HAT SQUAD 2018 - BEHIND THE SCENES

DIRECTORS

Jacques Lassalle ("Luisa Miller", "Medee", "Dom Juan", "La Locandiera")
Milos Forman ("A Well-Paid Walk", 2 time Best Director Oscar)
Kirk Simon ('Masterclass', 'Coming Out Stories', 'Kindergarten')
Vivian Matalon ('Emergency -Ward 10', 'Rooms', 'Couples')
Nicolas Roeg ('Ghost Squad', 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles')
Bernardo Bertolucci ('La Via Del Petrolio', "L'inchiesta")
Danny Leiner ('The Mind Of The Married Man', 'The Sopranos', 'The Office', 'Arrested Develpment', 'Felicity')


WRITERS

Ursula K. LeGuin ("The Lathe Of Heaven", "The Wizard of Earthsea")
David Fisher ('Doctor Who', 'Crown Court', 'Mogul', 'Orlando')
Cynthia Heimel ('Dear John', 'Kate & Allie')
Steven Bochco ('NYPD Blue', 'Hill Street Blues', 'L.A. Law', 'Doogie Howser', 'Cop Rock')
Andy Lewis ('The Nurses', 'Hudson's Bay', 'Coronet Blue', 'Medical Center', 'The F.B.I.')
Ronald Chesney ('The Rag Trade', 'On The Buses', 'Sorry, I'm Single', 'The Bed-Sit Girl', 'Meet The Wife', 'Take A Letter, Mister Jones')
Reg Gadney ('Kennedy', "Goldeneye", 'Young Indiana Jones Chronicles', 'Forgive Our Foolish Ways', "The Bell")
Shinobu Hashimoto ("Jôiuchi: hairyô zuma shimatsu", "I Want To Be A Shellfish" & "The Seven Samurai" + "Rashomon")
Hugh Whitemore ("The Gathering Storm", "The Best Of Friends", 'Compact', 'My Cousin Rachel' & 'David Copperfield' adaptations)
Clive King ("Good Snakes, Bad Snakes")
Neil Simon ('The Odd Couple', 'Barefoot In The Park', "The Sunshine Boys")
Ray Galton ('Steptoe And Son', 'Hancock's Half Hour', 'Clochermerle', 'Citizen James')
Stephen Hillenburg (creator of 'Spongebob Squarepants')

PRODUCERS

John Dekker (British public affairs producer - 'Tonight', '24 Hours', 'The Money Programme')
Joan Konner ('Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth', 'The Dick Cavett Show', 'In Search of the Constitution', Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism)
Martin Bregman ('The Four Seasons, movie "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon")
Craig Zadan ("Hairspray Live!", "Peter Pan Live!", "Bye Bye Birdie Live!", 'Drop Dead Diva', "Jesus Christ Superstar Live!")
Pamela Lonsdale (producer of 'Rainbow' & other BBC children's shows)
Gary Kurtz ('Friends and Heroes', "Resistance", "5-25-77")


MUSIC

Marlene VerPlanck (jingle queen, sang for Michelob, Campbell's, Nationwide, many more)
John Morris (composer 'Coach', 'The Adams Chronicles', 'Fresno', 'Scarlett', Mel Brooks)
Jóhann Jóhannsson ('Trapped', 'Svartir englar')Bob Dorough ('Schoolhouse Rock')
Patrick Williams ('The Bob Newhart Show', 'Lou Grant', 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd', 'Columbo')
Francis Lai ('Os Deuses Estao Mortos', 'Pig In The Middle')
Galt McDermot (composer - 'Tribeca', music from "Hair" used in many TV shows)
Norman Gimbel (lyricist - 'Laverne & Shirley', 'Happy Days', 'HR Pufnstuff', 'Wonder Woman', 'The Paper Chase')


ANIMATORS

Isao Takahata ('Heidi: A Girl of the Alps', 'Rupan Sensei', 'Jarinko Chie')
Bob Bura (master puppetry animator - 'Camberwick Green', 'Trumpton', 'Chigley', 'Captain Pugwash', 'Frog & Toad')
Peter Firmin (puppeteer, co-creator of 'The Clangers', 'Bagpuss', 'Ivor The Engine', 'Noggin the Nog', 'Pingwing')
Will Vinton (claymation, the Pizza Noid, the California Raisins)

BEHIND THE SCENES

Željko Senečić (Croatian television production designer)
Dame Gillian Lynne (choreographer, 'The Muppet Show', 'De Mike Burstyn Show', 'The Val Doonican Show')
Yvonne Blake (costume designer, "James Dean", "Casanova", "Harem" & "Superman" + "The Three Musketeers")
Monica Sims (BBC Children's Programming, 'NewsRound')
Pedro Jimenez (production assistant, 'Power'