PRODUCTION TEAM STANLEY M. BROOKS Executive Producer A veteran of 15 years of TV production, Stanley M. Brooks’ career began when he served as the Vice- President of Development for Centerpoint Productions. While there, he was involved in the development of NBC’s five-part documentary miniseries, “Oceanquest,” which garnered five Emmy Awards- nominations. In the late 1980s, Brooks left his post at Centerpoint Productions, to serve as President of Guber-Peters Television. During his tenure, he was responsible for such projects as “Bay Coven,” “Nightmare at Bittercreek,” and “Finish Line” (starring James Brolin and Josh Brolin). Working at the most successful independent feature film company in the industry afforded Brooks an opportunity to help some of the more prominent writers and producers in television to move into features. The foremost example being Barry Morrow and “Rain man,” which was originally developed by Brooks, who brought it to Executive Producers Peter Gruber and Jon Peters. At the end of 1989, Brooks left Gubers-Peters Television and started his own production company, Once Upon a Time Films, an independent production company for television movies, TV pilots and feature films. At that time he produced such television movies as “Angel of Death,” “Opposite of Sex,” “Without Consent,” “Falling For You,” “Nothing but the Truth,” and “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story,” with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. By 1997, Brooks had produced over 15 television movies including the comedic western tales “Dollar for the Dead,” starring Emilio Estevez and William Forsythe, “Outlaw Justice,” starring Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson; and “Too Close to Home,” starring Judith Light and Rick Schroder. Brooks and Once Upon a Time Films have now completed production of more than 20 television films. The more recent credits include the family comedy “Quints,” “The Ultimate Christmas Present,” “Jailbait,” “Pump Up the Volume,” and the suspenseful-thriller “Blackout.” Brooks is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, who has won numerous awards, including the Gold Special Jury Award; the Golden Reel Award; an ACE Award nomination for “Christmas in Connecticut.” He was also recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for founding the Hollywood Indies Little League Foundation, a charitable organization which brought Little League back to a park in South-Central Los Angeles. As a graduate of Brandeis University, Brooks holds a bachelor of arts degree and a masters degree in fine arts from the American Film Institute. In addition, he is currently a member of the faculty at the American Film Institute Center for the Advanced Film & Television Studies. JAMES KEACH Director Multi-talented James Keach has worked the years as an actor, writer, producer, and director. He directed the critically acclaimed feature film, “The Stars Fell on Henrietta” in association with Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso Productions, along with “Camouflage” and “False Identity.” Keach executive-produced and co-wrote “The Long Riders” (in which he also starred as Jesse James) and “Armed and Dangerous.” As a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama, Keach received classical training as an actor at the New York Shakespeare Festival under director Joseph Papp and went on to perform on stage at the Los Angeles Mark Taper Forum. As an actor, Keach has starred in more than 50 feature films including “Wildcats,” “Love Letters,” “Vacation,” “The Experts,” “Moving Violations,” “Comes a Horseman” and “The Razor’s Edge.” For television, Keach co-wrote and directed the cable movie “The Forgotten,” which received a CableAce Award. He also received two Western Heritage Awards for Best Director, for the series “The Young Riders” (which he also produced). In addition, Keach co-produced “A Winner Never Quits,” which received a Humanitas Prize. Keach and his wife, actress Jane Seymour, are partners in Catfish Productions, where they have produced such television movies (which Keach directed and in which Seymour starred) as “The Absolute Truth,” “A Marriage of Convenience,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Passion for Justice” and “Blackout.” Keach and his wife currently live in Los Angeles where they spend most of their time raising six children, playing golf and writing their best-selling children’s books. One such book, “This One & That One,” is slated to go into production as a series in the Fall of 2001. JOHN PIELMEIER Writer (final writing credits not yet determined) Humanitas Prize-winner John Pielmeier (“Choices of the Heart”) began his career as an actor, working at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Guthrie Theater, Milwaukee Repertoire, Alaska Repertoire, Baltimore's Center Stage, and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. His play “Agnes of God” was first staged at the O'Nei1l – where Pielmeier was named a co-winner of the 1979 Great American Play Contest -- before receiving several regional productions and a 17-month run on Broadway. His other Broadway playwriting credits include “Voices in the Dark” (winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Play), “The Boys of Winter” and “S1eight of Hand.” For “Choices of the Heart,” a television movie he wrote about slain American missionaries in El Salvador, Pielmeier received a Christopher Award, the Humanitas Prize, a Writers Guild of America nomination, and an Honorary Doctorate from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Pielmeier’s additional TV movie credits include “The Happy Place Murders,” “Flowers for Algernon,” “Dodson’s Journey,” “The Stranger,” “The Last P.O.W.: The Bobby Garwood Story,” “The Shell Seekers,” “Through the Eyes of a Killer,” “Original Sins” and “An Inconvenient Woman.” He is currently writing a miniseries based on the award-winning book “The Hairstons” (a history of the largest- slave-holding family in the South). He also wrote the screenplay for the film version of “Agnes of God” (Writers Guild nomination), and co- wrote the narration for the Imax film “The Mysteries of Egypt.” Pielmeier is a past recipient of an NEA grant and a Shubert fellowship. He and his wife, poet/author/book-artist Irene O’ Garden, reside in Garrison, New York. EDWARD KHMARA Writer (final writing credits not yet determined) In addition to his work on the Emmy Award-nominated television miniseries, “Merlin,” Emmy Award nominee Edward Khmara’s television producing credits also include “The Global Superstorm,” “Shadowline,” and “The Raven.” Khmara’s theatrical work includes “Ladyhawke,” starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Broderick and Rutger Hauer; “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story,” starring Jason Scott Lee and Lauren Holly; and “Enemy Mine,” starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr. serving as a producer and writer on all. Among Khmara’s other producing credits are “The Quest,” starring Jean Claude van Damme; “The Love Hunter;” “Afterlife;” and “Jack and Charmian: A Love Story.” Khmara also teaches for the University of California, Los Angeles’ Writer’s Program, and as a participant in the UCLA Graduate Studies Mentor Program. As an alumni of UCLA, Khmara earned a bachelor of arts degree in English, and a master’s degree in film. PETER MAAS Author of “The Terrible Hours” Notable author Peter Maas’ impressive list of non-fiction bestsellers include “Serpico,” “Manhunt,” “In a Child’s Name,” “The Valachi Papers,” and “Underboss,” which has reached number one status on New York Times’ bestseller list. Maas’ other books include “China White” and “Mi vida en la mafia.” His most recent bestseller, “The Terrible Hours,” was the inspiration for NBC’s upcoming “Submerged,” and was also listed as number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Maas currently resides in New York City.