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IMAG INE | COLLABO RATE | C REATE MysticArt Pictures is an award-winning Los Angeles based entertainment production and casting company that develops, casts, packages, and produces feature film and television projects. Under the leadership of founder and CEO Katy Wallin, the company has created vision- ary and transformational content with integrity and artistic passion. MysticArt Pictures has a fierce commitment to creating projects that depict hope, meaning and important life messages. MysticArt Pictures has also dedicated itself to building a multi-faceted corporation that will continue its mission of developing, casting, packaging, branding, and marketing its products to both the US and the International marketplace. REPRES ENTATIO N: JO HN FERRITER OCTAGON ENTERTAINMENT 3 1 0 - 8 54-837 5 WWW.MYS TIC ARTPIC TURES . COM O R C ALL 8 1 8 -563-412 1 . BIOGRAPHY MYSTICARTTPICTURES MysticArt Pictures is an award-winning and multi-faceted casting and production company behind the casting of over 80 unscripted television shows, including some of America’s favorites such as: ABC’s Wipeout and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, one of the most memorable docu-series to date: FOX’s Paradise Hotel, adventure competition shows, such as ABC’s The Mole, Bravo’s Top Design, the CW’s Shedding for the Wedding, and recently Courteney Cox and David Arquette’s Celebrity Name Game, just to name a few. Having had the privilege of working with every major broadcast and cable network, MysticArt Pictures has created a one-of-a-kind brand and is known for being the “go to” company for production companies and networks needing incredible and memorable casts for series, pilots, and presentations. MysticArt Pictures is uniquely positioned in the industry as one of the most innovative, and well established, casting and production companies of its kind. In addition to their body of unscripted work, MysticArt has both cast and produced numerous award winning features films and hundreds of hours of scripted television shows. Under the leadership of CEO and President Katy Wallin, MysticArt Pictures has become an innovative force in the entertainment industry. Katy brings over 20 years of experience, impressive relationships with talent and industry pro- fessionals, a growing database of over 175,000 people, a talent tracking system that follows and tracks talent all over the world, and a tenacious approach that has carved her out a unique reputation in the industry. With Katy Wallin and MysticArt Pictures, anything is possible. Katy’s undeniable creative force, positive infectious attitude and her impec- cable dedication to do the very best work makes her and her company invaluable to every project with which they are involved. There is no show too big or too specialized that she and her talented team can’t complete. Her company’s abil- ity to deliver a project from concept to deliverables, and to provide diverse, heartfelt, and engaging storytelling certainly sets it apart. Having discovered and cultivated talent that won over home audiences on some of the most instrumental programs to influence the genre of reality television, Katy has further expanded her company by creating, developing, and packaging new television content and providing production services to networks and other production companies. She recently created and executive produced a real life romantic comedy, Welcome to the Family. She partnered with media mogul Reveille Entertainment and the late Bernie Mac to produce the pilot for NBC. In addition to her impressive television accomplishments, Katy built an Equity Film Fund and produced the award win- ning and critically acclaimed independent film, Finder’s Fee. Partnering with writer/director Jeff Probst, Finder’s Fee stars iconic actor James Earl Jones, Oscar nominated actor Robert Forster, Erik Palladino, Matthew Lillard, and Ryan Reynolds and was acquired and released by Lions Gate Entertainment. Katy’s passion for working on projects that promote positive family values and her desire to cherish classic literary achievements through the film medium inspires her to produce award-winning, time-honored classics like, Where the Red Fern Grows, starring Dave Matthews, which was released by Walt Disney Studios. Recently, Katy produced Tom Green’s feature film, Prankstar, to be released in 2011. Her superior work in the Motion Picture and Television Industry has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra, MTV, Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, LA Times, and the New York Times to name a few. Having served as the Vice-President of the Casting Society of America, additionally, Katy is an active member of organiza- tions such as the Independent Feature Project West, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and co-founder of the Women’s Image Network; a non-profit organization which offers development money to those who create projects for film and television which depict woman in a positive light. By challenging herself and her team to attain excellence, Katy has been paramount in influencing the non-scripted world as we know it and she continues to impact all genres, as it is her function to make television and film worth watching and to do so with a smile. W WW.MYS TIC ARTPIC TURES . COM O R C ALL 8 1 8 -563-412 1 . TELEVISION PICTURES MYSTICARTMysticArt Pictures is currently casting TSeason 5 of ABC’s hit series Wipeout. Twenty-four thrill-seekers compete in the world’s largest extreme obstacle course designed to provide the most spills, face plants and wipeouts ever seen on television,. Each week 24 daring new contestants of all ages, shapes and sizes go head to head through four rounds of grueling and physically demand- ing but wildly hilarious obstacle courses to win the title of Wipeout Champion and the grand prize of $50,000. MysticArt Pictures, CBS, and Executive Producers Courteney Cox, David Ar- quette, and Scott St. John comes an exciting, dynamic new gameshow! In this fast-paced game, teams of two must identify the names of famous people: ac- tors, singers, athletes, politicians, and even cartoon characters...every famous name you’ve heard of is on the table in this game that’s all about fame. The host, Craig Ferguson, combined with a dynamic cast make this an exciting new show. ABC, Matt Kunitz, and MysticArt Pictures recently completed the pilot and Season 1 of 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show. This show will feature contes- tants competing in one of the most insane game shows in history for a chance to win $50,000. Contestants will match wits in a series of multiple choice questions, with one contestant being eliminated every round. But unlike any other game show in the world, the eliminated contestant will then be ejected from the show in spectacular fashion. FOX and MysticArt Pictures recently cast this fast-paced, exciting game show where each team of contestants is given a million dollars in cold hard cash! All they have to do is hold on to it. Just 7 multiple-choice questions stand between the contestants and their chance to take home the million. It will take unbeliev- able courage, quick wits, and nerves of steel to beat MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP! Have you got what it takes? MysticArt Pictures recently completed casting on 3 new series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Kidnapped by the Kids is a life-changing new docu-series that empowers real families to rediscover what family is all about. My Mom and Me is a journey inside the mind of a teenager struggling with the decision to follow in her mother’s footsteps or carve her own path in life. My Embar- rassing Family is a new, light-hearted un-scripted series about teenagers, their parents and how kids expect the rules to be different in the 21st Century. WWW.MYS TIC ARTPIC TURES . COM O R C ALL 8 1 8 -563-412 1 . PRODUCER PICTURES MYSTICARTMysticArt Pictures created and executiveT produced this real life romantic comedy pilot for NBC with partner Reveille and the late Bernie Mac. This show is centered around couples who come from completely different background but are in love and ready to take the next step in their relationship: getting en- gaged! But before they can take the plunge, they must let their parents meet their significant other and get their families’ blessing. MysticArt Pictures, along with partners Eden Sassoon and Johnnie Raines, is executive producing Oh-La-La Eden Sassoon, a one-hour doc-series following Eden Sassoon. She’s the youngest daughter of legendary beauty trailblazers, Beverly and Vidal Sassoon and was just given access to her family fortune. Eden is in a race against the clock to leverage her legacy into a brand new Sassoon empire, before its too late. They are revitalizing the Sassoon brand and launching Shamblo, a book, and a beauty line. MysticArt Pictures and Studio Lambert have teamed up and are executive pro- ducing Dance Complex. A light-hearted docu-series that takes viewers behind the scenes at Millennium, LA’s premiere dance studio. We will follow the pas- sionate and determined students, teachers, and owners who live and breathe dance. The show will feature the lives of the participants and their stories, along with amazing dance and music in every episode. MysticArt Pictures and Studio Lambert have teamed up to executive produce Cali Nurse. This new docu-series would show the true life of being a nurse… from the adrenalin pumping, life saving actions to the caring, but not so pretty, tasks a nurse must complete. We will follow our nurses on and off the job. Be- ing a nurse is a way of life, not just an occupation. MysticArt Pictures, Den of Thieves, along with Bravo, have teamed up to discover a dynamic cast for the new docu-series Complex.