KEN HIXON (Screenwriter) made his screenwriting debut with Grandview, U.S.A. starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Patrick Swayze. He followed up with Morgan Stewartís Coming Home starring Jon Cryer and Lynn Redgrave. He is best known for Inventing the Abbotts, a bittersweet story of two brothers courting three sisters, starring Liv Tyler, Billy Crudup, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and directed by Pat OíConnor.

      Other screenwriting credits for television include: Incident at Deception Ridge starring Michael OíKeefe and directed by John McPherson; Secret Sins of the Father directed by Beau Bridges and starring Beau and Lloyd Bridges and Caught in the Act. Hixonís teleplays for Secret Sins of the Father and Caught in the Act received nominations for the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

      Hixon studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. His feature film credits as an actor include Miracles, Hollywood Knights and George Romero's Knightriders; television credits include Police Story: The Freeway Killings, Bitter Harvest and guest appearances on T.J. Hooker and Wizards and Warriors.