Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley ? Joss Whedon, Stan Rogow, Les Morgenstein and Chris Henchy at TechCrunch50

Whedon earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay with Disney's box-office smash ?Toy Story.? His other feature writing credits include ?Titan A.E.? and ?Alien Resurrection.? In fall 2005, Whedon made his feature directorial debut with ?Serenity? based on the ?Firefly? series. In addition to his television and feature writing, Whedon created ?Fray? for Dark Horse comics, writes ?Astonishing X-Men,? ?Runaways? for Marvel and ?Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Season Eight for Dark Horse Comics.

Whedon recently released a musical internet series titled ?Dr. Horrible?s Sing-Along Blog.?

Stan Rogow

Stan Rogow three-time Emmy-nominated producer is executive producer and director of Gemini Division, roles he first undertook with "Afterworld," Electric Farm Entertainment's Webby-nominated, post-Apocalyptic epic about a man trapped in a world without technology.

Following his huge success as executive producer of the popular series and feature film "Lizzie McGuire" Rogow was the executive producer of the Discovery/Kids on NBC series "Darcy's Wild Life" and co creature "Flight 29 Down," and THE ABC FAMILY, multiple humanitas nominated, STATE OF GRACE. His long list of credits also include NBC's "Shannon's Deal," the critically acclaimed show that was nominated by the Television Critics Association for Best Show of the Year - Tom Shales from the Washington Post called it "an extraordinarily good series." The series "Middle Ages" was given four stars by USA Today and Entertainment Weekly called it "easily one of the most thoughtful, well-written and beautiful acted series of the year." Rogow executive produced and co-created both series.

Other Rogow credits include the series "South of Sunset," which he co- created and "Nowhere Man.?

Rogow's success in the feature film arena includes "The Clan of the Cave Bear," "Men of War," "All I Want for Christmas" and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie."

Also on the film side, Rogow has been prolific in the area of made-for-TV movies, including a series of three movies for Showtime based on the acclaimed television show ?The Defenders? with E.G. Marshall reprising his Emmy-winning role, which won The American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award. As well as "Nowhere to Hide," "Murder in High Places," "Help Wanted: Kids," "Rock 'N Roll Mom," the multiple Emmy Award-winning "Playing for Time" and "Hard Hat & Legs."

Rogow has a J.D. from Boston University School of Law and a B.A. Degree from Boston University. He is also a guest lecturer at the American Film Institute, USC Film School and UCLA Film School. He resided in West Los Angeles.

Leslie Morgenstein

Leslie Morgenstein has served as president of Alloy Entertainment and its predecessor, 17th Street Productions, Inc., since 1999, overseeing the company?s operations, strategy, and creative mission. He produces or executive produces Alloy Entertainment?s television and feature film projects, including The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants feature films and the CW series Gossip Girl.