Marc Webb
Marc Webb in March 2012.
Born	Marc Preston Webb (1974-08-31) August 31, 1974 (age 37) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
Occupation	Music video director, film director

Marc Preston Webb^[1] (born August 31, 1974) is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He made his directorial debut with the 2009 romantic comedy-drama (500) Days of Summer and has recently directed the upcoming 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.

Life and career[link]

Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of Margaret Ruth (née Stocker) and Norman Lott Webb, who works in math education at the University of Wisconsin.^[1][2] When he was eighteen months old, Webb's family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was raised.^[3][4] He graduated from Madison West High School, and subsequently attended Colorado College, from which he graduated with an English degree.^[3][5]

His feature length debut, (500) Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, was released in July 2009 to an extremely positive critical reception.^[6] In January 2010, Columbia Pictures hired Webb to direct The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise, scheduled to be released in 2012 and starring Andrew Garfield.^[7][8]

Webb is signed to DNA in Hollywood, California and Academy Productions Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Webb's lamb[link]

Webb's signature is a white lamb, which has appeared in a few of his videos. In Brand New's "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" video, the lamb appears on the door before Jesse Lacey enters the bar. It also appears on the shirt of a girl in the bar. In Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" and "Rough Landing, Holly" videos, the lamb appears on the briefcase Ryan Key carries around.

Videography[link]

1997

• Blues Traveler – "Canadian Rose"

1999

• Earth to Andy – "Still After You"

2000

• Cold – "Just Got Wicked"
• Santana feat. Musiq – "Nothing At All"

2001

• On the Line All Stars feat. Lance Bass – "On the Line"
• Anastacia – "Not that Kind of Girl"
• 3 Doors Down – "Duck and Run"
• Good Charlotte – "Motivation Proclamation"
• AFI – "The Days of the Phoenix"
• Big Dumb Face – "Duke Lion"
• Felix Brothers - "Right Here, Right Now"
• Oleander – "Are You There?"
• Green Day – "Waiting"
• Good Charlotte – "Festival Song"
• Live - "Simple Creed"
• Professional Murder Music – "Slow"
• Stereomud – "Pain"
• Godhead – "Eleanor Rigby"
• Live feat. Tricky – "Simple Creed"
• Pressure 4-5 – "Beat the World"
• Tru Vibe – "On The Line"

2002

• Unwritten Law – "Seein' Red"
• Counting Crows – "American Girls"
• Soil – "Unreal"
• Puddle of Mudd – "She Hates Me"
• Maroon 5 – "Harder to Breathe"
• Hatebreed – "I Will Be Heard"
• The Wallflowers – "When You’re On Top"
• O-Town – "These are The Days"
• Hoobastank – "Remember Me"
• Disturbed – "Remember"

2003

• Cold – "Stupid Girl"
• P.O.D. – "Sleeping Awake"
• AFI – "The Leaving Song Pt. II"
• Santana & Alex Band – "Why Don't You & I"
• 3 Doors Down – "Here Without You"
• Memento – "Saviour"
• Wakefield – "Say You Will"
• MxPx – "Everything Sucks"
• P.O.D. – "Will You"
• Brand New – "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades"

2004

• P.O.D. – "Change the World"
• Gavin DeGraw – "I Don't Want to Be"
• Smile Empty Soul – "Silhouettes"
• Puddle of Mudd – "Heel Over Head"
• Midtown – "Give It Up"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
• My Chemical Romance – "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
• Sparta – "Breaking the Broken"
• Jesse McCartney – "Beautiful Soul"
• Dirty Vegas – "Walk Into the Sun"
• Coheed and Cambria – "Blood Red Summer"
• Switchfoot – "Dare You to Move" (version 2)
• Hoobastank – "Disappear"

2005

• Jimmy Eat World – "Work"
• Daniel Powter – "Bad Day"
• The Used – "All That I've Got"
• My Chemical Romance – "Helena"
• Snow Patrol – "Chocolate"
• Low Millions – "Eleanor"
• Trey Songz feat. Twista – "Gotta Make It"
• Antigone Rising – "Don’t Look Back"
• Hot Hot Heat – "Middle of Nowhere"
• Incubus – "Make a Move"
• Hilary Duff – "Wake Up"
• My Chemical Romance – "The Ghost of You"
• Ashlee Simpson – "Boyfriend"
• Daniel Powter – "Free Loop (One Night Stand)"
• Yellowcard – "Lights and Sounds"
• Weezer – "Perfect Situation"

2006

• All American Rejects – "Move Along"
• Matisyahu – "Youth"
• Aly & AJ – "Rush"
• Daniel Powter – "Lie to Me"
• Yellowcard – "Rough Landing, Holly"
• AFI – "Miss Murder"
• Ashlee Simpson – "Invisible"
• Fergie – "London Bridge"
• Regina Spektor – "Fidelity"
• Evanescence – "Call Me When You're Sober"
• AFI – "Love Like Winter"
• Pussycat Dolls feat. Timbaland – "Wait a Minute"
• Barefoot – "Rain"
• Teddy Geiger – "These Walls" (Version 2)

2007

• Good Charlotte – "The River"
• Relient K – "Must Have Done Something Right"
• P. Diddy – "Last Night"
• My Chemical Romance – "I Don't Love You"
• My Chemical Romance – "Teenagers"
• Evanescence – "Good Enough" (co-directed with Rich Lee)
• Blaqk Audio – "Stiff Kittens" (co-directed with Rich Lee)
• Regina Spektor – "Better"
• Fergie – "Clumsy" (co-directed with Rich Lee)
• Miley Cyrus – "Start All Over"

2008

• Maroon 5 – "Goodnight, Goodnight"
• Nelly feat. Fergie – "Party People"
• All American Rejects – "Gives You Hell"

2009

• Green Day – "21 Guns"
• She and Him – "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" (Version 2)
• Green Day – "21st Century Breakdown"
• Weezer – "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To

2010

• Green Day – "Last of the American Girls"
• Taking Back Sunday - "Faith (When I Let You Down)"

Editor videography[link]

• MxPx - "Everything Sucks" - November 2003
• Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria.... Glory Fades" - December 2003

Filmography[link]

• (500) Days of Summer (2009) (director)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) (director)

Webb is also attached to direct Age of Rage, a science fiction film that will be written by Mark Heyman, who was one of the screenwriters for Black Swan.^[9]

Television[link]

• "The Manager and the Salesman", The Office (2010)
• "Pilot", Lone Star (2010)
• Battleground (2012) (executive producer)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Marc Webb at MVDbase.com
• Die Musik Video Datenbank (German)
• Marc Webb at the Internet Movie Database

Andrew Garfield
Garfield at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International.
Born	Andrew Russell Garfield (1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 28) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Andrew Russell Garfield^[1] (born 20 August 1983) is an American-English^[2][3][4] actor. His early roles include the films Lions for Lambs, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and Boy A, which garnered him the 2007 BAFTA Television Award for "Best Actor". Garfield achieved wider recognition and critical acclaim for his role as Eduardo Saverin in the 2010 film The Social Network, a role which earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Garfield is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom.^[5] He will portray the title character in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of the Spider-Man film series.

Early life[link]

Garfield was born in Los Angeles, the son of a British mother from Essex and an American father from California.^[6][7] His family moved to England when he was three years old.^[6] Garfield is Jewish^[8] and was raised in a "middle class home".^[8] His parents ran a small interior design business; his father, Richard, later became head coach of the Guildford City Swimming Club, and his mother is a teaching assistant at a nursery school. He also has an older brother who is a doctor.^[9][10] Garfield was raised in Surrey, England and was a gymnast during his early years.^[7][10] He attended Priory Preparatory School in Banstead and later City of London Freemen's School in nearby Ashtead, before training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which he graduated in 2004.^[10][11]

Career[link]

Garfield at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 11, 2010

Garfield started taking acting classes in Guildford when he was twelve, and appeared in a youth theatre production of Bugsy Malone.^[9] He also joined a small youth theatre workshop group in Epsom, and began working primarily as a stage actor. In 2004, he won a MEN Theatre Award for his performance in Kes at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre (where he also played Romeo the year after), and won the outstanding newcomer award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2006.^[12]

Garfield made his British television debut in 2005, appearing in the Channel 4 teenage drama Sugar Rush.^[12] In Summer 2007, he grabbed public attention when he appeared in the third series of Doctor Who, in the episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks". In October 2007, he was named one of Variety's "10 Actors to Watch",^[13] and in November 2007, appeared in the ensemble drama Lions for Lambs, playing an American university student. Also that month, he starred in the Channel 4 drama Boy A, for which he won the 2008 BAFTA for Best Actor. In 2008, he had a minor role in the film The Other Boleyn Girl,^[13] and was named one of the shooting stars at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Garfield appeared in Vogue's December 2009 issue, modeling alongside Lily Cole, in a photographed retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Also that year, Garfield had a supporting role in the Terry Gilliam film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus^[8] and the Red Riding television trilogy. In 2010 he co-starred in the British film based on the novel by Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go,^[14] as well as in David Fincher's The Social Network, alongside Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg, about the founders of Facebook. For the film, he received two BAFTA award nominations (for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" and the "BAFTA Rising Star"). On 14 December 2010, The Social Network received six nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, four of which it won, including Best Motion Picture-Drama, on 16 December 2011. Garfield was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role.^[15]

On 5 January 2010 Garfield appeared briefly as Terry Gilliam's assistant in the Arcade Fire webcast pre-show at Madison Square Garden. On 12 September 2010, he co-presented at the 2010 MTV VMAs with Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake.^[16]

In March 2012, Andrew made his Broadway debut as Biff Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman, directed by Tony winner Mike Nichols at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The production also stars Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tony Award nominee Linda Emond.^[17] Garfield has been nominated for a Tony Award as a best featured actor in a play for the role.^[18]

Garfield has been chosen to play Spider-Man opposite Emma Stone in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man.^[19][20][21] Filming began in December 2010, and the film's release date is scheduled for July 3 2012. He also said that he wants Spider-Man to be in the sequel of The Avengers (2012 film).

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Video games[link]

Stage[link]

Radio[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Andrew Garfield

• Andrew Garfield at the Internet Movie Database

Emma Stone
Emma Stone in March 2012.
Born	Emily Jean Stone (1988-11-06) November 6, 1988 (age 23) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Other names	Riley Stone
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress.

Stone was a cast member of the TV series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). She appeared in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). She then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 2011, she starred in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love. and The Help, both of which were well received by critics and commercial successes. Stone will play Gwen Stacy in the Amazing Spider-Man film, a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise.

Early life[link]

Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Krista (née Yeager), a homemaker, and Jeff Stone, a contractor.^[1] She has a brother, who is two years her junior.^[2] Stone's paternal grandfather was of Swedish descent, and his family's surname was anglicized to "Stone" when immigrating to the U.S. through Ellis Island; some of her ancestors also lived in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.^[3]

While growing up, she was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona, where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11.^[4] Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, The Princess and the Pea, Cinderella, The Wiz, Titanic, Honk!, The Little Mermaid, Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Alice in Wonderland, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,^[4][5] and performed with the theater's improv comedy troupe.^[6]

Stone attended Xavier College Preparatory,^[4] an all-girl Catholic high school, as a freshman for one semester. She gave a PowerPoint presentation to her parents, set to the Madonna song "Hollywood", to convince them to let her move to California for an acting career.^[7] She dropped out of high school, and in January 2004, moved with her mother to a Los Angeles apartment, at the age of 15.^[8] She was then home schooled, so that she could audition during the day.^[9]

Career[link]

2004–2011[link]

Stone at the Zombieland world premiere, 2009

Stone launched a career in television after winning the role of Laurie Partridge on In Search of the New Partridge Family (2004), a VH1 talent competition reality show.^[10] The resulting show, The New Partridge Family (2005), only produced a pilot episode. Stone next had appearances in the television series Medium, Malcolm in the Middle and Lucky Louie. In 2007, she had a regular role on the Fox drama Drive, playing Violet Trimble, until the series was cancelled. She also auditioned for Heroes, and overheard in the casting room "On a scale of 1 to 10, you are an 11" — the casting directors were referring to Hayden Panettiere, who was cast as Claire Bennet instead. Stone called this experience "rock bottom."^[11]

Stone made her feature film debut in the 2007 teen comedy Superbad, playing Jules, the love interest of lead character Seth (Jonah Hill). In 2008, she appeared in the comedy The Rocker, with Rainn Wilson. Stone played Amelia, the bass guitarist in a band featuring singer Teddy Geiger. Stone learned to play bass for the role. Also that year, Stone appeared in The House Bunny, starring Anna Faris, alongside Katharine McPhee, Kat Dennings, Rumer Willis, and Colin Hanks.^[12] Stone played the president of a sorority and sang on a single from the film, "I Know What Boys Like," a cover version of the 1982 song by The Waitresses.^[13]

In 2009, Stone appeared in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a romantic comedy directed by Mark Waters, the director of Mean Girls, starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner.^[14] Stone played "The Ghost of Girlfriends Past," a takeoff of the Ghost of Christmas Past from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. She starred in the horror/comedy Zombieland, along with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg. The project began shooting in Atlanta in February 2009.^[15] Stone played Wichita, a survivor/con artist from Wichita, Kansas, traveling across the U.S. with her younger sister Little Rock (Abigail Breslin).^[16] Stone also starred in Paper Man in 2009, alongside Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds and Lisa Kudrow, directed by Kieran and Michele Mulroney.^[17] She played Abby, a babysitter that Daniels' character hires after moving to Long Island.^[18] Stone began filming the independent comedy on November 11, 2008, in Montauk, New York, using well-known local locations.^[19]

Stone at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

In 2010, Stone had a voice role in Marmaduke, a film adaptation of the long-running comic strip about a Great Dane.^[20] She voiced Marmaduke's friend, Mazie, a tomboyish Australian Shepherd.^[21] Stone landed her first leading role that year, starring with Amanda Bynes as a high school student in Easy A, a comedy directed by Will Gluck.^[22] Her character scandalizes her teachers and more conservative religious classmates after a false rumor circulates that she is sexually promiscuous.^[23] The script contrasts the novel The Scarlet Letter and its heroine, Hester Prynne, to the life of the protagonist in the film. Stone read the script before the project was optioned for production, and kept an eye on it along with her manager until preparations were made.^[24] She was attracted to the script because it was "funny and sweet" and her character was "fantastic from the first read" who was "fleshed [..] out so much in the script".^[24] When she found out that the film had gone into production, she met with Gluck to express her enthusiasm about the project.^[24] A few months later, the audition process started and Stone met again with Gluck to be one of the first actresses to audition.^[24] Stone was nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role.^[25]

Stone appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010, and introduced Linkin Park. She stated in 2008 that she would eventually like to venture into film production, producing her own films, and that her dream was to appear on Saturday Night Live.^[12] Stone hosted the late-night sketch comedy show on October 23, 2010, and again on November 12, 2011.^[26][27]

Stone appeared in Friends With Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis, and directed by Will Gluck. The sex comedy began filming in July 2010, in New York, and was released in July 2011.^[28] She also starred in Crazy, Stupid, Love. that year, alongside Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Marisa Tomei. The Warner Bros. film, about a husband (Carell) with marital problems and difficulties with his children, began shooting on April 16, 2010, in Los Angeles and was released on July 29, 2011.^[29] Stone starred in The Help, an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel of the same name, a period piece set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s, which was released in August 2011. She plays Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, an aspiring writer, and employed a Southern dialect for the role.^[18]

2012–present[link]

Stone at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in 2012

Stone joined the voice cast of The Croods, a 3D computer animated caveman comedy by DreamWorks Animation. She will voice the role of Eep, the oldest daughter of Grug (Nicolas Cage) and Ugga (Catherine Keener). Ryan Reynolds voices Gy, the love interest to Stone's character.^[30] The film is scheduled for release on March 22, 2013.

She stars in the comedic short film, "Veronica," alongside Kieran Culkin, directed by Griffin Dunne.^[31] The short is a comedy segment that is part of the anthology film, Movie 43, featuring Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, and others.^[32] The feature-film was produced by the Farrelly brothers^[1] and directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill and Steve Carr.^[32]

Stone will star as the female lead in The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment of the Spider-Man film series.^[33] She plays Gwen Stacy, the 17-year-old love interest of Peter Parker.^[34] Marc Webb is directing the film, which has a release date of July 3, 2012.^[33] The film went into production in December 2010, and was scheduled to last through April 2011.^[35] Stone was considered for the lead in a reboot of 21 Jump Street, alongside Superbad co-star Jonah Hill.^[36] She did not take the role however, after signing on to Spider-Man.^[37]

Stone joined the cast of The Gangster Squad, a film by Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer. She will again play opposite Ryan Gosling in the ensemble crime drama, which also stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña. Stone plays Jean, a femme fatale caught in a love triangle with Gosling and Penn's character, mobster Mickey Cohen.^[38]

Stone will again work with writer/director Will Gluck, starring in and executive producing an untitled comedy for Screen Gems.^[39] The film studio has given Gluck and Stone full discretion in developing a new project, after the success of Easy A.^[40] She will also star in Little White Corvette, a comedy about a pair of would-be drug dealing siblings, written by Michael Diliberti.^[41] Stone will film the project in Miami in mid 2012.^[42]

Personal life[link]

Although known as a redhead, Stone is naturally a blonde. She landed her first role as a teenager after dyeing her hair dark brown.^[1] Film producer Judd Apatow had her change from a brunette to a redhead for her role in Superbad.^[6] She returned to blonde for her role in The Amazing Spider-Man.^[40]

She began dating actor Andrew Garfield after meeting him on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man.^[43][44]

Stone's low-pitched husky voice is a result of having baby colic, a condition of constant screaming as an infant, resulting in the development of nodules. She has calluses on her vocal cords as an adult.^[45]

Stone chose the name "Emma" when she registered for the Screen Actors Guild as the name "Emily Stone" was already taken. Her family and friends call her Emily.^[40]

Stone moved from Los Angeles to Greenwich Village, New York City in 2009.^[7]

Filmography[link]