Dove Foundation Advisor Biography

Ken Wales
Exec. Producer, TV series “Christy”
Producer, “Amazing Grace: The Story of William Wilberforce”

During his 15 year association with director Blake Edwards, Ken produced many films including The Tamarind Seed & Wild Rovers and associate/line-produced numerous 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. In TV, Wales co-produced the Emmy and Golden Globe winner, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, associate-produced the first season of Cagney and Lacy, and was executive producer on Christy. Currently, Ken has producing the feature film,Amazing Grace, The Story of William Wilberforce, the great Christian reformer that changed the world – directed by Michael Apted and starring Ioan Gruffudd and Albert Finney. He is also developing the sequel to Chariots of Fire.