Dirt   (Premieres on Sunday, March 2, 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET)

DAVID ARQUETTE, Executive Producer / Director, Episode 5

David Arquette is an accomplished actor, writer, director, and producer. In 1997, he was discovered at Sundance for his role in Johns. Since that time, he has acted in dozens of feature films, including the Scream trilogy, Eight Legged Freaks, The Grey Zone, Stealing Sinatra, Never Been Kissed, Dream with the Fishes, Never Die Alone and The Darwin Awards.

In January 2003, David formed Coquette Productions with his wife, Courteney Cox. Through their company, David wrote and produced his directorial debut, The Tripper, starring Thomas Jane, Balthazar Getty, Lukas Haas, Brad Hunt, Jason Mewes and Paul Reubens. Also under the Coquette banner, Arquette is executive producing Dirt and is developing a full slate of feature film and television projects. In addition to executive producing Dirt, David directed this season’s fifth episode.

JOEL FIELDS, Executive Producer / Writer, Episode 2

In addition to his duties as executive producer and writer for Dirt, Joel most recently wrote and produced Commander In Chief, which received a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Dramatic Series of 2005/2006. He also wrote several episodes of the critically acclaimed FX series about the Iraq war, Over There, produced by Steven Bochco. Joel has numerous other film and television projects to his credit, including Kate Brasher for CBS.

In the film world, Joel’s original screenplay, The Interrogator, was sold to FOX 2000. He also recently adapted Dr. F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack for Beacon Entertainment and James Siegel’s thriller, Detour for producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura at Paramount.

Joel’s play, How I Fell in Love, premiered at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2001 under the direction of David Lee. The two then went on to co-author a new book for Cole Porter’s classic musical, Can-Can. Their script received a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant as part of the NEA’s American Masterpieces: Three Generations of Artistic Genius project. Can-Can premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in July of 2007 to sold-out houses and was recently honored with four LA Theater Ovation Awards.

In his free time, Joel serves on the board of OneVoice, a global project giving voice to Israeli and Palestinian moderates. He also served a six-year board term for TreePeople, one of L.A.’s most active environmental organizations.

MATTHEW CARNAHAN, Creator / Executive Producer / Writer / Director, Episode 1

Matthew Carnahan has enjoyed a long career as a writer working in theater, television, movies and literature. A California native, he moved to New York City to study at NYU and with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He credits Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman as his mentors.

From 1984 to 1990, Matthew ran his own theater company in lower Manhattan, the Red Earth Ensemble. During this time he also wrote and directed numerous plays including Live Bait, Velvet Elvis, The Elephant Trainer’s Apprentice and Snap. In 1992, Matthew was awarded a Chesterfield Fellowship from Steven Spielberg and moved back to California. His short film Mailman premiered at Sundance in 1996 and went on to a dozen more festivals before enjoying a long run on Bravo. A year later, his feature film Black Circle Boys premiered at Sundance to critical acclaim.

Matthew made his first foray into the world of television in 1998, writing for the lauded but short-lived drama Trinity for NBC. Rudyland, his award-winning 2003 documentary on the reign of NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, is part of Cinemax’s Reel Life series. In spring 2005, he released his first novel Serpent Girl (re-released in 2006 as Copping Free). Matthew continues work on his second novel, Sweet Mary Sings at Midnight. He resides in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Helen, son Emmet and daughter Makena Lei.