Miranda Bailey is a producer, actress and documentary filmmaker. She began her entertainment career as a New York theater actress. She appeared in a number of theatrical stage productions including Borrego, written by Robert Glaudini; The Seagull directed by the head of the Romanian Theatre in Bucarest, Sanda Manu; and The Marathon Years directed by award-winning director Anne Bogart. Some of her television and film credits include roles on FOX's Beyond Belief and the NBC mini-series The 60's. Recently, she co-starred with Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice, Changeling) in the thriller Hindsight which premiered at the 2009 Victoria International Film Festival and for which she won the Best Actress award at the First Glance Philadelphia Film Festival.
Since forming Ambush Entertainment in 2000, Bailey produced the cult hit "Dead & Breakfast" starring Jeremy Sisto, Portia de Rossi and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the 2006 sex comedy "The OH in Ohio", featuring Danny DeVito, Parker Posey and Paul Rudd. She executive produced 2005's award-winning critically acclaimed drama "The Squid and the Whale", written & directed by Noah Baumbach starring Laura Linney & Jeff Daniels, which was a Best Original Screenplay nominee at the 2006 Academy Awards and 2006 Golden Globe for Best Picture (comedy or musical) nominee. Recent films include Wonderful World, starring Mathew Broderick and Sanaa Lathan which was sold to Magnolia for a theatrical release after it's premier at the 2009 Tribecca Film Festival. At Sundance 2009 she executive produced the drama, Against the Current, with Joseph Fiennes, Mary Tyler Moore and Justin Kirk which will be a IFC release.
Upcoming features produced by Miranda include the action comedy "Super" starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page and "Every Day" starring Liev Schriber, Helen Hunt, Carla Gugino and Brian Dennehy premiering at 2010 Tribecca Film Festival. She also executive produced the coming of age fly fishing novel adaption of "The River Why" which premieres at 2010 Dallas International Film Festival.
Miranda made her directorial debut for her documentary GREENLIT which premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. She is currently in pre production on her second documentary feature as a director.
In 2000, Matthew Leutwyler co-founded Ambush Entertainment; a Los Angeles based independent film development and production company, with the philosophy of producing a wide range of original and diverse feature films.
Matthew Leutwyler was born in San Francisco where he studied film at the San Francisco Art Institute. Matthew’s first feature film, the black comedy Road Kill, was produced on a $180,000 budget. The Daily Variety called Road Kill “A breezy entertaining ride...A jaunty trip with a good balance of dark comedy and legitimate drama.” Road Kill premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award for best feature film.
After leaving The Bay Area and moving to Los Angeles, Leutwyler co-founded Ambush Entertainment. His first film for the company was the award winning comedy-horror-musical Dead & Breakfast starring Jeremy Sisto, Erik Palladino, Portia De Rossi, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Ever Carradine. Since then, Ambush has produced 2005's award-winning critically acclaimed drama The Squid and the Whale; the sexually charged comedy The Oh In Ohio starring Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, and Danny DeVito; the sci-fi horror Unearthed; and the comedy Lower Learning with Eva Longoria Parker, Jason Biggs, and Rob Corddry. Recent films include: Against the Current, with Joseph Fiennes, Mary Tyler Moore and Justin Kirk which Premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by IFC Films; the Matthew Broderick and Sanaa Lathan drama Wonderful World, distributed by Magnolia Pictures; and Every Day, written and directed by Richard Levine (Nip/Tuck) and starring Helen Hunt, Liev Schreiber, and Carla Gugino which will make its World Premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. The company’s latest film, the action comedy Super starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, and Kevin Bacon just wrapped production and is expected to be completed in late Spring 2010.
Leutwyler’s latest directorial endeavors include the adaptation of the acclaimed novel The River Why starring William Hurt, Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, and Kathleen Quinlan and the ensemble drama Answers To Nothing, starring Dane Cook, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz, and Barbara Hershey which recently completed principal photography.
Matthew has also been directing short form work including spots for Chevrolet and most recently a Coke Zero commercial that was a cross promotion with the film Avatar.
Outside of his career as a filmmaker, he has worked as a mentor with the Los Angeles based non-profit The Fulfillment Fund, and as an industry professional volunteer working with East Los Angeles youths on short film productions for the Youth Employment Internship Program (YEIP). Leutwyler is repped by Chris Mills at Magnet Management, and attorney David Fox at Myman, Abell, Fineman, Greenspan & Light.
Amanda Marshall has a BA in psychology and grew up in New York where she worked in the education field. After moving to Los Angeles in 2001, she made the switch to entertainment. A Production Executive at Ambush Entertainment, she has co-produced a number of features, including The River Why with Zach Gilford and Amber Heard, Every Day starring Helen Hunt and Liev Schreiber and the upcoming Super with Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page. Most recently she produced the indie drama Answers to Nothing, starring Dane Cook and Elizabeth Mitchell.
Dean grew up in Katonah, NY, and graduated with a BA in Film at Emerson College in 2008. He's worked at Ambush Entertainment since then assisting producers on Ambush feature films such as The River Why starring Zach Gilford and Amber Heard, Every Day starring Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt, Answers to Nothing starring Dane Cook and Elizabeth Mitchell, and their upcoming film, Super starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page.
Most recently, Dean was the associate producer on the documentary, Greenlit.
Dean also produces a webseries, I Am Not Infected in Los Angeles, CA where he currently resides.
