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John Orlando is the Head of Development for Contradiction Films. In this short testimonial, he discusses why he became involved with Movie Hatch. John Orlando began his career in entertainment writing and editing a magazine for Disney Channel where he caught the film bug. He went on to be a creative executive at Codikow Films and then took a job at the William Morris Agency where he worked for 2 1/2 years in the feature and television literary departments. John left WMA to get back into development, working in features development at John Wells Productions and subsequently at United Artists until the studio's restructuring in 2005. After UA, John worked as a talent/literary manager at Circle of Confusion where he saw the completion of the first feature he brought in to the company, SENSELESS, which shot independently in Scotland last year. Presently John runs production and development for Contradiction Films, an independent producer/financier based in Canada. They plan on shooting their first 2 feature, DIARY OF A SUPERHERO, this Winter. http://www.moviehatch.com

Tim Harms is a producer who has worked with Contemptible Entertainment (Neil Labute) and 72nd Street Productions (Lee Krieger). In this testimonial he discusses why he became involved with Movie Hatch. Tim Harms is a graduate of Duke University with degrees in Literature and Film. He began his career working for producer Steve Golin (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). After working for television showrunner David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood), Harms moved to Contemptible Entertainment, Neil LaButes production company, where he was a creative executive and worked on projects including LaButes The Shape of Things and Bill Condons Kinsey. In mid-2004, Harms and writer/director Lee Toland Krieger partnered in 72nd Street Productions. Together they have a produced the award-winning feature film December Ends, The Wilton, an hour-long television pilot developed by the CW television network, and The Vicious Kind, Kriegers latest feature, starting Brittany Snow (Hairspray, Prom Night) and ***. Simmons (Juno, Spider Man). The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. http://www.moviehatch.com