Filmmaker Bios
   
 
 
Hidetoshi Oneda, writer/director
After graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he joined Japanese advertising giant Dentsu, Inc., in 1992. He began as a print ad Art Director, but after winning the Grand Prix at the Mainichi Advertising Design Awards the same year, his superiors encouraged him to work on television commercials. He also was one of Dentsu's first Creative Directors to create advertising for interactive media.
His main clients were Toyota Motor Corporation, where he directed 14 “bB” spots (known in the U.S. market the as the Scion Xb), and The Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, where he directed spots and assisted in the product development of a calcium fortified children's drink called “Cal-King.”
In 2001, he served as a jury member of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Though he may occasionally do TV spots, he left Dentsu in 2002 to focus on directing non-commercial films.
   
 
 
Frank Mele, producer
A graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television, Frank has made a career producing a wide range of material in a variety of mediums. As a filmmaker, working with young writers and directors, Frank has produced a number of short films which played and/or won festivals at Cannes, Austin, Taos, Chicago, Palm Springs, Berlin, and Deauville. In television, he worked as part of the production team on HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as well as an executive producer developing reality shows for children's cable networks Noggin & Nickelodeon.
In recent years, Frank helped to found the commercial and music video production house Ocean Monsters, a boutique shop that has built a name for its cutting edge style. He is currently in post-production on his first feature film, “Special,” starring Michael Rapaport (True Romance) and Josh Peck (Mean Creek).
   
 
 
Erik Tomasson, director of photography
Erik Tomasson graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1996. He was immediately represented as a director of photography by Smith, Gosnell, and Nicholson. Over the next two years he worked with an impressive list of directors shooting mainly commercials and music videos. In 1998, he moved to Toronto and became an on staff DP for Partners Film where he shot over 40 commercials for the company. In 2001, Erik moved back to LA as a freelance DP and continued to shoot for companies such as Disney, Toyota, and Coca-cola, and Taco Bell to name a few. In 2002, Erik relocated again to Iceland where he abruptly started to shift his focus away from motion picture and more towards photography. Erik is currently living in San Francisco shooting both as a photographer and a director of photography.
   
 
 
Nathan Amondson, Production Designer
After moving to Los Angeles, Nathan Amondson started as a storyboard/ concept artist for such films as “Legally Blonde”, “The Italian Job” and “Ella Enchanted.” He transitioned into production design working on a series of short films around the globe that led to designing his first two features with Wim Wenders on “Land of Plenty,” (nominated for Best Production Design, German Film Awards 2005), followed by “Don't Come Knocking” (Official Selection, Cannes 2005).
   
 
 
Vincent Gillioz, composer
Since Vincent Gillioz relocated to Los Angeles during the summer of 2001, he scored 22 features, 50 shorts, an NBC weekly show, arranged, among other records, “The String Tribute to Matrix” album, and was the only composer recommended by Golden Globe nominee 2002 Christopher Young for the Sundance Institute ‘02, where he had the chance to work under the supervision of A-list film composers, Edward Shearmur (Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow), Rolfe Kent (Sideways), George S. Clinton (Austin Powers Trilogy), Mark Isham (Men of Honor), and Thomas Newman (American Beauty).
   
 
 



Production credits

Directed by
   Hidetoshi Oneda


 Writers
   John Keats ... poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”
   Hidetoshi Oneda ... screenplay
  Mark Smylie ... screenplay


 Producers
   Frank Mele ... producer
   Jack Peng ... producer
   Toshihiro Oshima ... producer
   Tamikazu Iwashima ... associate producer
   Akira Fujishiro ... associate producer
   Katsumi Oneda ... executive producer


 Cast
   Natassia Malthe ... The Lady
   Jack Donner ...  The Old Knight
   Lucas Babin ... The Young Knight
   Jon Mycroft ... The Navigator
   Zale Morris ... The Doctor
   Gideon Emery ... The Nobleman
   John Klemantaski ... The Boatswain
   David Hogan ... Thrall
   Jason Arden ... Thrall
   Julian Draven ... Thrall
   Roy Mora ... Thrall
   Jay Flatley ... Thrall
   Chad Wiley ... Thrall
   Stefan Gheaus ... Thrall/Oarsman
   Nathan Amondson ... Thrall/Oarsman
   Andrew Amondson ... Oarsman
   Matt O'Connor ... Oarsman


 Original Music
   Vincent Gillioz


 Cinematographer
   Erik Tomasson


 Editors
   Shelli Ryan
  Sam Bauer
  Hidetoshi Oneda (uncredited)


 Casting Director
   Jan Glaser


 Production Design
   Nathan Amondson


 Art Directors
   Dominique Navarro
  Andrew Gorbaleski


Costume Design
   Zale Morris


 Make Up Department
   Beatriz Renteria ... makeup designer
   Ho Sang Hu ... makeup artist/hair stylist
   June Yamada ... makeup artist/hair stylist
   Jenifer Serdienis ... makeup intern


 Production Managers
   Marisol Rivas ... unit production manager (Los Angeles)
   Jasper Peng ... unit production manager (China)


 Assistant Director
   V.V. Daichin Hsu ... first assistant director


 Art Department
   Hidetoshi Oneda ... digital storyboard artist (uncredited)
   Nathan Amondson ... artwork
   Andrew Amondson ... set dresser
   Wei Ming ... set dresser


 Visual Effects Department
   Toshihiro Oshima ... visual effects supervisor
   Kayoko Ota ... lead digital compositor: Scribble
   Shinya Suzuki ...digital compositor: Scribble
   Randy Coonfield ... telecine colorist: Matchframe
   Yu Fujii ... model maker
   Yuichi Hirano ... model maker: HCGS
   Takuji Sato ... model maker
   Hidetoshi Oneda ... model maker (uncredited)
   Yu Fujii ... character animator
   Takuji Sato ... character animator
   Yuichi Hirano ... animator: HCGS
   Yu Fujii ... texture painter
   Yuichi Hirano ... texture painter: HCGS
   Takuji Sato ... texture painter
   Yu Fujii ... lighting artist
   Yuichi Hirano ... lighting artist: HCGS
   Takuji Sato ... lighting artist
   Takuji Sato ... 3D tracking
   Toshihiro Oshima ... 3D tracking
   Katsumi Eguchi ... rotoscope artist
   Keiko Fujimoto ... rotoscope artist
   Misato Karusawa ... rotoscope artist
   Katsumi Eguchi ... digital matte artist
   Keiko Fujimoto ... digital matte artist
   Mitsuru Sato ... digital matte artist
   Mitsuru Sato ... 2D effects compositor
   Katsumi Eguchi ... 2D effects compositor
   Misato Karusawa ... 2D effects compositor
   Keiko Fujimoto ... 2D effects compositor


 Sound Department
   Adam Wade ... sound effects editor
   Pu Xian Nang ... production sound mixer
   Jeff Knudsen ... production sound mixer
   Ryan Heiferman ... adr engineer
   Eliott Taylor ... adr assistant


 Miscellaneous Crew
   Lu Hai Bin ... first assistant camera (China)
   Kevin Yoshimitsu ... first assistant camera (Los Angeles)
   Cameron Cannon ... first assistant camera (Los Angeles)
   Jeremy Brilliant ... second assistant camera (Los Angeles)
   Hu Sang ... Gaffer (China)
   Tom Hejda ... Gaffer (Los Angeles)
   John Matysiak ... key grip
   Gregory Anderson ... best boy grip
   Deng Shi Gang ... best boy electric (China)
   Dan Kanes ... best boy electric (Los Angeles)
   Mathew Kosinski ... swing
   Chelsea Lo ... steadicam operator

   Dawn Xi ... production coordinator (China)
   Jasper Peng ... location manager (China)
   Andre Fabrizio ... location manager (Los Angeles)

   Yi Ai Guo ... wardrobe supervisor (China)
   Sarah Wiley ... wardrobe supervisor (Los Angeles)

   V.V. Daichin Hsu ... script supervisor
   Bill Isler ... translator
   Troy Waters ... marine coordinator
   Matt O'Connor ... rowing coordinator

   Eddie Candanoza ... production assistant
   Diana Garrett ... production assistant
   Albert Rivera ... production assistant
   Chad Wiley ... production assistant
   Kenneth Hanson ... production assistant
   Troy Miller ... production assistant
   Justin Holiday ... production assistant
   Brandi Marie Konrady ... production assistant


 Special Thanks
   Zhang Xiao Ping ... general director, Jiuzhaigou National Park
   Feng Gang ... vice general director, Jiuzhaigou National Park
   Yanf Yun ...marketing director, Jiuzhaigou National Park
   David Liu ... channel director, Southern TV Station
   Yasumune Emoto ... executive director, Visual Bay/Rec (Meets Studio)
   Makiko Okawa ... offline editor, Visual Bay/Rec (Meets Studio)
   Jun Katatae ... sales representative, Creative Suite Inc.
   Cinarent Rental Company
  Emei Film Studio
  Lotus Leaves Hotel
  Kodak Southern Office - Guangzhou
  Matchframe
  Valentine Armouries
  Pomann Sound
  Skip City
  Digital Egg
  Archaia Studios Press