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The
GI Film Festival, which will take place Armed Forces
Weekend, May 14-18, 2008 in
Washington
,
DC
, is pleased to announce that veteran filmmaker and
Executive Producer Ken Wales has joined the GI Film
Festival’s Entertainment Advisory Committee
Wales
, Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed and
award-winning CBS Television series Christy,
received the first Walt Disney four-year scholarship and
graduated with honors form the
School
of
Cinema
at The University of Southern California.
He has acted in over 35 films and television shows.
During a fifteen year partnership with director Blake
Edwards,
Wales
produced many memorable films including The Tamarind
Seed, starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif and The
Wild Rovers, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal.
He also served as associate producer on many feature
films including Darling Lili, starring Julie
Andrews and Rock Hudson, The Great Race with Jack
Lemmon and Tony Curtis, and The Party and Revenge
of the Pink Panther, both starring Peter Sellers.
Wales
co-produced the ABC 8 hour miniseries, Emmy® nominated and
Golden Globe® winner John Steinbeck's East of Eden,
starring Jane Seymour, and was associate producer of the
first season of Cagney and Lacey.
His most recent film, Walden Media’s Amazing
Grace, is based on the life of antislavery pioneer
William Wilberforce
Wales
previously served as Vice President of Production for Walt
Disney Pictures and has served as production supervisor and
consultant for many other features.
Wales
received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from
Greenville
College
in
Illinois
and is on the faculty of his alma mater, the
School
of
Cinema
and Television at
University
of
Southern California
.
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