Director Mike Barker makes his U.S. feature film debut with "Best Laid Plans." Barker previously directed the feature "The James Gang," released in the U.K. and starring John Hannah, Helen McCrory, Jason Flemyng and Toni Collette.

Barker has directed numerous British television movies and series episodes including "Silent Witness," "The Tenant at Wildfell Hall," "Go Back Out," "When the Fat Lady Sings," "The Last American Freak Show," "The Ronson Mission," "The Jumper" and "Eddie and the East Coast Bouffants."

Ted Griffin's first produced screenplays include "Best Laid Plans" and the recently released 20th Century Fox feature"Ravenous". Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Griffin graduated from Colgate University. His grandfather was motion picture director William A. Seiter, whose credits included "Room Service," starring the Marx Brothers, and "Sons of the Desert." Griffin's grandmother, Marion Nixon, was a silent film actress. Griffin's upcoming projects include"Solace" which he co-wrote with Sean Bailey and"Mobile."

Born and raised in New York, Alan Greenspan first moved to California to attend the University of San Diego. Upon graduation, he pursued a career in photography, both as a freelance commercial photographer and as a lens for hire in the music industry. It was the latter that spurred his interest in the entertainment industry, which eventually led to his 15-year stint as an agent and Vice President at International Creative Management. In 1993, Greenspan started his own management and production company, International Arts Entertainment (IAE). IAE was created to provide comprehensive client service to writers, directors and producers with Greenspan involved in the development, production and arrangement of financing for client and non-client projects. In addition to IAE, Greenspan has partnered with director and former client Mike Newell to form Dogstar Films. Dogstar projects with Greenspan producing or executive producing have included Newell's "Donnie Brasco", "Photographing Fairies", "200 Cigarettes" and Newell's "Pushing Tin."

Betsy Beers served as President of Production at Dogstar Films from the company's inception in 1994 until March 1999. In addition to"Best Laid Plans" Beers served as producer on Dogstar's "200 Cigarettes." She also supervised development on all projects for Mike Newell and the company including "Photographing Fairies" directed by Nick Willing; Newell's "Pushing Tin"; and"High Fidelity" directed by Stephen Frears and currently in post-production. Previously, Beers was Vice President of Creative Affairs for Gale Anne Hurd's Pacific Western Productions. While at Pacific Western, she also served as an executive producer on "Safe Passage" starring Susan Sarandon and Paul Schrader's "Witch Hunt." She started her career working for Ruth Vitale and Gary David Goldberg at the latter's Ubu Productions feature division. Prior to her move to Los Angeles, Beers was an actress/comedian, performing and producing at her own Manhattan based theater company and acting in commercials.

Chris Moor's producing credits include the critically acclaimed "Good Will Hunting" starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and the recent hit "American Pie." Moore's production company, Fusion Studios, has a three-year deal with Miramax Films and are currently producing a number of projects. He is in post-production on "Reindeer Games" for Dimension Films and "The Third Wheel" for Miramax, and in pre-production for a September start on "Squelch." Moore established his entertainment career as a literary agent for Intertalent Agency in 1989, where he represented numerous writers and directors in motion pictures, television and new media. In 1992, Moore left to take a position at International Creative Management, where he stayed for a year before leaving to become an independent producer.

Producer Sean Bailey, through Horsepower Entertainment, is involved in numerous projects in various levels of development including "Foolproof"; "The Core," co-financed by Mutual Film; "Solace," which he co-wrote with Ted Griffin; "YankeeTraders"; "Mobile," written by Griffin; "Love Crazy," a re-make of the 1941 MGM film written by Jeff Eastin; "The Palace Thief" adapted by Neil Tolkin from the New York Times best-seller by Ethan Canin; and "Sleuth," a re-make of the Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine classic. Bailey has produced several projects for television including "Debt," which received a 1996 Cable Ace Award, "Love Test" and "Sports on Tap."

A graduate of Cambridge University, Mike Newell began his career in cinema as a production trainee at Granada Television. His television directing highlights while there include "Ready When You Are Mr. McGill" which earned him a BAFTA nomination and the Emmy-nominated"Blood Feud." Newell's feature film credits include "Dance with a Stranger" winner of the 1985 Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival and"Four Weddings and a Funeral," starring Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell, received Academy® Award and BAFTA nominations for Best Picture, the London Critics' Circle Award for Best British Film of the Year and the Cesar for Best Foreign Film. Newell's work on the film garnered him the British Director of the Year by the London Critics' Circle. Newell's other directing credits include the acclaimed "Donnie Brasco," starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino and the recently released "Pushing Tin," starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett.

Ben Seresin has worked extensively lighting commercials in the UK and Australia. He has worked with such directors as Roger Woodburn, Hugh Johnson, Marek Kanievska, Chris Hartwell, Simon Cheek and Brice Atwell and for companies including Ridley Scott Associates, Kinsman & Company, Redwing, MacLeod & Partners, Limelight Commercials, Paul Weiland Film Company, Propaganda and Film Graphics Productions, among others. For television, Seresin was director of photography on such projects as "The Grimlies"; "Dalziel & Pascoe"; "Go Back the Way You Came In" directed by Mike Barker; "Working Week -- The Keeper"; and "Paso Horses." He has worked as a camera operator on such projects as John Irvin's"Robin Hood" "First Impressions" "Poirot" and "Tank Malling." Seresin's feature film debut was on director Mike Barker's"The James Gang."