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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS


DAVID LEITCH (Director)made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed 2014 box- office hit, John Wick, which he co-directed with Chad Stahelski. His second film as director was the neon-noir action thriller Atomic Blonde, which was released to critical acclaim and box office success in the summer of 2017. It has recently been announced that Leitch is set to direct the untitled Fast & Furious Spin-off, starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, which will be released by Universal in 2019.

Leitch served as Producer of John Wick and as Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed & box-office hit John Wick: Chapter 2 which was released in 2017. He will also return as Executive Producer of the upcoming John Wick 3. As a producer, David has many action based film and television projects in development at various studios, including The Continental, which is the TV spin of John Wick with STARZ, and Mr. Nobody, a film starring Bob Odenkirk, set up at STX.

Prior to becoming a director, Leitch spent over a decade in the stunt business and doubled actors including Matt Damon and Brad Pitt on such films as The Bourne Ultimatum, Fight Club and Mr. And Mrs. Smith. He was also a fight choreographer, stunt coordinator, and 2nd unit director on films including the Wachowski’s Ninja Assassin, The Mechanic, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Wolverine, Anchorman 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain America: Civil War, and Jurassic World to name a few.

A martial artist by trade, David Leitch and partner Chad Stahleski own action design and production company 87Eleven.


SIMON KINBERG (Producer) has established himself as one of Hollywood’s most prolific filmmakers, having written and produced projects for some

of the most successful franchises in the modern era. His films have earned more than six billion dollars worldwide.

Kinberg graduated from Brown University, and received his MFA from Columbia University Film School, where his thesis project was the original script, “Mr and Mrs Smith.” The film was released in 2005, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

In 2006, he wrote “X-Men: The Last Stand,” which opened on Memorial Day to box office records, and

began his ongoing relationship with the franchise. In 2008, Kinberg wrote and produced Doug Liman’s film “Jumper” for 20th Century Fox. In 2009, Kinberg co-wrote the film

“Sherlock Holmes” starring Robert Downey Jr, directed by Guy Ritchie. The film received a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.

In 2010, Kinberg established his production company

Genre Films, with a first look deal at 20th Century Fox. Under this banner, he produced “X-Men: First Class,” executive produced “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” and wrote and produced “This Means War.” In 2013, Kinberg produced “Elysium,” which starred Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, directed by Neill Blomkamp.

On Memorial Day of 2014, Fox released “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” which Kinberg wrote and produced. The film opened number one at the box office, received critical acclaim, and went on to
gross more than 740 million dollars worldwide.

In 2015, Kinberg had four films in release. He re-teamed with Neill Blomkamp to produce “Chappie” starring Hugh Jackman and Sharlto Copley. Kinberg produced Disney’s Academy Award- nominated “Cinderella” starring Cate Blanchett and directed by Kenneth Branagh. In addition, Kinberg was the co-writer and producer of “The Fantastic Four”. His final film of the year was “The Martian,” which he produced. The film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, grossed more than 630 million dollars worldwide, won two Golden Globes (including Best Picture), and was nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture).

In 2016, Kinberg produced “Deadpool,” starring Ryan Reynolds. The film broke international and domestic records for box office, including being the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time globally. It went on to win two Critics Choice Awards (including Best Picture - Comedy), and receive two Golden Globe nominations (including Best Picture), a WGA nomination, and a PGA nomination for Best Picture. That year, Kinberg also wrote and produced “X-Men: Apocalypse” which was Kinberg’s twelfth film to open number one at the box office.

Most recently, he produced “Logan,” the final installment of the Wolverine franchise with Hugh Jackman. It was selected as the closing film of the Berlin Film Festival and opened #1 at the box office. He was also a producer on “Murder on the Orient Express,” directed by Kenneth Branagh, with Branagh starring alongside Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, and others. The film was released November 2017.

In 2018, Kinberg makes his directorial debut with “X-Men: Dark Phoenix,” to be released November 2. The film will once again star Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, with new addition Jessica Chastain. Kinberg wrote and produced the film, as well.

Kinberg is also the producer of “Deadpool 2,” and another X-Men spinoff “New Mutants” directed by Josh Boone. He is also producing “Gambit” starring Channing Tatum, which films in 2018. On the television side, Kinberg is the executive producer of “Designated Survivor,” starring Kiefer Sutherland on ABC. He is also the executive producer of “Legion,” a Marvel TV/FX Network production, and “The Gifted” which airs on Fox Network. He is also the executive producer and co- creator with Jordan Peele of the upcoming remake of “The Twilight Zone.”

Kinberg is also writing and producing one of the upcoming “Star Wars” films. He served as consultant on “Star Wars: Episode VII” and “Rogue One,” and he is the creator and executive producer of the animated show “Star Wars: Rebels” on Disney networks.
LAUREN SHULER DONNER (Producer) has, in the past three and a half decades, established herself as one of the most successful and versatile producers in Hollywood. To date, her films have grossed $5 billion worldwide.

Shuler Donner was bound for success from the beginning, as the first feature film she produced was the smash hit comedy Mr. Mom. She then went on to produce Ladyhawke starring Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer and St. Elmo’s Fire and Pretty in Pink, both of which created a new phrase in teen lexicon: “Brat Pack.”

In the early 1990s, Shuler Donner produced the box office smash hits Dave and Free Willy, two of the top ten films of 1993. The critically acclaimed Dave was also nominated for both an Academy Award® (Best Original Screenplay) and a Golden Globe® (Best Picture-Comedy). Shuler Donner went on to produce You’ve Got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, Any Given Sunday, Radio Flyer, 3 Fugitives, the sequel to Free Willy and Constantine with Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz. As head
of The Donners’ Company, she has executive-produced Volcano, Bulworth and Just Married. Her other productions include Timeline with Paul Walker and Gerard Butler, She’s The Man with Amanda Bynes, and Hotel For Dogs starring Emma Roberts.

In 2000, Shuler Donner began a new franchise with X-Men and followed up in 2003 with X2. Not only did the film gross $406 million internationally, it is also the only sequel of 2003 to receive critical acclaim. X-Men: The Last Stand was released in May 2006 and a month later it was on its way to the half billion dollar mark worldwide.

Shuler Donner also produced The Secret Life of Bees for Fox Searchlight, which was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and stars Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo and Paul Bettany. This film won multiple People’s Choice Awards including “Favourite Film” and “Best Dramatic Film.” It also won Best Picture from the NAACP Image Awards.

Shuler Donner’s next film was X-Men: First Class, which received critical raves, The Wolverine, and

X-Men: Days of Future Past, which received both critical acclaim and grossed $748 million worldwide.

It took six years to get made, but in 2016 Deadpool, produced by Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, was released and grossed a whopping $782,612,155.

X-Men: Apocalypse was another hit in 2016 with a worldwide gross of $542,721,987. Shuler


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Donner took a more managerial role on that film as she had already produced a total of nine X-Men and Wolverine movies. Currently Shuler Donner is an executive producer on Legion from Noah Hawley, and The Gifted for FOX with Matt Nix.

She also has many projects in development for TV and feature films, including a big screen adaptation of Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Next up: Broadway musicals based on her films Dave and Secret Life of Bees.

In October 2008, both Shuler Donner and her husband Richard Donner were awarded stars next to each other on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. She and Richard were also honoured by The American Cancer Society in June of 2006 and by Lupus L.A. in 2008. They were also awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Ojai Film Festival in November of 2008, and honoured by the Women’s Guild of Cedar’s Sinai Hospital in 2013.

Shuler Donner was recognized for her body of work in 2001 by Premiere magazine with the Producer Icon Award, and was recognized by Daily Variety with a “Billion Dollar Producer” special issue. In June 2006, she received the prestigious Crystal Award from Women in Film, and received another Crystal Award in 2016.

Shuler Donner is a dedicated philanthropist who thrives on giving back to the community. She was on the board of directors for Hollygrove Children’s Home until it merged with EMQ in 2006. She has been on the advisory board of Women in Film, was a long-time member of the advisory board of TreePeople, and is a past Board member of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. She is currently on the advisory board of Lupus L.A., has served as the Treasurer for the Producers Guild of America, is on the executive committee of the Producer’s Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and she just joined The Board of Directors of The National Breast Cancer Coalition.


RHETT REESE and PAUL WERNICK (Screenwriters, Executive producers) have been partners since 2001. They wrote and executive-produced Twentieth Century Fox’s “Deadpool,” starring Ryan Reynolds. The 2016 superhero action-comedy is the highest grossing R-rated movie
of all time ($783M). Deadpool was nominated for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the Golden Globe Awards and won the Critics’ Choice award for Best Comedy. Reese and Wernick also earned a Writer’s Guild nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Reese’s and Wernick’s first feature collaboration was “Zombieland,” which they wrote and executive-produced for Columbia Pictures

in 2009. “Zombieland” scored a 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and became one of Hollywood’s highest grossing zombie movies ($100M+).

The two also wrote “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” starring Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, and Bruce Willis, for Paramount Pictures. “Joe” went on to gross nearly $400M worldwide.

More recently, they penned “Life,” starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, for Sony Pictures and Skydance.

Reese’s and Wernick’s initial collaboration was in television, creating, writing, and executive-producing The Joe Schmo Show for Spike TV. The series drew Spike’s highest-ever ratings. Joe Schmo was named to numerous Best Of lists, including TIME Magazine’s Top 10 TV Shows of the year and Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD. Reese and Wernick followed up

with Joe Schmo 2 and Invasion Iowa, a high-concept comedy hybrid starring William Shatner.

Reese has written movies for Pixar Animation Studios (“Monsters, Inc.”) Walt Disney Feature Animation (“Dinosaur”), and Warner Brothers (Clifford’s Really Big Movie”), among others. Wernick has produced several network reality shows. He won three Emmy awards for his work in news.

Reese and Wernick met in high school in Phoenix, Arizona.
JONATHAN SELA (Director of photography): Widely recognized for his impressive cinematography on the critically-acclaimed action thriller “John Wick,” Sela found a love for the craft of filmmaking at a very early age. Born in Paris in 1978, Sela shortly moved with his family to Israel.

By the age of 14, he was already working on production teams and, in 1998, he made the decision to move to the U.S. and study cinematography at AFI. There, Sela assisted under Oscar winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond on two features (“Life as a House” and “The Body”). His first job out of AFI was shooting a music video for acclaimed director Mark Webb. Since then, he has shot well over 200 music videos and commercials with directors such as: Francis Lawrence, Olivier Gondry, Guy Shelmerdine, Ray Kay, Floria Sigismondi, and Bryan Barber. In 2009, Sela won the Best Cinematography MTV Music Video Award for his work on Green Day’s 21 Guns. Prior to winning, he was nominated by MTV and the MVPA for best cinematography in the music videos for Alicia Keys’ You Don’t Know My Name and Justin Timberlake’s Rock Your Body.

In addition, to his commercial and music video work, he has a passion for both independent and studio cinema. He has shot films such as “A Good Day to Die Hard,” “Max Payne” and “The Omen,” all for John Moore, as well as “Law Abiding Citizen” for F. Gary Gray. In 2006, Sela won the best cinematography award for his work on the feature film “Grimm Love” at the Catalonian International Film Festival. Most recently, Sela’s work can be seen in Michael Bay’s “Transformers: The Last Knight” as well as David Leitch’s “Atomic Blonde” starring Charlize Theron.
DAN GLASS (Visual effects supervisor): In a career spanning more than 20 years in the entertainment industry, bridging feature film, television and commercials, Dan Glass has built an extensive list of credits as the overall visual effects supervisor and picked up numerous accolades including a BAFTA nomination and two VES awards.

“Deadpool 2” reunites Glass with long time collaborator David Leitch in the director chair. The two previously collaborated as far back as “The Matrix: Reloaded” and “Revolutions” as well as on “V For Vendetta” and “Ninja Assassin.”

Over his career, Glass has worked with many notable film directors including The Wachowskis, Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Joon-Ho Bong and Terrence Malick.

He has served as visual effects supervisor on films such as “Hateful 8,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Cloud Atlas,” “The Master,” “The Tree of Life,” “Speed Racer,” “Enter the Matrix,” “Thir13en Ghosts,” as well as “Batman Begins,” for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.

For the Netlfix original series Sense8, written and conceived by the Wachowskis and J Michael Straczynski, Glass directed the Seoul-based story for Season 1 and the Berlin-based story for Season 2, while also overseeing the visual effects for the show.

Glass has also served as Chief Creative Officer and Senior Creative Director for Method Studios for several years overseeing its global network of visual effects studios and talent.


DAVID SCHEUNEMANN (Production designer) most recently designed the production “Atomic Blonde,” also directed by David Leitch. Other production design credits include “Coming In” and “Stadtlandliebe”, both directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, and Helmut Dietl’s “Zettl.” Scheunemann’s credits include a slate of films with directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Roman Polanski, George Clooney, the Wachowskis and Paul W.S. Anderson. He served as supervising

art director on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2,” “Mute,” for Netlfix, “The Apparition,” and “The Ghostwriter;” as art director on “The Monuments Men,” “Cloud Atlas” (Wachowski unit), Anderson’s “The Three Musketeers,” “Inglorious Basterds,” “Ninja Assassin;” and was assistant art director on “Speed Racer.” He was twice nominated by the Art Directors Guild for the Excellence in Production Design Award, for his work on “Inglorious Basterds” and “Cloud Atlas.”

Scheunemann studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin and the Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, graduating in Berlin with a Masters degree. Having worked as a set designer during his studies, he went straight into art directing.

Born in Cheb, Czech Republic (former ČSSR) Scheuemann’s mother fled the country when he was three years old. He grew up near Frankfurt, Germany, and now makes his home Berlin.


KURT AND BART (Costume designers): The design team of Kurt and Bart is a creative collaboration born out of a chance meeting at the University of Colorado in 1983. Formally educated in the notorious NYC club scene of the 1980’s, their sartorial obsession and shared sensibility has traversed the worlds of fashion, music, theatre and film.

In 2014 Kurt and Bart received the Costume Designer’s Guild Award nomination for Excellence in Period Film for their work on the Oscar winning drama “Dallas Buyers Club,” directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, starring Mathew McConaughey and Jared Leto.

“Stoker,” starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, was an opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed auteur director Park Chan-wook. Their costume design work was nominated for the 2014 London Film Critics Circle for Technical Achievement.

Their previous work in film is as varied as the gritty noir “Out of the Furnace,” starring Christian


Bale and directed by Scott Cooper for Relativity, to the dance musical “Step Up 3D,” directed by Jon

M. Chu for Paramount. Kurt and Bart’s filmography includes Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” with Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts, Todd Solondz’s “Dark Horse,” with Mia Farrow and Selma Blair, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s “Howl,” with James Franco and John Hamm, Dito Montiel’s “Fighting,” with Channing Tatum, Daniel Barnz’s “Phoebe in Wonderland,” with Elle Fanning, and John Cameron Mitchell’s notorious “Shortbus.”

Their early career included designing their own clothing line called Design Asylum and creating costumes for commercials and music videos. They stood out as styling team with an approach as much about pulling fashion looks as it was about designing and building custom pieces to realize

a visual image. As stylists, Kurt and Bart have worked with some of the world’s strongest and most prolific image makers, among them, Steven Klein, Herb Ritts, Patrick Demarchelier, Matthew Rolston, Francis Lawrence, Dean Karr, Mark Seliger, and Mary Ellen Mark. They have created lasting images with such music icons as David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Courtney Love, Pink, and Britney Spears.

Kurt and Bart also designed the costumes for “Mockingjay” Parts 1 & 2 of “The Hunger Games” franchise directed by Francis Lawrence. They were nominated by the Costume Designer’s Guild for their work in both 2015 and 2016 for Excellence in Fantasy Film.

Most recently the duo designed the film version of “Ghost in the Shell,” directed by Rupert Sanders, based on the Japanese Manga by Masamune Shirow, and starring Scarlett Johansson.


ELÍSABET RONALDSDÓTTIR (Editor) was born and raised in Reykjavik Iceland. She graduated from the London Film School with honours in 1990 and since then has edited over 40 feature films, television programs, documentaries, as well as an animated feature film. She frequently works away from her home country of Iceland on projects across Europe and North America.

Her award-winning editing work has also included active industry participation including as a founding member and two term inaugural chairwomen of Women in Film & Television Iceland.

Elisabet has sat on the board of the Icelandic Producer´s Guild as well as served for two years as chairwoman of The Icelandic Film & TV Academy in 2005 and 2006. And since 2007 Elisabet has been a board member of the prominent Filmmakers at Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF).

She is best known for her collaboration with film Directors Baltasar Kormakur (‘Jar City’ & ‘Contraband’) and more recently with Director David Leitch (‘John Wick’ & ‘Atomic Blonde’). Currently, Elisabet has reunited with David Leitch on ‘Deadpool 2’.


DIRK WESTERVELT (Editor) has enjoyed repeat collaborations with several filmmakers throughout his career. After working for a time in the camera department, Westervelt moved to the cutting room on the first two features directed by F. Gary Gray (the hit comedy FRIDAY, and action/ drama SET IT OFF), as Assistant Editor and then Associate Editor.

For George Tillman Jr., he began as Associate Editor on the director’s hit comedy/drama SOUL FOOD, then served as Editor on the biographical drama MEN OF HONOR, the action/drama FASTER, and on NOTORIOUS (about the life of the rapper known as Notorious B.I.G.). While living in Prague, he served as Visual Effects Editor and Temp Music Editor on Guillermo del Toro’s superhero fantasy HELLBOY, and on his action/thriller BLADE 2.

For writer-director Rick Famuyiwa, he began as Additional Editor on the coming-of-age tale THE WOOD, and went on to edit Famuyiwa’s romantic comedy BROWN SUGAR, as well as the political thriller CONFIRMATION (for HBO Films). Westervelt also worked as Editor on the 3D
fantasy adventure JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, directed by Eric Brevig. In 2014 he edited Jaume Collet-Serra’s action/thriller RUN ALL NIGHT, starring Liam Neeson, and in 2017 he completed work on James Mangold’s LOGAN.
CRAIG ALPERT (Editor) is a film editor originally from Irvine, California. He is a member of the American Cinema Editors as well as The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He began his career as an assistant editor at Pixar Animation Studios working on

the Golden Globe, Grammy and Annie Award-winning Toy Story 2. He went on to assist on such films as Ang Lee’s Hulk and The Matrix Reloaded.

Alpert has previously collaborated with director Judd Apatow on several movies. Among the Apatow-directed films, Alpert edited Knocked Up and Funny People and did additional editing on The 40-Year Old Virgin. Craig also edited for director Elizabeth Banks on the hit musical

comedy Pitch Perfect 2 and for director Trish Sie on the follow-up, Pitch Perfect 3. He edited David Gordon Green’s hit film Pineapple Express, as well as his films Your Highness and The Sitter. For Jay Roach he co-edited The Campaign and was an additional editor on Meet the Fockers.

Other select editing credits include director Tim Story’s Kevin Hart / Ice Cube action comedy Ride Along, Peyton Reed’s Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey, and Larry Charles’ Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Alpert will next be editing The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr. Craig currently resides in Santa Monica with his wife and 3 kids.
TYLER BATES (Music by): Long before he cemented himself as a highly sought-after composer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, Tyler Bates resided in a haunted rural Illinois log cabin ranch previously owned by none other than Al Capone. Between two exorcisms on the property and an “odd” job unwittingly digging graves, the multi-talented musician indubitably developed an infinite imagination during his formative years.

“Any time I had to do chores outside at night, I’d run as fast as I could to seek refuge inside a haunted house,” he laughs. “The experience definitely ignited my imagination for creative places.”

With an intrinsic understanding of an environment’s power, perhaps it’s no coincidence that Bates has become not only an artisan at architecting music for film, television, and video games, but an in-demand multi-instrumentalist, writer, and producer. Through the nineties, he logged 1,200-plus live shows in his bands, including Pet, released on Igloo/Atlantic records, under the guidance of


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Tori Amos, before segueing into the world of film score. He started to make waves by creating the menacing audio backdrop for the popular Zack Snyder Dawn of the Dead reboot in 2004 followed by his soundtrack for the filmmaker’s 300, which remains one

of the 21stcentury’s biggest-selling score albums. His oeuvre expanded to include Watchmen and Sucker Punch both helmed by Snyder, several collaborations with Rob Zombie including, The Devil’s Rejects, Halloween, and Halloween II—and Killer Joe directed by Academy Award® winner William Friedkin. Bates is always seeking what he refers to as “a music moment.”

“It’s a musical event that we as a duo or a group

experience together,” he elaborates. “When I meet a director, producer, or artist in my studio, based on our conversation, I’ll often play guitar or create music based solely on that initial exchange of ideas or current events. So, before we engage in the formal process of creating music for a movie,


TV show, or an artist album, we’ve already begun a creative conversation that results in actual music as opposed to hypotheticals. It creates excitement. With everything that I do, I try to create a process that is referential to the project we are working on as opposed to pre-existing entities.”

By 2017, his vision would audibly enhance two of the most successful franchises in recent memory: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and John Wick. In addition to composing for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 and winning a BMI Film Music Award for the first, he co-wrote and produced a fan favourite “disco version” of “Guardians Inferno” [feat. David Hasselhoff], performed the second installment’s score at the 2017 MOSMA Festival in Spain, and crafted the music for the Disney California Adventure attraction Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission Breakout!

“How insane is that?” he smiles. “I never thought I’d be writing music for an attraction at Disneyland. It’s entirely different than working on a film, television show, or even a video game. It was another great challenge and learning experience that I am thankful to have had the opportunity to do.”

Meanwhile, John Wick: Chapter 2 represents the nexus of his work as a composer, performer, and songwriter. He penned the closing credits tune “A Job To Do” alongside legendary Alice In Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and performed on-screen during the climactic “Rock Opera” sequence, rocking a guitar-viol on stage with Le Castle Vania and Nostalghia. Samurai Jack offered

a similar experience. After overseeing score production for Samurai Jack with composers, Joanne Higginbottom and Dieter Hartmann, he took the stage to perform a suite of the score at a sold-out Ace Theatre concert.

Samurai Jack is just one of his many TV credits. His sonic presence can also be felt throughout Showtime’s Californication, Audience Network’s Kingdom, WGN America’s Salem, and more as well as video games such as Killzone: Shadow Fall, God of War: Ascension, Army of Two 40th Day, and most recently the largest first-person shooter app in the world China’s Crossfire. Along the way, he wrote a theme for his favourite NFL team the Tennessee Titans even performing the “Star- Spangled Banner” solo guitar in the rain during a Thanksgiving 2015 game.

2014 saw the birth of a powerful partnership with Marilyn Manson. After meeting on a Californication performance, Bates went on to co-write and produce the 2015 epic, The Pale Emperor. A runaway worldwide success, it crashed the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 at #6 and earned widespread critical acclaim with Rolling Stone hailing it as the “#1 Metal Album of 2015.” Stepping into the spotlight as the band’s lead guitarist, he dedicated over a year to touring in support of the album on the headline Hell Not Hallelujah Tour, an arena run with Slipknot, and various festivals worldwide.

In 2017, they once again joined forces in the studio for the follow-up Heaven Upside Down with a world tour kicking off July 20th, in Budapest.

“I make music from the basis of storytelling, narrative, and emotion,” he goes on. “What Manson and I create happens on the spot. Playing live really gives me a different experience than being in my studio around the clock. It’s fun and fulfilling on the most primal level imaginable. The camaraderie of playing in a rock band and performing on stage is something that I don’t get when I’m working alone in my studio. It fuels my fire to get back into the studio and write with a new perspective from having awesome experiences around the world.”

He’s certainly tapping into that fire in 2017 and 2018. Bates handled music for the blockbuster Atomic Blonde starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron. For the project, he also produced Health’s cover of “Blue Monday” and re-invigorated and revitalized Ministry’s “Stigmata” with Manson for key sequences in the film. On the big screen, he can be heard in the critically acclaimed The Belko Experiment as well as Public and 24 Hours to Live, while his voice permeates NETFLIX’s The Punisher and season 2 of The Exorcist.




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