Director GREGORY NAVA most recently directed the critically praised "Selena," which was distributed by Warner Bros. and starred Jennifer Lopez. "Selena" earned the 1998 Alma and Imagen Awards, both for Best Picture. In 1997, Nava was honored with the Vision Award and in 1996, he won the Angel Award from the Bi-lingual Foundation for the Arts, both for his filmic achievements to date. Nava wrote and directed the multi-generational feature film "My Family/Mi Familia," starring Jimmy Smits and Edward James Olmos, and co-wrote and directed the Academy Award-nominated drama "El Norte," about two young Guatemalan refugees fleeing to reach the American border. In 1987, Nava directed the feature film "A Time of Destiny," starring William Hurt and Timothy Hutton, and in 1973, he wrote, produced and directed "The Confessions of Aman," which won the 1976 Best Feature Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Nava was born in San Diego and attended UCLA Film School, where his half-hour film based on the life of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, entitled "The Journal of Diego Rodrigues Silva," was named Best Dramatic Film at the National Student Film Festival. Producer PAUL HALL previously produced John Singleton's "Higher Learning." Prior to producing feature films, Hall had a long career in television, working for all three major networks. He also created and produced the Fox network television series "Sightings" and "Encounters." In 1990, Hall founded The Berkeley Group, a Los Angeles-based television production company which produced a wide variety of innovative programming, from prime-time television special to network weekly series and long-form documentaries. Producer STEPHEN NEMETH, who heads Rhino Films, produced "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," directed by Terry Gilliam, as well as the upcoming "Bad Manners," starring David Strathairn, Bonnie Bedelia, Julie Harris and Saul Rubinek.. Prior to this, he executive produced Rhino's first film, the comedic spoof "Plump Fiction," and also served as an executive producer on "Denise Calls Up," "Digging to China" and many others. Executive Producer MARK ALLAN co-produced the features "Steel," which starred Shaquille O'Neal, and "The Little Rascals." For television, he co-produced the Emmy-nominated miniseries "Drug Wars" and "The Intruders," and the Emmy-nominated movie-of-the-week "Gangs," and produced the Fox comedy series "Danger Theater" and the telefilm "Suddenly." Executive Producer HAROLD BRONSON is Managing Director of Rhino Entertainment where, for more than two decades, he has been instrumental in plotting the course of the unique identity of the Rhino music and video label. A graduate of UCLA, where he reviewed music and performed in a band, Bronson partnered with Richard Foos in the founding of Rhino Records soon afterward. Since then he has helped build the company into a leading archive of popular culture and music that has released thousands of hours of classic R&B, funk, `70s rock, TV themes and Grammy-nominated boxed sets of artists such as Ray Charles. Screenwriter TINA ANDREWS makes her credited writing debut with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," a script she began writing 15 years ago. Since then, she was an uncredited contributor to the film "Soul Food" and is currently working on four projects: the screenplay for "Dreamgirls," which will be directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by David Geffen; "Trauma," a thriller set to star Angela Bassett; the screenplay for "Good Hair," adapted from Benilda Little's book, on which Andrews will also make her directing debut; and an untitled project starring teen singing/acting star Brandy. A native of Chicago, Andrews attended New York University and began an acting career after being discovered by Martin Ritt and cast in "Conrack" opposite Jon Voight and Hume Cronyn. She then spent five years in the cast of "Days of Our Lives" as part of the first interracial couple on television. Andrews began writing for the screen after leaving the daytime drama. Director of Photography EDWARD LACHMAN, A.S.C. collaborated with Gregory Nava on both "Selena" and "Mi Familia." Lachman's additional film credits include "Light Sleeper," "Mississippi Masala," "Less Than Zero," "Desperately Seeking Susan" "Dark Blood," "My New Gun," "Light Sleeper," "London Kills Me," "Backtrack," "Making Mr. Right," "True Stories," "The Lords of Flatbush" and, as co-cinematographer, Bernardo Bertolucci's "La Luna." Production Designer CARY WHITE designed the eye-catching look of Gregory Nava's "Selena," as well as such other projects as "Gettysburg," "The Hot Spot," "White Fang II" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II." White's television credits include "Ruby Ridge," "Son of the Morning Star," "Crazy Horse," "She Fought Alone," "Willie Nelson's New Year's Eve Party" and "But It's Not My Fault." He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for the ABC After School Special "Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy" and earned Emmy nominations for the telefilms "Buffalo Girls" and "Lonesome Dove." Editor NANCY RICHARDSON previously edited Gregory Nava's "Selena" and "Mi Familia." A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles Film School, she has been a feature-film editor for 10 years. Among her other credits are "Stand and Deliver," "To Sleep With Anger," "Money for Nothing," "Homecoming" and "White Man's Burden." As assistant editor, Richardson worked on "A Rage in Harlem" and "Sid and Nancy." When her schedule permits, Richardson teaches editing at UCLA graduate film school. She recently has been an advisor at the Sundance Film Lab. Composer STEPHEN JAMES TAYLOR is known for his fusion of blues, gospel, African tribal music and classical counterpoint into lyrical film scores. Among his credits are four films directed by Charles Burnett: "The Wedding," "To Sleep With Anger," "The Glass Shield" and the cable film "Nightjohn," as well as music for the acclaimed TV series "I'll Fly Away" and "Under One Roof," the PBS telefilm "Brother Future" and the CBS telefilm of August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson." About the production...