Killer: A Journal of Murder,” “One Fine Day,” “Jaded,” “Alex in Wonder” (aka “Sex and a Girl”) and “The Cooler.” Greene will also be seen in the upcoming film “Privileged.”

Television credits include the miniseries “Seventh Avenue,” “Rock Follies,” “Miami Vice,” “Cybill,” “Suddenly Susan,” “The X-Files,” “Crossing Jordan” and “Heroes.” Greene received an ACE Award nomination for her role as Sister Ruth, a rock singer turned evangelist, in the HBO miniseries “Glory! Glory!” She also starred as Kitty Packard in the remake of “Dinner at Eight,” and in the Hallmark production “Fielder’s Choice” and “Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder.”

When she can, Greene returns to her first love, cabaret. In her current show, “Torch,” she brings her experience and artistic integrity to a diverse selection of music, ranging from jazz standards to contemporary pop songs. Playbill.com called her “One of the most entrancing cabaret performers … witnessed in a long time … [H]er emotional nakedness and fragility comes across in most every number,” and designated her Winner of the Ten Best Performances of 2003 and 2004. Greene’s album “In His Eyes” won rave reviews and was voted Vocal Recording of the Year of 2004 by Playbill magazine.
FIELD CATE
(Young Ned)

Field Cate stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Young Ned, a portrayal which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a TV Series.

Born in 1997, Cate has been a professional actor since the age of six, and has been recognized for his dramatic roles on hit TV shows such as “Without a Trace” and “Cold Case.”

Although born in Burlington, Vermont, Field follows a lineage of Hollywood performers, including a great grandmother who provided the first voice for Minnie Mouse and a great-great aunt, Esther Ralston, who garnered a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame from her success as a silent-film actress.

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Field’s family returned to Los Angeles when he was barely five years old, and his entertainment roots began to take hold. Having already done children’s theater, Field began performing weekly in improv shows at L.A. comedy clubs. A year later, he turned his love of acting into a professional career, booking print work, independent films, industrials and the haunting lead in Placebo’s music video “Song to Say Goodbye.” He has starred in commercials for Fox and McDonald’s and appeared alongside baseball star Ichiro Suzuki in a Japanese commercial. Field has also appeared on the daytime drama “Passions” and The Learning Channel’s “Untold Stories of the ER.”

Recently, Field lent his voice for the upcoming Disney Home Video feature “Space Buddies.” Field also performs musical theater year-round at the Golden Performing Arts Center, in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley; he can next be seen performing the lead role of “Oliver” in early 2009.
JIM DALE
(Narrator)

Tony Award winner Jim Dale lends his well-known voice as the Narrator in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies.”

Dale, known for many roles, was declared “The Toast of Broadway” by the The New York Times for creating the flamboyant title role in the now world-famous Cy Coleman musical “Barnum,” for which he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award.

Dale began training for his career at the age of 9 and years, he studied tap dancing, judo, national dancing, ballet and tumbling. During those years, he performed in many amateur shows and started to include comedy in his act. At the age of 17, he became the youngest professional comedian in Great Britain, touring all the famous Variety Music Halls.

At the age of 18, Dale joined the Royal Air Force and spent the next two years entertaining troops in England and Germany. At 22, he became the first recording artist under the wing of the now-legendary Sir George Martin, who produced many hit records for him over the next two years.

Dale appeared in and hosted the top pop music show on BBC television “Six-Five Special.” He was invited to join BBC radio as a disc jockey, and hosted their number-one program for children, “Saturday Morning Children’s Requests,” for over a year. In 1966, he was asked to play the clown Autolycus in Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” at the Edinburgh Festival. The next year he played Bottom in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the title role in “Scapino.”
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In 1970, at the request of Laurence Olivier, Dale joined the British National Theatre as a leading actor. Over the following two years, he appeared in “Love’s Labours Lost,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “The National Health,” “The Good Natured Man,” “Sancho,” “The Captain of Kopenick” and a two-hander play with Anthony Hopkins, “The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria.”

At the Young Vic, Dale re-created the title role of “Scapino,” which he co-adapted with Frank Dunlop, and played Petruchio in “The Taming of the Shrew.”  His other West End theater credits include “The Burglar,” “The Wayward Way,” “The Card,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “A Winter’s Tale” and, recently, the part of Fagin in Cameron Mackintosh’s “Oliver!” at the London Palladium. In 1973, Dale made his Broadway debut in the smash hit “Scapino,” winning a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, along with receiving a Tony Award nomination.

On television, Dale has appeared in “Huckleberry Finn,” “The American Clock,” “The Bill Cosby Show,” “The Ellen Burstyn Show,” “The Dinah Shore Show,” “Sunday Night at the London Palladium,” “Six-Five Special,” “Thank Your Lucky Stars,” “Meet Jim Dale” and “The Jim Dale Show.”

In films, Dale can be seen in “The National Health,” “Joseph Andrews,” “The Spaceman and King Arthur,” “Hot Lead and Cold Feet,” “Pete’s Dragon,” “Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall,” “Lock Up Your Daughters,” “Scandalous,” “The Winter’s Tale,” “Digby,” “The Hunchback” and 11 films in the British “Carry On” series.

Dale received an Academy Award® nomination for writing the lyrics to “Georgy Girl” and has written songs for such films as “Shalako,” “A Winter’s Tale,” “Twinky” and “Joseph Andrews.”  He has also recorded all of the audiobooks in the Harry Potter series, among others, and was recognized by the Queen of England for his work in promoting English children’s literature.
with SWOOSIE KURTZ
(Lily)

Swoosie Kurtz stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Lily, Chuck’s eye patch–wearing, drink swilling aunt and Vivian’s sister — and one-half of the famed Darling Mermaid Darlings synchronized swimming team.

Kurtz’s work has spanned stage, screen and television. She will next be seen in the upcoming telefilm “Living Proof,” and will star in the upcoming feature “An Englishman in New York,” opposite John Hurt.

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Kurtz has received 10 Emmy® Award nominations and a Golden Globe® nomination for her performances in “Huff,” “ER,” “And the Band Played On,” “Sisters,” “Love, Sidney,” HBO’s “Baja, Oklahoma” and “The Image.” She won the Emmy for “Carol and Company.” Other memorable television work includes “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom,” “One Christmas,” with Katherine Hepburn, “More Tales of the City,” and “Lost.”

Kurtz has played a wide range of roles in feature films that include “Citizen Ruth,” “Liar Liar,” “Duplex,” “Bubble Boy,” “Cruel Intentions,” “Rules of Attraction,” “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Reality Bites,” “The World According to Garp,” “Against All Odds,” “Bright Lights, Big City,” “True Stories,” “Stanley and Iris” and “A Shock to the System.”

Recently on Broadway, Kurtz was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in “Heartbreak House.” Previously, she received nominations for the Tony and Outer Critics Circle Awards for “Frozen.” She played Lillian Hellman in Nora Ephron’s “Imaginary Friends,” and was honored with Tony Awards for her performances in John Guare’s “The House of Blue Leaves” and Lanford Wilson’s “Fifth of July,” for which she also received the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award, Broadway’s “Triple Crown.” She earned the Drama Desk and the Obie Award for Wendy Wasserstein’s “Uncommon Women and Others,” a Drama Desk Award for Christopher Durang’s “A History of American  Film” and a Tony nomination for “Tartuffe.” Off-Broadway she was a member of the original three-women cast of “The Vagina Monologues.” At the Roundabout, Kurtz played both the title roles of identical twins in Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Paula Vogel’s “The Mineola Twins.” For this critically acclaimed performance, she won her third Obie Award.

A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Kurtz’s distinctive first name comes from the B-17, “The Swoose,” now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. The airplane, with its record setting fame, was flown by her father, Col. Frank Kurtz, who was the most decorated Air Force pilot of World War II.

 

 

 

 

 

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and KRISTIN CHENOWETH
(Olive)

Kristin Chenoweth stars in the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies” as Olive Snook, the waitress at Ned’s pie shop with a loaded gun of secrets. Chenoweth was nominated for an Emmy® Award for her performance, for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film, and acting and singing, with the captivating grace that only she can project. And project she does/ Chenoweth will release a solo Christmas album, “A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas,” due out in October. She has also written an uplifting candid chronicle of her life which will be released by Simon & Schuster in spring 2009.

Chenoweth will next be seen in the Warner Bros. film “Four Christmases” in November, which revolves around a newly married couple who decide to visit their families for the Christmas holiday. Chenoweth can be heard as the voice of the fairy Rosetta in the animated feature “Tinkerbell,” also due out this fall. She recently wrapped filming the independent film “Into Temptation,” directed by Sundance filmmaker Patrick Coyle opposite Jeremy Sisto, and, this past summer, she starred alongside Cheryl Hines and Jeff Daniels in the animated film “Space Chimps.” She also recently appeared in the hit comedy “Ugly Betty,” playing an orthodontic technician who loves romantic comedies and becomes overly involved in her patients’ lives.

Chenoweth starred in “Stairway to Paradise,” an original Encores! production celebrating the great Broadway revue. Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, Kristin concluded New York City Center’s 2007 season with beloved Broadway numbers from the early 20th century.

Chenoweth starred in the critically successful and highly lauded limited engagement of “The Apple Tree” at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54. She also had the honor of playing a sold-out solo concert at the famed Metropolitan Opera House.

Many remember Chenoweth’s show-stealing, Tony Award–winning performance in “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and her triumphant star turn when she originated the role of Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked,” which earned her a Tony Award nomination. Chenoweth also performed in the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions and in the Kander and Ebb musical “Steel Pier,” for which she won a Theatre World Award. Chenoweth also performed in an Off-Broadway production of Moliere’s “Scapin” for the Roundabout Theatre Company.
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Television fans are familiar with Chenoweth as Annabeth Schott on “The West Wing,” the librarian, Marian Paroo, in Meredith Wilson’s telefilm version of “The Music Man,” and Lily St. Regis in the television adaptation of “Annie.” Chenoweth also starred in her own television series, “Kristin.”

Moviegoers have seen Chenoweth star in “Deck the Halls” with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick, “RV” with Robin Williams, “Bewitched” with Nicole Kidman, “Running with Scissors” with Annette Bening and “The Pink Panther” with Steve Martin. Her film credits also include a cameo in “Stranger than Fiction” with Emma Thompson. Kristin is currently developing a feature film based on the life of Dusty Springfield.

A veteran of the concert scene, Kristin took the stage in a solo sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in 2004 and continues to tour the country. She performed her solo concert at Sam Mendes’s acclaimed Donmar Warehouse as part of the “Divas at Donmar” series. The show received glowing reviews. Following her show in London, Chenoweth has had numerous collaborations with various symphonies, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. One of her proudest accomplishments was having the privilege to perform Bernstein’s “Candide” at Lincoln Center with the New York Philharmonic. Other performances include her sold-out Los Angeles solo debut at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, an evening at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and the Washington National Opera’s 50th Anniversary Gala with Placido Domingo. She is scheduled to have her Metropolitan Opera debut in March 2010 as Samira in John Corigliano’s “The Ghost of Versailles.”

In addition to her upcoming Christmas album, Chenoweth has released two other albums: “Let Yourself Go” and “As I Am.”
BRYAN FULLER
(Creator/Executive Producer)

Bryan Fuller, creator, writer and executive producer of the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies,” was nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for his work.

Fuller began his career as a writer for “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and went on to write and produce the series “Star Trek: Voyager.” In addition to “Pushing Daisies,” he created the critically acclaimed series “Dead Like Me” and “Wonderfalls,” the latter with Todd Holland. Fuller also served as writer and co-executive producer on the hit series “Heroes.” His other work includes “The Amazing Screw-On Head” and the television film “Carrie,” which he executive produced and wrote the teleplay for.
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BARRY SONNENFELD
(Executive Producer/Director)

Executive producer and director of the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies,” Barry Sonnenfeld recently won an Emmy® Award for his work, for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. He has already won a 2008 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award.

A noted film director, Sonnenfeld had found commercial and artistic success with such films as “The Addams Family,” “Addams Family Values,” both “Men in Black” films, “Get Shorty,” “Wild Wild West,” “Big Trouble” and “RV.” He has produced or executive produced “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,” “Out of Sight” and the Coen Brothers’ “Lady Killers.”

Sonnenfeld began his career as a cinematographer, collaborating with the Coen Brothers on their first feature film, “Blood Simple,” and continuing with “Raising Arizona” and “Miller’s Crossing.” In addition he served as director of photography on Penny Marshall’s “Big,” Danny DeVito’s “Throw Momma from the Train” and two films for Rob Reiner, “When Harry Met Sally” and “Misery.” He has also directed Clio Award–winning commercials for Nike, Reebok and Isuzu. In television, Sonnenfeld has executive produced “Karen Sisco” and 1998’s “Fantasy Island.” He executive produced and directed “Maximum Bob,” “The Tick,” as well as the series “Notes from the Underbelly.”

For the last five years, Sonnenfeld has been a contributing editor for Esquire magazine, where he writes his monthly column, “The Digital Man.” He lives in East Hampton, New York, and Telluride, Colorado, with his wife, Susan, and daughter Chloe.
DAN JINKS & BRUCE COHEN
(Executive Producers)

Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen are executive producers of the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies.”

Jinks and Cohen won the Best Picture Academy Award® in 2000 for producing “American Beauty,” which won a total of five Oscars® and was the first film produced through their Jinks/Cohen Company. The pair’s second film was the sex comedy “Down with Love,” starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Next up was “Big Fish,” which was nominated for both a Golden Globe® Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Picture. Other films the duo has produced include “The Forgotten,” starring Julianne Moore, and John August’s directing debut, “The Nines,” starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis. On television, along with “Pushing Daisies,” Jinks and Cohen also served as executive producers on the series “Traveler” and “Side Order of Life.”
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A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jinks began his career working for the theater in New York. He went on to produce “Nothing to Lose,” starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins, and executive produced “The Bone Collector,” starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Cohen, who graduated from Yale University, began his film career as the DGA trainee on Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple.” He went on to produce “The Flintstones” and its prequel, “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas,” as well as “Mousehunt.” Cohen executive produced “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everthing, Julie Newmar!” and co-produced “Alive.”

Jinks and Cohen have just produced the feature film “Milk,” starring Sean Penn and directed by Gus Van Sant.
PETER OCKO
(Executive Producer)

Peter Ocko is an executive producer on the highly acclaimed series “Pushing Daisies.” Ocko has also served as a co-executive producer and writer on “Boston Legal” and as a consulting producer and writer on “Dead Like Me.” He also served as creator and executive producer of the series “3LBS.”

Ocko’s other television writing credits include “Dinosaurs,” “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” and the TV version of “Weird Science.” In 1989, Ocko received the Writers Guild Award for the farcical news show “Not Necessarily the News.”

Ocko grew up in Boston, the son of a toy inventor. He was a film student at Harvard University, and got his start in Hollywood as a production assistant at Gracie Films, James L. Brooks’ production company. Ocko currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three sons.

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