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PRODUCTION BIOS
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PAUL A. KAUFMAN (Executive Producer/ Director)
PAUL RAUCH (Executive Producer)
RODNEY VACCARO (Screewriter/ Co-Producer)
THOM BEST (Director of Photography)
VLASTA SVOBODA (Production Designer)
MICHAEL HARRIS (Costume Designer)
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL A. KAUFMANmakes his directorial debut on "Run the Wild Fields" following an eight-year career of trying to convince people to make the film.
Born He began his career at eighteen, in the
entertainment industry as a "Go-Between" messenger. Zooming around town, having to get the package there on-time, Kaufman felt the "team rush" of the movie business. He also learned a few
tricks, like how to get on a studio lot, by going to the messenger gate. Although, he loved the daily grind of being a messenger and making $135 a week, Kaufman moved on to higher ground, as a production
assistant. His first job was working a "Mighty Dog" commercial. He was responsible for opening the dog food and filling the dog's bowls between takes. Between gigs, Kaufman would visit all of the
studios and went from set to set, watching. Kaufman then took a job as an assistant agent at The Agency. A year later he left to open his own personal management company.
At 19, he was working from his parents home. Paul soon signed and managed Josh Brolin, Michael Richards, Esai Morales and many other actors. Kaufman, wanted to understand his acting clients, so he
studied acting with Anthony Abeson, a teacher from The Actor's Studio in New York. After seven years of management, Paul realized he was getting further from his directing dream and left being a manager.
He realized that he would be able to reach his dream through producing. He subsequently produced 30 episodes of "Harvey Shine Presents", a comedy series for SHOWTIME. He then went on to
produce and direct 11 episodes of his own documentary series, Hollywood Anthologies, also for SHOWTIME, for which he won the Gold Award at the Houston Film Festival.
He then produced the short film Lift, starring Richard Benjamin and Fisher Stevens, which won multiple awards including Best Short Film at the Houston, Algarves and Washington Film Festivals.
While looking for special material to direct, Paul read RUN THE WILD FIELDS. He knew it would be his first film, but he didn't know it would take him eight years to get made.
Kaufman found a niche in television movies and his company THE KAUFMAN COMPNAY produced four movies for CBS including "The Disappearance of Vonnie", "Dangerous Intentions", the critically
acclaimed "A Promise to Carolyn" and "Co-ed Call Girl". Kaufman then produced the feature film, "Lover's Knot", starring Bill
Campbell, Jennifer Grey, Adam Baldwin and Tim Curry. He also wrote and produced the television movies "Thirst"for NBC and most recently, "Emma's Wish" for CBS.
Finally, in 1999, Showtime read "Run the Wild Fields" and put it into production and Kaufman realized his dream to direct. He is an accomplished author, having written his first non-fiction
book, Max Factor's Hollywood, published by General Publishing Group. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son and daughter.
in London, England, Kaufman knew he wanted to direct at the
age of eight, when he got his hands on his father's 8mm Kodak "Brownie". A year later, in 1974 he moved to Los Angeles.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PAUL RAUCH is the executive producer of
the long-running CBS daytime drama, Guiding Light. In addition, he was executive producer on the primetime television projects 919 Fifth Avenue, a two-hour television pilot for CBS; Up Against It and On t Rauch started his career as an actor after studying at
the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He later worked in a variety of capacities for CBS in New York before joining Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. in 1960 as supervisor of Guiding Light, As the World Turns
and The Edge of Night. He returned to CBS in 1970 and became vice president, Programs - East Coast. In 1972, he was named executive producer of Another World, a position he held for 11
years. Under his leadership, the series received an Emmy Award for Best Show in 1975-76, as well as three other nominations. In 1980, he produced and co-created NBC's Texas and became executive
producer of the Emmy-nominated First Ladies Diaries, an NBC Special. After developing projects for 20th Century Fox and CBS he returned to daytime television as executive producer of ABC's One
Life to Live from 1984-1991, followed by two years as executive producer of Santa Barbara for NBC from 1991-1993.
he Boardwalk, two drama series for the USA Network and Fox Television, in association with Columbia Tri-Star. His
feature film, Lover's Knot, a romantic comedy starring Tim Curry and Jennifer Grey, has been sold for worldwide theatrical, video and television distribution.
SCREENWRITER/CO-PRODUCER RODNEY VACCARO has written
the original scripts for the feature films Stand By, produced by Gary Foster and directed by Mark Steven Johnson for Walt
Vaccaro began his career as a stage director, actor and playwright. As a director, he earned plaudits for his direction of operas, musicals
and plays including "Cosi Fan Tutti," "Tosca;" "La Boheme;" "Evita," Jesus Christ Superstar," "Godspell," "Sweeney Todd" "Sunday In the
Park with George, " "American Buffalo," "Glengarry Glenn Ross" and "Speed the Plow" among others. He has acted in several stage
productions and was a founding member of Grand Rapids Actors Theatre, a prestigious Michigan landmark where his play, "Home of the Brave" debuted.
Vaccaro switched careers mid-stream when he moved to Los Angeles in 1990, where, during the first year he wrote twelve scripts, five of which were optioned.
He holds degrees in Philosophy and Applied Music from Western Michigan University. Vaccaro studied acting and directing at the Chekov Schoool in New York and playwrighting with Michael Stewart
in France. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Joan and their two daughters. 
Disney Pictures;
Three to Tango, starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell and Dylan McDermott directed by Damon Santostefano for Warner Bros.; The Holiday Season, also for Warner; Bros.; The Dreaming Place with
Michael Cimino for Trimark Pictures in addition to adapting Four of Us from Elizabeth Swados' novel. His television credits include the pilot, The Last Real Cop for Fox Television.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY THOM BEST most recently worked as the cinematographer on th Born in Morden, Manitoba, Best graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1989
with a Diploma of Applied Arts. He honed his skills as a director of photography on at least 25 music videos, earning a 1993 AMPIA Best Cinematography nomination for the music video, The Post and a
second AMPIA nomination for the dramatic short, Half Nelson. Among his other credentials are a number of commercials, several documentaries and three 16-mm
productions, The Inner Voice, Murder at the Wayside and 976.
e feature film Grizzly Falls, starring Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Oliver Tobias and Daniel Clark directed by Stewart Raffill, and the CBC
television movie One Heart Broken Into Song, directed by Clement Virgo. Among his other film credits are The Boys Club, directed by John Fawcett for Alliance Communications; Hidden Agenda,
directed by Iain Patterson, also for Alliance and the telefilm, Seeds of Doubt, directed by Peter Foldy.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER VLASTA SVOBODA has worked as the Art Director on such feature films as To Die For, True Colors, Woo, A
Cool Dry Place, Three To Tango and Gossip. Among her television movies are Young At Heart, Friends at Last, The Boys Next Door, The Reef, and Trilogy of Terror II as well as the series The Scales of
Justice, and Dracula. She worked as production designer on the series Catwalk, on the Millenium episode, The Gift of the Magic, CBC TV's Krazy House, and the Games of XXIII Olympiad.
Born in Czechoslovakia, where she received a Masters in Scenography from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Svoboda moved to Vienna in 1973 where she completed a season
with the Vienna State Opera as Costume Designer and Painter. She joined The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1973 and for the next ten years, she worked on a variety of programs from News,
Children, Variety shows to full-length dramas and series. In 1985, Svoboda became a freelance Art Director/Production Designer.
COSTUME DESIGNER MICHAEL HARRIS
Run the Wild Fields marks his fourth telefilm for SHOWTIME. The others include Marciano; Aldrich Ames: America Betrayed and Thanks of a Grateful Nation. Most recently he completed the period picture The Crossing
for Columbia-Tri-Star/A&E. Among his other television movies are Atom Egoyan's Gross Misconduct and the docu-dramas Giant Mine, Dangerous Offender, The Scales of Justice and The Diary of Evelyn
Lau. His episodic television credits include Little Men, Fast Track and Street Legal among others. Prior to working as an independent, Harris worked as costume
designer from 1989 to 1997 for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation where he became an assistant costume designer in 1977. Previously he designed for stage productions after graduating
from York University in 1974 with an Honours B.A.
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