PRODUCTION CREW 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,” “Mystery Woman,” “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,” “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, “Meet the Santa’s.”
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STEPHEN W. BRIDGEWATER (Supervising Producer) – Previously, Stephen W. Bridgewater served as a supervising producer for the telefilms “Gentle Ben,” “Gentle Ben 2,” and “Night of the Wolf.” He was an associate producer for the telefilms “Hard Time: Hostage Hotel,” “Hard Time: The Premonition” and a co-producer for “Hard Time.” As an actor, Mr. Bridgewater had roles in such feature films as “Forrest Gump,” “The Vanishing,” “The Fisher King” and “Twelve Monkeys.”
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BRIAN GORDON (Supervising Producer) – During the 2001-02 television season, Brian Gordon was a producer for the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation “Mark Twain’s Roughing It.” His prior credits include supervising producer “Night of the Wolf,” “Gentle Ben” and “Gentle Ben 2.” He also was a production supervisor for the feature film “Texas Rangers.” # # #
MARC HERSHON (Writer) – Turning to writing after managing a comedy club in Seattle, Mr. Hershon found a place in the game show world. His credits include head writer for “Ruckus,” producer for “Gameworld,” supervising producer for “Trade Ins” and ongoing contributing joke writer for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Moving to the world of film, his credits include “Imagine Harry,” “Once In A Blue Moon” and “Charcoal Man.” Most recently, Mr. Hershon is doing consultant work for Lexicon Branding, where he writes copy to reinforce the brands of major consumer products such as the Pentium microprocessor, Dasani bottled water and the Swiffer dry mop.
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KEVIN CONNOR (Director) – With a career in entertainment production spanning more than thirty years, Kevin’s notable work runs the gamut. Feature film editor credits include “Oh, What a Lovely War” and “Young Winston.” He has worked on such television miniseries as, “Goliath Awaits,” “Master of the Game,” “Great Expectations,” “The Hollywood Detective” and “Diana: Her True Story.” His directing credits include three H.G. Wells derivations: “The Land That Time Forgot,” “At the Earth’s Core” and “The People That Time Forgot.”
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KEVIN BOCARDE (Producer) – Beginning his career with Concorde-New Horizons, Kevin has held many positions from editor and second unit director to producer. His work consists of independent feature films, music videos and commercials, as well as “The Phantom Eye,” “Black Scorpion.” He also co-produced, with Kyle Clark, five movies-of-the-week – three for Animal Planet and two for Hallmark Channel.
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KYLE CLARK (Producer) – Kyle previously worked as a unit production manager and producer for Concorde Pictures on television and feature film projects including “Black Scorpion,” “Enemy Action,” “Running Woman” and “Velocity.” Additionally, Kyle produced independent films “Black Ball,” “Hollywood Horror” and “Tapped Out,” as well as served as production manager for “Secretary,” a recent winner of the Special Jury Prize for Originality at Sundance. With Kevin Bocarde, he co-produced five movies-of- the-week – three for Animal Planet and two for Hallmark Channel. - HALLMARK CHANNEL -