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Award-winning filmmaker Roger Avary first began experimenting in Beta I video and 8mm film formats during the late 1970s. In 1983, his Super-8mm supernatural thriller The Worm Turns won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association Film Expo. He went on to attend the Pasadena Art Center College of Design's film program. Avary then worked in advertising at DMB&B and J. Walter Thompson.

In 1994, Avary was awarded an Academy Award for his work as a writer with Quentin Tarantino on their screenplay for Pulp Fiction. The screenplay for Pulp Fiction earned Avary and Tarantino additional accolades, including a BAFTA, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award, the Chicago Society of Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.

Also in 1994, Avary wrote and directed the French neonoir crime thriller Killing Zoe, which Roger Ebert hailed as 'Generation X's first Bank Caper Movie.' Killing Zoe is notable as the first feature film to utilize swing and tilt bellows lenses in its production. The film was honored with le Prix tres special a Cannes, the same year that Pulp Fiction took home the Palm d'Or. Killing Zoe continued to win awards worldwide on the festival circuit, including Best Film at Japan's Yubari International Film Festival and the Italian Mystfest. The film was also celebrated by the Cinemathique Francaise, who heralded Avary as the Antonin Artaud of cinema during their Cinema of Cruelty retrospective.

In 2002, Avary wrote and directed the filmed adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction, which he also executive-produced. The Rules of Attraction is notable as the first studio motion picture to prove reliable use of Apple's Final Cut Pro editing system. Roger Avary became an Apple spokesperson for Final Cut Pro 3, appearing in print and web ads worldwide. His film within the film, Glitterati (2004), used elements of Victor's European trip and was shot entirely on digital video with a crew of two (Avary and producer Greg Shapiro). In 2005, he purchased the rights to another Bret Easton Ellis novel, Glamorama, which is in development at Avary's company for him to direct.

In 2006, he penned the movie adaptation of the hit Konami video game Silent Hill for French director Christophe Gans. Silent Hill debuted as #1 at the U.S. box office and has been embraced by video game fans as one of the first game-to-film adaptations that is true to the imagery and spirit of its source material.

In 2007, novelist Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary wrote and produced an adaptation of Beowulf with director Robert Zemeckis for Paramount Pictures. Utilizing a complex process of digitally enhanced live action, the film tells the oldest English language story through the use of the most modern technology available.

In 2017 Avary directed a French language filmed adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play, La voix humaine, starring actress Elsa Zylberstein.

Also in 2017 Avary wrote and directed the comedic thriller, Lucky Day, for producer Don Carmody, and starring Luke Bracey, Nina Dobrev, Crispin Glover, David Hewlett, and Tomer Sisley.

Roger Avary divides his time between Los Angeles, Paris, and Toronto. He is represented by his attorney, Craig Emanuel of Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles.

For a self proclaimed "blue collar fighter," Jared Abrahamson certainly has an interesting story. Hailing from Flin Flon MB. a northern Canadian mining town known for its rugged atmosphere and harsh weather conditions. Jared spent his time working hard in the mines and training mixed martial arts with other homegrown fighters. At the age of 20 he decided to pack his bags and head west to chase another dream. He was going to be an actor.

Jared graduated from Vancouver Film School, followed by numerous workshops and classes at other Vancouver based schools such as the Actors Foundry.

His first professional role was a lead in the Hallmark Movie "Finding a Family" where he played an emancipated teenager struggling to find a foster family while studying hard to be accepted into Harvard.

Along with acting, Jared continues to train mixed martial arts and has a Professional MMA record of 1-1-0 and a Muay Thai Kickboxing record of 2-0-0, where he fights under the name Wolfblood Abrahamson, a homage to his northern roots.

Andrea Menard was born on 5 January 1971 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Blackstone (2009), Rabbit Fall (2006) and The Velvet Devil (2006).

Sandy Jobin-Bevans was born on 21 April 1972 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Life with Boys (2011) and Deal with It! (2012). He is married to Kylee Evans.

Eric Nesterenko was born on 31 October 1933 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. He was an actor, known for Youngblood (1986), For the Record (1976) and 1961 Stanley Cup Finals (1961). He died on 4 June 2022 in Vail, Colorado, USA.

Brian McCaig was born on 28 March 1980 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor, known for Brain on Fire (2016), Level Up (2011) and Frankie & Alice (2010).

Tyhr Trubiak was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. He is known for Curse of Chucky (2013), Goon (2011) and Tempus Tormentum (2018).

Bobby Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played his entire 15-year National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers and was an executive with the team. Clarke is acknowledged by some as being one of the greatest hockey players and captains of all time. He was captain of the Flyers from 1973 to 1979, winning the Stanley Cup with them in both 1974 and 1975. He was again captain of the Flyers from 1982 to 1984 before retiring. A three-time Hart Trophy winner and 1987 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Clarke was rated number 24 on The Hockey News' list of The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time in 1998. In 2017 Clarke was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Naomi Blake was born on 7 June 1952 in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada. Naomi is known for Black Ice (1992). Naomi was married to Garry Marshall. Naomi died on 17 June 2022 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.