‘I DO, I DO, I DO’ PRODUCTION BIOS DAN PAULSON (Executive Producer) - A native of New York City, Dan Paulson graduated with Honors, receiving a B.A. from Boston University, as well as an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. Paulson began his career in the entertainment industry with NBC, where he worked as an executive in business affairs. Leaving NBC to begin a freelance career, he produced television commercials and industrial films, before joining 20th Century Fox as a story editor, eventually being promoted to the position of production executive. Paulson remained with Fox until he formed his own production company, Daniel L. Paulson Productions. Under the banner of his newly formed company, Paulson developed, packaged and produced a number of theatrical films, television movies and several series pilots, including “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan, Jane Fonda and Richard Farnsworth, who received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nomination. Paulson also produced the TV movie “Thaddeus Rose and Eddie,” starring Johnny Cash and Diane Ladd. In addition, he executive produced and received the Christopher Award for the NBC TV movie “Victims for Victims.” Paulson joined Dick Clark Productions as VP in charge of movies and series. He served as executive producer for such films as the CBS TV movies “Starfever” and “Copacabana,” which received two Emmy® nominations. Other projects for Dick Clark Productions included the TV movies “Promised a Miracle” and “Town Bully” and the ABC pilot “Remo Williams,” starring Roddy McDowell. In 2010, Paulson produced “Battle of the Bulbs” for Hallmark Channel. Upon leaving Dick Clark Productions, Paulson produced a number of theatrical films including “Backtrack,” starring Jodie Foster, Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price and Dennis Hopper, who also directed, “Passenger 57,” starring Wesley Snipes and “Sunset Park.” Under Daniel L. Paulson Productions’ overall agreement with Showtime Entertainment, Paulson produced “Mr. and Mrs. Loving,” “Inside” and “North Shore Fish.” Also for Showtime, Paulson produced “A Cooler Climate,” which garnered Emmy® nominations for stars Sally Field and Judy Davis, “Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story,” a four-hour miniseries starring Martin Landau, Edward James Olmos and Robert Loggia and “Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story,” which received two Emmy® nominations, one for Paulson as the producer of an Outstanding Children’s Special and the other for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Special for Debbie Reynolds. Paulson recently produced the series “Staffers” for Discovery Times as well as the pilot presentations “Reality Check” and “Hot 97” for VH-1 and MTV, as well as “Pictures of Hollis Woods,” starring Sissy Spacek and Alfre Woodard for Hallmark Hall of Fame/CBS. Spacek received a Golden Globe® nomination, Woodard received an Emmy® nomination and the film won a Christopher Award, a Television Academy Honors Award, a CAMIE Award and was a Humanitas finalist. ### (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL / ‘I DO, I DO, I DO’ – Production Bios – Page 2 STEVE LEON (Executive Producer) – A native of Scarsdale, New York, Steve Leon was schooled in the intricacies of the network television business from the time he was young. While an undergraduate student at USC, Leon served as an intern at CBS in Program Development while still in college. While there, he had the opportunity to sit in during the development of hit series such as “Mash” and “The Waltons.” After spending two years in the Graduate Filmmaking Program at USC, Leon was able to land the position of Coordinator of Program Planning at ABC, which was the number one network in television at the time with shows such as “Happy Days”, “Three’s Company,” and “Family” on the air. Leon served as an assistant in Scheduling and Promotion to legendary Network President, Fred Silverman and was trained in current programming by Brandon Tartikoff, then a young programming executive at the network. At the age of 24, Leon was the youngest member of ABC’s management team. Shortly after he left ABC to become the President of NBC Television, Silverman and Tartikoff invited Leon to join them in Comedy Program Development at NBC. During his time at the network, Leon was involved with the creation of long-time NBC hits, “Different Strokes” and “The Facts of Life.” Leaving NBC, Leon moved to Paramount Television, where he eventually became Executive Director of Comedy Development, supervising all the programming in that area. Among the many shows Leon had a hand in developing while at Paramount was the ABC hit “Webster.” He also, personally, created the hit series, “Duet,” which ran on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four years. Soon thereafter, Leon reunited with his former mentor, Fred Silverman, becoming Vice President Programming for The Silverman Company. During his tenure there, he helped it become one of the most prolific suppliers of one-hour television dramas of the era, producing “Matlock,” “Diagnosis: Murder,” “In the Heat of the Night” and “The Perry Mason Mystery Movies,” among others during that period. He also expanded its reach into the television movie area while supervising all its new series development. Soon thereafter, Leon left the Silverman Company to go to work for two more of his former bosses from his ABC days, Tony Thomopoulos and Gus Lucas, as Vice President Programming at The Family Channel, which soon became Fox Family. As the number two executive at the network, Leon played a large role in helping The Family Channel and Fox Family become the fastest growing cable network of its time. He supervised all of its original programming, its entire production and development staff, and well as much of its on-air promotion and scheduling. (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL/’I DO, I DO, I DO’ – Production Bios – Page 3 During that period, Fox Family and The Family Channel produced an average of a dozen Television Movies per year, four hours of original reality and series programming per day, and 30 hours of Specials per year under Leon’s supervision. The network’s ratings increased over 70% during his tenure and the network’s programming achieved significant critical acclaim. Among the movies produced under Leon’s direction at were “The Ditchdigger’s Daughters,” which was nominated for The Cable Ace Award for Best Picture, as well as the special effects- laden spectacular, “The Night of the Twisters,” which was the second highest-rated film of the year on Cable Television. Additionally, Leon also supervised the network’s critically acclaimed, two-hour daily talk and information series, “Home and Family” as well as the Cable Ace Award-Winning series of Comedy Specials, “The Beef.” Following his tenure at Fox Family, Leon built Collaborative Artists into one of the most influential management companies in the teen and young adult talent areas, placing a number of its clients on television series and in features. Additionally, Collaborative Artists represented a number of the industry’s top writers and directors including Jimmy White, who wrote the Academy Award nominated film, RAY. Most recently, Mr. Leon has returned to his television production and development roots and is developing both series and television movies for cable. His television movie, “Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade,” premiered on the Hallmark Channel during the 2012 holiday season while his talk series, “Home & Family,” a revised version of the one that aired under his aegis at Fox Family, was recently picked up for its 3rd season. It airs two hours a day, five days a week, on Hallmark Channel. ### SHAWN WILLIAMSON (Executive Producer) – With over 25 years of entertainment experience, Shawn Williamson has risen to the forefront of the Canadian film and television industry as leading independent film and television producer. A native of Vancouver, Williamson began his career as a stage manager in live theatre in 1983 and has since produced live events, live television, television series, television movies as well as feature films. Williamson has filmed in many international destinations including Croatia, Romania, Ireland, Singapore, France, England, South Africa and Australia. "Fifty Dead Men Walking" starring Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess, a Canada/UK co-production with Future Films and Handmade Films was shot in Belfast and had a Gala Premiere spot at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The TV series “Stormworld,” a Canadian/Australian co-production filmed in Australia, Singapore and Canada is currently airing on CTV’s Space Channel and The Nine Network in Australia. Williamson was the executive producer for the Hallmark Channel Original Movie “Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story.” (more) HALLMARK CHANNEL/’I DO, I DO, I DO’ – Production Bios – Page 4 Williamson executive produced “Frankie and Alice” starring Halle Berry and Stellan Skarsgaard, “Apollo 18” for The Weinstein Company, along with “The Possession” for Mandate Pictures/Lions Gate, “The Company You Keep” with Voltage Pictures, directed by Robert Redford and starring Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Anna Kendrick, Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon, and the miniseries “Delete” with Keir Gilchrist, Erin Karpluk and Ryan Robbins. Williamson produced “Horns” with Mandalay Pictures and Red Granite Pictures, directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Daniel Radcliffe and Max Minghella. Williamson’s producing credits include Brightlight Pictures’ most successful co-production to date, “White Noise” starring Michael Keaton, which was a Canada/UK co-production and has grossed more than $100 million since its release in 2005. Williamson has line produced “Wicker Man” starring Nicholas Cage, released by Warner Bros., “88 Minutes” with Al Pacino for Millennium Films, “Whisper” starring Josh Holloway, Joel Edgerton and Dule Hill and “Slither” with Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker, released by Universal for Gold Circle Films. He has also line produced the independent features “Possession” with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace for Yari Film Group, Vertigo Entertainment and Spitfire Pictures, along with “Passengers” starring Anne Hathaway and “50/50” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen, both for Mandate Pictures.