‘THE SEVEN YEAR HITCH’

PRODUCTION BIOS

LARRY LEVINSON (Executive Producer) – Larry Levinson has served as executive producer on a wide range of movies, from miniseries to feature films. He has overseen numerous Original Movies in every genre, from adventure to drama to romance.

Levinson also executive produced the popular Hallmark Channel Mystery Movie franchises “,” “McBride,” “Mystery Woman” and “.”

His film credits include “Larry McMurtry’s Streets of Laredo” and “Larry McMurtry’s Dead Man’s Walk.” He executive produced Burt Reynolds’ “Hard Times” telefilms featuring detective Logan McQueen. He also executive produced, with actor Dennis Quaid, “Everything that Rises” and “Mark Twain’s Roughing It.” With actor Tom Berenger, Levinson executive produced “Rough Riders.”

For the Hallmark Channel, Levinson’s substantial work as executive producer on original films includes “The Last Cowboy,” ”Straight From the Heart,” “Love Comes Softly,” “Audrey’s Rain,” "The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay,” “Hard Ground,” “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,” “Always and Forever,” “The Three Gifts” and “Love Begins.”

Levinson also served as executive producer on “The Christmas Card” in 2007. The film stands as the Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated original movie.

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BRADFORD MAY (Director) — Bradford May is an Emmy® Award-winning cinematographer (“Lady Against the Odds”) as well as a prolific producer and director. His directing credits include the series “Smallville,” “JAG,” “Nash Bridges,” “Tour of Duty” and “Midnight Caller” and the TV-movies “Hunter: Return to Justice,” “The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood,” “Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Ice” and “Amy Fisher: My Story.” May did double duty as both a supervising producer and director for the TV series “Wildfire.” The Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “The Nanny Express” reunited May with Stacy Keach (Rev. MacGregor) and young Uriah Shelton (Ben Chandler). May also directed the actors in the 2008 TV movie “Ring of Death.” Most recently May directed another Hallmark Channel Original Movie “Love’s Everlasting Courage” starring Cheryl Ladd and Bruce Boxleitner.

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GREGG ROSSEN AND BRIAN SAWYER (Writers)— Gregg Rossen and Brian Sawyer are a comedy screenwriting team with projects in both film and television. They both received their Masters degrees from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-TV. Their TV movie "Undercover Bridesmaid" premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2012, and their comedy holiday movie "The Christmas Consultant" will premiere on Lifetime in December 2012. Their first feature sale was the comedy screenplay "Diesel Debutante" to New Line Cinema, followed soon after by the sale of their comedy screenplay "Guida" to Revolution Studios. They are also the creators of "Model Family", a short film starring Jamie Kennedy and Cheryl Ladd, which was picked up by 20th Century Fox as the basis for a TV series. They served as consulting producers on ABC's "Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special" and have also optioned a dance-themed comedy to Tapestry Entertainment.

Sawyer grew up in Santa Barbara and attended U.C. Berkeley where he was co-editor of the University’s 97-year-old humor magazine The California Pelican. His short film “Tex, the Passive- Aggressive Gunslinger,” an offbeat comedy starring Bob Balaban, was picked up by the Independent Film Channel where it played for several years. “Tex” has been well-received at festivals and was an official selection at the Deauville Film Festival.

Rossen is from the San Francisco Bay Area and received his B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. While working towards his M.A. at USC, he won the national Student Emmy Award for Best Comedy for his short comedy film “The Grail Guy.” In addition, Rossen’s short film “The Revenge of the Red Balloon” debuted at Slamdance, and won several awards playing at other prominent festivals. He has worked at the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour in New York and for “Good Morning Britain” in London.

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