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Selected Crew Bios:

Vivian Wu as May Lin Eng
Born in Shanghai, China, to renowned Chinese actress, Zhu Man Fang and college professor Wu Cheng Ye, Vivian started her hilm career with a series of notable movie and television roles. While completing her high school education, Ms. Wu was chosen by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci for his Oscar-winning epic, THE LAST EMPEROR, to play Wen Xiu. The role marked Ms. Wu's first English speaking engagement. After starring in internationally successful films IRON AND SILK and SHADOW OF CHINA, Ms. Wu moved to Hollywood in 1989 and has appeared and starred in numerous film and television projects. Most notable amongst her many works are: Oliver Stone's HEAVEN AND EARTH, Mabel and Peter Greenaway's Cannes winner THE PILLOWBOOK and 8 AND 1/2 WOMEN. Most recently, Wu produced and starred in her first feature film, SHANGHAI RED, with her husband, Luis Costo, through their company MARdeORO Films.

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Lester (Chit Man) Chan as Frank Eng
Lester Chan was born in Hong Kong, but received his Master of Fine Arts in theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, majoring in acting. Since graduation, Mr. Chan appeared on screen and stage across U.S., Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. Most notable Ang Lee's Oscar nominated film, EAT, DRINK, MAN, WOMAN and COMBINATION PLATTER, which was awarded Critics Award in 1993 Toronto International Film Festival and FAREWELL CHINA, which won a Golden Horse Award in Taiwan. Beyond acting, Mr. Chan also directs, writes and teaches. His directorial credits include: A LOVE OF 50 YEARS (which he also wrote and acted), TEN BRAVE PASSIONATE MONOLOGS (a multimedia show of monologs and images), DESIRING BELLY BUTTON (an original surrealistic musical), and DANGEROUS CORNER (a one-man show written and performed by him). He is the editor and co-author of a monolog collection WORKIN'.

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Phoebe Jo Jo Kut as Eve Eng
Phoebe Kut was a film neophyte when she was cast as Eve in EVE & THE FIRE HORSE. At nine years old - and no prior acting experience - she portrayed the imaginative and slightly precocious youngster like a duck to water, after auditioning on a whim while accompanying her sister to the open call.

"I want to do more, but I'm not in any hurry. I don't go out to auditions or anything, but if the right role is offered I'd be very excited to keep acting."

So far, she has appeared in one other project: a television series called GODIVA'S by director Gary Harvey for CHUM Television. Phoebe's various accomplishments include the "Got Most Rhythm" baby award at four years old, and several first place awards in poetry reciting and drawing. In fact, her exceptional artwork was used as set decoration for the firls'bedroom in the film. Phoebe's extracirricular activities include track and field, debating, choir, piano and Chinese drawing.

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Hollie Lo as Karena Eng
Hollie Lo is thrilled with her acting debut in EVE & THE FIRE HORSE and can't wait to have the chance to dip her feet into the film-making pond again soon.

"I made a lot of friends and really enjoyed the whole experience. My friends were really interested too, but they still treat me the same, which is great. They asked a lot of questions when I got back to school in the fall, I think it was fun for all of us"

Her experience being cast wasn't unlike her co-star Phoebe Kut's.

"When I auditioned for Eve it was just for fun - a friend made me go with her. I was shocked when I got it. Now that I know how much fun it is, I'd like to do more!"

Hollie's favourite subject in school is art and she is in Grade 4 in piano.

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Erik Paulsson – Producer
Red Storm Productions
Erik Paulsson is an award-winning producer / director of documentaries and feature films. He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre for advance film study as well as Concordia University’s undergraduate film program.

In 1999, Erik founded his company Red Storm Productions. Under the banner of Red Storm, Erik has produced five films to date; EVE & THE FIRE HORSE (2005), ARMY OF ONE (2003), SAY I DO (2002), PROTECTION (2000), and ISLAND OF SHADOWS (2000). His most recent film EVE & THE FIREHORSE premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and won the audience award for most popular film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

His more recent documentary, ARMY OF ONE, won Best Canadian Feature Documentary at Hot Docs, and was released theatrically across Canada in the spring of 2004. The doc was produced for the BBC and CBC and was broadcast in the U.S. on the Discovery Times Network.

ISLAND OF SHADOWS, a one hour documentary produced for CTV, won a Gemini Award and three Leo Awards including Best Director for Erik’s directiorial work. PROTECTION is the multiple award-winning theatrical feature directed by Bruce Spangler. Among its many accolades include the Vancouver Film Critics Award for Best Canadian Indie Feature, Best First Feature at the Victoria Film Festival, and the Silver Platter at the Figueira da Foz Film Festival in Portugal. SAY I DO, a one hour documentary produced for CTV, premiered at Hot Docs in 2003. Erik has recently launched his distribution company Red Storm Releasing which will be releasing both Eve & the Fire Horse and Army of One in the United States in 2007.

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Shan Tam – Producer
Holiday Pictures
Born in Hong Kong and living in Canada, producer Shan Tam has been active in film and television on both sides of the Pacific for two decades. Her work has earned her multiple awards and numerous nominations. .

Tam recently produced Julia Kwan’s inaugural feature, Eve and the Fire Horse, which was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Following its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, it has gone on to win the Most Popular Canadian Feature at the Vancouver Int’l Film Festival as well as a number of international awards. The film also received five 2007 Genie Award® nominations and won the Claude Jutra Award for director Julia Kwan.

A solid working relationship with Asian producers afforded Tam the opportunity to produce the first feature co-production between Canada and Hong Kong with Young Offenders in 1993. She also produced the second co-production between the two nations with the feature Lunch With Charles. The film garnered a Genie Award® (Canadian Oscars) nomination and won three Leo Awards (awarding excellence in film and television for projects produced in British Columbia). For producing the one-hour documentary Made In China, Tam was the recipient of the Canada Award at the 16th annual Gemini Awards® (Canadian Emmys). She also recently produced the documentaries Call It Karma and Hong Kong Express, both shot primarily in Asia.

Tam has further expanded her production experience in one of the fastest growing regions - China. She has produced two mini-series for Hallmark Entertainment, Son of the Dragon and Marco Polo. Both productions were shot entirely in Mainland China with a large international crew and cast including David Carradine, Brian Dennehy and Ian Somerhalder.

Over the years, Tam has line produced a number of international film productions including Uwe Boll’s upcoming epic fantasy In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale featuring Jason Statham Burt Reynolds and Ray Liotta; Jackie Chan’s blockbuster movie Rumble In The Bronx; and Andy Lau’s Savior Of The Soul II. She has worked with such acclaimed film talent as Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Yuen Wo-Ping and Cory Yuen. Her projects have taken her to numerous countries in Europe, Asia, North and Central America.

Tam continues to promote film cultures across the Pacific. She was on the advisory committee for Telefilm Canada in 1998 and continues with BC Film to develop Canada Asia co-productions. In 1999, she organized a Canadian Film Showcase which sold-out at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Tam co-organized two national tours of the Chinese Film Festival and served as a committee member for the Chinese Cultural Centre organizing their annual film festival.

Ms Tam served as a board member for the Women In Film and Video Vancouver in 2000. She is currently a board member for the Vancouver Film and Television Artist Society that represents more than 300 Asian-Canadian filmmakers. Ms Tam is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English with a dual citizenship in Canada and Hong Kong.

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Yves J. Ma – Producer
Firelight CineMa
Yves J. Ma studied dramatics at the University of British Columbia, film production at the Vancouver Film School, earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and English Literature from the University of Concordia and completed the Entrepreneurial Business Program from Langara College.

He has been part of the Canadian film industry since 1994 when he served as Associate Producer on the feature film, Obstruction of Justice, and has since worked in multiple capacities including, production manager, location manager, assistant director, studio floor director, writer, director and producer on numerous productions from Montreal to Vancouver including award-winning television programs and international co-productions.

In 2002, Yves founded the production company, Firelight CineMa, and has recently produced the feature film, Eve & the Fire Horse, directed by Julia Kwan, which had its world premier at the Toronto Int’l Film Festival, won the Audience Award at the Vancouver Int’l Film Festival and was invited into official competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. Another recent project includes producing the CBC-nationally broadcast documentary, Symphony of Silence, which was nominated for Best Performing Arts Documentary at the British Columbia Leo Awards and won the Merit Award at the 2007 XXVII Superfest Int’l Film Festival in Berkley, California.

Yves is the recipient of producer fellowships from both the National Film Board and from British Columbia Film, in addition to also being awarded with a CTV Fellowship at the Banff International Television Festival. He is furthermore an alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus in Germany where he attended as a producer and has also served as a mentor in Ontario and British Columbia for young professionals entering the film industry.

In 2005, Yves was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Best Media/Entertainment Company given by Service Canada and the British Columbia Entrepreneur Association.

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ORIGINAL MUSIC BY: Mychael Danna & Rob Simonsen

MYCHAEL DANNA
Composer

Mychael Danna has been scoring films since his 1987 feature debut for Atom Egoyan's FAMILY VIEWING, a score which earned Danna the first of his eleven Canadian film award nominations. Mychael is recognized as one of the pioneers of combining non-Western sound sources with orchestral and electronic minimalism in the world of film music. This reputation has led him to work with such acclaimed directors as Atom Egoyan, Scott Hicks, Ang Lee, Gillies MacKinnon, James Mangold, Mira Nair and Joel Schumacher.

He studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning there the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985. Mychael also served for five years as composer-in-residence at the McLaughlin Planetarium in Toronto (1987-1992). Works for dance include music for Dead Souls (Carbone Quatorze Dance Company, directed by Gilles Maheu 1996), and a score for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Gita Govinda (2001) based on the 1000-year-old classical Indian erotic poem, with choreographer Nina Menon.

Selected projects include Ang Lee’s THE ICE STORM (Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline), Mira Nair's MONSOON WEDDING and VANITY FAIR (Reese Witherspoon), CAPOTE, Istvan Szabo's BEING JULIA (Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons), and Atom Egoyan’s ARARAT. Mychael recently completed work on Deepa Mehta's WATER and Atom Egoyan's WHERE THE TRUTH LIES.

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Mary-Ann Liu
Production Designer

Born in Hong Kong, Mary-Ann Liu is a sculptor, graphic designer and production designer now living in Vancouver, B.C. After graduating with top honours at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Mary-Ann began to work in the local film industry as a graphic designer, art director and production designer. Ms. Liu has worked as a graphic designer on the television series, James Cameron’s DARK ANGEL, John Woo’s LOST IN SPACE and JOHN DOE. Her feature film credits as production designer/art director include Stanley Tong’s RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, ENEMY AMONGST US, NEW YORK TEMPEST, and David Tamagi’s PAPER MOON AFFAIR. Her latest feature as a production designer is Julia Kwan’s Eve & the Fire Horse. Ms. Liu is also an award-winning sculptor and created the dragon sculptures in Vancouver’s Chinatown as well as the monument, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is prominently displayed in the nation’s capital.

Ms. Liu was immediately drawn to the project, Eve & the Fire Horse. She states, “Upon reading the script of E&FH, I was excited from a very personal point of view. Having grown up in Vancouver in the seventies as was described in the script, I felt that the story was one of MY people. Rarely would I have a chance to work on a story so intimate to my own culture and environment. I wanted to give poignancy and dignity to the people portrayed and I wanted to give credence and warmth to the world that the characters live in. Most of all I wanted to help tell the story of a time and place that was innocent and loving.”

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Nicolas Bolduc
Director of Photography

Nicolas Bolduc is an award-winning cinematographer/director living in Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from the film program at Concordia University, he immediately began his career shooting music videos for artists based in Montreal and France. Bolduc’s bold visual style and sensibility became sought after in the commercial world, where he was soon hired to shoot as well as direct numerous spots for Quebec and international television. In 1999, Bolduc shot his first feature, L’INVENTION DE L’AMOUR, directed by Claude Demers. The film went on to win the Grand Prix des Amerique at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2000.

In 2003, Bolduc lensed Sebastien Rose’s debut feature film, COMMENT MA MERE ACCOUCHA DE MOI DURANT SA MENOPAUSE. The film received a 2004 Genie nomination for best screenplay, a Genie win for Micheline Lanctot for best performance by a lead actress and the prestigious Claude Jutra award for best first feature. Bolduc worked with Micheline Lanctot once again when he shot her feature film, LE PIEGE D’ISSOUDUN. As well, he continued his collaboration with Sebastien Rose and shot his second feature film, LE VIE AVEC MON PERE, in 2004. Most recently, Bolduc was director of photography on Julia Kwan’s debut feature, EVE & THE FIRE HORSE. This film marks Bolduc’s first feature film shot in English Canada.

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Michael Brockington
Editor

Michael Brockington has been a film and video editor since 1995, working on material ranging from short dramas to indie features, documentaries and performance videos. Highlights include the feature films ON THE CORNER, by Nathaniel Geary which received many awards including a special jury prize at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Int’l Film Festival and Bruce Spangler’s Genie-nominated film, PROTECTION. Brockington also edited the second season of the television series ALIENATED, the dance films 6 POSSIBILITIES and SUBWAYS; and Erik Paulsson’s Leo award-winning documentary ISLAND OF SHADOWS. In addition to editing, Michael has written and directed a handful of short films, and has published fiction and articles in various magazines and newspapers. Michael is a graduate of the film production program at Simon Fraser University, where he also worked for a number of years as a research assistant in the field of computer vision.

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