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Tim Mathiesen

Job Title:
Editor, Music Specialist

DOB: 04/13/1979

Interests:
Music, art, basketball, and my family.

Things that bother you:
Irrationality

Favorite graphic designer:
Joshua Davis - www.joshuadavis.com

If you could take credit for creating one movie:
City of God

Favorite actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
John Tuturro

Worst screenplay:
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Favorite director:
Fernando Mierelles

Favorite music label:
Merge

Top 5 favorite albums by Merge Records:
- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Kill the Moonlight by Spoon
- Funeral by The Arcade Fire
- Source Tags & Codes
    by And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- Gimme Fiction by Spoon

Favorite musician:
Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen)

Favorite band:
Spoon

Top 5 favorite albums of 2006:
- Serena-Maneesh by Serena-Maneesh
- Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
- Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
- Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio
- Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer


   
             
   

 

Joel Mathiesen

Job Title:
Film / Hip-Hop Specialist

DOB: 11/11/1987

Interests:
Sports, friends, music, the female gender, and of course movies

Things that bother you:
- MTV

Favorite sports team:
Chicago Bulls

If you could take credit for creating one movie:
Magnolia

Favorite actor:
Edward Norton,
Kevin Spacey

Worst actor:
Hayden Christianson,
Kevin Costner

Favorite director:
Quentin Tarrantino

Favorite film distribution company: Focus Features

Top 5 favorite movies by Focus Features:
- 21 Grams
- The Constant Gardener
- The Door in the Floor
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Motorcycle Diaries

Favorite musician:
RZA

Favorite band:
Pink Floyd, Radiohead

top 5 hip hop albums of 2006
5. The 5% Album by Lord Jamar
4. Pick A Bigger Weapon by The Coup
3. Game Theory by The Roots
2. Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
1. Audition by P.O.S.


   
             
   

 

Kaare Kvenild

Job Title:
Classic Film / Literature Specialist

DOB: 2/23/1980

Interests:
Movies, music, painting, reading, collecting comic books

Things that bother you:
Stupid people, double standards, liberal and conservative extremists

Favorite sports team:
Minnesota Twins

If you could take credit for creating one movie:
Batman Begins

Favorite actor:
Christian Bale

Worst adaptation of a book:
Steven Spielberg's adaptation of H.G. Welles' "War of the Worlds"

Favorite director:
Alfred Hitchcock

Top 5 movies by
Alfred Hitchcock:

- Psycho
- Marnie
- Rear Window
- I Confess
- The Trouble With Harry

Favorite musician:
Tom Waits

Favorite band:
Starflyer 59

5 favorite albums of 2006:
- Orphans by Tom Waits
- Best Worst-Case Scenario by Fair
- Amercian V by Johnny Cash
- Pearl Jam by Pearl Jam
- Audition by P.O.S.

5 favorite movies of 2006:
- Pan's Labyrinth
- The Prestige
- Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima
- V for Vendetta
- Superman Returns



   
             
   

 

Chad W. Larsen

Job Title:
Assistant Editor, Social Commentary Specialist

DOB: 4/20/1984

Interests:
Watching sports, playing golf, movies, television, trivia

Things you could change about society:
1. Stop being so interested in celebrities' lives
2. No more reality shows
3. No political bumper stickers

Things that bother you:
Bad drivers, dumb comments, unnecessarily-gigantic strollers, sun tan lotion

Favorite sports team:
Green Bay Packers

Actor you never want to see in a movie again:
Brittany Murphy

Favorite actor:
Tom Hanks

Favorite Comedian(s):
Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright, Josh Blue,
Lewis Black, Ron White

Favorite Sports Athlete:
Muhammad Ali

Favorite Sports Writer(s):
Rick Reilly, Bill Simmons, George Plimpton, Mike Lupica

Favorite musician:
Dave Matthews

Top 5 Favorite TV Shows of all-time:
- Friends
- Saved By The Bell
- The Office
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Boy Meets World