Character Bios

THE CREATORS

DOUGLAS NETTER (Executive Producer) Douglas Netter is an accomplished television executive and producer. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios from 1970-1975. During that time, he produced over 75 feature films, numerous television programs and was instrumental in the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. He was involved in the production of "Lawrence of Arabia," the "Matt Helm" films, starring Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon's "How To Murder Your Wife," "April Fools" and "Porgy and Bess." In 1978, Netter formed Rattlesnake Productions, specializing in independent theatrical and television production. Among Netter's most recent executive producer credits are the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary/mini-series "The Wild West," the "Babylon 5" telefilm, "The Spirit of Flight" and "Black Wing" (promotional films for Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force), the television movie "The Legend of Captain Power" and the syndicated television series "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Other projects include the series "Five Mile Creek," the pilot "Cherokee Trail" and the mini-series "Roughnecks" and "Wild Times." Netter also executive produced the award-winning mini-series "The Sacketts," based on Louis L'Amour's novels.

J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Executive Producer/Creator) J. Michael Straczynski has a long relationship with science-fiction and related genres. He has previously been the story editor and primary writer for the syndicated "The Twilight Zone" series and his adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" for Showtime earned him both ACE and Writers Guild Award nominations. He worked as a story editor on two animated series, "Captain Power" and "The Real Ghostbusters," as well as the live-action series "Jake & the Fatman." He served as producer on the hit series "Murder, She Wrote," the "Babylon 5" telefilm and created the "Babylon 5" series. He has also written short stories, an anthology and two dark fantasy/horror novels.

JOHN COPELAND (Producer) John Copeland began his film making career in 1973 as assistant to producer Euan Lloyd at the Twickenham Studio in London, England. Two years later, he was assistant director of the feature film "Paper Tiger," starring David Niven. In 1977, Copeland began his association with executive producer Douglas Netter and together they have produced the mini-series "Wild Times," "Roughnecks" and the Emmy Award-winning "The Sacketts." The two also joined forces on the pilot for Louis L'Amour's "The Cherokee Trail," the series "Five Mile Creek" and the pilot "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Copeland also served as producer of the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary/mini-series "The Wild West," and co-producer of the "Babylon 5" telefilm.

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		DOUGLAS NETTER (Executive Producer) Douglas Netter is an accomplished television executive and producer. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios from 1970-1975. During that time, he produced over 75 feature films, numerous television programs and was instrumental in the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. He was involved in the production of "Lawrence of Arabia," the "Matt Helm" films, starring Dean Martin, Jack Lemmon's "How To Murder Your Wife," "April Fools" and "Porgy and Bess." In 1978, Netter formed Rattlesnake Productions, specializing in independent theatrical and television production. Among Netter's most recent executive producer credits are the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary/mini-series "The Wild West," the "Babylon 5" telefilm, "The Spirit of Flight" and "Black Wing" (promotional films for Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force), the television movie "The Legend of Captain Power" and the syndicated television series "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Other projects include the series "Five Mile Creek," the pilot "Cherokee Trail" and the mini-series "Roughnecks" and "Wild Times." Netter also executive produced the award-winning mini-series "The Sacketts," based on Louis L'Amour's novels.


		J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI (Executive Producer/Creator) J. Michael Straczynski has a long relationship with science-fiction and related genres. He has previously been the story editor and primary writer for the syndicated "The Twilight Zone" series and his adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" for Showtime earned him both ACE and Writers Guild Award nominations. He worked as a story editor on two animated series, "Captain Power" and "The Real Ghostbusters," as well as the live-action series "Jake & the Fatman." He served as producer on the hit series "Murder, She Wrote," the "Babylon 5" telefilm and created the "Babylon 5" series. He has also written short stories, an anthology and two dark fantasy/horror novels.


		JOHN COPELAND (Producer) John Copeland began his film making career in 1973 as assistant to producer Euan Lloyd at the Twickenham Studio in London, England. Two years later, he was assistant director of the feature film "Paper Tiger," starring David Niven. In 1977, Copeland began his association with executive producer Douglas Netter and together they have produced the mini-series "Wild Times," "Roughnecks" and the Emmy Award-winning "The Sacketts." The two also joined forces on the pilot for Louis L'Amour's "The Cherokee Trail," the series "Five Mile Creek" and the pilot "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Copeland also served as producer of the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary/mini-series "The Wild West," and co-producer of the "Babylon 5" telefilm.