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Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and raised in Rockwood, Tennessee to Gloria Darlene Tonachio (née Cisson), a real estate manager and Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. She began her drama and dance training at age 5 and at age 10, she moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida where she continued her training and finished school. Megan began acting and modeling at age 13 after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina. At age 17, she tested out of school using correspondence and eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. Megan made her film debut as Brianna Wallace in the Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen film, Holiday in the Sun (2001). Her best-known roles are as Sam Witwicky's love interest, Mikaela Banes in Transformers (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), as April O'Neil in the remake Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), and as Jennifer Check in the horror comedy Jennifer's Body (2009).

Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Elaine Hendrix spent her early years in nearby Knoxville and Morristown. At 15 she moved with her divorced mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended the Northside School of Performing Arts. She started her professional career as a dancer and model but gave up dance after she was hit by a car while bicycling. She officially moved to Los Angeles in 1992 and had an agent within a month. She worked her way from commercials to TV guest shots to a starring role on the 1995 Fox revival of Get Smart (1995) to features. A member of Women in Film, Women in Theatre and Women of Los Angeles, Hendrix has written a short film that she plans to direct at the end of 1999/beginning of 2000 (as soon as she can take a break from her acting schedule). She has two birds and two turtles and in September 1999 added a dog named Tiloc to her family.

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time ($135,600,000) and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide.

He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16, 1964 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Laurette Ann (McGovern) and Victor Vincent Verbinski, a nuclear physicist who worked at the Oak Ridge Lab. His paternal grandparents were Polish. In 1967, the family moved to California, and young Gregor grew up near San Diego. His biggest influences as a kid were Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. He started his professional career as a guitarist for punk-rock bands, such as The Daredevils and The Little Kings, and also made his first films together with friends. After having developed a passion for filmmaking, he sold his guitar to buy a Super-8mm camera. Then Verbinski attended the prestigious UCLA Film School, from which he graduated in 1987 with his BFA in Film. His first professional directing jobs were music videos for alternative bands, such as L7, Bad Religion, and Monster Magnet. Then he moved to advertising and directed commercials for Nike, Canon, Skittles, United airlines and Coca-Cola. In 1993 he created the renowned Budweiser advertising campaign featuring croaking frogs, for which he was awarded the advertising Silver Lion at Cannes and also received four Clio Awards.

Verbinski made his feature directorial debut with Mousehunt (1997), a remarkably visual cartoonish family comedy. His next effort, The Mexican (2001), came to a modest result. However, Verbinski bounced back with a hit thriller The Ring (2002), grossing over $230 million dollars worldwide. His biggest directorial success came with the Disney theme park ride based Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a brilliant acting ensemble, grossing over $650 million dollars, and bringing five Oscar nominations and many other awards and nominations. Disney ordered two more films which Verbinski shot one after another on location in the Caribbean islands, for which he had to endure both tetanus and typhoid immunization shots. After having survived several hurricanes, dealing with sick and injured actors, and troubleshooting after numerous technical difficulties of the epic-scale project, Verbinski delivered. He employed the same stellar cast in the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

Gore Verbinski does not like publicity. He has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife and his two sons. He resides with his family in Los Angeles, California.

At 19 Adam got his start in feature film making early with his directorial debut Home Sick, a slasher horror film starring Bill Moseley and Tom Toweles. However it was his second effort at 24 years old with the film Pop Skull that garnered him a talent to watch. Made for a budget of around 2000 dollars he managed to capture the attention of French Distribution company The Wild Bunch. The film went on to premiere at the prestigious Rome Film Festival and the American Film Institute Film Festival. His dark and sometimes abrasive directing/editing style has been compared to directors such as David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, and Shinya Tsukamoto.

Richard White was born on 4 August 1953 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), House of Mouse (2001) and Great Performances (1971). He was previously married to Sharon Halley.

Nate was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee but spent most of his upbringing in Northern California. He attended both Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA and graduated from Valley Christian High School in Dublin, CA. After volunteering as a relief worker in Sudan, where he helped build camps for refugees of the War in Darfur, Nate joined the U.S. Army. Nate joined as an 18X, which gave him the opportunity to attempt Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) immediately following basic combat training and airborne school. He went on to join the Special Forces (Green Berets), deployed multiple times to both Iraq and Afghanistan and was honorably discharged after six years of service.

Arthur J. "Art" Miller, Jr. is the production industry's most experienced and safest Railroad Coordinator and railroad locations and equipment scout. For almost 35 years, Miller has blended expert railroad operations, safety management and production skills on the road to completing 75+ production projects with a perfect safety record.

In September 2019, Miller celebrated more than 30 years in railroad management, including more than a decade as a senior Company Officer overseeing safety, training, qualification and certification, and regulatory compliance programs for short line and regional railroads. His railroad journey has taken him across the United States, working in the Texas and New Mexico oilfields during the petroleum boom earlier this decade...establishing a commuter passenger service in New York State...managing the re-emergence of a pair of railroads in the rugged Arizona copper fields...and developing rail industry safety and training programs that are now industry standards.

When the Sarah Jones/Midnight Rider tragedy struck in 2014, Art became a leading voice for enhanced safety on railroad locations. Miller was honored to be selected by the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) and the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) to develop and present rail safety programs.

Miller is a certified Engineer; DSLE (Designated Supervisor of Locomotive Engineers); a Locomotive Engineer and Conductor Instructor; an experienced railroad safety rules and operating practices instructor; and an expert in HazMat and First Responder (Fire/EMS/Law Enforcement) emergency incident response procedures.

Miller's railroad seniority dates to the Tennessee Central Railway in 1967. His previous professional experience includes TV news reporter/anchor; Congressional Press Secretary, based in Washington, DC; law enforcement; U.S. Railway Association rail operations and marketing analyst; and short line/regional railroad marketing and government relations manager.

He has given testimony and made presentations to numerous panels of the National Transportation Safety Board, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, and insurance underwriters associations.

His resume also features: +++ A perfect safety record in Rail Operations and in Production Project Management (no accidents, injuries, incidents or "FRA 'reportables.'"

+++ Extensive U.S. and international logistics consulting experience for railroads; motor carriers; inland/deep-water ports; economic development agencies; and attorneys/economic consulting firms.

+++ Expert witness in railroad operations and safety; Accident/Incident investigation (advanced/technical; multi modal logistics and carrier economics; and international trade.

Jason Benjamin is an award-winning American actor and stuntman. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

He is a retired fire captain. He was a professional wrestler during the 1990's until an injury ended his career. He works steadily as an actor, stuntman and stunt coordinator. He also works regularly as a set medic and water safety.

Originally from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Bing spent his formative years in the nearby city of Knoxville. He began his career acting in true crime reenactment shows such as "Snapped" and "Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda" and in commercials for clients such as Verizon and Bose. Bing is best known for his appearances in Marvel's "Black Panther" and the first 2 seasons of the Netflix series, "Outer Banks".

Kathy Johnson was born on 13 September 1959 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Breaking Free (1995), American Anthem (1986) and Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997). She has been married to Brian Patrick Clarke since 27 May 1995. They have two children.

Born Christopher Goad raised in Scott County TN. Chris started his professional career in1997 as a law enforcement officer. Since then he has worked at many different positions including private security for NNSA and as an overseas private security contractor. This enabled him to receive extensive training over the course of 20+years related to his profession. Chris started acting in (2016) after obtaining an agent & started taking acting Classes in (2017) when his agent pushed him to take acting more seriously. He has since appeared in TV, film, commercials & has worked on the production side of filming.

Curtis Clark, ASC was born to Curtis Lubin Clark, Sr. and Maxine Harris Clark in Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1946; his younger brother is Reginald Clark.

Clark was raised in Texas, and studied theater directing and drama at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago, and also studied cinematography at the London Film School. After graduation, he began his career by shooting numerous documentary and experimental films in England before transitioning to shooting feature films. His most notable documentary films as director include "Cruisin'" (1977), British Hustle (1978), "Shut Down" (1978), and Blue Suede Shoes (1980).

Clark's narrative feature film cinematography credits include such critically acclaimed films as The Draughtsman's Contract (1982); Dominick and Eugene (1988); Alamo Bay (1985); Extremities (1986), Triumph of the Spirit (1989) and Talent for the Game (1991). He started shooting television commercials in the early 1990s, which put him on the forefront of the digital/film frontier. He has continued adding to his many commercial credits working as cinematographer (as well as director), working with cutting-edge directors and ad agencies. Following on the success of his narrative short film, "The Arrival", which he wrote, photographed and directed, Clark more recently completed his highly praised narrative short film, "Eldorado", which he also wrote, directed, and photographed using Sony's innovative F65 4K digital motion picture camera.

Clark has just completed his latest dramatic narrative short film for Netflix: Meridian (2016), which he directed and co-wrote with James H. Brown. Clark is a Board of Governors member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and is chairman of the ASC Technology Committee, an important motion picture industry forum that both investigates and influences the development of emerging digital imaging technologies that impact creative filmmaking practice. Amongst its multiple initiatives, the ASC Technology Committee, at Clark's instigation, embarked on the development of a groundbreaking project to create cross platform data exchange for primary RGB digital color grading, referred to as the ASC CDL (Color Decision List). Broad based Industry acceptance and implementation of the ASC CDL is now well advanced and has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a prestigious 2012 Prime Time EMMY Engineering Award.

Also prominent among the ASC Technology Committee's achievements during Clark's tenure as chairman was the groundbreaking 2009 ASC-PGA (Producers Guild of America) Camera Assessment Series (CAS) which evaluated the performance of seven digital cinematography cameras compared with film. The ASC-PGA recently completed their follow-up 2012 Image Control Assessment Series (ICAS), designed to assess the ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) workflow performance of five frequently used digital cinematography cameras compared with 35mm film. Clark and the ASC Technology Committee have been active participants in the development and implementation of the innovative new Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences color management architecture known as ACES (Academy Color Encoding System). ACES has also been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a prestigious 2012 Prime Time EMMY Engineering Award.

Clark is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the Directors Guild of America.

Born in Oak Ridge Tennessee, Joel moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of nine. There he learned the cruel truth about accents and began to hone his own ability to mimic them which has come in handy on several movie sets. He currently lives in Encino with his wife Cher and sons Levon and Cameron. When not acting, Joel sings at the finest clubs and honky-tonks in Los Angeles.

Nicholas Lanier was born on 1 October 1974 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and casting director, known for The World's Fastest Indian (2005), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Hit Parade (2010).

Tom Stoviak was born on 5 October 1957 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for She's Out of My League (2010), The Mothman Prophecies (2002) and Unstoppable (2010).

Albert J. Wong was born on 21 May 1970 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Pushing Daisies (2007), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Step One Breathe (2011).

Jason Parrott was born on 18 June 1983 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Journey to Planet Earth (2003), Weird, True & Freaky (2008) and Echoes of Innocence (2005).

Clay Goodpasture was born on 1 March 1982 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for Steve Gadlin's Star Makers (2013), Baby Time Share (2005) and The Pitch Show (2014).

Mike Caldwell was born on 31 August 1971 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, but has lived in Wartburg, TN almost his entire life. After high school Jon started working on the independent wrestling circuit as a booker, writer, on-screen manager, and occasionally even a wrestler. In addition to working the professional wrestling scene, Jon has also hosted a horror-oriented news show called "After Midnight" on a community access channel in Huntsville, TN.

James E. Guy was born on 2 May 1981 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Two Steps Behind (2012), Locked Inside (2013) and Sins and Secrets (2011).

Rocky Remine was born on 24 September 1979 in Oak Ridge Tennessee. He was an actor, known for A Beautiful Mind... of a Gladiator (2004). He died on 12 June 2021 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Don G. Campbell was born in 1956 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for October Sky (1999), No Time to Run (2020) and Murder Chose Me (2017).