Denis O’HareACTOR | WRITER | DIRECTOR

Denis O’Hare is a three-time Emmy Award nominee, Tony nominee, and Critic’s Choice Award winner whose acting credits span across film, television, and theatre productions including Dallas Buyer’s Club, Garden State, The Good Wife, Milk, and many more.

O’Hare won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Take Me Out and has won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Oscar Lindquist in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity. Recent film and television roles include The Nevers, The Accidental Wolf, Trying, The Good Fight, American Gods, and more.

Known for roles such as Liz Taylor throughout several seasons of FX’s American Horror Story, O’Hare was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 2012 for his role as Larry Harvey. He appears in AHS Season 12: Delicate alongside Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian as Dr. Andrew Hill.

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Hawk KochPRODUCER | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Hawk Koch is a veteran producer and former president of the Academy (AMPAS), and co-founder of the Producers Guild of America (PGA). Koch began his career as a First AD, and quickly rose in the Hollywood production system over many years to ultimately produce or be involved with the making over 60 major motion pictures.

Among his credits include film classics such as Marathon Man, Chinatown, Wayne’s World, Peggy Sue Got Married, Heaven Can Wait, The Way We Were and Rosemary’s Baby. His past collaborators include Hollywood heavyweights like Francis Coppola, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, John Schlesinger, and Sidney Pollack.

Hawk KochPRODUCER | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Hawk Koch is a veteran producer and former president of the Academy (AMPAS), and co-founder of the Producers Guild of America (PGA). Koch began his career as a First AD, and quickly rose in the Hollywood production system over many years to ultimately produce or be involved with the making over 60 major motion pictures.

Among his credits include film classics such as Marathon Man, Chinatown, Wayne’s World, Peggy Sue Got Married, Heaven Can Wait, The Way We Were and Rosemary’s Baby. His past collaborators include Hollywood heavyweights like Francis Coppola, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, John Schlesinger, and Sidney Pollack.

Hawk KochPRODUCER | ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Hawk Koch is a veteran producer and former president of the Academy (AMPAS), and co-founder of the Producers Guild of America (PGA). Koch began his career as a First AD, and quickly rose in the Hollywood production system over many years to ultimately produce or be involved with the making over 60 major motion pictures.

Among his credits include film classics such as Marathon Man, Chinatown, Wayne’s World, Peggy Sue Got Married, Heaven Can Wait, The Way We Were and Rosemary’s Baby. His past collaborators include Hollywood heavyweights like Francis Coppola, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, John Schlesinger, and Sidney Pollack.