MarkCottaVazistheauthorofovertwenty-onebooks,includingfourNewYorkTimesbestsellers.HisrecentworksincludeMythicVision:TheMakingofEragon,TheSpirit:TheMovieVisualCompanion,andthebiographyLivingDangerously:TheAdventuresofMerianC.Cooper,CreatorofKingKong,whichwasaLosAngelesTimesbestseller
JohnLasseterisPixarAnimationStudios'sexecutivevice-presidentofcreativeandthedirectorofToyStory,ABug'sLife,andToyStory2.HemostrecentlyservedastheexecutiveproducerofMonsters,Inc.andFindingNemo,andiscurrentlyexecutiveproducerofTheIncredibles.
AndrewStantonisthewriteranddirectorofFindingNemo.Heservedasco-directorandco-writeronABug'sLife,ledthescreenwritingteamofToyStory2,andhelpedwriteandexecutiveproduceMonsters,Inc.