‘OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS’

PRODUCTION BIOS

LARRY LEVINSON (Executive Producer) – Larry Levinson has extensive credits as an executive producer, including the telefilm "Johnson County War" and blockbuster miniseries "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" and "Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk." His Hallmark Channel productions include "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,” and the Hallmark Channel Mystery Movie franchises “Jane Doe,” “Mystery Woman, “McBride” and “Murder 101.”

Levinson also executive produced "Mark Twain's Roughing It," "Everything That Rises" with Dennis Quaid, "Rough Riders" with Tom Berenger, and a series of "Hard Time" telefilms starring Burt Reynolds as detective Logan McQueen. Previously, Levinson was supervising producer for the Kenny Rogers' telefilms "MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice" and "MacShayne: Winner Takes All." He was also an executive producer on Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated original movie ever, “The Christmas Card.”

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ARMAND MASTROIANNI (Director) – With a career spanning more than three decades, directing the action drama miniseries “Final Approach” was Armand Mastroianni’s latest collaboration with RHI Entertainment and their producing team. He most recently completed the dramatic movie event “Pandemic,” also involving an airliner for the same producing team. Other RHI projects helmed by Mastroianni include such diverse projects as the television movies as “Though None Go With Me,” “Falling In Love With The Girl Next Door,” the miniseries “Gone But Not Forgotten” and three titles in the “Jane Doe” franchise, starring Lea Thompson.

In series television, Mastroianni served as a director and producer of the revival of the TV cult classic “Dark Shadows.” He also directed episodes of such series as “The Dead Zone,” “Touched By An Angel,” “Tales From The Darkside,” “Friday The 13 th ,” “War Of The Worlds,” “Reasonable Doubts,” “Wes Craven’s Nightmare Café,” “Freshman Dorm” and “Against The Law.”

Mastroianni’s other miniseries credits include Robin Cook’s “Invasion” and “Danielle Steel’s The Ring.” His television movie credits also include “Robin Cook’s Virus,” “Dare To Love,” “Final Run,” “A Mother’s Revenge,” “One of Her Own,” “Deep Trouble,” “Fatal Error,” “First Target”

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and “First Shot.” His television movie “First Daughter” remains one the highest rated movies for cable to date. He also directed the biopic “The Linda McCartney Story.”

Mastroianni’s first feature was also his directorial debut, the thriller “He Knows You’re Alone.” This film also marked the feature debut of Tom Hanks. He directed and wrote the dramatic thriller “The Clairvoyant.” He also directed such features as “The Killing Hour,” “The Supernaturals,” “Distortions,” “Cameron’s Closet” and “Double Revenge.” Most recently, Mastroianni directed a feature adaptation of the best-selling book written by James Redfield, “The Celestine Prophecy.” The film was released in 2006.

In addition to his producing credits in series television, Mastroianni also produced the television movie “Caracara.” Working on the other side of the camera, he played the role of a cop in the feature “Relentless.”

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EDITHE SWENSEN (Writer) – Edith Swensen has built an extensive writing and producing resume over the course of a career that has spanned more than 20 years. Her writing credits include several feature films, including New Line’s “Tangier” and “Sisters” and Miramax’s “The Haunting.” She has produced and written for many television series, including “Witchblade,” “Charmed,” “Stark Trek: The Next Generation,” “Tales from the Darkside” and “Odyssey 5.” In addition, she has worked on many TV movies and longform specials, including Lifetime’s “The Good Ones,” “the Catered Affair” and “Curse,” and NBC’s “The Yeti,” “Prescription for Murder” and “Voices From the Grave.”

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