Executive Producers Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne are the Co- Chairmen and Co-Chief Executive Officers of New Line Cinema Corporation, which was founded by Shaye in 1967. The company has one of the most stable management teams in the history of the industry and in its 36th year is the oldest remaining studio still run by its founder. Friends since their days as students at Columbia Law School, Shaye and Lynne together masterminded New Line's transformation from a privately held distributor of art films to one of the entertainment industry's leading independent studios.

Shaye and Lynne were pioneers in franchise filmmaking in the mid- 1980s and have now brought the biggest film franchise in history to fruition. Last year, the success of the first two films in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as other New Line hit releases, vaulted the studio into the number five position in both domestic and international market share.

Under Shaye and Lynne's leadership, New Line has demonstrated a firm commitment to creativity and innovation in the development, production, financing, marketing and distribution of movies. Now a unit of Time Warner, New Line is an independent, fully integrated studio with divisions devoted to television, music, home entertainment, theater, licensing, merchandising and international marketing/distribution. In addition to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, New Line and its subsidiary Fine Line Features have produced and distributed a diverse slate of theatrical motion pictures and other quality entertainment. Recent releases include Elf, About Schmidt, I Am Sam, American Splendor, (with HBO Films), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Rush Hour and Austin Powers films, among others.