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Executive Producer) – Larry Levinson Has Served As Executive Producer on a Wide Range of Movies, from Miniseries to Feature Films ‘LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT’ PRODUCTION BIOS LARRY LEVINSON (Executive Producer) – Larry Levinson has served as executive producer on a wide range of movies, from miniseries to feature films. He has overseen numerous Hallmark Channel Original Movies in every genre, from adventure to drama to romance. Levinson also executive produced the popular Hallmark Channel mystery movie franchises “Jane Doe,” “McBride,” “Mystery Woman” and “Murder 101.” His film credits include “Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo” and “Larry McMurtry’s Dead Man’s Walk.” He executive produced Burt Reynolds’ “Hard Times” telefilms featuring detective Logan McQueen. He also executive produced, with actor Dennis Quaid, “Everything that Rises” and “Mark Twain’s Roughing It.” With actor Tom Berenger, Levinson executive produced “Rough Riders.” For Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, Levinson’s substantial work as executive producer on original films includes “The Last Cowboy,” ”Straight From the Heart,” “Love Comes Softly,” “Audrey’s Rain,” "The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay,” “Hard Ground,” “A Time to Remember,” “Just Desserts,” “A Place Called Home,” “The Long Shot (Believe in Courage),” “Life on Liberty Street,” “King Solomon’s Mines,” “La Femme Musketeer,” “The Trail to Hope Rose,” “The Reading Room,” “Our House,” “Where There’s A Will,” “Love’s Enduring Promise,” “Out of the Woods,” “Thicker Than Water,” “Always and Forever,” “The Three Gifts,” “Love Begins,” “The Seven Year Hitch,” Strawberry Summer,” “This Magic Moment,” “Reading, Writing & Romance,” “Puppy Love,” “Help for the Holidays,” “Shadow On The Mesa,” “Notes From Dad,” “Second Chances,” “The Thanksgiving House” and “Santa Switch.” Levinson also served as executive producer on “The Christmas Card” in 2007. The film stands as the Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated original movie. ### KEVIN CONNOR (Director) – Kevin Connor has amassed an impressive list of directorial credits in TV movies, miniseries and feature films. His collaborations with RHI Entertainment include the miniseries “Marco Polo,” with Ian Somerhalder, “Frankenstein,” featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Delpy and the biblical miniseries, “In the Beginning,” starring Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset, Bill Campbell and Eddie Cibrian. He also directed the company’s television movie, “Mary and Jesus,” which included “Polo” co-star Mark Jax in the cast. Other miniseries credits for Connor include “North and South: Book II” with an all-star cast including Patrick Swayze and Kirstie Alley, “Mistral’s Daughter” starring Stacy Keach and Stefanie Powers, “The Apocalypse Watch” with Patrick Bergin, John Shea and Virginia Madsen and “The Seventh Scroll,” co-written by “Polo” co-star Alan Shearman. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / ‘LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT’ – Production Bios – Page 2 A partial list of his television movies include “The Little Riders,” “Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story,” “The Old Curiosity Shop,” “Diana: Her True Story,” “The Hollywood Detective” and “Mary, Mother of God,” as well as Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Always & Forever,” “Santa, Jr.,” “Just Desserts,” “A Boyfriend for Christmas,” “Chasing Leprechauns” and “The Thanksgiving House,” starring Bruce Boxleitner and Lindsay Wagner. For Hallmark Movie Channel, Connor directed “Strawberry Summer” and” “I Married Who?” starring Kellie Martin. Connor has directed episodes of numerous popular television series including “Moonlighting,” “Hart to Hart,” “Hotel,” “Remington Steele,” “Lazarus Man,” “Dirty Dozen: The Series” and “Space: 1999.” ### JOHN DONOVAN & DEBBIE GAUGHAN (Writers) – John Donovan and Debbie Gaughan are a husband and wife writing team who have written documentaries for TNN (recently rebranded as HEARTLAND) and ESPN as well as scripted live action theme park shows for Universal Studios. John was a professional stand-up comic for over twelve years. Debbie has been involved with arts-in-education as a creative drama teacher for over fifteen years. They reside in Los Angeles with their three hummingbirds Larry, Moe and Curly. ### JENNIFER NOTAS (Writer) - Jennifer Notas channeled her love of writing and passion for pop culture during her time as a Television/Radio major at Ithaca College in upstate New York, completing a concentration in Screenwriting, a minor in Writing and four semesters as a tutor in the school’s Writing Center. After graduation, Notas moved to Los Angeles with the plan to become a sitcom writer. While working in television as an executive assistant, writer’s assistant and assistant story editor, Notas also found time to write spec scripts and a couple of screenplays. But life was about to come full circle. After freelancing as a script reader for Larry Levinson Productions (LLP) and generally struggling to make it in the entertainment business, Notas called it quits and enrolled in a Masters program at Pepperdine University. With two months to go before graduation, Notas received great news from Larry Levinson Productions that Hallmark Channel and producing partner LLP were interested in hiring her to write the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “Elevator Girl.” Notas has had several Hallmark Channel Original Movies produced since and is currently working on developing other projects with LLP. --HALLMARK CHANNEL-- .
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