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With an expansive list of diverse film and television credits, Timothy Olyphant is known for his poignant roles in both dramas and comedies. He most recently wrapped Breck Eisner’s remake of the horror classic The Crazies, which revolves around a small town beset by death and insanity after a plane crash lets loose a secret biological weapon into the water supply. Olyphant stars as sheriff. Overture Films recently released this film in February 2010.

This past year, Timothy starred opposite Steve Zahn and in David Twohy’s for Relativity Media, which centers around two couples who, on a Hawaiian vacation, discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands. He also stars in Gary Yates’ independent feature High Life, a comedy about four hapless junkies who plan to rob a bank. The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.

In 2007, Olyphant starred in 20th Century Fox’s Hitman and Live Free . Hitman, based on the popular video game and directed by Xavier Gans, centers around “Agent 47” (Olyphant), who realizes he’s being pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. In Live Free Die Hard, directed by Len Wiseman, Olyphant played “Thomas Gabriel,” an internet-based terrorist who John McClaine () is trying to stop from systematically shutting down the .

Olyphant co-starred with Elisha Cuthbert and in 20th Century Fox’s The Girl Next Door. Olyphant brilliantly portrayed “Kelly,” the porn producer and ex-boyfriend of “Danielle” (Cuthbert), who tries to convince her to come back to the business. He also starred at Doug Liman’s GO, playing the role of “Todd,” a drug dealer being double- crossed by “Ronna” (Sarah Polley) and “Claire” ().

Timothy’s other film credits include GreeneStreet Films’ independent feature Meet Bill, which he co-starred opposite Aaron Eckhardt and , the romantic comedy Catch And Release, which he starred in opposite and the film adaptation of ’s best selling novel, Dreamcatcher. He also appeared in Warner Bros’ Rockstar, Disney’s Gone In 60 Seconds, New Line Cinema’s A Man Apart, Scream2, and A Life Less Ordinary.

On television, Olyphant has enjoyed guest appearances on popular shows such as NBC’s , HBO’s Sex in the City and ABC’s Samantha Who. Olyphant garnered critical notice for his powerful portrayal of the tough, honorable, natural born- leader “” in HBO’s groundbreaking series, Deadwood. The show was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Ensemble for the third season. He recently guest starred on FX’s Emmy® Award winning show Damages playing a mysterious love interest to “Ellen” (). NICK SEARCY “Art Mullen”

Nick Searcy, a consistent presence in television and film for nearly 20 years, has starred in independent films as well as studio blockbusters, including The Dead Girl, An American Crime, Runaway Jury, Cast Away, Head of State, and Fried Green Tomatoes, among others.

On television, he was a series regular on 7 Days, American Gothic, From The Earth To The Moon, Rodney, and last season’s CW’s Sunday night drama, Easy Money. Searcy has guest starred on many shows including, The Riches, , Boston Legal, CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, among many others. He also shocked horror fans in the features Deadly End, Timber Falls, and Cold Storage.

Throughout the past year, he starred with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler in Sony Pictures in the feature The Ugly Truth, drama Blood Done Sign My Name, as well as the upcoming Disney feature opposite Miley Cyrus, The Last Song, both due out in 2010. JACOB PITTS “Tim Gutterson”

Born and raised in Connecticut, Pitts spent ten years in , where he performed in several strong plays, as well as making appearances on such shows as Sex In The City, Strangers With Candy, and Law & Order.

Pitts has also enjoyed a variety of roles in films such as Robert Luketic’s 21; Julie Taymor’s Across The Universe; Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker; the Dreamworks Comedy, Eurotrip; and the indie drama, Quid Pro Quo.

Pitts will next be seen in the HBO mini-series, , shot in Melbourne, Australia and Executive Produced by .

Pitts Resides in .

### ERICA TAZEL “Detective Rachel Dupree”

Hailing from Dallas, , Erica Tazel has made an impression on her Hollywood peers establishing herself as a notable and versatile actor.

She has an engaging list of television credits with guest starring roles on Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award winning show such as The Office, ER, Law & Order, Law & Order: SUV, Sex & The City, Life, Heartland, Bones and Firefly; a recurring role on Jericho and Third Watch and she took a guest leading position on .

Tazel has made quite a few appearances off Broadway in Playwrights Horizon’s Juvenilia, Royal Shakespeare Company Cymbeline, and New York Shakespeare Festival A Winter’s Tale.

Her extensive list of regional theatre projects in which she has performed are Tranced, Macbeth, I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda, The Exonerated, Much Ado About Nothing, Four Crumbs From The Table Of Joy and The Love Of Three Oranges.

In 2007, she garnered awards from the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female and LA Drama Critics Circle Nomination for Lead Performance for her performance in I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By a Young Lady From Rwanda.

Tazel received her M.F.A. from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. “Boyd Crowder”

Walton Goggins has received critical acclaim for his riveting portrayal of “Detective Shane Vendrell” on FX's gritty, award-winning Drama series, . In 2009 he was nominated for a Television Critics Association (TCA) Award in the category of Individual Achievement in Drama. In addition, New York magazine singled out his performance as one of the highlights of television this past season. , TV Guide, Variety, and all consistently listed Goggins as their choice for an Emmy® nomination. The Shield recently ended its successful seven-season run, earning the honor of #1 in Time magazine's Top 10 Television Series, as well as being named one of AFI's Top Television Programs of the Year for 2008.

Most recently, Goggins finished production on writer Robert Rodriguez's Predators, directed by Nimrod Antal, starring . Twentieth Century Fox will release the film in July 2010. Prior to Predators, he wrapped production on ’s adaptation of the Sam Peckinpaw film Straw Dogs. Filmed on location in Shreveport, Louisiana, Goggins plays the role of “Daniel.” Also starring is James Marsden and Kate Bosworth. In addition, Goggins is in development at AMC on , an original series for which he will star and executive produce. The project is written by Ray McKinnon and exec produced by Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad).

Goggins has been working in front of the camera for well over fifteen years, starring in countless television shows and feature films. Recent film credits include Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna, Fragments with and Guy Pierce and the independent action feature Damage directed by Jeff King (The Black Donnelly's).

He had the distinct honor of playing “Sammy,” Robert Duvall's trustworthy friend, in The Apostle for October Films. Additional film credits include The World's Fastest Indian, opposite , The Bourne Identity, Shanghai Noon opposite Jackie Chan and , Major League III, and 's Daddy and Them. These are just a few in a long list of credits that are a testament to this actor's versatility.

Goggins has also been taking his turn behind the camera. He, along with his partners at Ginny Mule Pictures, won an Academy Award® for their short film, The Accountant, which he produced and starred in. The Academy Award-winning team produced, directed and starred in their first feature, Chrystal, starring Billy Bob Thornton and the film was accepted into the 2005 's Dramatic Competition. For their third collaboration, Goggins produced and starred in the feature Randy and the Mob, which won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2007 Nashville Film Festival.

Goggins and his Ginny Mule partners recently completed their fourth feature, That Evening Sun, starring and Goggins, who also produced. The film made its world premiere at the (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas in March 2009, where it won the narrative feature audience award and received the special jury award for Best Ensemble Cast. The film continued its run winning over 14 festivals, culminating with two Independent Spirit Award nominations and the distinguished Wyatt Award from the (SEFCA). JOELLE CARTER “Ava Crowder”

An accomplished actress, Joelle Carter has been acting in film, television and theatre for the past decade. Carter was born in to an army family and was subsequently raised throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Georgia and then enrolled at Augusta College on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross- country. Carter began her modeling career shortly thereafter and moved to New York to pursue modeling full-time. Falling in love with acting, she began her theatrical studies in NYC and appeared on stage and screen almost immediately.

Carter can be seen in such feature cult favorites as High Fidelity and American Pie 2, and indies Swimming and Lisa Picard is Famous. In addition, Carter has starred in numerous television projects, including the controversial series Wonderland created by (Friday Night Lights). Furthermore, she is very proud of the documentary, Altered By Elvis, which she co-produced. Carter also co-produced and starred in the short Girl and a Gun, which won Best Original Short at the 2008 Washougal International Film Festival. She was thrilled to attend the 2008 Cannes Film Festival with the film, Jumping In, in which she starred. Carter just finished starring opposite Todd Shashwick in the soon-to-be-released feature To Be , directed by Jim Eckhart and executive produced by Aaron Eckhart. Executive Producer

Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans in 1925. A novelist and screenwriter, he has received wide-spread critical acclaim for his crime fiction and westerns. He became interested in writing in 1935, after reading a serialization of All Quiet on the Front in the Detroit Times. After graduating from high school in Detroit in 1943 Leonard joined the navy and served with a Seabee unit in the South Pacific. He left the service in 1946 and enrolled at the University of Detroit, where he began to write again.

In 1949, while still in college, Leonard began to work for an advertising agency. He also began writing in earnest during this period. He had his first success in 1951 when Argosy magazine published his short story Trail of the Apache. Other stories--all westerns-- followed in such publications as Zane Grey Western and The Saturday Evening Post.

In 1953 Leonard published his first novel, The Bounty Hunters. Over the next eight years he published 30 short stories and four more novels. When his novel (1961) was chosen as one of the best westerns of all time by the Western Writers of American in 1961, Leonard finally felt confident enough to quit the advertising agency and devote all of his time to writing. The market for westerns began to dry up, however, and Leonard found himself writing educational films for Encyclopedia Britannica, industrial films for corporations and advertising and sales materials.

During the next two decades Leonard developed a devoted following in the genre with such novels as Fifty-two Pickup (1974), The Switch (1978), City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit (1980), (1981), Stick (1983), and LaBrava (1983). Yet it was not until 1985 that he had his commercial breakthrough with the publication of his bestselling novel . Soon he began to receive long-overdue attention, including a Newsweek cover story.

Each of Leonard's subsequent novels--Bandits (1987), Touch (1987), Freaky Deaky (1988), (1989), (1990), (1991), (1992), (1993), (1995), (1996), (1998), (1999), (2000), Tishomingo Blues (2002), Mr. Paradise (2004), (2005), Up In Honey’s Room (2007), and (2009) has been a national bestseller as well as a critical success.

Three of Leonard's books have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of American: The Switch, nominated for Best Original Paperback Novel of 1978; Split Images, for Best Novel of 1981; and LaBrava, which won for Best Novel in 1983. Maximum Bob was also awarded the first annual International Association of Crime Writers North American Hammett Prize in 1991. In 1992 the Mystery Writers of America gave Leonard the Grand Master Award and this year he received the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA.

Success has followed Leonard to Hollywood as well. Released in October 1995, Get Shorty was an immediate critical and commercial success; the same is true of Out of Sight (1998). Award-winning director (Pulp Fiction) directed , a film based on Leonard's novel Rum Punch, in December 1997.

Leonard and his wife Christine live in Bloomfield Village, Michigan. He has 5 children, 11 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. CARL BEVERLY Executive Producer

Carl Beverly grew up in the Southern area, graduating from U.S.C. with both a Bachelor of Science in Business and a Jurist Doctorate in Law. Beverly began his entertainment career as an intern for A&M records. After a short stint in the marketing and promotions department, Beverly caught the eye of A&M's President, Gil Friesen and Co-Owner, Herb Alpert and was asked to join their respective staffs.

While attending law school, Beverly transitioned into working on the desk of Jon Feltheimer, President Columbia Tri-Star Television. Beverly shadowed Feltheimer at most meetings and television-related activities, and completed several special projects for him including a domestic cable proposal and the launching of a diversity program in physical production.

In 1997, Beverly graduated from law school and shortly thereafter passed the California State Bar. He was promoted to manager of drama development, eventually rising to Director of Drama Development. During his tenure, he was part of the team responsible for developing LA Docs, Fantasy Island, Family Law and Time of Your Life.

In 1999, Beverly joined Artists Television Group as Vice President, Creative Affairs. While there he developed the NBC series The Weber Show and Fighting Fitzgerals, among other series.

In October 2001, Beverly moved to Universal Television as Vice President, Drama Programming and was tapped to head the department as Senior Vice President, Drama Development and Current Programming. His duties included developing projects for the upcoming season, and shepherding Universal's new dramas, including American Dreams, Robbery Homicide Division, and Mister Sterling.

In June 2003, Beverly partnered with Sarah Timberman to form Warner Brothers-based 25C Productions. During their time at Warner Brothers Television, Beverly served as Executive Producer of three CBS drama pilots, Wanted, The Webster Report and Conviction.

In June 2005, 25C Productions signed a term deal with Sony Pictures Television. Since coming to Sony, Timberman / Beverly Productions (f.k.a. 25C Productions) has produced the critically acclaimed NBC drama series Kidnapped as well as several network and cable pilots, including Suspect for CBS, Hacket for FOX and Danny Fricke for A&E. Executive Producer/Writer

Graham Yost, 50, says he knew from the age of 18 that he wanted to be a filmmaker. He attributes his early love of film to the fact that his father, Elwy Yost, hosted a weekly film show on TV Ontario. “In our family, everything was about movies and books,” says Yost.

After completing a Bachelor’s of Arts degree at the University of , Yost moved to New York. Already working on his own screenplays, he took a job as a technical writer and published several non-fiction titles, including Spy-Tech.

Yost began writing for television in 1989 on the series Hey Dude. Next, he joined the writing staff of Full House (where he only lasted nine-and-a-half weeks). The day after he quit, he learned that his script for Speed had been sold to Paramount (it was later produced by 20th Century Fox). In 1991, Yost wrote for Norman Lear’s The Powers that Be, where he worked with writers Marta Kauffman and David Crane (later of NBC’s Friends). His comedy series writing credits also include Herman’s Head.

His feature film credits include Broken Arrow, starring John Travolta, Hard Rain, Mission to Mars and .

As a producer, Yost won Emmy® and Golden Globe® Awards for the HBO From the Earth to the Moon. In addition, Yost garnered an Emmy nomination for writing the episode Apollo One and he directed the fifth segment of the critically acclaimed series. Yost later penned two installments of the Golden Globe and Emmy Award- winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

In 2002, Yost created the critically lauded TV series Boomtown for NBC. Cancelled in the fall of 2003, the late-lamented “Boomtown” was honored with a Peabody Award and two Television Critics Awards. In 2006, Yost created Raines starring Jeff Goldblum for NBC. It aired in spring 2007.

On The Pacific, HBO’s epic miniseries following three Marines through the Pacific theater of World War II, Yost directed an episode and served as Co-Executive Producer. Yost is currently the showrunner on , the Sony-produced series on FX, starring Timothy Olyphant, based on a character created by America’s pre-eminent crime novelist Elmore Leonard.

Yost lives with his wife and two children in Monterey, CA. MICHAEL DINNER Executive Producer/Director, Episodes 1, 12 & 13

Award winning director, writer, and producer Michael Dinner grew up in Denver,

Colorado where he dreamed of becoming a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Keith

Richards, or John Ford.

After graduating with a crummy curve ball from Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, Dinner spent a year attending college and playing music in clubs on the East Coast. He then moved to Los Angeles and worked as a songwriter for MCA Music until eventually becoming a solo recording artist for Fantasy Records--where Dinner recorded his first two albums, “The Great Pretender” and “Tom Thumb the Dreamer.”

Dinner then returned to college at Harvard. He graduated Cum Laude in Irish Studies and was Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating from Harvard, he attended The American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

At AFI, he began work as the director, writer, and producer of his first film, Miss Lonely Hearts. The film, which starred Eric Roberts, was selected to the Cannes Film Festival and was honored with the “Prix de la Jeunesse,” a special jury award for directing. The film went on to win the “Silver Lion” at the Locarno Film Festival and to air as part of the American Playhouse series on PBS. While working on Miss Lonely Hearts, Dinner began developing the script for Heaven Help Us (a.k.a. Catholic Boys). Heaven Help Us became his studio directorial debut and was selected as the opening film for the Deauville Film Festival.

Dinner has gone on to direct and to produce both feature films and television. In television, he has directed pilots and long-form and has been the executive producer/director of , , Early Edition, Karen Sisco and Kidnapped. Dinner was the director of the critically acclaimed pilots for The Street, Fantasy Island, Karen Sisco, Kidnapped, Bionic Woman and , and was the director of the film The Crew.

Dinner directed the for Justified and is an executive producer on the series. Recently, he wrote a pilot for FX based on the Lawrence Block novel Hit Man and a pilot based on the Brian Michael Bendis graphic novel Powers, and is currently writing a pilot for CBS about the ATF.

Michael Dinner resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Ann, their sons Nicholas

Liam and Matthew Finn, and their genius dog, Rooney. SARAH TIMBERMAN Executive Producer

Sarah Timberman founded her Sony Pictures Television-based production company, 25C Productions (now Timberman/Beverly Productions) in 2003. Timberman (along with partner Carl Beverly) is currently in production on the FX series Justified, based on the Elmore Leonard short story, Fire In The Hole. Timberman/Beverly are also in pre- production on the Untitled Ed Redlich/John Bellucci pilot for CBS. In 2006, Timberman/Beverly produced the critically acclaimed NBC series, Kidnapped.

Prior to starting her own company, Timberman served as President, Universal Network Television, from 2001-2003. She oversaw all comedy, drama, long-form and reality programming for the company. Series included: Law & Order (NBC); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC); Crime & Punishment (NBC); Just Shoot Me (NBC); American Dreams (NBC); The District (CBS); and The Agency (CBS). At Universal, Timberman was also instrumental in acquiring the rights to the British comedy series, The Office.

Timberman joined Universal from Columbia-TriStar Television, where she served as Executive Vice President, Series Development, from 1999-01. Timberman was promoted to EVP after serving as Senior Vice President, Drama Development from 1996-99. Some of the series she oversaw included Dawson’s Creek and Party of Five.

Prior to working in television, Timberman was an Assistant Editor at Random House in New York.

Timberman serves on the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, Death Penalty Focus, and is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the I Have a Dream Foundation, Los Angeles.

Timberman grew up in Greenwich Village, New York, and is a graduate of Brown University, with a B.A. in History.

“Winona”

Natalie Zea was seen last year in HBO’s critically acclaimed Hung as ‘Jemma,’ the favorite client of Thomas Jane’s character. Prior to that she co-starred on ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money as the provocative and fun ‘Karen Darling,’ part of New York’s wealthiest and most dysfunctional family.

Zea was previously seen on the small screen opposite Emmy® winner on FX’s The Shield, where she recurred as ‘Lauren Riley,’ and as ‘Trish Agermeyer’ on the ABC drama Eyes with Timothy Daly, Eric Mabius and Garcelle Beauvois-Nilon. Zea also made guest starring appearances on hit shows such as CSI, and Without a Trace.

Zea has never lost her love of theater and helped develop LA’s reputable Lone Star Ensemble, a theatre company in which she serves on the Board of Directors. Her production of The Illusion, Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Cornielle’s 17th century French social satire, L’Illusion Comique, received raved reviews from the , earning the company a Ones to Watch nod.

Zea earned a prestigious scholarship to the American Music and Dramatic Academy in . After completing the program in two years, Zea immediately began her acting career when she won the role of Lana Tisdel’ as part of the original cast of Kimberly Pierce’s 1995 short Boys Don’t Cry which later evolved into the Academy Award® winning film by the same name. Other film roles included ‘Samantha’ in MacBeth in Manhattan with John Glover.

Zea resides in Los Angeles and is presently writing and developing a feature film and television pilot. In her free time Zea enjoys surfing, cooking, and is currently studying French.