The Invasion of Kern County
Down the street the Piper walked, always playing. Down the street the rats ran after him; but when he stopped on the bank of the River Weser, every one of…
The People Behind The Story
Every Great Story Has a Cast. Meet the People Behind the Story You Never Heard.
The People Behind The Stories.
As much as a great story can stand on its own merit, to truly bring it to life requires a group of talented and dedicated people. These are the people who have helped bring these stories to life and present them to you.
Harry Thomason
Writer, Narrator
A college scholarship athlete, Thomason was a football coach, art instructor, and history teacher in secondary schools for six years before he decided to pursue filmmaking as a career
A native of Hampton, Arkansas, he attended Southern Arkansas University and continued graduate studies at the University of Arkansas.
Thomason produced the acclaimed Bridegroom documentary, directed by his acclaimed wife Linda Bloodworth Thomason,that won numerous awards and the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.
See More. . .Thomason also co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary The Hunting of the Presidentthat was selected for both The Sundance Film Festival and the South by Southwest festival. It was nominated for the Writer’s Guild Best Documentary.
He also directed The Last Ride, a feature film about the waning days of Hank Williams.
He produced numerous award winning television movies including A Shining Season, To Find My Sonand the mini-series The Blue and The Gray. He also produced the iconic, long running, Lee Majors series, The Fall Guy.
After he and master writer Linda Bloodworth were married,he helped her bringtotelevison many successful series including, Designing Women, Evening Shadeand Hearts Afireand the iconic and never seen Twelve Miles of Bad Road.
Thomason was the producer of the 1992 Democratic Convention and strategic director of the 1996 Democratic National Convention. He and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason were co-chairs of the 1993 Presidential Inauguration. It became the first inauguration in the history of the United States to make a profit. That profit was used to help fund the 1997 Inaugural, which he directed.
Thomason also produced and directed Saturday Night at the Summit, a live broadcast from the 23rd Summit of Eight world conference,a1997 gathering of top eight world leaders in Denver,Colorado.
Thomason has been nominated for or won numerous awards including the Emmy (Designing Women, Evening Shade), the Directors Guild Award (Designing Women), the Christopher Award (A Shining Season) and The People’s Choice Award (The Blue and The Gray). He was named the Entertainment Publicists’ Guild ‘Man of the Year’.
Benjy Gaither
Director, Composer
Benjamin Gaither is the only son of Bill and Gloria Gaither, gospel music legends. He wrote his first song at age 4 and hasn’t stopped writing since. A graduate of Anderson University, Benjy formed his first band when he was 14. During college he formed the band BENJAMIN and toured with this label-recording group from 1992-1997. He has performed in several venues including Carnegie Hall where he performed a song he wrote for the victims of the 911 attack on the World Trade Center. He has had several songs recorded by several different artists. He recently released a country solo EP on Mansion/Sony Red.
See More. . .Benjy started an animation company called Live Bait Productions that produced several animated features including the Gaither’s Pond Series (all of which have gone gold), Dorbees, Wobots, and The 3 Little Wooden Guys. Along with writing and producing projects for other artists, Benjy also performs as a voice over actor in commercials, movies, television and video games through his agency VOX. He was Japeth the singing goat in the Weinsteins’ films HOODWINKED and HOODWINKED, TOO, who quickly became a favorite among fans and critics alike.
Benjy created another division of his company by producing his first feature film, THE LAST RIDE about the last three days of the life of country music icon Hank Williams, Sr., starring Henry Thomas, Jesse James, Kaley Cuoco and Fred Thompson, and directed by Harry Thomason. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox. In addition to producing the film, Benjy created and produced the soundtrack as well as the score to the film, a score that won Best Music in a Film at the 2011 Houston International Film Festival. Benjy continues to work with long time veteran Harry Thomason producing TV pilots and new films. Benjy also had the opportunity to work with writer/producer/director Linda Bloodworth on a new documentary film called BRIDEGROOM for which Benjy wrote and produced the score for the film.
Doug Jackson
Executive Producer
Doug Jackson, after a career in Washington as an aide to Senator David Pryor, produced for CBS several half-hour comedies including “Designing Women,” “Evening Shade,” “Hearts Afire” and “Women of the House.” Each of these television series was created by Linda Bloodworth Thomason and executive produced by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth Thomason through their production company, Mozark Productions. Doug was also one of the producers on “The Hunting of the President,” a feature documentary directed by Mr. Thomason. In addition, Doug was also a producer on “Bridegroom,” a feature documentary directed by Linda Bloodworth Thomason. “Bridegroom”won several awards and was recognized by four national film festivals in winning the Audience Award, as voted on by the viewing audience, within each of these four festivals.
John Balderston
Site Administrator, Graphics, Technical Coordinator
After receiving an honors diploma in music production and engineering, John went on to abandon the music part of his schooling and focus on the computer side of things. A hobby grew into a passion that went on to include web design, videography, photography, and graphic design. John has built and currently maintains many websites for clients locally and abroad. And for those who may google him, no, he did not write the stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
