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Roma Downey is an Emmy-nominated actress and producer who has been creating inspirational content for 25 years. Born in Northern Ireland, she was classically trained in London. She has performed on stage with the famed Abbey Theater and has appeared both on and off Broadway. For almost a decade, Roma starred on the hit CBS show, "Touched by an Angel". In her role as the tender-hearted angel, Monica, she garnered multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Downey is President of LightWorkers, the joint venture owned by MGM, Downey and her husband Mark Burnett. Under the LightWorkers banner, Downey and Burnett produced "The Bible" series on HISTORY that was viewed by more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone, and was nominated for three Emmy awards. Downey and Burnett also produced the feature film "Son of God" that stunned the box office when it became one of the highest faith movie openings of all time. Downey also won the Movie Guide Grace Award for her role as Mother Mary in the film. In 2016, Downey received the Irish Diaspora Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Screen from the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA), as well as a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood trade publication Variety recognized Downey as a "Trailblazer" and The Hollywood Reporter profiled her on its 100 Most Powerful Women in Hollywood issue and featured her on their list of Most Influential People of 2013. In 2014, Downey was also honored as a woman of impact in Variety's 2014 Women's Impact Report. More recently Downey was awarded an OBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
In addition to "The Bible" and "Son of God," Downey has produced numerous television series under LightWorkers including "Messiah" and "Country Ever After" for Netflix, "The Women of the Bible" for Lifetime, "The Dovekeepers" for CBS, "A.D. The Bible Continues" for NBC, and "Answered Prayers" for TLC .She also was the Executive Producer on the feature films "Little Boy" for Open Road Films, "Woodlawn" for PureFlix, "Ben-Hur" for MGM and Paramount, and the documentary "Faithkeepers" about the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle-East. She executive produced the Irish comedy "A Bump Along the Way " with Bronagh Gallagher and the short award winning movie "Rough". She is Executive Producer on "Redeeming Love", based on the best selling novel by Francine Rivers. Downey produced "On A Wing and A Prayer" for LightWorkers and MGM in 2023. The movie stars Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham and Jessie Metcalfe. The film closed the Sarasota Film Festival, at which Downey was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the Executive Producer on "The Baxters", releasing in Spring of 2024 on Amazon Prime Video, based on the Karen Kingsbury best selling book series. In the series, Roma also plays the role of Elizabeth Baxter.
Roma has also authored several books, among them, the New York Times best seller "Box of Butterflies", her 90-day devotional "Unexpected Blessings", and her most recent, best-selling book "Be an Angel: Devotions to Inspire and Encourage Love and Light Along the Way".- Producer
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Mark Burnett is a television and film producer, author, and Chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., (MGM) Television. He has garnered twelve Emmy Awards, five Producer Guild of America Awards, seven Critic's Choice Television Awards and six People's Choice Awards.
Burnett has produced more than 3,200 hours of television programming, which regularly airs in more than 70 countries worldwide. The company Burnett leads currently has five network television shows, five cable shows and a television series, including "The Voice" (NBC); "Survivor" (CBS); "Shark Tank" (ABC); and "Jamie Foxx's Beat Shazam" (FOX); "Fargo" (FX); "Vikings" (HISTORY); "Teen Wolf" (MTV); SIGNED (VH1) "Lucha Underground" (El Rey Network) and "The Handmaid's Tale" which won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series and broke ground for HULU to become the first streaming services to win this honor.
Burnett is one of very few producers to have had a renewed series on each of the four major networks and to have multiple series win their time slots on five nights of television in the same week.
Additionally, Burnett and his wife Roma Downey produced "The Bible" series on History Channel that was viewed by more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone. They also produced the feature film "Son of God" (20th Century Fox) that stunned the box office when it became one of the highest faith movie openings of all time. Together, Burnett and Downey have produced numerous television series including "The Women of the Bible" (Lifetime); "The Dovekeepers" (CBS); "A.D. The Bible Continues" (NBC); "Answered Prayers" (TLC). They were also executive producers on the feature films "Little Boy" for Open Road Films, "Woodlawn" for PureFlix, and "Ben-Hur" for MGM and Paramount Pictures.
The Hollywood Reporter named Burnett, #1 on their Reality TV Power List - 30 Most Powerful Sellers. TIME Magazine named Burnett one of the world's most influential people. He has won BRANDWEEK'S Marketer of the Year Award, The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award, the PGA Norman Lear Award and the prestigious ROSE D'OR FRAPA Format Award. Burnett was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2010 and was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.- Producer
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Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.
A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen College, Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, but did not finish his thesis on Martin Heidegger, allegedly because of a disagreement with his advisor. Returning to the States, he taught philosophy at M.I.T. and published a translation of Heidegger's "Vom Wesen des Grundes" as "The Essence of Reasons". Malick did not get his PhD in philosophy: Instead, he attended the American Film Institute Conservatory in its inaugural year (1969), taking a Masters of Fine Arts degree in film-making. His masters thesis was the seventeen-minute comedy short Lanton Mills (1969), which starred Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton. Malick himself acted in the short.
At A.F.I., Malick made a lasting association with Jack Fisk, who would establish himself as an Oscar-nominated art director and production designer and serve as art director on all of Malick's films. He also picked up Mike Medavoy as an agent, who got Malick work doctoring scripts and marketed his original ones. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 Alan Arkin trucker movie Deadhead Miles (1972), which was many miles from Harvard let along Oxford, and for the 1972 Paul Newman-Lee Marvin contemporary oater Pocket Money (1972), another departure from fields of academia. "Deadhead Miles" was dumped by Paramount as unreleasable and "Pocket Money", despite being headlined by two Top Ten Box Office stars, flopped. It was an inauspicious start to a legendary career, but it influenced Malick to begin directing his own scripts.
His first two films were the now critically acclaimed Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978). He then took a self-imposed retirement of nearly two decades from film-making before lensing his 1998 adaptation of James Jones's The Thin Red Line (1998), which was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including nods for Malick for directing and adapted screenplay.
Adopting a Kubrickian pace of movie-making, he directed The New World (2005) and the autobiographical The Tree of Life (2011) with gaps of only seven and six years, respectively, between release. However, he reportedly was working on ideas for "The Tree of Life" since the late 70s, including exposing footage that found its way into his finished film.
In an unprecedented burst of productivity, he shot his next four films, To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015), an as-yet unnamed drama and the cosmic documentary Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2016) back-to-back during and immediately after completing the long editing process of "Tree of Life". Like Stanley Kubrick, Malick usually takes well over a year to edit his films. All three are highly anticipated by cineastes the world over.- Producer
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Brigham Taylor is known for The Jungle Book (2016), Tomorrowland (2015) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).- Actor
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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is of mostly Irish descent.
Mel and his family moved to Australia in the late 1960s, settling in New South Wales, where Mel's paternal grandmother, contralto opera singer Eva Mylott, was born. After high school, Mel studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, performing at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts alongside future film thespians Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush.
After college, Mel had a few stints on stage and starred in a few TV shows. Eventually, he was chosen to star in the films Mad Max (1979) and Tim (1979), co-starring Piper Laurie. The small budgeted Mad Max made him known worldwide, while Tim garnered him an award for Best Actor from the Australian Film Institute (equivalent to the Oscar).
Later, he went on to star in Gallipoli (1981), which earned him a second award for Best Actor from the AFI. In 1980, he married Robyn Moore and had seven children. In 1984, Mel made his American debut in The Bounty (1984), which co-starred Anthony Hopkins.
Then in 1987, Mel starred in what would become his signature series, Lethal Weapon (1987), in which he played "Martin Riggs". In 1990, he took on the interesting starring role in Hamlet (1990), which garnered him some critical praise. He also made the more endearing Forever Young (1992) and the somewhat disturbing The Man Without a Face (1993). 1995 brought his most famous role as "Sir William Wallace" in Braveheart (1995), for which he won two Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.
From there, he made such box office hits as The Patriot (2000), Ransom (1996), and Payback (1999). Today, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.- Producer
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Andrew Erwin, is a director/ producer who began his career working as a duo with his brother Jon, known as the Erwin Brothers. After many years of directing award winning music videos for artists like Skillet, Switchfoot, Michael W. Smith, and Amy Grant, they went on to produced the award winning 9/11 documentary The Cross and the Towers (2006). In 2010 the brothers shifted their focus exclusively to developing feature films, beginning with their first micro-budget feature debut, October Baby (2011) The brothers and producing partner Kevin Downes invested their storytelling focus on the emerging faith audience, finding stories that were broadly relatable like comedy Moms' Night Out (2014) and sports drama Woodlawn (2015), their first venture into true stories, something that would become a staple of their brand. The deeply personal story was their first of many A+ CinemaScores (Andrew has three and his brother has a fourth). This led to the brothers' break out hit I Can Only Imagine (2018). The 7 million dollar budgeted film starring Dennis Quaid, was released by Lionsgate and went on to make 86 million in the box office as the top grossing independent of 2018. The success of Imagine led to the creation of the production company Kingdom Story Company with partners Kevin Downes and Tony Young aimed at telling stories of faith, hope, and redemption for the under-served Heartland audience they grew up in. The company has produced films like I Still Believe (2020), THE Jesus Music (2022) American Underdog (2022), Jesus Revolution (2023), and upcoming films to be released in 2024, Ordinary Angels, starring two time Oscar Winner Hilary Swank, Unsung Hero, from the Grammy Winning band For King + Country, Unbreakable Boy, starring Zachary Levi, & Dallas Jenkins film, Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Andrew is developing the New York Best-Selling book Fearless, based on fallen hero, Navy SEAL Adam Brown.- Producer
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Jon & Andrew Erwin are a directing team that focus on developing and producing unique stories of redemption, faith, and triumph of the human spirit. The duo began their career as teenagers in their hometown of Birmingham, AL, working as camera operators for ESPN. Local games at the university of Alabama soon became a full time career as sports cameramen. The brothers eventually worked on everything from college football, the NBA, NFL, and the X Games. In 2002, the team began their own video production company and began to venture into commercials, documentaries and music videos. They found their greatest success in the world of music, directing videos and producing concerts and television programs for platinum artists like Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, Switchfoot, Skillet, Montgomery Gentry, and many others. Jon and Andrew won Music Video Of The Year at the GMA Dove Awards three years consecutively, as well as receiving a total of eleven nominations. They also have produced and directed several feature length documentaries including the multi-award winning 9/11 story, The Cross and the Towers, as well as the International dramatic short film series, God Provides. In 2010 the brothers shifted their focus full time to feature films. Their debut feature, October Baby, a coming of age drama, was released by Samuel Goldwyn and Provident Films and debuted theatrically in the top ten. They are currently working on their new feature comedy, Moms' Night Out, set for release in 2014.- Actor
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Kevin Downes is a California native. He grew up in Visalia, just 3 hours north of Los Angeles where he shot his early films with his brother, Bobby and friend, David A.R. White He met Jon Erwin, while performing in the movie, Courageous, and the two partnered up along with Andy Erwin to create Moms' Night Out. They followed immediately with the film, Woodlawn and while in post production, presented the Erwin Brothers with the story behind, I Can Only Imagine, which became their 3rd feature film together. Soon after, they formed Kingdom and signed a first look deal with Lionsgate for feature films and television series to be released under the new banner. Kevin lives in Orange County, California with his wife Catherine and 3 sons, Benicio, Nathaniel and Joshua.- Actor
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David Oyelowo also known as 'David O', is a classically trained stage actor who has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and received the "Scholarship for Excellence" from Nicholas Hytner in 1998.
David most notably starred as Martin Luther King Jr. in Paramount's drama Selma (2014). Directed by Ava DuVernay and produced by Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt's Plan B, the film follows Dr. King's struggle to secure voting rights for black people culminating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama and President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Oyelowo received Golden Globe and Film Independent Spirit Award nominations and won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Dr. King. The film also received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
More recently, David's leading roles have included: Jack Radcliff in Blumhouse's Don't Let Go (2019) alongside Storm Reid, Javert in BBC and PBS Masterpiece's six-part adaptation of Les Misérables (2018) where he also served as executive producer, joining Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson in Sony's Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021), and opposite Angelina Jolie as the father and mother duo to Alice and Peter, the two beloved characters from the well-known fairy tales Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.
David has also been seen in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi adventure Interstellar (2014), J.C. Chandor's crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), Paramount's true-life crime thriller Captive (2015) with Kate Mara, A United Kingdom (2016) with Rosamund Pike, Disney's Queen of Katwe (2016) opposite Lupita Nyong'o for which he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination and Simon Brand's Default (2014), and STX and Amazon Studio's Gringo (2018) also starring Joel Edgerton and Charlize Theron.
Additional film credits include The Butler (2013), [linknm0000229]'s Academy Award nominated drama Lincoln (2012), with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones, the critically acclaimed independent drama Middle of Nowhere (2012), which earned David individual NAACP Image Award and Independent Spirit Award nominations, Jack Reacher (2012) opposite Tom Cruise, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy (2012) opposite Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron, the British made for television movie Complicit (2013), George Lucas' produced WWII drama Red Tails (2012), which won "Best Motion Picture" at the 2013 NAACP Image Awards, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) alongside James Franco and Freida Pinto, the Academy Award nominated drama The Help (2011), 96 Minutes (2011), which premiered at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, Kevin MacDonald's The Last King of Scotland (2006) opposite Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy, Who Do You Love (2008), in which he played the iconic Muddy Waters, A Sound of Thunder (2005) fro Warner Brothers, Derailed (2005) for Miramax, and Shoot the Messenger (2006) for BBC2.
Oyelowo first impressed audiences on the stage when he starred in "The Suppliants" at the Gate Theatre playing King Palasgus, for which he received the Ian Charleson Award commendation. Following this he played the title role of "Henry VI", becoming the first black actor to play an English king for the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company). The role won him the Ian Charleson Award and an Evening Standard Award nomination. Other theatre credits include an acclaimed performance in Richard Bean's "The God Botherers" at the Bush Theatre, the title role in Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound', which was Off-Broadway for which David received rave reviews, and most recently, appeared in New York Theatre Workshop's Off-Broadway production of Othello with Daniel Craig and Rachel Brosnahan.
Beyond theatre, David starred in the BAFTA Award winning series MI-5 (2002) playing Danny Hunter also known as "MI:5" which aired in the United States on BBC America as well. Additionally, he won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor and was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for the same role for his work on Small Island (2009). David also starred in the BBC1 original television movie Born Equal (2006) opposite Colin Firth as well as ABC's production of A Raisin in the Sun (2008), alongside Sanaa Lathan and Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Another small screen role which garnered him attention was HBO's film, Nightingale (2014), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy Award nominations, including one for his work as executive producer.
He will be making his directorial debut with the feature The Water Man (2020), written by Emma Needell and produced by Shivhans Pictures. David's production company, Yoruba Saxon, will also produce alongside Harpo Films. Not only will David O direct and produce, but star in the film as well with Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina, and Maria Bello.
In 2015, in association with The Geanco Foundation, Oyelowo established the David Oyelowo Leadership Scholarship to fully fund the education and rehabilitation of girls who have been directly affected by terrorism in Nigeria. He has continued to raise support for the Leadership Scholarship over the last four years, which is now providing thirty-two girls with an education in Nigeria.
Oyelowo was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2016 New Year Honours for his services to drama.- Producer
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Martha Williamson is a 35-year veteran of the entertainment industry, writing and producing television drama, sit-com, and variety. She is best known as the Executive Producer and Head Writer of the ground-breaking hit drama, "Touched By An Angel" which received 9 Emmy nominations over its nine-year run on CBS. Williamson was the first woman to solely executive-produce two shows simultaneously when she created and executive-produced "Promised Land" also for CBS. Her additional writing and producing credits include the " Signed, Sealed, Delivered" series and movie specials for Hallmark as well as specials and series for Disney, ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO and other cable networks.
A featured guest on such shows as "Oprah," "60 Minutes" and "Larry King Live" and a member of the Television & Radio Hall of Fame, Williamson received the Freedom Works Award from the U.S. Congress, the Anti-Defamation League's Deborah Award, the Edward R. Murrow Responsibility in Television Award, the Producer's Guild Nova Award, the Templeton Prize Epiphany Award, achievement awards from the NAACP, and nine Emmy nominations. She is a Trustee of her alma mater Williams College and of The Pasadena Playhouse, where she joined with Carol Burnett in establishing the Carrie Hamilton Theatre. In 2003, she was appointed by the President to the White House Council for Service and Civic Participation and served on its Board for two years.
Martha is a native of Denver, Colorado and lives in Southern California with her husband, Jon C. Andersen, and their two daughters.- Producer
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Darren has worked alongside various industry leaders including MGM, PARAMOUNT, LIONSGATE, producing several award-winning film titles such as "SENSATION OF SIGHT", "THE FIFTH PATIENT" and "UNCONDITIONAL". Darren recently produced an adaptation of the NYT's best selling book, "SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME" with Paramount Pictures, starring Renée Zellweger. He is currently in pre-production on Season 2 of a TV series, "Mark Hamill's POP CULTURE QUEST". Most recently, "RUN THE RACE" had a Theatrical Release with Roadside Attractions February 2019, and Darren recently produced two features an "Untitled" suspense / thriller starring Jim Caviezel, which was filmed in Amman, Jordan, and also "BLUE MIRACLE" starring Dennis Quaid which was filmed on location in the Dominican Republic and recently sold to Netflix. He is in post on a Family Comedy, entitled FAMILY CAMP, and in preproduction on a film in Vancouver called SIGHT. Darren lives in Los Angeles with his wife Krista and two boys. Darren lives in L.A. with his wife and two boys.- Producer
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Harrison Powell is known for Queen Bees (2021), The Best of Enemies (2019) and An Interview with God (2018).- Actor
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Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. was born on December 28, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He is the middle of three children of a beautician mother, Lennis, from Georgia, and a Pentecostal minister father, Denzel Washington, Sr., from Virginia. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, intent on a career in journalism. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions and, upon graduation, he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater. He left A.C.T. after only one year to seek work as an actor. His first paid acting role was in a summer stock theater stage production in St. Mary's City, Maryland. The play was "Wings of the Morning", which is about the founding of the colony of Maryland (now the state of Maryland) and the early days of the Maryland colonial assembly (a legislative body). He played the part of a real historical character, Mathias Da Sousa, although much of the dialogue was created. Afterwards he began to pursue screen roles in earnest. With his acting versatility and powerful presence, he had no difficulty finding work in numerous television productions.
He made his first big screen appearance in Carbon Copy (1981) with George Segal. Through the 1980s, he worked in both movies and television and was chosen for the plum role of Dr. Philip Chandler in NBC's hit medical series St. Elsewhere (1982), a role that he would play for six years. In 1989, his film career began to take precedence when he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Tripp, the runaway slave in Edward Zwick's powerful historical masterpiece Glory (1989).
Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1990s, including his portrayals of real-life figures such as South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Cry Freedom (1987), Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X in Malcolm X (1992), boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in The Hurricane (1999), football coach Herman Boone in Remember the Titans (2000), poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson in The Great Debaters (2007), and drug kingpin Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007). Malcolm X and The Hurricane garnered him Oscar nominations for Best Actor, before he finally won that statuette in 2002 for his lead role in Training Day (2001).
Through the 1990s, Denzel also co-starred in such big budget productions as The Pelican Brief (1993), Philadelphia (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), The Preacher's Wife (1996), and Courage Under Fire (1996), a role for which he was paid $10 million. He continued to define his onscreen persona as the tough, no-nonsense hero through the 2000s in films like Out of Time (2003), Man on Fire (2004), Inside Man (2006), and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). Cerebral and meticulous in his film work, he made his debut as a director with Antwone Fisher (2002); he also directed The Great Debaters (2007) and Fences (2016).
In 2010, Washington headlined The Book of Eli (2010), a post-Apocalyptic drama. Later that year, he starred as a veteran railroad engineer in the action film Unstoppable (2010), about an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying dangerous cargo. The film was his fifth and final collaboration with director Tony Scott, following Crimson Tide (1995), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006) and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. He has also been a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and has been a frequent collaborator of director Spike Lee.
In 2012, Washington starred in Flight (2012), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He co-starred with Ryan Reynolds in Safe House (2012), and prepared for his role by subjecting himself to a torture session that included waterboarding. In 2013, Washington starred in 2 Guns (2013), alongside Mark Wahlberg. In 2014, he starred in The Equalizer (2014), an action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk, based on the television series of same name starring Edward Woodward. During this time period, he also took on the role of producer for some of his films, including The Book of Eli and Safe House.
In 2016, he was selected as the recipient for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Pauletta Washington, and their four children.- Art Department
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- Todd Lieberman is an Oscar and Emmy winning producer and founder of Hidden Pictures, a film and television production company telling premium stories with a focus on discoveries of self, of purpose and of time and place. Hidden Pictures believes in the importance of sharing narratives that leave the audience with an uplifting sense of optimism to carry back into their lives. Lieberman is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. In total, he has had eight movies open at #1 at the box office, and they have been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning three.
Lieberman produced Disney's long-awaited, live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast. The critically hailed film, directed by Bill Condon, broke box office records worldwide and became the highest grossing PG-rated film in North America of all time. It also stars Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellan, Ewan McGregor, and Audra MacDonald. In 2018, Beauty and the Beast was nominated for two Academy Awards©: Costume Design and Production Design.
Lieberman released Rescue Rangers starring Andy Samberg and John Mulaney on Disney+ which won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie. He is in post-production on White Bird: A Wonder Story with Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson and Shotgun Wedding starring Jennifer Lopez (January, 2023 release). Lieberman and Hidden Pictures are developing a docu-series for Amazon that chronicles the rise and fall of the American Basketball Association. He recently produced HIT & RUN, an action thriller series starring Lior Raz (Fauda) on Netflix.
Prior to the creation of his new company, Hidden Pictures, Lieberman produced under the Mandeville Films banner which he continues to co-own. Before that, Lieberman acted as senior vice president for international finance and production company Hyde Park Entertainment, which produced and cofinanced such films as Anti-Trust, Bandits, and Moonlight Mile.
Lieberman established himself at international sales and distribution giant Summit Entertainment, where he moved quickly up the ranks after pushing indie sensation Memento into production and acquiring the Universal box-office smash American Pie.
In 2001, Lieberman was named one of the "35 under 35" people to watch in the business by The Hollywood Reporter, which also ranked Lieberman among the 30 most powerful producers in Hollywood. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a 2022 recipient of the Penn Alumni of Merit Creative Spirit Award. Lieberman is a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a judge for the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. He is also a member of the Television Academy and a Producer's Guild mentor, as well as an active member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization. A Cleveland native, he is a 2018 recipient of the Key to the State of Ohio. Lieberman is an avid sports fan and consulting producer of the podcast Inside Baseball. He also serves on the board of Run 2 Remember Los Angeles, an annual half marathon and 10K that honors fallen First Responders and their families. - Producer
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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in 1964, she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, 1966 and are still together. In 1967 her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in 1970, her fame had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to become a solo artist in 1974. Dolly gained immense popularity as a singer/songwriter. Dolly won numerous Country Music Association awards (1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). This petite (5'0") beauty was a natural for television, and by the mid-1970s she was appearing frequently on TV specials and talk shows before getting her own, Dolly (1976). In 1977, Dolly got her first Grammy award: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her song "Here You Come Again." Dolly's movie debut was in 9 to 5 (1980), where she got an Oscar nomination for writing the title tune, and also Grammy awards 2 and 3: Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for the song "Nine to Five." She got more fame for appearing in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and in Rhinestone (1984) with the song "Tennessee Homesick Blues". She is the head of Dolly Parton Enterprises, a $100 million media empire, and in 1986 she founded Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, celebrating her Smoky-Mountain upbringing. She appeared as herself in the Dolly (1987) TV series. In 1988, she won another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Trio". Dolly was in the acclaimed picture Steel Magnolias (1989) with Julia Roberts, and went on to appear in 15 movies and TV-movies for the 1990s, and garnered more more Country Music Association awards. In 2000, Dolly received her 5th Grammy award: Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. She also released a Bluegrass Album. Dolly is known for beautiful songs such as "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," and "I Will Always Love You". Dolly said in an interview, "My music is what took me everywhere I've been and everywhere I will go. It's my greatest love. I can't abandon it. I'll always keep making records."- Producer
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Ken Wales was born on 13 August 1938 in Salem, Indiana, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Amazing Grace (2006), The Party (1968) and East of Eden (1981). He died on 21 August 2021.- Producer
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Terry Benedict is known for Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Conscientious Objector (2004) and The Terminator (1984).- Producer
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T.D. Jakes was born on 9 June 1957 in South Charleston, West Virginia, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Jumping the Broom (2011), Miracles from Heaven (2016) and Not Easily Broken (2009). He has been married to Serita Jakes since 29 May 1982. They have five children.- Producer
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Derrick Williams,
A tireless creative producer who brings concepts and ideas vividly to life, Derrick Williams has built a dynamic career steering a spectrum of brands, businesses, and entertainment endeavors to soaring success and enormous economic impact. Williams' piercing vision and global reach has allowed him to develop coveted partnerships with politicians, kings, heads of state, and presidents of major studios, including Sony, Netflix, and others.
Serving as producing partner with world-renowned inspirational and spiritual leader, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Williams is credited with a long list of masterful projects, including the blockbuster hit Miracles from Heaven, starring Jennifer Garner. Produced by TDJ Enterprises and released by Sony Pictures, the film was budgeted at $13 million and grossed an impressive $73.8 million worldwide. Working as executive producer on the Sony Pictures box office hit Heaven Is For Real, Williams and company grossed more than $101 million at the box office. His track record includes celebrated independent feature films such as Not Easily Broken, starring Kevin Hart and Taraji P. Henson; Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day, starring Blair Underwood and Sharon Leal; the BET, Black Reel and NAACP Image Award winning Jumping the Broom, starring Angela Bassett; A Dog's Way Home, in partnership with Columbia Pictures; Winnie Mandela, starring Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard; and the astonishing remake of Sparkle, featuring the late Whitney Houston in her final film role.
In partnership with Tegna Media, 44 Blue, and Enlight Productions, Williams served as executive producer of the popular T.D. Jakes talk show, hosted by T.D. Jakes. He also worked as executive producer with Sony TV and Lifetime on the Gracie Award winning, Faith Under Fire television movie, based on the true story of Antoinette Tuff. Lifetime re-teamed with Williams for the tension filled anthology series, Seven Deadly Sins, based on the book series by Victoria Christopher Murray.
Williams and T.D. Jakes will serve as producing partners of the three movies, commissioned for production and scheduled to debut in 2021. Additionally, he has held key roles in an array of outstanding TV productions, including Mind, Body and Soul (BET), and I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story (LifeTime).
In collaboration with T.D. Jakes, Williams has conceived and overseen groundbreaking and historic live events around the world, including MegaFest, which attracted over 150,000 attendees and generated over $100 million in revenues. A seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, Williams has managed and produced a myriad of live events, including A Time to Laugh comedy show, featuring Steve Harvey, Chris Tucker, Niecy Nash, and Sheryl Underwood; Woman of Purpose concert, featuring Gladys Knight, BabyFace, Mary Mary, and others; Oprah's LifeClass; celebrity sporting events; and international leaders conferences.
Williams honed his expertise for delivering sold-out live audiences in partnership with David E. Talbert, and played a significant role in the success of a number of upbeat urban musicals. Later, he co-founded the Broadway Theatrical Urban Series with Clear Channel. Williams served in various capacities, ranging from co-producer, promoter, general manager, COO and CFO, as well as heading up marketing and promotions on critically-acclaimed productions such as, His Woman, His Wife, starring Malik Yoba and Stephanie Mills; Fabric of A Man, starring Shemar Moore and Clifton Powell; and Love Makes Things Happen, presented by Clear Channel Entertainment in collaboration with Edmonds Entertainment.
After studying under the tutelage of jazz legend, Ellis Marsalis, Williams launched his career in entertainment, at 19-years-old, as a back-up drummer on tour with Harry Connick Jr. and later transitioned to management and touring for iconic recording artists such as, PJ Morton, The Hawkins Singers and Kurt Carr.
A brand strategist and marketing mastermind, Williams has worked with a variety of high-profile, culture shifting talent, including Ray Chew, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, DeVon Franklin, Kim Kimble and Ray Lewis, among others. He's brought his marketing expertise to bear on projects such as The Karate Kid and Pursuit of Happiness (Sony), CREED (Warner Bros.), The Bible (History Channel), and Marshall (Open Road Films).
Fully devoted to his clients and community, Williams lends his masterful insights and visionary prowess through strategic alliances with the National Basketball Players Association, The Hollywood Reporters Advisory Board of the Young Executives Fellowship, EbonyLife Media, NAACP, Global Citizen, LiveNation, and more.- Producer
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David A.R. White has been a working actor, director and producer in Los Angeles for over twenty years. He was raised in a small Mennonite farming community outside of Dodge City, Kansas.
At the age of 19, David moved to LA, and only six months after moving, landed a recurring role on the hit top 10, TV CBS sitcom, Evening Shade for close to four years. He played the best friend of Burt Reynolds's son. David then went on to guest appearances on such shows as: Coach, Saved by the Bell, Sisters, Melrose Place, Martial Law and many others.
In 1999, produced and starred in his first feature length film, The Moment After. The following year, he produced and starred in the groundbreaking faith based theatrical film, Mercy Streets opposite Eric Roberts, Stacy Keach and Cynthia Watros. David was nominated for a movie guide's "best actor" award for his dual roles in the film. Sony picked up both films for distribution. David kept producing and starring in films throughout the next several years.
In late 2005, David became a founding partner in the film distribution/production entity Pure Flix.
Today, Pure Flix maintains its position as the number one Faith based studio, producing and distributing more films in this genre than any other studio. David also maintains his position as one of the most prolific actors/filmmakers in the faith based arena, as he writes, directs, produces and stars in many of the films.
David has starred in over 20 films. Some of his film credits include: SIX...the Mark Unleashed, The Moment After 1,2, In the Blink of an Eye, Hidden Secrets, Holyman Undercover, Run On, Marriage Retreat, Me Again, Jerusalem Countdown (based on the best selling book that sold over 2 million units and the Revelation Road movies.
In 2012, David created, produced and starred in the UP original film, Brother White. He co-starred with Reginald Vel Johnson, Jackee, Victoria Jackson, academy award nominee Bruce Davison and Ray Wise. At the TCA's that year, David got rave reviews and became a darling, charming the critics with his real life Mennonite stories.
For his performance in Brother White, David was named a finalist in 5th Annual Cable FAX Program Awards in the category of Best Actor - Family Friendly
In 2014, David produced and Co Starred in the #1 live action independent movie of the year, God's Not Dead. He starred with Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain in God's Not Dead. God's Not Dead maintains it's position as the 6th most profitable movie in cinema history based on it's ROI.
Also in 2014, David helped produced a new Sony Film, Mom's Night Out.
In 2015, David starred in the new action/comedy dog movie Dancer and the Dame. He starred opposite Billy Gardell. (Mike on Mike & Molly). David continues to be at the helm of Pure Flix shooting and releasing 4 theatricals films a year, and building and creating content such as Malibu Dan, the God's Not Dead franchise and David's latest, Beckman for Pureflix.com- Writer
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Stephen Kendrick co-wrote and produced the movies: Overcomer, War Room, Courageous, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and Flywheel and co-authored the books: The Love Dare, The Resolution for Men, and The Battleplan for Prayer. He and his brothers, Alex and Shannon operate Kendrick Brothers Productions in Albany, Ga. and serve on the board of the Christian Worldview Film Festival. Stephen has dedicated his life to serving Jesus Christ and to sharing His love and truth around the world.- Actor
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Born in Athens, Georgia as the middle of Rhonwyn and Larry Kendrick's three sons. He grew up in Smyrna, Georgia and graduated from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor's degree in Communications. He worked as a Christian DJ for two radio stations before attending New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and being ordained into the ministry. He served as a minister to college students in Marietta, Georgia for four years.
After Kendrick married his wife Christina, they moved to Albany, Georgia where he served as Associate Pastor of Media at Sherwood Baptist Church. While there, he founded Sherwood Pictures and began acting in, writing, producing, and directing feature films. In 2015 he wrote and directed "War Room," which reached #1 at the box office. He also co-wrote seven novels and "The Love Dare," which made it to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Later he co-wrote the New York Times bestsellers "The Resolution for Men" and "The Battle Plan for Prayer". Alex and Christina now have six children.- Actor
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Kirk Thomas Cameron was born in Panorama City, California, to Barbara Cameron (née Barbara Jeanne Bausmith), a homemaker, and Robert Cameron, a teacher. Though his parents initially did not project show business aspirations onto their children, a family friend in the business noted to Barbara that both Kirk and his sister, Candace Cameron Bure, were cute enough that they could easily pick up lucrative work in commercials. After Cameron began appearing in TV ads for "Polaroid", "McDonald's" and "Count Chocula" cereal, he found himself wound up in Hollywood's notorious child-star mill, netting minor cute-kid parts in a handful of TV movies, including a couple of Disney projects and two ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) (1972-95). In 1983, he landed a regular gig, as a precocious kid, in ABC's Two Marriages (1983), a show that remained on the air less than a month. He found a more winning formula in 1985 with Growing Pains (1985), playing the oldest son of a family headed by a psychiatrist (Alan Thicke) and a journalist (Joanna Kerns), one in a sequence of family network sitcoms characterized by with-it parents and mischievous-but-squeaky-clean kids. On the show, Cameron played the incorrigible but dumb "Mike Seaver" and his winning portrayal won over a large number of teen fans. In spite of scathing critical notices, "Growing Pains" ranked among Nielsen's top 20 network shows for its first four seasons, rising to No. 5 in its 1987-88 year. On the heels of his sitcom success, Cameron appeared in his first feature film in 1986, the Robin Williams/Kurt Russell glory-days comedy, The Best of Times (1986).
ABC would pump up Cameron as its "It" boy, and his trademark smirk in coming years would grace covers of a raft of teen magazines. Meanwhile, job offers cropped up to exploit his proverbial 15 minutes; he played the son/father of Dudley Moore in Like Father Like Son (1987), one of Hollywood's periodic flavor-du-jour retreads of the mystical parent/sibling body-switch comedies; netted the starring role in a high-profile Pepsi Super Bowl XXIV commercial; rated top-billing in Listen to Me (1989), an overwrought, widely-panned college drama about debate team wonks arguing against Roe v. Wade; and did a guest-shot, alongside sister Candace, on her ABC sister sitcom, Full House (1987) (1987-1995). Firmly established as the resident star of "Growing Pains", Cameron saw his pay jump to $50,000 a week and his fans sending him some 10,000 letters a week. But his coming-of-age took an unexpected turn, at least for everyone who worked with him. As he would later recall it in his autobiography, "Still Growing", the family of his first girlfriend initially exposed the 17-year-old to evangelical Christianity. Cameron experienced what he would later describe as a "life-changing encounter with Jesus" and declared himself "born again".- Actor
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Stephen Baldwin was born on 12 May 1966 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He has been married to Kennya Baldwin since 10 June 1990. They have two children.- Producer
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Regarded by many as the greatest player in the history of college football, Tim Tebow was born in the Philippines to Baptist missionaries. Before she became pregnant with him, his mother had contracted amoebic dysentery. During her pregnancy, the medications used to treat the dysentery caused a severe placental abruption, a condition in which the placental lining separates from the uterus. The Tebows decided to carry the baby to term as abortion is against their faith. Tim and his mother appeared in a pro-life commercial funded by evangelical group Focus on the Family during Super Bowl XLIV (2010) which stirred national controversy.
The family returned to the United States when Tim was 3 years old, moving to a farm outside of Jacksonville, FL, where he and his siblings were home-schooled by their mother. Taking advantage of a state law which allowed home-schooled students to compete in high school sports, in 2003, Tim and his mother moved to Ponte Vedra so he would be eligible to play football for Allen D. Nease High School. He was named Player of the Year as a junior (playing his last game that season with a broken fibula), and Mr. Football his senior year after he lead Nease to the Class 4A title. On December 13, 2005, three days after Nease won state, Tebow announced he would be playing for his parents' alma mater, the University of Florida.
To say he dominated at Florida is an understatement. Tebow threw for 9,285 yards and 31 touchdowns, and rushed for 2,947 yards and 57 touchdowns (breaking Emmitt Smith's school record, and Kevin Faulk's SEC record) for 12,232 total offensive yards (breaking Danny Wuerffel's school record). He lead the Gators to 2 SEC titles and 2 NCAA titles, and was the first player ever to rush for at least 20 touchdowns and pass for at least 20 touchdowns in a single season. Among the slew of accolades he received were the Sullivan Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Maxwell Award, the Wuerffel Trophy, the Chic Harley Award, the Wooden Cup, the Manning Award, the Campbell Trophy, Touchdown Club of Columbus Quarterback of the Year Award, the AP College Football Player of the Year, the SEC Male Athlete of the Year, and the Heisman Trophy.
However, pundits doubted he had what it took to make it in the NFL, and were shocked when he was taken 25th overall in the 2010 draft by the Denver Broncos. He became a sensation in 2011 when he took the 1-4 Broncos to an 8-8 record and the AFC West title, most of those wins coming in the last minutes. "Tebowing" - a term coined to describe his habit of kneeling on one knee in prayer as he bowed his head and either rested an arm on the opposite bent knee or his elbow on the knee with his fist at his forehead - was aped by celebrities, and inspired a web page which received over 20,000 photos of people "Tebowing". The Broncos beat the then-AFC champ Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the playoffs when Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas for an 80-yard touchdown on the first play of overtime.
While Broncos fans were sold on Tebow Time, Broncos head coach John Fox and Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway were not. After Elway signed Peyton Manning, Tebow was traded to the New York Jets. A disastrous season followed as offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, and head coach Rex Ryan couldn't figure out how to best-utilize him. He was released on April 29, 2013, throwing for 39 yards and rushing for 102 yards for no touchdowns in 12 games.
He signed with the New England Patriots on June 10th. As it carries two quarterbacks, as opposed to most teams, which carry three or four, he had his work cut out for him. In 3 pre-season games, he completed 11-of-30 passes for 145 yards, 2 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, rushed for 91 yards, and spent most of those games, literally, running for his life. His performance intensified criticism of his football acumen. He was released on August 31st despite owner Robert Kraft claiming he was rooting for him to make the team. In December, he signed with ESPN to be an analyst on its SEC Network, which launched on his 27th birthday.- Producer
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Sean Hannity was born on 30 December 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Siege (1998), The First American (2016) and Let There Be Light (2017). He has been married to Jill Rhodes since 9 January 1993. They have two children.- Producer
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As a 35-year veteran of the Hollywood film and television business, Brian Bird's mission as a writer, producer and media professional is to create high-caliber life-affirming redemptive true stories and uplifting entertainment projects. Bird, who hails from Illinois, is co-founder and partner with Michael Landon, Jr. of Believe Pictures, specializing in life-and-faith-affirming films and television. His most recent writing and producing credits include the feature films, "The Heart of Man" (2018), "The Case for Christ" (2017), "Captive" (2015), "The Ultimate Life" (2012) and "Not Easily Broken" (2009). Additionally, he serves as executive producer and co-creator of the Hallmark Channel original series, "When Calls the Heart" (2014-2021), now in its 11th season, and its spin off series, "When Hope Calls" (2020). Prior to that, he wrote and produced "Beverly Lewis' Trilogy, "The Reckoning" (2016), "The Confession" (2013) and "The Shunning" (2011), for Hallmark; "Game Time" for NBC (2011); "Saving Sarah Cain" (2008) and Francine Rivers' "The Last Sin Eater" (2007). In addition, he is now in production on "The Story of Everything," and developing three other true stories/feature films, "Life After Heaven," "Northern Lights" and "The Dream King." Bird also served as co-executive producer and writer on five seasons of the series "Touched by an Angel." His TV series writing and producing credits now include nearly 400 episodes of "When Calls the Heart," "When Hope Calls," "Touched By an Angel," 'Evening Shade," "Step by Step" and "The Family Man," as well as original pilots for Netflix, ABC, NBC and Showtime. His other film credits include the Morgan Freeman-directed "Bopha!" (1993), the Hallmark Hall of Fame drama "Captive Heart" (1996), and "Call Me Claus," the highest-rated cable film of 2003. He has also written screen adaptations of "In Silence" for Paramount Pictures, "Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation" for TNT, "Before Time Runs Out" for Fox, "The Deaths of Sybil Bolton" for CBS and "A Dirty Business" for HBO. He graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University at Fullerton in 1980. Prior to his work in Hollywood, Bird was a staff reporter and sports writer for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, and then served as Director of Public Relations for the international relief organization, World Vision. During that time, he also wrote widely in the religious press, including news and cover stories for Christianity Today magazine. He has spoken widely on the art and craft of screenwriting at for Pepperdine University, Biola University, Stephens College and Long Island University. Bird's best and highest productions to date are his five children with his wife, Patty, of 43 years, and his two grandchildren.- Actor
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Steve Cleary is known for Stephen's Test of Faith (1998), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and Agent Abbey (2005).- Producer
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- A native of Orange County, California, Tracy K. Price graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in Economics. He is a serial entrepreneur with four successful exits. Price's career has resulted in growth and success at every company he has led. As a testament to this, he received the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Orange County) in 2008. Throughout his life, he has always been drawn to movies. Price's passion for film has led him to venture into producing, as an executive producer of the award-winning The Stoning of Soraya M. Most recently, Price was a producer on the story of young Jesus, The Young Messiah (Focus Features) and an executive producer on The Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell on Netflix.
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Ron Hall is known for Same Kind of Different as Me (2017), Bing Crosby's Road to Hollywood (1997) and Picasso's Christ.- Producer
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Stephen Curry was born on 14 March 1988 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Finding Forrester, Breakthrough (2019) and Ballers (2015). He has been married to Ayesha Curry since 30 July 2011. They have three children.- Director
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Aaron Lieber is known for Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2018), The Pursuit (2008) and Lakey Peterson: Zero to 100 (2013).- Producer
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Kevan Otto is known for A Question of Faith (2017), Pardoned by Grace (2022) and My Brother's Keeper (2020).- Randy Hartley is known for Beautifully Broken (2018), As Good As You (2015) and Through the Valley (2013).
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Jay Lyons is known for The Long Goodbye-The Kara Tippetts Story (2019), My 600-lb Life (2012) and Music Happens Here (2017).- Director
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Tony Evans is known for Dr. Tony Evans (2016), Journey with Jesus (2021) and Kingdom Men Rising (2019).- Writer
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Cary Solomon was born on 7 September 1958 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Unplanned (2019), God's Not Dead (2014) and Do You Believe? (2015).- Writer
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Chuck Konzelman was born in 1960 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for God's Not Dead (2014), God's Not Dead 2 (2016) and Do You Believe? (2015).- Actor
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Kevin spent 3 years traveling around the world, modeling for print ads and appearing in over 150 commercials, before landing in his breakout series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).
Kevin David Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on September 24, 1958, to Ardis (Thompson), a nurse, and Lynn Nain Sorbo, a high school teacher. His father was of Norwegian descent and his mother's ancestry was English, Scottish, and German. In high school, he excelled at football, baseball and basketball; in college, he played these 3 sports, plus hockey. Kevin was also in a number of plays. After leaving college, Kevin joined an actors theater group, and traveled to Europe, then to Sydney, Australia appearing in commercials. At the end of 1986, he settled in Los Angeles. Kevin began to make guest appearances on such popular shows as Murder, She Wrote (1984). At 6' 3" and very muscular, Kevin was a natural for the title role in what would become his signature series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). Kevin became internationally famous, and he learned the craft of film-making well enough to direct and co-write some of the episodes. Kevin even studied martial arts in order to do many of his own stunts. In real life, Kevin's heart is as big as Hercules'-- he leads "A World Fit for Kids!" as the chair and spokesperson. Kevin devotes much of his time to "A World Fit For Kids!" which is a successful mentoring model that trains inner-city teens to use school, fitness, sports and positive role models for themselves, and then become the coaches and mentors for younger children. In 1998, Kevin married lovely actress Sam Sorbo, best known for her dual role on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) as Serena/the Golden Hind ("Hind" is a female red deer).- Actor
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Jason Mac is known for The Vampire Diaries (2009), A Father's Legacy (2020) and Criminal Minds (2005).- Steve Cleary is known for Ryan Defrates: Secret Agent (2017), Pilgrim's Progress (2019) and i am n (2017).