EXECUTIVE PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS

DEAN BATALI
Dean was a writer on That 70s Show for seven years, serving as an Executive Producer during the show's final season. In addition to writing for the first two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB), he was a staff writer on NBC's Hope and Gloria and wrote for Duckman, Bruno the Kid, Mickey's Campfire Tales, and Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

JANET SCOTT BATCHLER & LEE BATCHLER
As a husband-wife writing team, Janet and Lee's feature credits include the international blockbuster Batman Forever for Warner Bros., Shores of Tripoli for Disney, and Modesty Blaise, a "female James Bond" based on the well-known English novels and comic strip, for Miramax. In addition, their adventure movie Smoke and Mirrors is currently in development with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones set to star. The Batchlers have taught seminars on writing and the film industry for UCLA Film School, USC Film School, UC San Diego, Biola University, the Scriptwriter's Network, Women in Film, and the Writer's Connection, among others.

LISA SUZANNE BLUM
A California native, Ms. Blum received her BA in English Literature from UCLA in 1990. She was the business manager for political consultants, The Clint Reilly Group, where she oversaw finance, media and collateral production for over 20 statewide campaigns. Ms. Blum then joined the managerial ranks at Gold/Miller, which grew into Mosaic Media. Here Ms. Blum guided the careers of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Mary McCormack, Will Ferrell, and Gary Shandling among others. Ms. Blum developed and produced numerous sitcoms, alternative programs and feature films, most notably Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2. She also worked as executive producer on The Wayans Bros. and The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. In 2003, Ms. Blum founded her own management company, Modus Entertainment, managing a list of successful performers, writers, and directors. Currently, Ms. Blum has a slate of TV and film projects in all stages of development and production across town.

TERRY BOTWICK
Terry has had an outstanding career in television and now motion pictures. As SVP at CBS Entertainment, he helped the network rise from third to first place and oversaw all primetime series programming (developing three successful series) and special events (Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, etc.). His eclectic resume of broad-ranging successes includes: President of Worldwide Television Distribution and Production for Hearst Corporation, Founder/CEO of e-learning company Spongelab, President/COO of Big Idea Productions (VeggieTales). He is currently the President of Vanguard Animation & Film in addition to being the founder and CEO of 1019 Entertainment, a new feature film & finance production company.

CHARLES ROBERT CARNER
Charles Robert Carner has written over 50 screenplays and teleplays, 18 of which have been produced. He co-wrote and directed A Killer Among Friends, the highest-rated CBS movie of the 1990s; he wrote and directed Who Killed Atlanta's Children?, Showtime’s highest-rated movie of 2000; he wrote Crossfire Trail, the highest-rated cable movie in the history of television. He also wrote, produced and directed The Fixer for Showtime; wrote and directed Christmas Rush and Red Water for TBS; and directed Judas for CBS. His feature credits include Let's Get Harry and Blind Fury. He has served on the executive committees of the United States Catholic Conference, and Catholics in Media. His biography appears in the Who’s Who editions of Entertainment, America and the World. Finally, and most importantly, he is married to actress/writer Debra Sharkey; they have two children, Michael and Grace Noelle.

PHIL COOKE
Phil Cooke is President & Creative Director of Cooke Pictures, based in Santa Monica, CA, and founding partner in television commercial production company Thomas Winter Cooke. TWC’s commercial clients include Home Depot, Mercedes, Aleve, Kraft Foods, Allstate and many more. As a producer and consultant, Phil works with many of the largest and most effective churches and ministries in the world and speaks at workshops, seminars, and conferences on a global basis. He’s considered an international expert on the subject of change, and you’ll find his monthly columns in Charisma and Ministries Today magazines. Possibly the only working producer in Hollywood with a PhD in Theology, he has produced programming in more than 40 countries. His blog at philcooke.com is considered one of the most insightful resources on the web on issues of faith, culture, media, and the power of change.

JIM & KAREN COVELL
Karen Covell is a TV producer and the Director of the Hollywood Prayer Network. Her producing credits include Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer for MSNBC and America's Throwaway Children. Jim Covell is a composer and his musical scores range from feature films to network television series and specials. He has several commissioned orchestral works which have been performed around the country. Jim and Karen have authored two books, How to Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out and The Day I Met God, both published by Multnomah Press. They speak across America challenging the church to see Hollywood as the world's most influential mission field.

SCOTT DERRICKSON
Scott Derrickson is the director and co-writer of the box office smash The Exorcism of Emily Rose. He was co-writer of Urban Legends: Final Cut and co-writer/director of Hellraiser: Inferno. He worked with Wim Wenders, co-writing the story for the German director's film The Land of Plenty. He has written films for Disney, Dimension Films, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Martin Scorsese, among others. He is currently developing John Milton’s Paradise Lost to direct for Legendary Pictures.

JOCELYN DIAZ
Jocelyn Diaz has been at ABC for six years. As Director of Drama Development, she takes pitches from writers, buying 60-70 scripts to develop during pitch season. She has contributed to the development of such shows as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Invasion, and What About Brian. Originally from Washington, D.C. she started as an assistant at ICM.

KIM DORR
Kim Dorr has worked in entertainment with on-camera talent for over 20 years. She developed and ran the Casting Department of The Arthur Company, an independent TV production company, for 9 years. She cast many hours of comedy and drama for cable, syndicated, and prime time programming while also finding and developing talent. In 1993 Kim became a talent agent at the Bobby Ball Agency, heading up the Children’s & Young Adult TV/Film Division and started the Adult Theatrical Department. In 2002, Defining Artists, an adult theatrical boutique agency, was born out of the Adult Theatrical Department of BBA. In 2005, Kim took over ownership of Defining Artists with her partner, Dede Binder-Goldsmith. Kim holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Denver and was in the first class at the National Theatre Conservatory. Kim is also a graduate of Fuller Seminary, holding an MDiv degree. She received a call to Bel Air Presbyterian Church as the Designated Associate Pastor of Entertainment Ministries where she began serving in ministry in 2005.

WILLIAM HAMM
William currently heads up the television division for Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s feature film company Ghost House Pictures. He is charged with developing television movies and series of a scary- thriller nature for sale to broadcast and cable networks. Hamm previously worked with Sam and Rob when he was Senior VP of drama programming for Universal Television where they created such hit series as Hercules, Xena, American Gothic (CBS), and M.A.N.T.I.S. (FOX). While at Universal TV William also launched the first series branding with the development of Law & Order:Svu. He also launched FOX’s Sliders and New York Undercover, which was the first ethnic network drama to produce the 100 episodes necessary for syndication. Throughout William’s twenty-year career he has also held executive positions at Tribune Entertainment, British broadcaster Granada Television as well as the ABC Television Network.

DONOVAN JACOBS
As a development executive and script consultant for numerous motion picture production companies and television networks, including Warner Bros., ABC, Touchstone Pictures, and Walden Media, Donovan helped create a wide range of theatrical films and movies for television. He specializes in the development of family movies for television, working on the Humanitas Awardwinning Ruby Bridges for The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. Donovan is a graduate of the prestigious Warner Bros. Writers Workshop for television. He has written on media and spiritual and social issues for Sojourners and contributed a chapter to Act One’s book Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film and Culture (BakerBooks, 2005).

HOWARD KAZANJIAN
Film and television producer and entertainment executive Howard Kazanjian was born and raised in Pasadena. A graduate of the film school at USC, Howard is most well known for having produced two of the highest grossing films of all time: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return Of The Jedi. Howard has worked as an Assistant Director with such legends as Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, Joshua Logan, and Billy Wilder. Howard also produced the pilot and first season of the hit television show JAG. In addition to his film and television success, Howard is also an author. His works include a biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans titled The Cowboy and the Seniorita. Howard is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Howard is a trustee at Azusa Pacific University where he is building a Cinema Broadcast Arts program.

ROBERT KIRBYSON
Robert is an award-winning writer, producer, cinematographer, and a university educator. From 2000 to 2004, Robert wrote and produced the weekly series It's a Living for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, personally winning several international awards. Previously Robert worked as a Writer and Field Producer for seven seasons of Sesame Street / Park. Robert is also an accomplished cinematographer, and from 1997 to 2004 he served as the cinematography instructor at the University of British Columbia Film School.

JOHN LEE, JR.
John Lee has been immersed in every business aspect of feature motion picture development. From producing to distribution, Lee has over twenty-five years of experience. He has bought and sold motion pictures and their various rights within the major markets at MIFED, Cannes, and AFM. He has acquired screenplays and motion picture rights to novels, and negotiated, managed and/or performed virtually every other business function of motion picture development, production, US and foreign theatrical and ancillary distribution, including auditing distributors in the perfection of producers' profits participations. His relationships are extensive and intimate with major production talent, motion picture studios, agents, entertainment banks, attorneys and ancillary licensees. Lee is the CEO of Entertainment Business Group. He is also the author of The Producer's Business Handbook published by Focal Press and the primary seminar presenter for Entertainment Business Group Seminars.

DICK LYLES
Dick Lyles, PhD, is CEO of Relevant Radio™, a leading operator of community Catholic radio stations, which reaches an estimated 40 million people across 14 states and is headquartered in Green Bay, WI. He also serves as President & CEO of Leadership Legacies, a company that focuses on developing a new generation of leaders. Dick has been an active speaker and management consultant with an international clientele for more than thirty years. His client base has included numerous cities and countries, various departments of the U.S. government, and Fortune 500 companies, including Exxon and Hughes Aircraft. Dick has published many books including the best seller Winning Habits: 4 Secrets that Will Change the Rest of Your Life and the upcoming two-volume set, Contextual Leadership: How to Achieve Leadership Genius. He hosts the weekly Relevant Radio™ program LifeWorks.

TRAVIS MANN
Travis Mann is the Senior Vice President in charge of Business Affairs at Inferno Distribution. Prior to joining Inferno, Travis was head of business affairs for Crystal Sky Pictures where he negotiated and drafted a wide variety of motion picture production, finance and distribution agreements. Earlier in his career, Travis practiced entertainment law with Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, LLP and the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. Over the course of his career, he has served as production attorney on numerous films including City of Angels, A Time to Kill, The Negotiator and U.S. work on The Matrix. Travis received a B.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law where he was an editor of the UCLA Law Review.

LORI MCCREARY
Lori McCreary’s career in entertainment began as a co-producer on the critically acclaimed Bopha, which first teamed her with Morgan Freeman. In 1996, the two filmmakers founded Revelations Entertainment, of which Lori became CEO. She oversees all facets of Revelations’ day-to-day operation including film production, business and finance. Additionally, she is chairman of Clickstar, a partnership between the Intel corporation and Revelations. The company is a broadband distribution company devoted to preserving the quality and security of theatrical presentation as it migrates to the digital home. Lori’s producing credits include Ed Solomon’s Levity, Under Suspicion, and the soon to be released 10 Items or Less, written and directed by Brad Silberling. Revelations also co-produced Along Came a Spider for Paramount Pictures.

STEPHEN MCEVEETY
Steve literally grew up in the entertainment industry. As a boy he appeared in episodes of Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, and Star Trek, and was influenced by his father’s success as a writer, director, and producer of family entertainment films. McEveety became an assistant director on Real Genius and Early Frost. He then served as a production manager for films like The Trip To Bountiful, Flatliners, and Mel Gibson’s Forever Young and associate produced Hotshots. Through Icon Productions McEveety produced What Women Want, Payback, Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Immortal Beloved, The Man Without A Face and Braveheart, which garnered ten Academy Awards® nominations and won five, including Best Picture and Best Director. He also served as Producer for The Passion of The Christ, Paparazzi, We Were Soldiers, 187 and Airborne, which he also wrote. He is currently in pre-production on The Monkey Trial. McEveety has recently formed “The Mpower Company,” involved in all aspects of the arts including film, TV, radio, cell phones and the Internet.

DAVID MCFADZEAN
David created and executive produced the ABC hit television show Home Improvement. Prior to that he served as Executive Story Editor on the premier season of Roseanne. He has executive produced and co-created television shows with Carol Burnett, Ed Asner, Haley Joel Osment, Dave Chappelle, and Dan Aykroyd. In film, David produced Where the Heart Is, starring Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd, and What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Recently, he executive produced Walker Payne, starring Jason Patric and Sam Shepherd, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. David has a BA in theater from the University of Evansville and an MA in Theater from Illinois State University. He and his wife Elizabeth have two children: Meredith, age 24, and Court, age 20.

TOOCHIS MORIN
Toochis studied under Stella Adler (NYU Acting Program) and Robert Lewis (Group Theater, Founder of Actors Studio) in New York. She performed Off-Broadway and worked in TV and film. She attended USC Cinema & Television School majoring in Filmic Writing and Still Photography. Toochis was selected for the Sundance 2000 Native American Screenwriting Workshop, the 2001 Squaw Valley Conference of Writers - Screenwriter Program and the Fox Network's 2001 Diversity TV Writers Program. She worked in Business Affairs at Mandalay Pictures under Darrell E. Walker then for Eric Idle on SPAMALOT. She has worked for Brant Rose Agency for two years representing writers and directors for film & tv.

PHIL NEMY
Phil Nemy is a twenty-year veteran of stage, film and television, and author of Get A Reel Job, a reference guide for aspiring filmmakers. A former Vice President of Production at Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, he worked on dozens of Disney productions and such box office smashes as Armageddon, Con Air, Enemy of the State, and The Princess Diaries. In 2001, he departed Disney forming Angel's Touch Productions to produce and develop projects including Pancakes and Underwear with director Garry Marshall. He is currently developing the film Delivery From Moscow, XtremeTeens, and the mini-series Revolution. Nemy is a partner in Career Moves, a consulting firm that leads the successful seminar series "What They Don't Teach You in Film School," in cities all over the country. He regularly lectures at Carnegie Mellon University, and has conducted seminars to guide film students at UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State, Duke University, and many others. He also teaches the course "How Does Hollywood Work: The Business of Hollywood" for the University of Texas at Austin.

BARBARA NICOLOSI
Barbara is founder and Executive Director of Act One. She has an MA in Film from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She has been a director of development, a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, and a consultant on many film and television projects. She wrote The Work, a full-length feature set during the Spanish Civil War, for IMMI Pictures of Beverly Hills. She just co-wrote a feature-length romantic comedy for an L.A. production company that will be shot in summer 2006. Barbara recently co-edited the book Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture from Baker Books.

MICHAEL PADE
Michael Pade is the Executive VP / Head Film Buyer for the Regal Entertainment Group, the largest motion picture exhibitor in the world. The Company's theatre circuit, comprising Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theatres and Edwards Theatres, operates 6,273 screens in 558 locations in 40 states. Regal operates approximately 18% of all indoor screens in the United States including theatres in 43 of the top 50 U.S. markets and growing suburban markets.

THOM PARHAM
Dr. Thomas Parham is an associate professor of Theater, Film, and Television at Azusa Pacific University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent seven years on active duty, during which he qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer. Thom left the Navy to complete a doctorate in communication studies at Regent University. He has written for the CBS drama JAG and the Family Channel sitcom Big Brother Jake, and also served as the on-location writers’ assistant for the third season of Touched by an Angel. In its review of Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture, Publishers Weekly cited Thom’s essay “Why Do Heathens Make the Best Christian Films?” as a “standout,” and he also wrote a chapter on postmodernism for The Gospel According to Super-Heroes. Dr. Parham is listed in the 2007 edition of Who’s Who in America and in the 2002, 2004, and 2005 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.

PEGGY PATRICK
Peggy Patrick spent 15 years as a top literary agent and was Vice President of one of Hollywood's premiere agencies, Shapiro-Lichtman, where she handled the careers of more than 200 writers, directors and producers. She has been a featured speaker at many forums including the WGA, DGA, Biola Media Conference, Flash Forward and the Hollywood Screenwriting Conference. This past year she started her own company Patrick Medberry Associates and with her husband, handles a number of high profile Christian novelists and writers. Additionally, she is an Associate Professor in the Mass Communications Dept. at Biola University where she teaches writing and entertainment business.

JASON PEARSON
Jason Pearson has over 15 years of experience in marketing and design. He has founded many internet based marketing enterprises including Blender Magazine, the first digital music publication (honored in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum); Dennis Interactive, a New York interactive advertising agency; and Online Giving, an internet venture created to provide non-profits with the technology to accept online donations. His clients have included Nike, Calvin Klein, Toyota, Apple, Mercedes Benz, Levi Strauss, Coca-Cola, Disney, The Salvation Army, Prison Fellowship, the Republican Party of Virginia, the Todd M. Beamer Foundation, and the U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team. Recently, he created Pearpod, a strategic marketing and design firm. Pearpod had previously consulted with ICON productions on the film launch of The Passion of the Christ. Today, Pearpod serves a unique mixture of clients including Dennis Bakke’s “Joy At Work” movement, Rick Warren’s “The Purpose Driven Life” campaign, and Disney’s Narnia films.

PATRICIA PHALEN
Patricia Phalen is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She has an MBA from Boston College, and a PhD in Radio/Television/Film from Northwestern University. Dr. Phalen worked in media planning at Foote, Cone & Belding and audience research at WTTW in Chicago. Her primary research interest is the socio-economics of media industries, especially the role of audience information. She has written two books, The Mass Audience: Rediscovering the Dominant Model, with James Webster, and Ratings Analysis: the Theory and Practice of Audience Research, with James Webster and Lawrence Lichty. Dr. Phalen has also published articles in several top scholarly journals.

LARRY POLAND
Dr. Poland is founder, chairman, and CEO of Mastermedia International, a non-profit structure which provides consulting, personal counsel, and support to top leaders in film and television in Hollywood and New York, and one which seeks to keep Americans informed of values issues inside media. Dr. Poland has been a college professor and was executive producer of the world's largest traveling mixed media production, World Thrust. He is an ordained minister, lecturer, conference speaker, consultant, and writer. He is author of numerous articles in national periodicals and six books. He presently hosts a short radio feature, The Mediator, aired daily on more than three hundred radio stations. Harvest House Publishers included Dr. Poland on their list of “The 365 Most Influential People in the World” based on his network of relationships with those holding global media power.

KOREY SCOTT POLLARD
Korey Scott Pollard is a Directors Guild of America assistant director on the critically acclaimed USA series Monk and holds a position on the board of Hollywood Connect. He co-produced his first film this year, an independent film adaptation of the Robert Whitlow novel The List. He is developing a number of projects as the Senior Executive, Development & Production 4 Color Entertainment, a start-up media company. With over 20 years of on-the-job training in a variety of positions in film and television production his credits include Deadwood, House, Grey’s Anatomy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids 2, Thirteen Days, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself. Prior to joining the DGA he gained invaluable experience on Waterworld, Clear & Present Danger, Eye For An Eye, GI Jane, That Thing You Do among many others.

RYAN PROVENCHER
Ryan Provencher has been living and working in the Los Angeles area for five years since graduating with a degree in Film from the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida. Ryan began his career at Miramax as the second assistant to the Vice President of Promotions. He quickly moved to become the Assistant to the Vice President of Business and Legal. After less then six months in the Legal department Ryan was offered the chance to become a booker for the Executive Vice President of Distribution. He later was promoted to the position of Coordinator, Exhibitor Relations. Currently Ryan is the Manager of Exhibitor Relations working with theaters across the United States to promote all of Miramax’s upcoming films.

CHRIS & KATHY RILEY
Chris and Kathy Riley are screenwriters whose first film, After the Truth, a multiple-award-winning German-language courtroom thriller, sparked international controversy in 1999 when it was released in Germany. The husband-wife team wrote 25 to Life, a dramatic thriller for director Jon Turteltaub’s Junction Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures, and The Other White House, a political thriller for Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films and Intermedia. They adapted the nonfiction book Actual Innocence by Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld and Jim Dwyer for Mandalay Television Pictures and the Fox television network. The Rileys recently completed Aces, an actionadventure romance for producer Robert Cort and Paramount Pictures. Chris is the author of The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style. In addition to writing, Kathy serves as outreach coordinator for We Can, a pediatric brain tumor support network. The Rileys live with their children in Los Angeles.

VICTORYA MICHAELS ROGERS
Speaker / Author Victorya Michaels Rogers speaks nationally at universities, conventions, churches, retreats, conferences, and dinners. Victorya spent more than a decade as a Hollywood agent, representing award-winning writers, producers, directors, actors and technical crew. She taught three years for the Entertainment Extension Program at UCLA. Victorya earned her Bachelor's degree from California State University at Long Beach and her Master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. Currently Rogers is the author of Finding a Man Worth Keeping: 10 Dating Secrets that Work released in August, 2005. She is also the co-author of The Day I Met God and How to Talk About Jesus without Freaking Out. Victorya speaks to audiences across America and lives in Oklahoma with her husband Will and children Matthew and Katie.

BRANT ROSE
Brant Rose started the Brant Rose Agency in 2001, having begun his career in agenting at UTA in 1994. His agency represents writers, directors and producers for film and television. He has shaped the careers of a number of Academy Award, Golden Globe, WGA and Independent Spirit Award winners and nominees. Throughout his career he has represented careers such as Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy), Bill Condon (Oscar winning writer/director Gods & Monsters, Chicago), and Bragi Schut (creator of CBS series Threshold). He has served on the Sundance Producers Conference, American Cinematheque Board, Squaw Valley Conference of Writers, and I Have A Dream Foundation-L.A. Prior to the entertainment business, he worked at Procter & Gamble in brand management after graduating from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government. He spends his weekends mentoring three to six year old children.

RICHARD SHIRMER
Richard Schirmer began his career as an assistant to senior executives at The Walt Disney Company in 1997, after graduating from the University of Louisville. Quickly promoted to the executive ranks of Disney's Corporate Alliance Group, Schirmer analyzed brand-marketing and corporate alliance strategies and tactics which propelled him into marketing feature films with companies such as Buena Vista Pictures and Disney. While earning his MBA at Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management, Schirmer transitioned into independent feature marketing with Promenade Pictures (SVP, Marketing & Distribution). Recently, his marketing company Fly Over Group (partnering with Motive Entertainment) led the family and faith marketing campaign for The Chronicles of Narnia, which has become Disney's top grossing live-action film in studio history. His team has also worked on other projects including The Passion of the Christ and The Polar Express. Schirmer frequently guest lectures on marketing and brand strategy at Pepperdine's Seaver and Graziadio Schools.

JOHN SHEPHERD
John Shepherd is a founding partner and the President of Production for Mpower, a new production company headed by Executive Producer Steve McEveety. Mr. Shepherd has served as executive for Dreamworks, Dean River Productions, and other studios, with several award-winning feature films and children’s animation properties to his credit. His has produced some 17 motion pictures including The Ultimate Gift, and the ESPY nominated Bobby Jones-Stroke of Genius starring Jim Caviezel. He is coordinating production for the current slate of Mpower films. John has a BA from UCLA.

CHARLES B. SLOCUM
Charles B. Slocum is Assistant Executive Director of the Writers Guild of America and Chair of Act One’s board of directors. He has worked in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years in a variety of financial and strategy positions. He has worked for Paramount Pictures in television finance, for NBC as a game show judge, and for ABC in audience research. He has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Television/Radio from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. He is pursuing a Master’s in Theology and the Arts from Fuller Theological Seminary.

KEN WALES
Veteran filmmaker and actor Ken Wales was Executive Producer of the award-winning CBS television series Christy. He has produced numerous feature films including The Tamarind Seed, Islands in the Stream, Wild Rovers and The Prodigal. Ken was Associate Producer of Cagney and Lacey and also co-produced the 8-hour Emmy nominated and Golden Globe winning ABC miniseries John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. Ken has an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Greenville College, and is the author of the historical novel Sea of Glory, which is in development to be filmed as a feature. He is currently producing the historical feature Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce, which will be released early in 2007. He is also preparing the shooting scripts for the sequel to Chariots of Fire and C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce.

RALPH WINTER
Ralph is a successful motion picture and television producer, and founding partner of commercial production companies Thomas Winter Cooke & ThomasWinterCookeNetworks. Working with 20th Century Fox Films for the past five years, he has produced five of their top 10 movies, with current world wide box office grosses north of $1.5 billion -- adding to that total with the release of XMen: The Last Stand in 2006. Ralph has produced over 25 movies for the studios, as well as producing and directing television for Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks. At ThomasWinterCookeNetworks, he and his partners have pioneered branded entertainment successfully with products ranging from global beverage brands to automobiles. Ralph has also produced many low-budget features, with two currently in production in Poland. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Ralph is married to his high school sweetheart, has two married children, and is active in community affairs and performing arts projects.