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‘UNCORKED’ 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’s “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 the Hallmark 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” and “Thicker Than Water.” Levinson also served as executive producer on “The Christmas Card” in 2007. The film stands as the Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated original movie. ### DAVID S. CASS, SR. (Director) – There haven’t been too many aspects of filmmaking that David Cass hasn’t been involved with. In a career that has spanned five decades, he has acted, directed, produced and written for countless television and motion picture projects, becoming one of the most respected stunt coordinators in the business. Cass’s career began in 1960 as a stunt performer for Robert Shelton on the streets of Old Tucson, a popular location for both tourists and Hollywood production companies. He performed stunts in Sam Peckinpah’s “The Deadly Companions” there in 1961, and was introduced to John Wayne two years later, while the Duke was filming his 1963 western, “McClintock!” prompting a move to Hollywood, where he would continue to double for the likes of Wayne, Robert Mitchum and countless others. Cass has acted and performed stunts, eventually becoming a stunt coordinator in the early 80s, for dozens and dozens of TV series and feature films, for “Young Billy Young,” “Gunsmoke,” (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL IN HD / ‘UNCORKED’ – Production Bios – Page 2 “Bonanza,” “Mission: Impossible,” “The Rockford Files,” “The Streets of San Francisco,” “Highway to Heaven,” “Kenny Rogers as The Gambler,” “Matt Houston,” “Smokey and The Bandit Part 3,” ”Knight Rider,” and many others, his rugged, gruff appearance continuing to bring the actor roles. While working stunts for ABC’s popular 1968 series, “Here Come the Brides,” Cass got his first directing assignment, shooting 2nd Unit for veteran western director Virgil Vogel. He would continue working 2nd Unit throughout the 70s, eventually helming television projects since the late 90s, including “Hard Time: The Premonition” for Burt Reynolds. Most recently he has directed a number of “Mystery Woman” films for The Hallmark Channel, including “Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery” in 2006, as well as Hallmark’s 2002 mini-series, “Johnson County War.” In the past several years, Cass has continued directing many made-for-TV movies, including the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Avenging Angel,” “Sacrifices of the Heart,” “Murder 101: Locked Room Mystery,” “Mystery Woman: In the Shadows,” “Desolation Canyon,” “Back to You and Me” and March 2009’s “Bound by a Secret.” Cass is married, lives in Los Angeles, and is the father of David S. Cass, Jr., who has followed in his father’s footsteps as a Hollywood stunt performer and coordinator. ### JIM HEAD (Writer) – Jim Head launched his independent production company, Head First Productions, in 2004, specializing in television movies, mini-series and series. Since starting his company, Head has developed and produced projects for NBC, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame, A&E, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, USA, TBS, ABC Family, Oxygen, Hallmark Channel, and Nickelodeon. In the television longform arena, Head was an executive producer for “Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy,” which aired in 2005 on NBC and which earned the prestigious Prism Award for excellence in the accurate depiction of alcohol and substance abuse. Head also executive produced three movie projects for Lifetime Television – “A Christmas Wedding,” “I Dream of Murder” and “Intimate Stranger,” as well as the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie “Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness.” Head recently executive produced the movie “Gym Teacher: The Movie” for Nickelodeon, and is currently executive producing “Everything She Ever Wanted,” a mini-series starring Gina Gershon and Victor Garber for Lifetime Movie Network. As a writer, Head’s romantic comedy movie, “Uncorked” was recently produced for the Hallmark Channel and stars Julie Benz, JoBeth Williams, and Elliot Gould. Head is currently writing “On Strike For Christmas,” a holiday movie for Lifetime Movie Network. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL IN HD / ‘UNCORKED’ – Production Bios – Page 3 Prior to starting his own company, Head worked in the Turner Broadcasting organization, most recently as head of original Programming for TBS. During Head’s tenure at TBS, the network’s original movies carried the highest ratings average in all of basic cable, and his movie, “First Daughter,” at the time of its airing earned the largest viewing audience for a movie, theatrical or original, in the history of basic cable. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vanderbilt University (B.A., J.D.), Head currently splits his time between offices in Los Angeles and Atlanta. -- HALLMARK CHANNEL -- .

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