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Heather Hale has a dozen years experience as a Director, Screenwriter and Independent Producer. She is currently in soft prep on the next two features she will direct: 21 Hours, an action thriller and Queen of Harts, a drag queen

dramedy. She has a slate of television projects in play: two three-camera sitcoms Malibu Wishes and My Wife, My Fiancee & Me and a one-hour sci fi dramedy, Time Tours, Inc., currently being packaged while Tim McGraw has one of her features under option.Witness Insecurity, the Christian-themed mob thriller that Heather directed, produced and co-wrote, starred Edward Furlong (Terminator 2, The Green Hornet, CSI: NY), Ed Asner (Up, Lou Grant) and Meat Loaf (Fight Club, Rocky Horror Picture Show).In 2009, Heather directed, wrote and produced a one-hour drama pilot that starred Barbara Bain (Space 1999, Mission Impossible) and Carmen Argenziano (Stargate SG-1).

HEATHER HALE

director

writer

Producer

CLIP

OPENING CREDITS

Project List

HEATHER HALE

BIOSlide2

Project list

Hook, line &

sinker ($6m)Beyond mud & vines ($1.5m)

Star of south africa

($8m)

21 hours

($8m)Chaminade ($2.75m)

Crew list

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Director of photography

JOCHEN KUNSTLER

JIM ORR

EDITOR

Born and raised in Germany,

Jochen

Kunstler got his start at ZDF German Television in production management. He moved to Los Angles in 1997 for the Film, Television, Video and New Media program at UCLA Extension.

After finishing the program, Jochen produced and directed the documentary Deeds not Words (1998) about the Wildlife Way Station in the Angeles National Forest, which aired on Discovery UK. Since 2000, Jochen has edited a variety of programs for Percy Adlon (acclaimed Director of Bagdad Café) and other Directors. Percy Adlon’s feature film,Mahler on the Couch, made its World Premiere at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter prizes

Jochen’s editorial talent: “Benedict Neuenfels’ cinematography is lush and romantic, and Jochen Kunstler’s editing neatly entwines past and present.”

Jochen was also praised for his work in Adlon’s feature film Hawaiian Gardens (2001), hailed as “a brilliantly edited real life drama” by The Hollywood Reporter after its premiere at the Munich Film Festival. Koenig’s Sphere (a documentary about sculptor Fritz Koenig in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11th) premiered at the Tribeca Film festival in2003 and will be part of the collection at the 9/11 Memorial. Jochen continues to refine and expand his expertise in new formats through work on narrative short films including No Destination, with John Savage (Method Fest 2007, Staten Island Film Festival 2007), and Innocence Remains, which premiered at Frameline 33 in San Francisco. He edited the Sony Web series Angel of Death, directed by Paul

Etheredge, which became the most watched program on Sony’s Crackle.com. Director of Photography: Jim OrrCredits include…..Fly BoysEscape to Grizzly Mountain

Witness InsecurityTV: Deadliest Warrior and Hacienda Heights

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Line producer

Line Producer: Eve Honthaner's work on the monumental and iconic Titanic caused FOX to ask her to write the operations manual for their new Baja Studios, which turned into an Executive Production position at

Dreamworks that lasted 'til they split from Paramount. Eve also worked on Tropic Thunder and Just Married to name a few other high profile projects. Eve literally "wrote the book" on Line Producing as the author of The Complete Film Production Handbook (its 4th edition just came out last year) which is required reading at many film schools and production offices. She also wrote Hollywood Drive: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry, which Heather Hale is quoted in several times. Mrs. Honthaner also founded the non-profit Film Industry Network.1st AD: JERRAM SWARTZ has worked on many of the most iconic and successful entertainment products in Hollywood history, including E.T. – THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL and THE BLUES BROTHERS, as well as award-winning movies for television KENT STATE, 3: THE DALE EARNHARDT STORY and AMISH GRACE. As a continuously working member of the Directors Guild of America for the past thirty years, he has collaborated with A-list stars, directors and producers as senior member of the production team. He has worked on productions worldwide and throughout the United States.

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Eve

honthaner

Jerram

swartzSlide5

Casting director

Production designer

Gary

randall

Valerie

mCcaffrey

Ms. McCaffrey was Vice President of Casting at New Line Cinema for 6 years and before that, worked as Director of Casting at Universal Studios for 8 years.

Some of her recent credits include: American History X, Babe, Area 51, Hard Candy,

What the #$*! Do We Know!?,The Island of Dr. Moreau, Jaws: The Revenge and Witness Insecurity.

Gary has designed the “look” of more than 30 feature films and recently completed work on Girls, Girls, Girls, directed by award-winning actress Beth Grant. Gary began his career in the set lighting department at Warner Bros. and spent 14 years as a gaffer/electrician, with Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner as a notable credit. A chance meeting with producer Roger Corman led Gary to move from lighting to set design as head of the Concorde/New Horizon design department for over two years. He has gone on to work on projects for Showtime, HBO, Fox, MPCA and Playboy. He designed a celebrity poker show for “The Simpsons” creator Sam Simon, was hired by Ray

Manzarek of The Doors to create the visuals for the music video “L.A. Woman,” and assisted Renny Harlin by designing new scenes for Harlin’s The Covenant. Mr. Randall has been the production designer for over a hundred commercials and, with a crew of 50, turned the Hollywood Cinerama Dome into a gigantic hamburger for a McDonald’s spot. In 2005, he designed the set for the 75th anniversary of the Broadway play “You Can’t Take It With You,” directed by co-author Moss Hart’s son at The Geffen Playhouse. Gary and his wife Rochelle live on a ranch in Shadow Hills California. http://www.randalldesigns.com/Pages/Garysbio.htmSlide6

composer

Sean

fernald

Music supervisor

Stephen

marston

Credits: TV: The Amazing Race, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ancient Mysteries, Entertainment Tonight, ABC Sports Special, The American Comedy Awards, General Hospital,

Houdini,etc

.), Witness Insecurityhttp://www.stephenmarston.com

Sean Fernald has fifteen years of major record label experience with MCA Records, Virgin Records, Capitol Records and Sony Music, specializing in visual marketing, music video (production and promotion) and music licensing for film. This has led to an ongoing association with the synergy of music and film, most recently working as a music supervisor on How To Rob A Bank produced by Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour), Bar Starz produced by Steve Perry (True Romance) and The Lather Effect produced by Eric Stoltz

(Pulp Fiction) and directed by Sarah Kelly (Full Tilt Boogie) among many others.Sean recently produced Red Velvet (2009), a horror-fantasy film, and is preparing Blood Oranges (2011), a dark horror comedy, andBloody Mary (2011) which is based on the famous urban legend. Sean is a voting member of NARAS, the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, and serves as a consultant specializing in music, entertainment and conflict resolution (often times a good skill to have in the film industry!).Slide7

Costume designer

Pamela

williams

Script supervisor

Zohra

shahalimi

Pamela Denise Williams has worked on over 20 films in the last 6 years. She just finished a made-for-TV-movie, The Shunning, directed by Michael Landon Jr. . for the Hallmark Channel that starred Sherri

Stringfield

(ER). She script supervised five films in 2010 including: Witness Insecurity that starred Ed Asner, Meat Loaf and Edward Furlong; Miracle of Spanish Harlem starring Kate Del Castillo (Under the Moon, Weeds) and Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) and in 2009, she served as the 1st A.D. and Script Supervisor on Butterfly Rising for first-time Director, Tanya Wright, who plays Deputy Kenya Jones on HBO’s True Blood and Script

Spervisor on Occupancy,starring soap opera stars Van Hansis (As The World Turns) and Thorsten Kaye (One Life to Live).

Zohra Shahalimi's most recent credits include Stan Helsing directed by Bo Zenga and starring Leslie Nielson and Kenan Thompson

fromSNL

;

Kickin

' It Old

Skool

, Blonde and Blonder, Ogre and Pascal

Franchot's

Triple Dog. A costume designer for film and television,

Zohra

has an international background as a fashion designer, buyer, stylist, artist and entrepreneur. She graduated with honors from the acclaimed fashion school, LaSalle College in Montreal

whereafter

she won a coveted spot in the McCord Museum of Montreal's fashion show.

Zohra

coordinated Signature 96, the largest fashion show in Montreal showcasing over 170 fashion designers in a runway show. She also served as a buyer for North America for a large retail chain which gave her an incredible expertise in fabric, trends and commercial viability. Zohra has designed two lines of handbags herself: Zoozy, manufactured in Italy and Amuze, manufactured in Asia. On just her one year anniversary, she was nominated for Inspiration's "2002 Entrepreneur of the Year." Born into an affluent family in Kabul, Afghanistan,

Zohra grew up in the rarified world of politics and art. After the controversial death of her patriot father, she and her remaining family escaped the occupation of the Russian Communist regimes by trekking in disguise across back country roads and across mountains to the relative safety of Pakistan. Zohra speaks English, French, Dari and Urdu. An avid sky diver and martial arts practitioner, Zohra took second place in a professional east coast regional competition. Zohra is also quite the photographer and hopes to share her 20-year retrospective photos of the ruins left by the

Talibam. she divides her time between LA and Canada.Slide8

Make-up dept. head

Rita

parillo

Key hair stylist

Keith

sayer

Credit Highlights:

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Leatherheads, The

Happening,The Last of the Mohicans, Ladder 49, Glory Road, Iron Jawed Angels, The Dale Earnhardt Story, Witness Insecurity.

The Hangover, The Hangover Part II, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Made of Honor, Evan Almighty, Fun with Dick and Jane, Universal Soldier: The Return, TV: The District, Witness Insecurity.Slide9

Anne

marie

gillen

Anne Marie Gillen, CEO of Gillen Group, LLC is an independent Producer whose goal is to develop and produce commercially successful entertainment that expresses heart and enlightens the human experience. She is extensively experienced in motion picture and television development and has exceptional relationships with studios, international distributors, production and acting talent.Presently Anne Marie’s film slate includes the recently released Cabin 14 Production Into Temptation starring Kristin Chenoweth and Jeremy

Sisto; she is producing The Schwa Was Here based on the bestselling Young Adult novel written by Neal Shusterman and developing and producing Charlie’s Place with director Thomas Carter (Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter, Swing Kids).Ms. Gillen’s first book. the 3rd edition of The Producer’s Business Handbook, was recently released through Focal Press, co-branded with Variety.Gillen Group’s consulting division was established in July 2006 after purchasing Entertainment Business Group’s clientele and proprietary models and databases. The division’s motto is “Fusing Business and Creativity” and offers business planning, script analysis, worldwide distribution consultation and internal

greenlighting (project and/or film company cash flow projections) services to independent film producers and investors.Ms. Gillen is a lecturer and panelist and gives workshop seminars for such organizations as: International Institute of Film Financing (IIFF), Show Biz Expo, Screenwriters Expo, UCLA Film School, USC Film School, Chapman University, Act One Producer Program, Century City Chamber of Commerce Entertainment Symposiums, Independent Feature Project seminars in New York, Minneapolis and Cannes, France, California Lawyers for the Arts, Women In Film, and Playback.

From 2002 – May 2006, Anne Marie was consulting to Entertainment Business Group (EBG) as their President, Development & Production, an independent motion picture and television funding, global rights sales, research, analysis and business services entity.From 1996 – 2001, Anne Marie was the Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Freeman’s company, Revelations Entertainment. She led the company in the strategic financing and distribution of Revelations’ projects. During her tenure, Revelations Entertainment produced Along Came the Spider for Paramount; developed Port Chicago Mutiny for NBC Network; and developed, independently financed and produced Under Suspicion starring Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman for Sony Premiere DVDs/Lions Gate.Prior to her tenure at Revelations Entertainment, Anne Marie was co-founder and CEO of Electric Shadow Productions, and it’s Chair. Electric Shadow fully financed, and Anne Marie was the Executive Producer of its first feature, Fried Green Tomatoes which was released by Universal and starred Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. This picture earned over $200 million worldwide and was nominated for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes.She came to Electric Shadow Productions from Hemdale Releasing Corporation where she was Vice President of Acquisitions and Ancillary Sales. During her tenure,

Hemdale was one of the leading independent film companies producing such films as: Platoon winner of Best Picture and Best Director, Hoosiers, The Last Emperor winner of nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. Slide10

Scott

rubenstein

Scott Rubenstein is the writer of 30 produced television shows. Story Editor forStar Trek: The Next Generation, 9 to 5, and Grand. A script consultant and lecturer, Scott is currently working on a German project to be filmed in Italy and a science fiction project that will not be filmed in outer space. In addition to his career as a writer, Scott is a licensed accountant who runs his own tax preparation company in Los Angeles. He is a Professor at California State University at Northridge as well as the University of Southern California. He was also chosen funniest accountant in Los Angeles. Scott was a STAR Speaker of Screenwriting Expo 2.

c.p.a.

Richard

freiman

Entertainment

attorney

Richard Freiman has worked in the industry as a writer/producer (WGA member), studio executive (Largo Entertainment), television executive (Lorimar Productions/Lawrence Gordon Productions) and entertainment attorney (licensed to practice law in California and New York). He teaches Entertainment Law at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television and College of Business Administration and has also taught it at Chapman University’s Dodge School of Film and Media Arts.Slide11

21 hours

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STEVE SALEEN.comSYNOPSIS

VIDEO GAME SIZZLER

Film CompsDANNY (20s), a race enthusiast, is the first to buy the 2012 Saleen F-16, a Supercharged Dodge Challenger with F-16 fighter pilot seats. At its official press conference unveiling, Danny’s older brother BLAKE (30s), a retired racer now mechanic for

Saleen, shares some special upgrades to Danny’s custom car but is interrupted when their mom, MRS. MITCHELL (50s), calls and asks Danny to pick up their father, GENERAL MITCHELL (50s) at Edwards Air Force Base. This strikes both sons as odd because their mother has never missed picking their father up from a mission return.

Project List

SALEENS CONTRIBUTIONS

CAST IDEAS

VIDEO GAME SIZZLERSlide12

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WATERFALLSlide13

Hook, line & sinker

Film Comps

BISBEES.com

BLACK & BLUE

SYNOPSIS

Sports Romantic Comedy

The last single guy left standing lies to all his former drinking buddies that he’s got six months left to live in order to get them all to party with him “one last time” on a road trip down to Mexico for a Million-Dollar Marlin Fishing Tournament.

Project List

CAST IDEASSlide14

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Star of south

africaSYNOPSIS

Film Comps

An American Hip Hop star with a death wish born out of boredom headlines a peace concert in Africa in the midst of blood diamond violence and corruption only to fall in love with – and take a bullet for – his South African body guard who has more meaning in her life than she can handle, trying to protect her country’s

victimed

orphans.

Blood Diamond meets The Bodyguard

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BEYOND MUD & VINES

SYNOPSISFilm Comps

A 12-year-old girl escapes from child slavery and drunken, abusive parents in rural Puerto Rico in 1947 – and dares to return to save her siblings.

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Beyond mud & vines

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chaminade

College Hoops. David slays the Giant. In 1982, Hawaii’s Division II community college shocked the sports world when they beat 7-foot Ralph Sampson and his #1 NCAA-ranked University of Virginia Cavaliers. Few people know the story behind The Greatest Upset Never Seen – and how they saved the school with this win. This is their story.[We Are Marshall meets Hoosiers]

SYNOPSISFilm Comps

GREATEST UPSET IN SPORTS HISTORY

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BACKPROPOSED CASTDANNY

BLAKE

AMIR

LARRY

GENERAL

MITCHELL

STAR TREK

ANTON YELCHIN

ROBERT PATTINSON

TWILIGHT

BEN BARNESCHRONICLES OF NARNIA

DEAR JOHN

CHANNING TATUM

KNOWING

LIAM HEMSWORTH

TYLER HOECHLIN

ROAD TO PERDITION

FAST & FURIOUS

ASSAF COHEN

ASHRAF BARHOM

THE KINGDOM

KHALED ABOL NAGA

CIVIC DUTY

CHRIS

ROCK

AARON

YOO

SARAH ROEMER

DAVID MORSE

WILLIAM FORSYTHE

MICHAEL BEIHN

SNL

DISTURBIA

DISTURBIA

GREEN MILE

THE ROCK

THE TERMINATORSlide22

HOOK, LINE & SINKER

BACKPROPOSED CASTZACK

AMELIA

MAXWELL

RICK

FATHER JUAN GRANDE

THE LINCOLN LAWYER

MATTHEW

McCONAUGHEY

RICK RAVANELLO

WITNESS INSECURITY

LUKE WILSON

OLD SCHOOL

THE BACKUP PLAN

KENNIFER LOPEZ

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN

PENELOPE CRUZ

JESSICA ALBA

FANTASTIC FOUR

WEDDING CRASHERS

VINCE VAUGHN

MEATLOAF

WITNESS INSECURITY

TIM

McGRAW

THE BLINDSIDE

BRIAN

KRAUS

WILLIE

AAMES

BRADLEY COOPER

JOHN LEGUIZAMO

DON

NOVELLO

MARC

ANTHONY

WITNESS INSECURITY

EIGHT IS ENOUGH

THE HANGOVER

MOULIN ROUGE

SNL

MAN ON FIRESlide23

BEYOND MUD & VINES

BACKPROPOSED CASTSABINA

SALVADOR

GREGORIO

CARMELA

E

MELIA

BENJAMIN

BUTTON

ELLE

FANNINGCHIARAD’AMBROSIO

THE CLOSER

CAITLIN

CARMICHAEL

ZUMA CANYON

MAN ON FIRE

MARC ANTHONY

L.A.LAW

JIMMY

SMITS

GEAL GARCIA BERNAL

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

MOULIN ROUGE

JOHN

LEGUIZAMO

JAVIER BARDEM

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

SALVADOR

DEL SOLAR

AT MIDNIGHT

AND A HALF

CATALINA

SANDINO

MORENO

MICHELLE

RODRIQUEZ

KATE

DEL CASTILLO

KEIRA

PENA

SERENITY

MARTORELL

GISELLE

NIETO

MARIA FULL

OF GRACE

FAST AND FURIOUS

UNDER THE

SAME MOON

ALL Z SMALL THINGS

A BETTER

LIFE

WREAKSlide24

STAR OF SOUTH AFRICA

BACKPROPOSED CASTJORDAN

ANDRE

GARRETT

MALIK

JANE EYRE

ANNA

PAQUIN

MICHELLE

RODRIGUESFAST &

FURIOUSKATEBECKINSALE

UNDERWORLD

CROSSOVER

WAYNE

BRADY

JAMIE

FOXX

RAY

SAVING

PRIVATE RYAN

BARRY PEPPER

RICK

RAVANELLO

WITNESS INSECURITY

BRIAN

KRAUSE

WITNESS

INSECURITY

VING

RHAMES

MICHAEL CLARK DUNCAN

DON

CHEADLE

DJIMON

HOUNSOU

CHIWETEL

EJIOFOR

PETE

POSTLETHWAITE

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3

GREEN MILE

HOTEL RWANDA

BLOOD DIAMOND

CHILDREN

OF MEN

INCEPTION

HASHIM

TRAINING DAY

SEAN

COOMBSSlide25

CHAMINADE

BACKPROPOSED CASTMARKRODRIGUES

COACHMERV LOPES

RICHARD

HAENISH

FATHER

RAYMOND ROESCH

RALPHSAMSON

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN

SAM

CLAFLINLIAM

HEMSWORTHARABIAN KNIGHTS

ROBERT

PATTINSON

TWILIGHT

UP IN

THE AIR

GEORGE

CLOONEY

OCEANS

THIRTEEN

ANDY

GARCIA

RICK

FOX

HE GOT

GAME

ROME IS

BURNING

AL

HORFORDTRISTIN

WILDSEVERYBODYHATES CHRIS

MICHAEL

B JORDAN

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

CHRIS

COOPER

DAVID

MORSE

MARC

ANTHONY

LEBRON

JAMES

CHRIS

WARREN JR

GLENNDON

CHATMAN

ADAPTATION

GREEN MILE

MAN ON FIRE

THE LAST KING OF CLEVELAND

LOVE &

BASKETBALL

LOVE &

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BEYOND MUD & VINES

BACKSlide27

21 hours

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HOOK, LINE & SINKER

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STAR OF SOUTH AFRICA

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CHAMINADE

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21 hours

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