Iron Man: David Maisel, Matthew Libatique

DAVID MAISEL (Executive Producer) is the executive vice president, office of the chief executive and chairman of Marvel Studios. He also served in senior positions for Endeavor, Creative Artists Agency and The Walt Disney Company. He graduated from Duke University and the Harvard Business School.

MATTHEW LIBATIQUE, ASC (Director of Photography) achieved considerable critical acclaim for his collaboration with independent filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. To date, they have worked together on four shorts and three feature films, including "Pi," “The Fountain” and the highly acclaimed “Requiem for a Dream.”

The award-winning feature debut "Pi" earned Libatique a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Independent Spirit Awards. He was later honored with an award for Best Cinematography at the Independent Film Sprit Awards and nominations for the BSFC Awards and OFSC Awards for Aronofsky's second feature “Requiem for a Dream.” The duo’s latest collaboration, “The Fountain,” earned a Satellite Award nomination.

Libatique’s recent credits include Joel Schumacher’s “The Number 23” starring Jim Carrey; Spike Lee’s “She Hate Me” and “Inside Man” starring Denzel Washington; “Gothika” for Mathieu Kassovitz; and “Everything Is Illuminated,” the directing debut of Liev Schreiber.
Libatique began his career in 1995 shooting music videos for artists such as Moby, Jay Z, Matchbox 20, Pulp, Timbaland, Incubus and Usher. His early film credits include two films for director Joel Schumacher, “Tigerland” and “Phone Booth,” “Abandon” directed by Stephen Gaghan, as well as “Josie and the Pussycats” and “Never Die Alone.”

He recently completed principle photography on Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna.”

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