RON, THE MOTEL OWNER is developed, written and played by Marc Forster.

Marc Forster was born in Ulm, Germany, but grew up in Davos, Switzerland. From his early teens he was determined to become a director. In 1990, when he was 20 years old, he moved to New York to pursue his dream. For three years he attended NYU film school, making several documentary films. In 1995, he moved to Hollywood, where he shot loungers, an experimental low budget film, which won the Slamdance Audience Award. Marc's first motion picture was the psychological drama everything put together, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and won him an Independent Spirit Award in the category "someone to watch". It has also been added to the MoMA film collection. His breakthrough film was monster's ball in 2001, in which he directed Halle Berry in her Academy Award-winning performance. His next film finding neverland (2004), based on the life of author J.M. Barrie, was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, including Best Director, and seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Marc also received BAFTA and Directors Guild of America nominations for his direction. In 2005 he directed the thriller stay with Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. Stefanie Schneider was senior artist for this film. His most recent film to hit theatres was stranger than fiction (2006), a romantic comedy starring Will Ferrell. Marc has completed the film the kite runner, based on the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini, which he shot mostly in China and Afghanistan and which will be released in the beginning of 2008. Marc was just announced as director for the next James Bond film under the working title bond 22, for which pre-production has just begun.