‘JUNE IN JANUARY’

Production Bios

TIMOTHY O. JOHNSON (Executive Producer) – Timothy O. Johnson is among the most active and reliable producers in the business, thanks to top rate productions and an 'on time, on budget' reputation. Previously, he managed the production of ABC's “The Days.” Prior to forming Johnson Production Group and Ignite Entertainment, he served as Head of West Coast Programming and launched the successful series “Doc,” “Sue Thomas,” “FBI,” “Mysterious Ways,” “Just Cause,” “Ponderosa,” “It’s a Miracle” and “Miracle Pets.”

Johnson is also responsible for producing the international hit series, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” for more than five seasons. During his 100 episode tenure, he also launched “Live From the Ranch” with Orson Bean - a nationally syndicated talk show focusing on family values in America. He also developed and produced the original docu-drama “Cold Case” for CBS network, which was the first program to integrate television with the internet. Most recently, Johnson was the executive producer of the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Three Weeks, Three Kids,” “How to Fall in Love” “Naughty or Nice” and “A Bride for Christmas.”

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JEAN ABOUNADER (Executive Producer / Writer) – Jean Abounader is a producer whose work ranges from documentaries to movies for television. She was formerly a researcher for CBS News in New York, working on “CBS Reports” and “60 Minutes.” She became an Emmy® nominated producer at CBS News and would likely have stayed there had not Sheila Nevins offered her a job in the newly created documentary programming department at HBO.

At HBO, she originated the acclaimed series of hard-hitting documentaries, “America Undercover.” She served as executive producer on “Down and Out in America,” which won an Academy Award® and “Soldiers in Hiding,” which received an Academy Award® nomination. Other pioneering reality hours under her aegis include “Missing Persons,” “Growing up Stoned” and “Life and Death in the Emergency Room.” She also negotiated and developed co-productions between HBO and the BBC, including “The Search for Josef Mengele.”

Abounader moved to Los Angeles to pursue making dramatic films and has produced more than a dozen movies for television. Recent productions include “Love Sick” for Lifetime, “12 Days of Christmas Eve” for USA and Hallmark Channel’s Mother’s Day presentation, “Life on Liberty Street.” Another recent film was “Her Best Friend’s Husband” for Lifetime. Other films for which she served as executive producer include “Ebbie” for Lifetime, “Dying to Belong” and “Every Nine Seconds” for NBC and “Dead Husbands” and “No Laughing Matter” for USA. Also, Abounader was the executive producer for the Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Three Weeks, Three Kids” and “How to Fall In Love.” Her films have featured a who’s who of Hollywood, including Hilary Swank, Gail O’Grady, Cheryl Ladd, John Ritter, Nicolette Sheridan, Robert Urich and Diane Ladd.

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She also produced the documentary special “A Century of Living” for HBO, which her husband, Imre Horvath, directed. This documentary featured remarkable centenarians who reflected on the last one hundred years.

Abounader received her Masters in Drama from Tufts University, spending a year in London and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wheaton College.

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MARK GRIFFITHS (Director) – Mark Griffiths wrote and directed the feature films “Running Hot,” “Hardbodies” and “Hardbodies 2” and has directed both television and feature films. As a director, his feature film credits include “Heroes Stand Alone,” “A Cry in the Wild,” “Tactical Assault” and “Behind Enemy Lines.”

Griffiths has directed numerous made for television movies, including Hallmark Channel Original Movies “Love’s Unending Legacy,” “Safe Harbor,” “Our House,” “McBride: Requiem,” “What I Did for Love,” “Jane Doe: The Wrong Face,” “Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend,” “Growing the Big One,” “Nearlyweds” and “How to Fall In Love.” Additional TV movies include “Going the Distance,” “The Miracle of the Cards,” “Au Pair (I and II)” and “The Cowboy and the Movie Star.”

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J.B. WHITE (Writer) – J.B. White is a screenwriter who has written in almost every genre, including drama, comedy, action, true crime, docudrama, horror and suspense. He has written features for New Line and MGM and movies and miniseries for NBC, CBS, TBS, USA, Lifetime, FX and VH1, including “Peter Benchley's The Beast,” starring William Petersen and “Guilty Hearts” starring Marcia Gay Harden and Treat Williams. He wrote “The 12 Days of Christmas Eve” for executive producer Jean Abounader. For Hallmark Channel, White has written “Come Dance At My Wedding,” “The National Tree,” “Three Weeks, Three Kids,” “Be My Valentine” and “The Thanksgiving House.”

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