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‘GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: QUEEN OF HEARTS’ PRODUCTION BIOS LUKE PERRY (Executive Producer) – In 1989, Luke Perry was chosen for a starring role on the internationally popular television series “Beverly Hills 90210,” in which he portrayed the brooding but sensitive Dylan McCay. The highly-rated program won a Golden Globe Award for Best Dramatic Television series in 1991. Perry made his feature film debut in a starring role in “8 Seconds,” the remarkable account of champion bull rider Lane Frost, which he co-produced. His serious devotion to the inspirational legend of Lane Frost led him to train vigorously for 18 months in order to master the techniques of bull riding and to be able to perform many of his own stunts during production. Other film credits include Columbia’s “Fifth Element”, directed by Luc Besson, “Riot for Showtime,” “Normal Life,” “American Strays” and “The Florentine,” in which he co-starred with Chris Penn, Jim Belushi, Michael Madsen and Mary Stuart Masterson. Perry made his debut on Broadway in the critically acclaimed musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where he portrayed Brad, the character originally played by Barry Bostwick in the cult film classic. In 2004, Perry appeared onstage in London opposite Allyson Hannigan in When Harry Met Sally. Not one to be typecast because of his work on “90210,” Perry’s television credits include a myriad of roles, including a lead in the NBC drama “Windfall,” HBO’s “John From Cincinnati,” starring for two seasons on “Jeremiah,” the Showtime Network sci-fi series, a multi-episode arc on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Oz,” in which he portrayed a televangelist convicted of fraud, as well as roles in Hallmark Channel productions “Johnson County War,” “Supernova,” “A Gunfighter’s Pledge” and “Angel and the Badman.” Perry starred in “Goodnight for Justice,” Hallmark Movie Channel’s highest rated movie of all time. The idea for “Goodnight” was not only conceived by Perry but he also executive produced the film, and stars in the sequel “Goodnight For Justice: The Measure of a Man.” ### IRA PINCUS (Executive Producer) – In September 2005, Ira Pincus entered into an executive producer deal with Blueprint Entertainment for series and movies and oversees the company's slate of numerous telefilms. He executive produces the series “Til Death Do Us Part” with Blueprint for Court TV/TruTV, starring John Waters. With Blueprint, he recently executive produced the following Lifetime television movies: “How I Married My High School Crush” starring Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica”), “Absolution” starring Samantha Mathis and “The Road to Christmas” starring Jennifer Grey. (more) HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL / ‘GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: QUEEN OF HEARTS’ – Production Bios – Page 2 Before joining Blueprint, Pincus Films had a producer deal at von Zerneck/Sertner Films, a top supplier of long-form television, where he executive produced several films. Prior to executive producing films, Pincus focused on the business side of Hollywood while an agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), representing the agency's top directors, actors and production companies. Prior to that, from 1991 to 1996, Pincus was a development executive at Citadel Entertainment, an HBO owned production company, where he was involved with the sales and development of over 120 hours of network programming and the production of approximately 12 films a year. Pincus also executive produced “Goodnight for Justice,” Hallmark Movie Channel’s highest rated film starring Luke Perry and directed by Jason Priestley and “Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man.” ### JOHN MORAYNISS (Executive Producer) – John Morayniss founded Blueprint Entertainment with Noreen Halpern in 2002. As Chairman and CEO, Morayniss oversees the strategic growth of the company as well as the international production, development, licensing and distribution operations. In addition, Morayniss serves as executive producer on all Blueprint productions. Prior to launching Blueprint, Morayniss was head of television for all of Alliance Atlantis' development and production activities, overseeing all primetime programming including movies and mini-series, series, entertainment reality programming, all children's and family programming under the AAC Kids banner, and all comedy programming through the Alliance Atlantis production subsidiary, Salter Street Films. Morayniss oversaw and/or executive produced an impressive slate of projects, including award winning movies and miniseries such as “Me and My Shadows: The Judy Garland Story,” “When Billie Beat Bobby” and “Haven,” as well television series such as ratings blockbuster “CSI,” the two-hour backdoor pilot “Invincible,” which he executive produced with Mel Gibson and Jet Li, and the two-hour pilot “Riverworld” for Syfy Channel. Morayniss also executive produced “Goodnight for Justice,” Hallmark Movie Channel’s highest rated film starring Luke Perry and directed by Jason Priestley and “Goodnight for Justice: Measure of a Man.” As head of AAC Kids, Morayniss oversaw the live action series “The Famous Jett Jackson” (Disney Channel) and “Sixth Grade Alien” (Fox Family Channel). As executive producer, he helped to ignite the half-hour comedy series “Kenny vs Spenny” for Comedy Central in the U.S. and on Showcase in Canada. In addition, he spearheaded all of Alliance Atlantis international co-production initiatives including the movie “No Night is Too Long” (BBC - UK, Showcase Network - Canada) and the AAC Kids/BBC co-production arrangement. ### MARTIN WOOD (Director) – Martin Wood returned as both executive producer and director for the fourth season of the Syfy series “Sanctuary.” In addition, Wood has added Writer to his (more) HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL / ‘GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: QUEEN OF HEARTS’ – Production Bios – Page 3 list of credits, having penned the season four episode “Icebreaker.” Credited with directing more than 50 episodes of the long running science fiction series “Stargate SG-1,” more than 30 episodes of its spin-off series “Stargate Atlantis,” as well as the DVD movie “Stargate Continuum,” Wood brings a level of expertise to the television genre of science fiction that is unmatched. In 2007, Wood, along with his former “Stargate SG-1” / “Stargate Atlantis” colleagues Damian Kindler and Amanda Tapping, launched “Sanctuary” - the first broadcast-quality online series direct to the Internet. Within the first six months of being on the web, “Sanctuary” received over 3.7 million views and downloads across the Internet. Wood has also directed multiple episodes of the series “Andromeda,” “Jeremiah, Earth: Final Conflict,” “Silk Stalkings” and Syfy’s “The Invisible Man.” In the fall of 2000, he directed the feature film “The Impossible Elephant” which won Audience Favorite at the Toronto International Children’s Film Festival and a nomination for a Director’s Guild Award in 2002. The talented director’s work on “Sanctuary” has been nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award as well as a 2010 and 2011 Leo Award, honoring the best in British Columbian Film and Television. He was also recognized with a directing nomination for the feature length drama “Stargate Continuum” in 2010. His documentary film credits include writing and directing four episodes of CBC’s “Life & Times” biography series as well as “The Great Run of China,” “SIDS: A Special Report” and “If Trees Could Talk: A Study of Intolerance.” ### TIPPI DOBROFSKY & NEAL DOBROFSKY (Writers) – Neal and Tippi Dobrofsky are a husband and wife writing team, who have written movies for Warner Brothers, MGM, CBS, Sony, Lifetime and USA Network, among others. The Dobrofskys wrote “Five Dollars A Day,” directed by Nigel Cole, and starring Christopher Walken, Sharon Stone, Alessandro Nivola and Amanda Peet, which was released in 2008. That same year, their script, “Mail Order Bride,” was made into a TV movie for Hallmark Channel starring Daphne Zuniga and Greg Evigan. Their most recent works include the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Goodnight for Justice” and “Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man,” both starring Luke Perry. Before becoming a writer, Neal produced “Bronco Billy” with Clint Eastwood. Tippi graduated UCLA Law School and practiced for nine weeks before being fired, which may be the shortest legal career on record. They fell in love at first sight in a frozen yogurt line. (more) HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL / ‘GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE: QUEEN OF HEARTS’ – Production Bios – Page 4 The Dobrofskys live in Southern California with their two sons with whom they founded www.car-parazzi.com, a website for car lovers around the world. The Car-paparazzi has appeared on Jay Leno, MTV and the BBC, and made international headlines by capturing footage of two stolen exotic cars worth $2 million. --HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL-- .