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3.
4. Episode 1
A Little Kiss, Part1
On the streets of New York, And with Don’s 40th birthday fast
African-American protesters carry signs in approaching, Megan plans a decadent
support of equal opportunity employment surprise party, which she promises Peggy
– but Y&R employees prove less than “will inspire everyone to have sex.”
sympathetic when they drop water bombs Everyone, it seems, except Don.
from their office windows above.
Tensions also run high in the Sterling Cooper
Draper Pryce office. Pete is convinced Roger
is out to steal his clients when he crashes a
meeting with Mohawk Airlines, while Peggy
feels let down by Don when he fails to back
her during a pitch to Heinz.
Meanwhile, new mother Joan is craving
the freedom of her old life and job. While
her mother wants her to be content as
a housewife, Joan has her heart set on
returning to work. She doesn’t want to break
her promise to return and insists the agency
needs her – but does it really?
5.
6. Episode 2
A Little Kiss, Part 2
In the wake of Don’s surprise party, Megan’s And to beat Roger at his own game,
sexy serenade is the talk of the agency – Pete plays dirty when he asks Clara to pencil
but the only thing on Pete’s mind is swapping in a fake Coca-Cola meeting for 6am on
offices with Roger to impress the executives Staten Island.
from Mohawk. Will Roger play ball?
Meanwhile, in the back of a taxi, Lane finds
a wallet and is immediately taken with the
girl in the photo inside. And, at home, Joan’s
mother reveals Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
intends to replace Joan, offering up a wanted
ad as proof.
Back at the office, Megan rants to Peggy
about the office’s negative culture and, fed
up with work and Don, leaves early. Is Don
set to lose yet another woman in his life? In
contrast, the agency gains lots of interest in
the equal opportunity position advertised.
7.
8. Episode 3
Tea Leaves
Feeling far from her glamorous days, And at dinner, the Heinz executive issues
Betty is despondent as she struggles with her Don quite the challenge – to enlist the Rolling
increasing weight. A visit to the doctor for Stones for a television ad. With the rockers
diet pills instead reveals a suspicious lump in in town, Don and Harry get backstage at
her throat – will it be cancerous or benign? their concert to pitch the idea. But can they
Betty turns to Don for comfort as she waits to seal the deal while distracted by two teenage
learn her fate. groupies?
Over at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce,
Pete does a back flip on the Mohawk
account. Close to signing them, he announces
that Roger will handle the account once
onboard. Plus, Peggy is enlisted to hire
an extra copywriter – a male – with Stan
advising her to hire someone less talented or
risk the new guy becoming her boss.
9.
10. Episode 4
Mystery Date
A group of nurses in Chicago meet a grisly
end, capturing the attention of the nation
and many in the Sterling Cooper Draper
Pryce office. To Megan’s dismay, Don also
continues to be the centre of attention, this
time with former colleague Andrea. But will
her infatuation end badly for Don?
Meanwhile, Greg is due home from his tour
of duty and brings with him some unsettling
news for Joan and baby Kevin.
At the office, Ginsberg – the new guy – puts
a foot wrong when he eagerly pitches an
idea to Butler Footwear that Don earlier
canned. And Peggy milks Roger for all he’s
worth to work over the weekend on the
Mohawk account, where she discovers Dawn
sleeping on Don’s couch.
11.
12. Episode 5
Signal 30
Lane turns a social engagement into an And Don’s not the only one full of surprises.
opportunity for Sterling Cooper Draper Running into Ken and his mystery man in a
Pryce when he dines with a Jaguar Cars diner, the next morning, Peggy is surprised
executive. Keen to take the lead on securing by Ken’s confession – and secret life. As his
the account, Lane takes strategic advice from secret is revealed, Roger calls Ken into his
Roger – but will all go according to plan? office and suggests he turn his back on this
‘distraction’ from work.
Meanwhile, Pete struggles on both the work
and home fronts. While Trudy is at home with
baby Tammy, Pete flirts with teenage Jenny
during Drivers Ed, then enjoys the company
of an escort when out with the agency boys.
A seemingly reformed man, Don dishes up
marital advice to Pete. Resisting the escorts,
Don has family on his mind. After an evening
spent at the Campbell’s, and seeing little
Tammy with her Mum, Don tells Megan he
wants a baby.
13.
14. Episode 6
Far Away Places
Peggy is left in charge of the Heinz pitch
when Don announces he’s heading off on
an impromptu business trip to an upstate
hotel. But the pitch doesn’t go well – Peggy
openly disagrees with the client after the
presentation.
Taking Megan with him on the jaunt, Don
learns how important Megan’s job is to her
as she frets over abandoning her co-workers
on the Heinz account. Their ‘love leave’ soon
becomes heated as an argument flares up
over dinner. Don storms out, leaving Megan
in the hotel’s car park. But when he calms
down and returns to collect her, she’s gone.
Meanwhile, Roger reluctantly attends a
dinner party with Jane where the hostess
hands out LSD. Back at home and still
high on the drug, the pair admits that their
marriage is over. The next morning, though,
will Jane remember and set Roger free?
15.
16. Episode 7
At The Codfish Ball
Megan’s parents come to town to attend the
American Cancer Society dinner, which is
set to honour Don for his anti-smoking letter
against Lucky Strike. Emile, Megan’s father,
immediately takes a disliking to Don, while
Marie seems eager for Don’s affections.
Meanwhile, Megan becomes the toast of the
office when she comes up with the winning
pitch for Heinz. Surprisingly, Peggy is excited
for Megan and her first taste of success.
But she’s not so happy after Abe insists on
meeting for dinner at Minetta Tavern – Peggy
thinks he’s about to break up with her. Joan
says he’s going to propose.
And Sally gets to spend more time with Don
after an accident sees Pauline laid up with a
broken ankle. Initially excited about attending
the Ball with her Dad, Sally’s opinion of the
city soon changes…
17.
18. Episode 8
Lady Lazarus
The phone box outside Sterling Cooper There’s a mixed reaction to Megan’s
Draper Pryce gets a workout as both Megan departure. Joan believes Don marries
and Pete make secret phone calls. a ‘type’: the type that has a failing career
and rich husband; Roger thinks she wants
Megan’s mystery call soon sees her resigning
babies; and Pete says women do whatever
from the agency, while Pete’s leads to great
they want…
frustration: demonstrated when he smashes a
champagne glass against a wall at the
Hotel Pennsylvania. What’s got him so upset?
Meanwhile, Don feels his grip on the
advertising world slipping as he questions
when music became so important to
the ad process. And Peggy grows frustrated
at Megan’s nonchalant attitude to sticking
with advertising: “There are people killing to
get this job.”
19.
20. Episode 9
Dark Shadows
As Don and Megan’s relationship goes from Roger convinces Jane to pretend they are
strength to strength, Betty battles with her still a happy couple for a client dinner in
jealousy – and her weight. Her attempts to exchange for a new apartment – but will the
use Sally to get between the pair backfire acting spill over into real life?
miserably.
Pete similarly struggles to make an impact
in his work and personal lives but hopes an
interview with the New York Times about ‘hip
agencies’ will spell the difference and catch
the eye of Howard’s wife.
Meanwhile, Don and Ginsberg go head to
head on a pitch for Sno Ball – will Ginsberg
show up his superior, or will the experienced
ad man prevail? Peggy is unimpressed with
Roger when he gives Ginsberg extra work to
woo Manischewitz wines.
21.
22. Episode 10
Christmas Waltz
Lane finds himself in hot water when his
attorney in England reveals he owes £2,900
for back taxes. Unable to come up with the
money, he convinces SCDP’s bank manager
to authorise a $50,000 credit extension
and helps himself to company funds.
In the meantime, Jaguar comes calling but
– to Pete’s frustration – Don lacks enthusiasm
over the lucrative account. After Joan receives
news that gets her blood boiling, Don takes
her away from the office and with him for a
test drive. Will their harmless flirting lead to
something else?
And Harry meets Paul Kinsey for coffee at
a Hare Krishna gathering where he meets
the lovely Lakshmi. Having written a script
for Star Trek, Paul asks Harry to pass it on to
NBC. But does Harry have more luck with the
script or with Lakshmi?
23.
24. Episode 11
The Other Woman
The Jaguar account takes centre stage at And, on the home front, Pete tells Trudy he
SCDP but, despite the team’s best creative wants a city apartment, Joan argues with her
efforts, success hinges on arranging ‘an mother, while Megan is prepared to move to
evening together’ between a member of the Boston for three months to pursue her acting
selection committee and Joan. Will Joan dream.
agree? And can the agency afford her
asking price?
Meanwhile, Don puts Peggy in charge
of all other accounts including Chevalier
Blanc. When the client wants to pull an ad,
she spontaneously comes up with a twist
that keeps them happy. But Peggy is less
than impressed when Don informs her that
Ginsberg will take over when he’s finished
Jaguar. Will Peggy stay with SCDP or move
on as Ted from Cutler Gleason and Chaough
suggests?
25.
26. Episode 12
Commissions and Fees
One moment, Lane’s star looks to be on the And, back at the office and tired of ‘piddly’
rise and, the next, it’s in free-fall. accounts, Don instructs Roger to tee up a
Thanks to his fiscal track record, Lane is meeting with Dow Chemical – despite Ken’s
asked to become head of the Fiscal Control reluctance to do business with his
Committee for the 4As – the American father-in-law. Can Don convince the chemical
Association of Advertising Agencies. giant to take a chance on SDCP?
But then his forged cheque is discovered at
SCDP, which leads to his dramatic exit…
Meanwhile, to Betty’s frustration,
Sally chooses to be dropped off at Don
and Megan’s over going on the family ski
vacation. A ruse to spend time alone with
Glen, Sally soon ‘becomes a woman’.
Will she turn to Megan or Betty for advice?
27.
28. Episode 13
The Phantom
The SDCP wives each face their own Meanwhile, Roger makes a move on Megan’s
challenges: Megan is struggling to be mum, Marie, inviting her to a rendezvous
discovered as an actress, Beth is set for at the Stanhope; Howard discovers Pete’s
electro shock therapy, Rebecca has learned connection with Beth; and Don – pained by
of Layne’s infatuation with Delores, and Trudy an aching tooth – is haunted by his dead
tires of Pete’s “doom and gloom”. brother, Adam.
At the agency, clients begin to notice Peggy’s
absence while, at CGC, she revels in her new
found autonomy. Despite losing Peggy to the
competition, revenue is up 34% and, coupled
with Layne’s insurance pay out, SDCP is set to
move to a new office.
29.
30. Don Draper
Creative Director and Partner
at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
Actor:
Jon Hamm
Don Draper struggled with Jon Hamm’s nuanced portrayal of the high-powered, philandering advertising
his new identity as a divorced executive Don Draper has firmly established him as one of Hollywood’s most
man and as the increasingly talented and versatile actors, and earned him numerous accolades, including the
renowned figurehead of 2008 Golden Globe® Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series
– Drama, as well as the 2011 Television Critics Association Award for Individual
his newly formed upstart
Achievement in Drama and the 2011 Critics’ Choice Television Award for Lead
company, Sterling Cooper Actor in a Drama Series. Additionally, Hamm has been nominated for four Emmy®
Draper Pryce. Awards for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and for four Screen Actors Guild®
Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.
As his career notoriety hit a
He has also joined with the entire cast to win the Screen Actors Guild® Award for
high point, winning a Clio Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for three years running.
award, his personal life sunk
to an all-time low of risk-taking On the big screen, Hamm will next appear in Friends With Kids,
behaviour, drinking and wanton for writer/director Jennifer Westfeldt, in which they both star opposite Adam Scott,
sex. Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Megan Fox. He most recently appeared in the
award-winning hit comedy Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig. His previous film credits
Ultimately, Don made a move include Ben Affleck’s The Town, Zack Snyder’s fantasy thriller Sucker Punch, Howl
towards self-knowledge and with James Franco, Shrek Forever After, in which he voiced the character ‘Brogan,’
The Day The Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Westfeldt’s Ira & Abby
redemption through pursuit of
and Kissing Jessica Stein, and We Were Soldiers.
a relationship with psychologist
Faye Miller, who accepted his Hamm has also appeared on the Emmy®-winning comedy, 30 Rock, for which he
troubled past and personal has received two Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy
demons. Then, he shocked his Series, and has hosted Saturday Night Live three times to critical-acclaim.
colleagues and the world with Hamm first came to audience’s attention in the NBC series Providence. Signed for a
cameo role, he impressed the producers so much that he ended up with an
a last minute engagement to his
18- episode run on the series. Additional television credits include IFC’s
beautiful and charismatic young The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, The Division, What About Brian,
secretary, Megan Calvet. The Unit, Numb3rs and CSI Miami, among others.
31. Betty Francis
Don’s Ex-Wife
Betty’s new marriage to Actress:
politician Henry Francis January Jones
proved rocky at the start as she
January Jones’ portrayal of the ‘perfect’ 60’s wife and young mother
endeavoured to let go of her
has garnered the attention of critics and viewers alike and earned her
emotional connection to Don. two Golden Globe® nominations and an Emmy® Nomination for Best
Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama. She has also
Sally’s increasing misbehaviour
joined with the entire cast to win the Screen Actors Guild® Award for
drove Betty, with Henry’s Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for three consecutive years. Jones has
encouragement, to seek an extensive film career in addition to her work on Mad Men, and was
professional help for her most recently seen with Nicolas Cage and Guy Pearce in Seeking Justice,
daughter; ironically, Betty directed by Roger Donaldson, and as Emma Frost in the latest installment
began to lean on Sally’s of the X-Men series, X-Men First Class. She also appeared alongside
Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Unknown, directed by
child psychologist for support
Juame Collet-Serra, and opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kenneth
and advice about her own Branagh in The Boat That Rocked, written and directed by Richard Curtis.
problems. Her emotional
catharsis culminated in a Jones first came to critics’ attention for her performance in the film Three
confession to Don that things in Burials of Meliquiades Estrada for actor/director Tommy Lee Jones, which
her marriage aren’t perfect. debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and also starred in the critically ac-
claimed festival hit Swedish Auto, and in the McG-directed,
Unfortunately for Betty, the We Are Marshall opposite Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey.
moment was inopportune; on Additional film credits include roles in American Wedding;
Anger Management alongside Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson;
the eve of selling the Draper
Love Actually with Colin Firth and Keira Knightly; Bandits with
house, Don revealed to her Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett for
his newfound happiness with director/producer Barry Levinson; and Full Frontal directed by
Megan. Steven Soderbergh.
32. Pete Campbell
Partner
at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
Pete continued to feel Actor:
underappreciated by the Vincent Kartheiser
agency’s name partners despite
Vincent Kartheiser first came to television viewer’s attention as ‘Connor’
his success at bringing in new
on the hit series, Angel, and has also had roles in many other series,
business. He parlayed Trudy’s including Sweet Justice and ER.
unexpected pregnancy into
coercing his father-in-law, Most recently seen alongside Justin Timberlake in the science fiction
Tom Vogel, to give SCDP the thriller In Time, Kartheiser has appeared in over a dozen feature films
including, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia directed by Rob Schmidt
Vicks account. He romanced a
opposite Monica Keena; Larry Clark’s Another Day in Paradise opposite
lucrative defense contract from James Woods and Melanie Griffith; and Dandelion opposite
North American Aviation, only Taryn Manning which screened at Sundance in 2004, and was directed
to have the situation turn into a by Mark Milgard.
crisis when security clearance
issues threatened to reveal
Don Draper’s past.
Pete sacrificed the account,
and his own reputation as
an account man, in order to
cover for Don’s transgressions.
Pete was repaid for his efforts
when the partners were asked
for cash collateral to keep the
agency in business, and Don
covered Pete’s share.
33. Peggy Olson
Copywriter
Actress:
ELISABETH MOSS
As Peggy Olson, the ambitious yet naïve secretary who has
evolved to a junior copywriter,
Elisabeth Moss has received two Emmy® Award nominations,
a Golden Globe® nomination, and two Screen Actors
Peggy wrestled with her creative ambition Guild® Award nominations for outstanding Lead Actress in a
and her rising place in SCDP, which Drama Series, as well as an Emmy® Award nomination for
threatened to eclipse her chance at outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
happiness in her personal life. As a young She has also joined with the entire cast to win the Screen
Actors Guild® Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series
person experiencing the tide of social
for three consecutive years. Prior to Mad Men, Moss played
change, she met and fell in love with
‘Zoey Bartlett,’ daughter to Martin Sheen’s president, for seven
headstrong political writer, Abe Drexler.
seasons on Aaron Sorkin’s critically acclaimed and award-
Peggy broke through a personal wall with winning drama, The West Wing.
Don during a pivotal all-night work session On the big screen, Moss will next be seen in
in which she expressed her resentment Lawrence Kasdan’s Darling Companion, opposite
over his inability to acknowledge her Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline, as well as in Walter Salles’s
contributions to the agency, then helped adaptation of the classic Jack Kerouac novel On The Road.
him weather the loss of his friend, She is currently filming the lead role in Top of the Lake,
Anna Draper. Jane Campion’s highly-anticipated six part miniseries for the
BBC and the Sundance Channel.
She effectively saved the agency when,
Moss’s additional film credits include Did You Hear About The
together with Ken Cosgrove,
Morgan’s?, Get Him To The Greek, The Missing,
Peggy brought in the first piece of
Girl Interrupted, Mumford, A Thousand Acres and Virgin, for
new business since the dry spell
which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for
after losing Lucky Strike. Best Actress.
34. Joan Harris
Director of Agency Operations
Actress:
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS
Christina Hendricks’ flawless portrayal as brash and sassy
office manager Joan Harris, has earned her critical acclaim,
including two Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Supporting
Joan struggled to make peace
Actress in a Drama Series, and the 2011 Critics’ Choice Television
with the disappointment of her Award for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She has also
marriage to Greg, accepting his joined with the entire cast to win the Screen Actors Guild® Award
decision to deploy to Vietnam as for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for three consecutive years.
a military surgeon. In a moment
Hendricks began her career as the opportunistic, career-climbing
of weakness and vulnerability,
intern on Showtime’s Beggars and Choosers, which led to a
she succumbed to Roger production deal with John Wells. Additional television credits
Sterling’s advances and later include starring with Taye Diggs in the comedy Kevin Hill,
learned that she was pregnant the TNT original series The Big Time, and ABC’s The Court in which
with his baby. she starred opposite Sally Field. Hendricks had a recurring role on
the extremely successful drama series ER and also recurred on
Joan decided to terminate the Joss Whedon’s Firefly, Life and Notes From the Underbelly.
pregnancy, but backed out at Additionally, Hendricks has guest starred on some of primetime’s
the last minute. Disillusioned by highest rated shows including Body of Evidence, Cold Case, and
Roger’s inept behavior with the Without a Trace.
loss of Lucky Strike, she ended Hendricks film credits include her startling role alongside
things with him and allowed Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in the critically acclaimed Drive,
Greg to believe the child was his. directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, as well as I Don’t Know How
She Does It opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and Greg Kinnear, and
Life as We Know It for director Greg Berlanti. She recently began
work on Bomb, alongside Annette Bening and Elle Fanning with
director Sally Porter and completed work on the independent
feature Leonie, for director Hisako Matsui and The Family Tree for
director Vivi Friedman. Additional film credits include La Cucina,
South of Pico and Driving Lessons with Dermot Mulroney and
Hope Davis.
35. Actor:
JOHN SLATTERY
One of the most respected actors in the Hollywood community, John Slattery continues to win audiences
over with his stellar scene-stealing work in television, film and on stage. For his work as Roger Sterling,
he has earned four Emmy® nominations and a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and as a member of the Mad Men ensemble joined with the entire
cast to win the Screen Actors Guild® Award for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for three consecutive
years. Recently he also added the title of director to his list of credits, having directed two episodes of
Mad Men, in the fourth season and one for the upcoming fifth season.
Roger Sterling On the big screen, Slattery will next be seen in Liza Johnson’s Return, alongside Linda Cardellini and Mi-
Partner chael Shannon, and in Brian Savelson’s In Our Nature, opposite Gabrielle Union, Zach Gilford and Jena
Malone, which premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. Slattery was last seen on the big screen in
at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. His additional film credits include
Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, Clint Eastwood’s Flags of our Fathers, Mike Nichols’ Charlie Wilson’s War,
Terry George’s Reservation Road, Mike Newell’s Mona Lisa’s Smile, opposite Julia Roberts,
Thomas McCarthy’s The Station Agent, Joel Schumacher’s Bad Company, and Steven Soderbergh’s
Traffic. Slattery is currently in production on Lance Edmands’ Bluebird, an ensemble drama that was part
of the Sundance Directing Lab which co-stars Amy Morton and Margo Martindale.
Outshined by young rainmakers Pete
Campbell and Ken Cosgrove, Past television credits include Desperate Housewives (for which he shared a SAG nomination for
Roger Sterling faced a crisis of relevance “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble”), Homefront, Ed, HBO’s K Street
at the new agency when their biggest and the drama Jack & Bobby. He has also been seen in highly memorable
guest appearances on Sex & The City, Will & Grace and Judging Amy.
account and his only important client,
Lucky Strike, left SCDP. In denial, Roger
hid this news from his partners and Joan,
even pretending not to know when Ken
Cosgrove learned the truth and revealed it
to the others.
Don and Roger became at odds over the
loss, which was exacerbated by Don’s
public letter denouncing tobacco accounts
for the future. Even writing a book of
his memoirs as an ad man proved an
exercise in failure for Roger; he was
forced to self-publish a tome only his wife,
Jane Sterling, was interested in reading.
36. Lane Pryce Actor:
Jared Harris
Partner
A classically trained stage actor and former member of London’s famed Royal
at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce Shakespeare Company, Jared Harris’ prolific career continuously showcases his
chameleon-like ability to morph from one character to another.
Harris’ extensive film career includes his recent turn as Professor James Moriarty
alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law for director Guy Ritchie in Sherlock
Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He also appeared opposite Harrison Ford and
Lane’s personal life became Brendan Frasier in Extraordinary Measures, and with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
tumultuous as his foothold in David Fincher’s critically acclaimed film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Harris made his film debut in 1989’s The Rachel Papers, which was the directorial
in the agency grew. As their
debut of his brother Damian, and since then has gone on to appear in over fifty
financial officer, he enjoyed films in a wide array of roles, including a riveting portrayal of Andy Warhol in
the sheen of being associated the acclaimed I Shot Andy Warhol, and the sleazy Russian cab driver, Vladimir,
with a dynamic new company, in Todd Solondz’s Happiness, for which the cast received the 1999 National
becoming sexually adventurous Board of Review Acting Ensemble Award. Additional credits include Last of the
and open to the possibilities for Mohicans, Natural Born Killers, Sylvia and Ocean’s Twelve among others.
Most recently, Harris completed work on Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film
a single man in New York.
Lincoln, in the role of Ulysses S. Grant.
He engaged in a love affair
In television, Harris has accumulated an impressive list of credits in both
with a Playboy bunny and
England and the U.S., including a highly acclaimed performance as
resolved to let his troubled Henry VIII for the BBC production of The Other Boleyn Girl.
marriage disintegrate.
However, these plans were Additional BBC credits include the mini-series To The Ends of the Earth
crushed by a visit from his and the starring role in Coup! Stateside, Harris has been seen
dictatorial and abusive father. in recurring roles for both The Riches and Fringe and has
guest-starred in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and
Lane’s initial tension at the
Without a Trace.
office with Joan morphed into
a friendship, and he initiated a
promotion for her, albeit without
pay after the loss of Lucky Strike
and firing half the staff.
37. Megan Draper
Copywriter
Megan is Don Draper’s wife Anxious to make up for her
and a copywriter at Sterling mistake, Megan asks to stay
Cooper Draper Pryce. late to learn more about the ad
A native of Montreal, Megan business. Don quizzes Megan
is originally hired as SCDP’s about her background. “You’re
receptionist and comes to Don’s in my head all day,” she says,
Actress:
attention when she participates “and you don’t know anything
JESSICA PARÉ
in Faye Miller’s focus group for about me.” Moments later the
Pond’s Cold Cream. When Sally two have sex on Don’s sofa. A native of Montréal, Jessica Paré began her acting career
runs away from home and pulls there at the age of 17, working on the miniseries Bonnano.
Megan accompanies Don
a tantrum rather than leave with Months later she was handpicked to star in the celebrity satire,
and the kids on a California
Betty, Megan comforts Sally, Stardom, and since then has continued to turn heads in a
vacation after Betty fires their
succeeding where Faye Miller variety of films, series and mini-series, throughout Europe,
nanny Carla, and Megan’s ease
had failed. Canada, and the U.S.
with his children endears him.
Megan becomes Don’s Don and Megan have sex one Pare’s film credits include Hot Tub Time Machine in which
secretary after Miss Blankenship night in her room. Afterward she co-starred with John Cusack and Rob Corddry, Lost and
dies. Early in her tenure Megan, he asks if Megan thought this Delirious for director Léa Pool, and Bollywood/Hollywood
unaware of his secret past, might happen. She did, she with director Deepa Mehta. Her television credits include the
precipitates a crisis by filling out confesses. Don comments that tele-film Lives of the Saints alongside Sophia Loren and Kris
and submitting an inaccurate Megan doesn’t know anything Kristofferson and a recurring role on the series Jack & Bobby.
security-clearance application. about him. “You have a good Paré recently completed filming Red CoatJustice for director
heart,” she answers, “and I S. Wyeth Clarkson and is on the festival circuit promoting two
know that you’re always trying Canadian films she has roles in, The Trotsky directed by Jacob
to be better.” Tierney and Suck directed by Rob Stefaniuk.
38. Ken Cosgrove
Accounts Executive
Originally passed over to join Actor:
the new agency, Ken was AARON STATON
rehired as an account executive
Aaron Staton is a 2004 graduate of Carnegie Mellon Uni-
by Lane Pryce and brought
versity with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. Staton’s film
choice clients with him from credits include roles in August Rush, directed by
McCann. Kristen Sheridan and The Nanny Diaries, directed by
Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini. Additional television cred-
Pitted again opposite Pete, the its include a recurring role on The Good Wife, and
two of them struck a tenuous appearances on Law and Order: SVU and Without A Trace.
truce and decided to work
together, until Don, Roger and
Pete pressured Ken to bring in
his father-in-law’s company,
Dow-Corning, as new business.
Ken refused, rekindling
resentment and forging a
division between himself and
the rest of accounts.
Ken’s working friendship
with Peggy, however, proved
stronger than ever.
39. Harry Crane
Head of Media
Harry continued at the new Actor:
agency as head of the one- RICH SOMMER
man Television Department
Rich Sommer’s extensive stage credits include ‘Todd’ in Far
and enjoyed his growing
Away; ‘Mike’ in A Lie of the Mind; and ‘William Gibbs’ in
importance in the company Off the Map. Sommer will make his Broadway debut this
as television became a more summer in Roundabout’s production of Harvey.
significant outlet for advertising.
He flaunted his connections to On the small screen, Sommer has appeared in numerous
commercials and had roles in some of television’s most
stars and producers.
popular series, including The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
His lascivious pursuit of Law & Order, CSI, and Burn Notice. Sommer made his
a beautiful young actress feature film debut as Anne Hathaway’s drinking
buddy ‘Doug’ in The Devil Wears Prada and recently
provided the lead for Topaz
completed work on Fairhaven opposite Sarah Paulson and
hosiery, the client that broke Chris Messina and The Giant Mechanical Man with
SCDP’s losing streak. Jenna Fischer and Topher Grace.
A student, performer and teacher of improvisation,
Sommer received his training and experience with The Brave
New Workshop in Minneapolis and the Upright Citizens
Brigade in New York.
40. Bertram Cooper
Founding Partner
at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce
Actor:
Robert Morse
One of the few actors to have won Tony®
Awards for both Best Actor in a Play and Best
Patriarch Bertram Cooper Actor in a Musical, Robert Morse’s impressive
continued to offer guidance to career has spanned more than six decades
the SCDP partners. and includes notable roles in television and
film projects in addition to his stage work.
Cooper faced mortality with the Morse’s musical award came in 1962 with his
death of long-time employee, unforgettable performance as ‘J. Pierrepont
Miss Blankenship, then Finch’ in the Pulitzer Prize-winning
Frank Loesser/Abe Burrows/Bob Fosse
exploded when Don’s anti-
musical of “How to Succeed in Business
tobacco letter in the New York Without Really Trying.” The dramatic nod
Times humiliated the partners came in 1990 with his triumphant portrayal of
by omission. Truman Capote in the tour de force, one-man
show,“American Playhouse: Tru.” The PBS
After declaring Don Draper a presentation of “Tru” later earned Morse a
monster, he resigned from the 1993 Emmy® Award as Outstanding Lead
agency. Actor in a Miniseries or Special as well.
Morse made his film debut in 1956’s
The Proud and Profane, and in addition to
reprising his Tony winning role in the 1967
film version of How to Succeed in Business,
for director David Swift, Morse also appeared
as Walter Matthau’s philandering buddy/
advisor in the Gene Kelly-directed A Guide for
the Married Man and in the cult favorite The
Loved One.
On television, Morse appeared in a
continuing role in the medical drama
City of Angels, and in an Oliver Stone mini-
series Wild Palms, among various memorable
television guest appearances.
41. Sally Draper
Daughter of Don Draper and Betty Francis
Sally continued to struggle with Actor:
the changes in her life brought KIERNAN SHIPKA
about by her parents’ divorce,
Now in her fifth season as Sally Draper,
Betty’s sudden remarriage,
Kiernan Shipka is at the beginning of what
and Don’s erratic bachelor is sure to be a long and successful career.
lifestyle, all in the wake of her In addition to her work on Mad Men,
burgeoning puberty. Shipka has also appeared in guest roles on
a number of other television series
She became increasingly including, Don’t Trust the B--- in Apartment
rebellious and acted out with 23, MADtv, Cory In The House,
both Betty and Don. Heroes and Monk. Her feature credits
include Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty
Her friendship with Glen Bishop Galore, as the only human who could hear
and reliance on his advice, the animals speak opposite the voices of
even over that of her therapist, Alec Baldwin and Bette Midler, and roles in
Land of The Lost and Lower Learning.
Dr. Edna, helped get her
through difficult transitions in
her family life. Betty became
jealous when she caught
Sally and Glenn secretly
meeting, and punished them
by announcing that the family
would move away from
Ossining.
42. Stan Rizzo
Art Director
Stan Rizzo is the Art Director at Sterling Cooper Despite the surface antagonism,
Draper Pryce. Stan comes to the agency from Stan occasionally comes on to Peggy.
DDB, where he was involved with an anti-bigotry Taking advantage of her nervousness before
commercial for Lyndon Johnson’s presidential a presentation for client Playtex, Stan leads
campaign. Peggy in a deep-breathing exercise that ends
with him kissing her. Peggy pulls away. “Why
Peggy Olson teams up with Stan on Vicks
do you keep making me reject you?” she asks.
and other accounts, but the two clash over
Stan takes revenge by not revealing to Peggy
his working methods and his taunts that she’s
that her lipstick is smeared during an important
sexually repressed. “Why is it so hard for you
presentation for Playtex executives.
to accept that man’s natural state is nude?” asks
Stan, who flirts with female staffers and reads Actor:
Playboy magazine for inspiration. JAY R. FERGUSON
Working late one night, Peggy calls Stan’s bluff
A native of Dallas, Texas, Jay Ferguson moved to
and begins removing her clothes. “You’re lazy Los Angeles and embarked on his acting career at age 14
and you have no ideas,” she says, challenging when cast in the role of ‘Ponyboy’ in the series adaptation
him to “get liberated.” The two strip naked, but of the feature The Outsiders, and has been working steadily
Stan is uninspired creatively and eventually puts in television, film and stage roles ever since.
his clothes back on. “You win,” he says, calling Ferguson’s feature credits include Michael Winterbottom’s
The Killer Inside Me and John Singleton’s Higher Learning
Peggy the “smuggest bitch in the world.” and he will next be seen in a lead role opposite Zach Efron
in the The Lucky One, based on the best-selling
Nicholas Sparks novel for Oscar-nominated director
Scott Hicks.
His extensive television credits include series regular roles
on Judging Amy, Sleeper Cell, Surface, Easy Money and
Evening Shade as well as guest appearances on Castle,
Burn Notice and The Ghost Whisperer
43. MATTHEW WEINER ANDRÉ & MARIA JACQUEMETTON
Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Director Executive Producers
Matthew Weiner is the series creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed award-winning Now in their fifth season of Mad Men, the writing team of André and Maria Jacquemetton has worked
drama Mad Men, currently in its fifth season on AMC. One of television’s most honored series, Mad Men together and stayed married for nearly two decades. Don’t ask them how they do it. André was born and
joined an elite group this past September when it became only the fourth drama to be awarded four raised in Lyon, France, and studied creative writing at Wake Forest University and Loyola Marymount
consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. Additional honors for the series include;
University. Maria grew up in suburban Boston, where she earned a Masters in Film from Boston
three consecutive Golden Globe® Awards for Best Television Series - Drama; a Peabody Award; three
University College of Communication.
Producers Guild Awards; four Writers Guild Awards; two BAFTA Awards; the 2008 Royal Television
Society Award for International Program; five Television Critics Association Awards, including Program of The Jacquemetton’s have written for numerous television drama series including
the Year, and being named four years running to AFI’s Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs. Star Trek: Enterpriseand Highlander.
Since the series premiere in 2007, Weiner has been nominated for a total of nine Emmys® for
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. He won the Award for the series pilot, as well as for the
second season episode, Meditations in an Emergency, which he wrote with Kater Gordon, and for VICTOR LEVIN
the third season episode, Shut the Door. Have a Seat. which he wrote with Erin Levy. Additionally, he Co-Executive Producer
received Directors Guild nominations for his efforts behind the camera on Meditations in an Emergency
in season two and the season three finale, Shut the Door. Have a Seat. In January, 2012 Weiner was This is Victor Levin’s first season on Mad Men. Levin began his career as an advertising executive in his
awarded the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award which is given annually to television professionals who native New York, working at several top agencies and earning two Clio Awards and the Cannes Lion de
exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television Bronze for his work. Relocating to Los Angeles, Levin began working in series television, writing for “The
programming. Larry Sander’s Show and Dream On before joining the staff of Mad About You, where he wrote some
of the series most memorable episodes and served as the executive producer for the sixth and seventh
Prior to Mad Men, Weiner served as an executive producer and writer on The Sopranos. seasons of the show.
The show won the Emmy® in 2004 and 2006 for Outstanding Drama Series and also garnered Weiner
an Emmy® nomination with Terence Winter for Outstanding Writing in the 2004 episode Levin’s feature credits include the scripts for Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, Then She Found Me, which
Unidentified Black Males. He earned another Emmy® nomination in 2007 for writing the episode he wrote with Helen Hunt and Alice Arlen, the adaptation of the Korean romantic comedy My Sassy Girl
Kennedy and Heidi with David Chase, and won a 2007 Writers Guild Award for the series and three and We are Family with Daniel Shere and Yuri Korotkov which is currently in production. Levin will make
PGA Golden Laurel Awards for Television Producer of the Year in Episodic. his feature directorial debut with his script 5 to 7, which is being produced by Mockingbird Pictures.
Before working on The Sopranos, Weiner wrote for various television series, including
The Naked Truth, Becker, and Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He also wrote and directed the
independent feature, What Do You Do All Day?
BLAKE McCORMICK
Producer
Blake McCormick has been with Mad Men since the first season. He began his career as a production
SCOTT HORNBACHER assistant at MTV in New York, followed by a stint at ABC News as a desk assistant before relocating to
Executive Producer/Director Los Angeles and working on numerous series’ in both production and post-production capacities.
Now in his fifth season as executive producer of Mad Men, Scott Hornbacher has also directed four McCormick then joined Warner Bros. Television Production as a manager and remained there for 11
episodes: Wee Small Hours in season three; Waldorf Stories in season four and two episodes for the years, eventually rising to vice president before shifting to the studio’s television development division,
upcoming fifth season of the series. He is the recipient of four Emmys® and three PGA awards for where he served as a development executive for two years. McCormick then re-entered the world of
Best Drama for the series and was part of the directorial team awarded the 2008 DGA Award for postproduction to serve as the Chief Operating Officer for a post-production services company until
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for the pilot episode, beginning his association with Mad Men.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.
Prior to Mad Men, Hornbacher served for five seasons as co-producer of The Sopranos.
44. JANET LEAHY MICHAEL SALTZMAN
Consulting Producer Consulting Producer
Born and raised in Burlingame, CA, Janet Leahy graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA’s School of Film A graduate of Yale University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism,
and Television and sold her first television script to the half-hour comedy Newhart. She soon landed a job Michael Saltzman began his television, writing career on Anything But Love, starring Jamie Lee Curtis
as a story editor for the acclaimed series Cheers, for which she received her first Emmy® nomination for and Richard Lewis before moving onto Wings where he served as co-producer and created the character
writing. Leahy went on to write and produce television comedies for over 20 years on several successful of Antonio Scarpacci, played by Tony Shalhoub. Additional credits include executive producer of
shows, including The Cosby Show (where she eventually became executive producer), Roseanne, Grace Murphy Brown and The Naked Truth, co-executive producer of “DAG” and creator/executive producer
Under Fire, Love and War and Living in Captivity. of Baby Bob.
A transition to one-hour episodic television led Leahy to Gilmore Girls. She then served as executive Additionally, Saltzman wrote the script for The Pink Panther film starring Steve Martin and directed by
producer on Boston Legal, which earned a Peabody Award, as well as an Emmy® nomination for Shawn Levy.
Outstanding Drama Series and then launched and executive produced the series, Life Unexpected.
Saltzman is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Saltzman also serves on the board of The Jester and Pharley Phund. Established as an offshoot from the
best-selling children’s book, The Jester Has Lost His Jingle, written and illustrated by Saltzman’s brother
FRANK PIERSON David, who died of Hodgkin’s disease in 1990, the organization is dedicated to bringing hope and
comfort to ill and special needs children and promoting literacy and charity to all children.
Consulting Producer
A former Time magazine correspondent, Academy Award®-winning screenwriter, Frank Pierson began
his screen career as a story editor on the popular 1960s television series Have Gun Will Travel.
LISA ALBERT
He went on to also write for Studio One, Alcoa Goodyear Theatre, Route 66 and Naked City before
writing the feature script Cat Ballou in 1965, for which he received his first Academy Award® Consulting Producer
nomination. Pierson received a second Academy Award® nomination in 1967 for Cool Hand Luke and
Lisa Albert has worked as a writer/producer on numerous television shows including Major Dad,
in 1975 won the Award for his finely observed script for Dog Day Afternoon. Additional feature credits
State of Grace and Beautiful People.
include adaptations of Scott Turow’s bestseller, Presumed Innocent and Bobbie Ann Mason’s novel,
In Country.
Pierson made his feature directorial debut with The Looking Glass War in 1970 and subsequently helmed MARCY PATTERSON
the 1976 Barbra Streisand-Kris Kristofferson remake of A Star Is Born as well as 1978’s King of The
Gypsies, all of which he also scripted. Co-Producer
Additional television directing credits include The Neon Ceiling, Citizen Cohen, Truman, Dirty Pictures Currently in her fifth season on Mad Men, Marcy Patterson began her producing career with the
and Conspiracy, for which Pierson received the Director’s Guild Award, a BAFTA, awardwinning short Band Camp, which circulated numerous festivals and also aired on IFC as part of
the Peabody Award and an Emmy® nomination. their shorts program. A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television
and the DGA Training Program in New York, Patterson worked on numerous television productions
Pierson is a past president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and has twice including The Sopranos, Law & Order SVU and Law & Order Trial By Jury, as well as the feature
served as president of the Writers Guild of America/West. films Stay, Lord of War, Annapolis, and In Good Company. Patterson also served as a 2nd AD on the
television series Heroes and Miss Guided and the film Vicious Circle before returning to her producing
roots in 2007 with Mad Men.
45. ERIN LEVY JOSH WELTMAN
Co-Producer Co-Producer/Advertising Consultant
Erin Levy joined Mad Men in the third season after being tapped by her former writing professor, Advertising Consultant, Josh Weltman, has been with Mad Men since the show’s first season.
Matthew Weiner, to join as the writers’ assistant. She went on to co-write the season finale episode His job is to work with Matthew Weiner and the series writers to ensure that the business stories play true
Shut The Door. Have a Seat with Weiner, for which she won an Emmy® for Outstanding Writing for a to life and that the show accurately depicts the process of creating ads and servicing clients.
Drama Series. Levy also has three Writers Guild Awards for the series, joining along with the writing He also creates most of the original advertising seen on the show, and in real life, is a working creative
staff for the third and fourth season wins for Best Drama and winning the Episodic Drama award for her director.
fourth season episode The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.
A twenty-year veteran of the advertising business, Weltman has created commercials and ad campaigns
A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, Levy previously worked for KIA Motors, Carl’s Jr., BMW, Taco Bell, Doritos, Microsoft, Whole Foods Markets, MSN, Earthlink and
at HBO and other production companies before serving as team coordinator for President Obama’s Green Burrito and has authored everything from online guerilla marketing efforts for small clients like
Los Angeles campaign and field organizer in New Mexico, and also served a stint on the series Cirque Berzerk, to national campaigns for global automotive companies like KIA Motors.
In Plain Sight.
Weltman graduated from Otis/Parsons Art Institute of Design with a BFA in Illustration and
Communication Design and has been cited by The International Advertising Festival, The American
Advertising Federation, and The Advertising Club of Los Angeles for excellence in his work.
SEMI CHELLAS
Co-Producer
BOB LEVINSON
An accomplished screenwriter, Semi Chellas was the co-creator and executive producer of
The Eleventh Hour, the two-time Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television winner for Best Series, Co-Producer/Advertising Consultant
which also garnered Chellas (with Tassie Cameron) the Canadian Academy’s Award for Best Writing.
Bob Levinson earned his bachelor’s degree from Beloit College in Beloit, WI in 1960. Following
Additional Canadian television writing credits include her adaptation for Of Murder and Memory for
graduation he went on to work at BBDO Advertising in New York, where he started as a media
CTV and the award-winning teleplay Dead Aviators for CBC, which aired in the U.S. as Restless Spirits.
trainee and rose through the ranks to ultimately become senior vice president in charge of television
Chellas has written a number of literary adaptations including, Carol Shields’ Pulitzer prize-winning programming, and in 1977 was appointed to the company’s board of directors.
The Stone Diaries, Michelle Richmond’s New York Times best-seller, The Year Of Fog, Susan Choi’s
Levinson left BBDO in 1979 to work for Highgate Pictures, a small production company based in
Pulitzer short-listed American Woman and novels by Michael Ondaatje, Miriam Toewes and Robert
New York. He then moved on to the world of talent agencies, working at Sy Fisher before transitioning to
Goolrick. She is currently adapting Dr.Jill Bolte Taylor’s best-selling memoir My Stroke of Insight. Chellas
ICM in New York, where he served as head of the television department for two years before transferring
also wrote the screenplays for the independent films, Picture This starring Juliet Lewis and Gina Gershon,
to the Los Angeles office in 1989. In 1993, Levinson left the agency for two years to produce two telefilms
and The Life Before This, featuring Catherine O’Hara and Joe Pantoliano.
for NBC before returning to ICM, which is where his connection to Mad Men began. He was given a
As a director, three of Chellas’ short films have premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival: copy of the pilot script to read and, having worked in the advertising world during the time that the series
Green Door, written by Barbara Gowdy; Trouser Accidents, included in the Best Canadian Short Films is set, Levinson felt connected to each of the characters and was amazed at how accurately series creator
Showcase; and Three Stories From the End of Everything, which was nominated by the Canadian Matthew Weiner depicted that era. In 2008 Levinson left ICM, where he had served as executive vice
Academy for Best Live-Action Short. Her latest short film, One Tomato, won the Gold Kahuna at the president of worldwide television, and since then, in addition to his work with Mad Men, has consulted
Hawaii Film Festival. with a number of broadcast companies.
BRETT JOHNSON
Story Editor
This is Brett Johnson‘s second season as a writer for Mad Men and his fourth with the series.
He joined the show in the second season as the script coordinator and in the third season co-wrote the
episode The Grown Ups, with Matthew Weiner for which he and Weiner were nominated for a Writers
Guild Award.
46. JONATHAN IGLA DAN BISHOP
Staff Writer Production Designer
This is Jonathan Igla’s first season as a writer on Mad Men. He joined the show in the fourth season as Production Designer Dan Bishop’s interest in design and how it relates to dramatic literature began
the writers’ assistant, and with Matthew Weiner wrote the season finale Tomorrowland. Additionally, Igla with his introduction to live theatre and continues in the medium of film. His preference for projects that
also joined with the writing staff to receive the 2010 Writers Guild Award for Best Drama Series. explore the nature and character of people, their regional cultures and histories, and the environments
they live in, has directed him towards numerous period projects for both film and television. He and his
A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema and Television, Igla currently lives
collaborators at Mad Men have garnered four consecutive Art Directors Guild Awards for Excellence in
in Los Angeles with his wife.
Production Design and three Emmy® nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera
Series.
Now in his fifth season with Mad Men, Bishop’s credits also include designing A Single Man for
CHRISTOPHER MANLEY, ASC
director Tom Ford, and the pilot for the series Parks and Recreation. He also previously lent his talents
Director of Photography to designing for both Big Love and Carnivale for which he won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding
Production Design.
Now in his fourth season with Mad Men, Christopher Manley was nominated for an Emmy® in 2009 for
his cinematography on the second season episode The New Girl, and again in 2010 for the third season Additional film projects include Lone Star, Passion Fish and City Of Hope for director John Sayles;
finale Shut the Door. Have a Seat. Additionally, he was nominated for an ASC award in 2011 for his King of California for Mike Cahill; Thunderheart and Blink for Michael Apted; Panic for Henry Bromell;
work on the fourth season episode Blowing Smoke. The Education of Little Tree for Richard Friedenberg; Gridlock’d for Vondie Curtis-Hall; and Mystery Train
for Jim Jarmusch.
Manley has filmed over a dozen independent movies including The Big Empty with Jon Favreau,
the critically-acclaimed Dahmer, and Gracie starring Dermot Mulroney and Elisabeth Shue and directed Bishop received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA from New York University,
by Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). both for Theatrical Design.
His extensive television credits include the pilots for Homeland and Revenge, as well as the hit series
Prison Break. He has also shot several television movies and mini-series including Tough Trade and
The Phantom Eye, an original movie for AMC which earned him an Emmy®. In addition to his CLAUDETTE DIDUL
Mad Men nomination, Manley was also nominated by the ASC for his episodic television work on Set Decorator
Threat Matrix and CSI: NY.
Claudette Didul is in her second season with Mad Men. Didul’s previous credits include serving as
Manley studied filmmaking at Temple University in Philadelphia, before earning his MFA in assistant set decorator on the films Donnie Brasco, Catch Me If You Can and Seabiscuit, and as a buyer
cinematography from the American Film Institute (AFI), where he was awarded the Eastman-Kodak on the upcoming fourth installment of the Spider-Man films, The Amazing Spider-Man. Her television
Scholarship Award. His AFI thesis, My Mother Dreams the Satan’s Disciples in New York (1999), credits include set decorating duties on Undeclared and The Bernie Mac Show.
won the Academy Award® for best live-action short film. He was inducted into the American Society of
Cinematographers in 2007. Didul received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
47. JANIE BRYANT TOM WILSON
Costume Designer Editor
Emmy® Award-winning costume designer Janie Bryant has received national and international praise for Dallas native Tom Wilson is in his third season with Mad Men as a full-time editor. He attended film
her work on Mad Men, and caught the attention of fashion icons such as Michael Kors and Tom Brown, school at the University of Texas and spent eight years in Austin. Upon moving to Los Angeles he landed
who have designed collections inspired by the fashions from the show. Bryant’s numerous accolades a job cutting sports highlight videos for a company that contracted with college athletic programs and
and awards for her work on the series include two Costume Designers Guild Award’s for Outstanding went on to work as an apprentice and then an assistant editor for the HBO series, Rome. Wilson joined
Costume Design for a Television Series-Period/Fantasy and three Emmy® nomination’s for Outstanding Mad Men in the series’ first season as an assistant editor and went on to cut two episodes during the
Costumes for a Series. Additionally, in 2008 Bryant won the award for “TV’s Most Stylish Show” second season and has also served as assistant editor on Castle.
presented by Hollywood Life Magazine.
In addition to her work on the series, Bryant is the author of the style advice book, The Fashion File and
recently partnered with Banana Republic in two Mad Men inspired collections. In 2010 she released DAVID CARBONARA
two eponymous capsule collections for QVC and worked with Mattel on the designs for the Mad Men Composer
Barbie® collection.In 2009 Bryant partnered with Brooks Brothers to design a men’s suit line.
As a film composer, Carbonara’s credits include Working Title’s British comedy hit, The Guru (starring
Bryant’s previous credits include her work on Deadwood for which she received critical attention and Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei), for which he artfully mixed traditional Indian instruments into a
numerous prestigious nominations and awards, including three Costume Designers Guild Award western ensemble. Also internationally, he scored two French produced films for director Amos Kolleck,
nominations for Outstanding Costume Design for Television Series – Period/Fantasy, and three Emmy® Queenie in Love and Fast Food, Fast Woman, which premiered at Cannes, as well as Brazilian director
nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series, taking home the coveted Award in 2005. Ana Carolina’s Amélia. Other U.S. credits include David O. Russell’s critically-acclaimed
Spanking the Monkey, Nick Smith’s Monumental and James Ryan’s award-winning
The Young Girl and the Monsoon. For television, Carbonara scored the pilot Elizabeth Street for
CHRISTOPHER NELSON, A.C.E. executive producer Martin Scorsese, and director Miguel Arteta and Jon Sherman’s My Sexiest Mistake.
Carbonara has also composed music for theater, scoring productions at the Atlantic Theater Company
Editor and Playwright’s Horizon in New York City and The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge.
Now in his fifth season with “Mad Men,” Chris Nelson’s career as a film editor began on the miniseries As a music editor, Carbonara worked on the films, License To Wed (starring Robin Williams) and on
The Captains and the Kings in the late ‘70s. Soon after, he began editing pilots such as Bob Odenkirk’s directorial debut, Let’s Go to Prison (starring Dax Shepard and Will Arnet).
The Greatest American Hero, for Stephen Cannell. Nelson has received Best Editing Emmy® nominations In 2006, he worked on The Lake House (starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves), which was his
for Lost, Six Feet Under, China Beach, and The Greatest American Hero pilots. He also received an fourth time working with Academy Award®-winning composer Rachel Portman. Carbonara was the
American Cinema Editors nomination for editing the pilot for The West Wing and Lost. music editor on the two Oscarnominated scores Portman wrote for director Lasse Hallström’s films,
In addition to his Mad Men duties, Nelson also recently worked on the television series Undercovers The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, as well as on her score for Jonathan Demme’s
and has over 50 television movies and pilots to his credit, including; the three hour Showtime movie The Truth About Charlie. Carbonara has also worked as a music editor for directors Ron Howard, M.
Thanks of a Grateful Nation, the PBS special I’ll Fly Away, the pilot for China Beach, the pilot for Night Shyamalan, David Mamet, Milos Forman, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi and Robert Benton and for
The West Wing, and the HBO pilot Six Feet Under. Academy Award-winning composers Michel LeGrand and Howard Shore.
A former jazz and touring trombonist, Carbonara has a bachelor degree in film scoring from the Berklee
College of Music.
LEO TROMBETTA, A.C.E.
Editor
This is Leo Trombetta’s second season with Mad Men as a full time editor, but he is familiar to the show
as he edited two episodes in 2007. Most recently Trombetta served as editor for the HBO series “Luck”
and the telefilm Temple Grandin, directed by Mick Jackson. Additional film credits include Little Children,
directed by Todd Field, Northfork, directed by Michael Polish and New Best Friend, directed by Zoe
Clarke-Williams.
Trombetta’s television credits include work on the HBO series’ The Pacific, Big Love, and Carnivale.