Urban Safari is a 1996 comedy film directed by Reto Salimbeni starring Barry Pepper and David Naughton
Reto Salimbeni is a filmmaker and director known for his features and commercials. His films include Urban Safari, The Day I Was My Father and One Way. Salimbeni grew up in Zurich, Switzerland and Bologna, Italy. He enjoyed watching films from early on. He graduated from the Business School of... Zurich in 1979 and immediately pursued a career in film. Salimbeni started in the industry production managing on several commercial and television productions. By the age of 24 he produced the feature film Ready to Murder by Lesly Darbon for Swiss Television. The same year Salimbeni directed a no-budget music video for local top-act Trampolin. The video gained top airplay status during that year and the exposure opened doors for Salimbeni into the prestigious commercial arena. Directing over 500 commercials he built his reputation for "visual storytelling with a human twist" . His work has included spots for brands such as Nike, IKEA, MTV, Chevron, Panasonic, UEFA and Pepsi. He has won over 50 international awards for his commercials – among them the New York Festival, the IAFF Cannes, the Art Directors Club N.Y.more
Brahm Wenger was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He came to Los Angeles to work with the legendary film composer Jerry Goldsmith and is a... graduate of the USC Film Scoring School of Music and McGill University, where he won McGill's Scarlet Key Award for music. In addition to scoring both the Air Bud and Air Buddies series for Walt Disney Pictures, Brahm has written music for over 40 films - including projects for CBS , The Weinstein Company , FOX , Warner Bros , HBO and Lifetime Channel . Brahm's most recent film, The Search For Santa Paws, a musical drama/comedy for Disney, opened at #1 on November 23, 2010. Working closely with one of Europe's leading commercial directors, Reto Salimbeni, Brahm has scored over 60 commercials for many leading international companies like IKEA, Shell Oil, Nestle, and Zurich Insurance. Recently, Brahm has been awarded The Mom's Choice Award, The Writer's Digest Award and Teacher's Choice Award for his work on The Doo-its Show.more