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Lynn Hendee Chartoff Productions 1250 Sixth Street, Suite 101, Santa Monica, California 90405 (310) 319-1960 hendeechartoff@cs.com

Lynn Hendee is the President of Chartoff Productions. Prior to joining the company, she was Vice President of Barry and Enright Productions and before that, Production Executive with Thorn EMI Films. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program, and she was an adjunct Professor of Filmic Writing at USC for ten years. Ms. Hendee is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

She is currently in post-production on 'Ender's Game,' based on the seminal, award-winning science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, with whom she developed the film for fifteen years. She is producing with Robert Chartoff, alongside Kurtzman Orci, Lionsgate/Summit, Odd Lot Entertainment and Digital Domain. 'Ender's Game' is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld and Abigail Breslin. It is set for release November 1, 2013.

She recently completed 'The Tempest,' directed by Julie Taymor and starring Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Russell Brand, Ben Whishaw, David Strathairn, Alfred Molina, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming, Tom Conti and Djimon Hounsou. 'The Tempest' was honored as the closing night film of the 2010 Venice Film Festival, as the Centerpiece selection for the 2010 New York Film Festival, as well as the Chicago International Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival and the 2011 Moscow International Film Festival. 'The Tempest' received an Oscar nomination for Costume Design.

In 2005, Ms Hendee's film 'In My Country' starring Juliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson, was awarded the 'Diamond Cinema for Peace Award' at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as the 'Common Ground Award for Film,' in honor of its depiction of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa. Upon viewing the film, Nelson Mandela thanked the filmmakers for their "gift to the South African people."

Chartoff Productions is currently in development on several projects, including Julie Taymor's 'The Transposed Heads,' based upon the Thomas Mann novel; 'The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa,' a true story about the most famous painting in the world; 'The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson,' about the mother of the modern environmental movement; ‘Ice,’ the true story of Ernest Shackelton’s ship The Endurance going down in the pack ice of Antarctica in 1914; ‘We’re Just Married,’ a comedy/drama/romance to be directed by Rodrigo Garcia, based upon a script by David Rabe; and 'Weegee,' a Broadway musical based on the life and work of the famed crime photographer.

Ms. Hendee has expertise in the use of U.S. and international tax incentives, and the packaging of complex U.S. co-productions and financing involving multiple countries (India, UK, South Africa, Ireland, and Europe), through private equity and sovereign investors.