‘WILLIAM & CATHERINE: A ROYAL ROMANCE’
PRODUCTION BIOS
LINDA YELLEN (Executive Producer/ Director /Writer) - Linda Yellen’s projects have received numerous awards, including two Peabody’s, seven Emmys®, one Luminas, one Silver Nymph and two Christopher’s. Her films have been selected to be shown at the Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, New York, Aspen, Banff, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Deauville film festivals.
As a director and writer, Yellen’s films include “The Last Film Festival” (Dennis Hopper, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski), “The Simian Line” (William Hurt, Lynn Redgrave, Tyne Daly, Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford), “Northern Lights” (Diane Keaton, Maury Chaykin), “End of Summer” (Peter Weller, Jacqueline Bisset), “Parallel Lives” (Jim Belushi, Ben Gazzara, Liza Minelli, Dudley Moore, Gena Rowlands, Treat Williams), “Chantilly Lace” (Ally Sheedy, Martha Plimpton, Helen Slater, Talia Shire, JoBeth Williams, Jill Eikenberry, Lindsay Crouse) and “Prisoner Without a Name” (Liv Ullman, Roy Scheider).
Films Yellen produced include “Playing for Time” (Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander), “Mayflower” (Anthony Hopkins), “Everybody Wins” (Nick Nolte, Debra Winger), “Hard Hat and Legs” (Sharon Gless), “Sweet Bird of Youth” (Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon) and “Second Serve” (Vanessa Redgrave, Louise Fletcher).
Yellen’s films have been released through Columbia Pictures, Disney, Universal, Showtime, CBS, NBC, ABC and others.
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BRAD KREVOY (Executive Producer) - Brad Krevoy co‐founded the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA) in 1986 and has played a key role in the finance, development, production and distribution of more than 100 motion picture and television projects that have grossed more than 500 million USD and have garnered multiple Oscar®, DGA, Golden Globe, WGA, Emmy®, and Humanitas awards and nominations.
His producing credits include the smash hit comedy “Dumb and Dumber” starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, the Peabody Award-winning TV movie “Annie,” Kevin Spacey’s directorial debut “Albino Alligator,” “A Love Song for Bobby Long” starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson, “Kingpin” starring Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid and Bill Murray, “Jungle 2 Jungle” with Tim Allen and Martin Short, the Chris Farley comedy “Beverly Hills Ninja” and “Taking Chance” starring Kevin Bacon, which was the most watched HBO Original film in five years when released and which received multiple Emmy®, Golden Globe, WGA, DGA, SAG, and Humanitas awards and nominations.
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In 1996, Krevoy sold MPCA and became co-president of Orion Pictures, where he released such films as Victor Nunez’s critically acclaimed “Ulee’s Gold” starring Peter Fonda and director Sergei Bodrov’s “Prisoner of the “Mountains,” an Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. Krevoy’s revitalized Orion Pictures was sold to Kirk Kerkorian’s MGM/UA in 1997.
Krevoy subsequently restarted MPCA. The new MPCA’s recent productions include “Taking Chance” and Disney’s “Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2,” which was the best selling DVD release worldwide when released and the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “A Princess for Christmas” starring Sir Roger Moore. Krevoy is currently in post production on “Arena” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz, “Meeting Evil” starring Luke Wilson and Samuel L. Jackson and “Weapon” starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins. MPCA is prepping “Resurrection,” an English remake of the hit Japanese film “Yomigaeri,” with DreamWorks and “What Would Kenny Do?” to star Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber, with Sony Pictures and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment.
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FRANCISCO J. GONZÀLEZ (Executive Producer) - After beginning his career in worldwide sales and distribution at Saban International, Francisco J. González joined MPCA in 2001 to spearhead the company’s acquisitions arm and oversee worldwide sales and distribution.
Since joining MPCA, González has worked closely with all the major studios in North America and international distributors to negotiate and manage the worldwide distribution agreements for such MPCA films as “Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet,” “Boat Trip,” “Blast,” “Slipstream,” “National Lampoon's Barely Legal,” “The Hard Corps” and “Second in Command.” In addition to overseeing the distribution of MPCA’s own titles, González has also acquired and overseen distribution for such commercial and award-winning films as Tim Allen’s “Crazy on the Outside,” “Broken Lizard’s The Slammin’ Salmon,” “Killer Movie,” “7 Days” and “Hot Tamale.”
González has also leveraged his vast experience in international markets and sales to oversee the development, production and financing of the films “Moondance Alexander,” “The Package” and “One in the Chamber.”
He attends all major international film markets, including the Berlin International Film Festival/European Film Market, the Festival de Cannes/Marché du Film, the American Film Market, MIPCOM, and MIPTV.
González holds a BBA in Finance from Loyola University and an MFA from the University of Miami.
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REUBEN LIBER (Executive Producer) - Reuben Liber began his career with Twentieth Century Fox International Television in 1998 before moving into independent production and distribution at MPCA. After joining MPCA, his responsibilities quickly encompassed the entire range of the company's activities, ranging from negotiating co-production financing to concluding the sale of MPCA’s 250-title motion picture library.
As MPCA's Senior Vice President, Production & Development Operations, Liber serves as a broad-based production and business affairs executive on such films as “Stephen King’s Riding the Bullet,” “Boat Trip,” “Joe and Max,” “National Lampoon Presents Barely Legal,” “The Breed,” “The Elian Gonzalez Story,” “Annie,” “Undisputed,” “Borderline,” “Second In Command,” “The Hard Corps” and “3 Strikes.” His areas of expertise include development, talent packaging, production, sales, financing and distribution, including the arrangement of co-production and distribution strategies with studio and international financiers and distributors, and sales and distribution, having negotiated rights for such films as Tim Allen's “Crazy on the Outside” and Broken Lizard's “The Slammin’ Salmon.”
Liber is a producer of “Linewatch” starring Academy Award® winner Cuba Gooding Jr., for Sony Pictures, executive producer of “Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes” and “Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud” for the Syfy Channel and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, co-producer of “Slipstream” for Syfy/Universal and Lionsgate and associate producer of “Pavement” and “Consequence” for HBO and “Blast” for Blockbuster and MGM/UA. He more recently executive produced the sci-fi action thrillers “Hardwired” starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer and “Ticking Clock” starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Neal McDonough, both for Sony Pictures and “Mothman” and “Witchville” for the Syfy Channel and Lionsgate. He is currently executive producing “Arena” starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz and Daniel Dae Kim, “Meeting Evil” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson, “Assassination Games” starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins and the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “A Princess for Christmas” starring Sir Roger Moore.
Liber holds a B.A. summa cum laude from Brandeis University.
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CHRISTOPHER MOMENEE (Writer) — Ohio-born co-writer, Christopher Momenee, has a degree in Dramatic Writing from NYU, has sold screenplays to Disney, Columbia, and MGM, and was a contributing author to Writing Movies, an insider's guide to screenwriting. He lives in New York City.
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