Ghost Whisperer  (one-hour drama, Friday, 8:00 p.m. on CBS)

IAN SANDER, executive producer and director

Ian Sander is a principal in Sander/Moses Productions where he has both developed and served as an executive producer on over 200 hours of dramatic prime-time television programming.

His television executive producer credits include "Profiler," "The Beast" and "New York News," all of which he also directed, and "Brimstone." Sander was a producer of the Emmy Award-winning series "Equal Justice" and the Emmy Award-winning two-hour series pilot "I'll Fly Away."

Sander became executive producer/director of the series "I'll Fly Away," which subsequently was the recipient of many honors including: Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, Humanitas Awards, Golden Globe Awards, The American Television Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, Producers Guild of America Award, Directors Guild of America Awards, NAACP Image Awards, The Television Critics Association Awards and Anti-Defamation League Artistic Achievement Award. In honor of his achievements with the series, Sander was named "Television Producer of the Year" by the Producers Guild of America.

Among his television movie executive producer credits are "Ali, An American Hero," the Emmy Award-winning "Stolen Babies," "Kansas," "Chasing the Dragon," which he directed, and "I'll Fly Away: Then and Now," which he also directed and garnered a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Dramatic Special by the Directors Guild of America.

For the past four and a half years, Sander has created and produced entertainment event programming for the Internet, including "Confessions of a Desperate Housewife" for ABC.com and Electronic Entertainment Expo Internet events for UGO.com. He also executive produced "Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side" web series for CBS.com, which was awarded Best Drama Web series by TV Guide.

Sander's earliest producing credits include the theatrical film noir thriller "D.O.A." and the feature "Everybody's All American."

After graduating with a B.S. from the University of Southern California and attending Loyola Law School, Sander began his career as an actor. He worked in both American and European television, movies and theater, including co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway show, "No Place to Be Somebody."

In addition to producing and directing, Ian Sander wrote the feature scripts The Surgeon and Home of The Champions.

Sander is currently the executive producer of the hit CBS drama: Ghost Whisperer and he has co-authored Ghost Whisperer: Spirit Guide.

Ian is married to Kim Moses and they have two children Aaron and Declan.

KIM MOSES, executive producer and director

Kim Moses is a principal in Sander/Moses Productions where she has both developed and served as an executive producer on over 200 hours of prime-time television programming.

Her television executive producer credits include "Profiler," for which she co-wrote and directed episodes, as well as "The Beast," "New York News," "Brimstone" and "For The People."

Among her television movie executive producer credits are "Ali, An American Hero," the Emmy Award-winning "Stolen Babies," "Chasing the Dragon" and "How to Marry a Billionaire." Additional feature film script writing credits include "The Surgeon" and "Home of Champions."

For the past four and a half years, Moses has created and produced entertainment event programming for the Internet, including "Confessions of a Desperate Housewife" for ABC.com, and Electronic Entertainment Expo Internet events for UGO.com (the 7th most successful fantasy/entertainment Web site in the world-demographic: males aged 16-34). She also executive produced "Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side" web series for CBS.com, which was awarded Best Drama Web series by TV Guide.

Her earliest television producing credits include the reality series "How'd They Do That!" on CBS, "Comic Strip Live Primetime" and "My World On Video," the reality special "The Extreme Edge," as well as the sports reality series "Power Boat Racing With Don Johnson." She has also served as a producer on the MTV Music Awards I & II, The Emmy Awards, the CBS live music special "Super Bowl Saturday Night," the live music special "Walt Disney's 4th of July Spectacular" and the music special "Disney's Christmas on Ice."

Moses began her career in television at Ohlmeyer Productions where she developed reality-based programs, game shows, and rock & roll and sports programs, specializing in live broadcasts. She also worked on Capitol Hill on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology.

Moses is currently the executive producer of the hit CBS drama: Ghost Whisperer and she has co-authored Ghost Whisperer: Spirit Guide.

Kim is married to Ian Sander and they have two children Aaron and Declan.

P.K. Simonds, executive producer

P.K. Simonds was born in New York and grew up there and in Connecticut, where he attended high school. He got his degree in English at Harvard University and was awarded an internship that brought him to Hollywood. His first job in television was as a writer for CBS's award-winning drama "Beauty and the Beast". He followed that with staff writing positions on Steven Bochco's "Doogie Howser, M.D.", Steven Spielberg's "Earth 2", and later on Fox's acclaimed "Party of Five" where he spent several seasons, eventually serving as showrunner. Since then he has worked on John Wells' "Citizen Baines", the WB's "Tarzan" and Fox's "Point Pleasant". He is married with two sons, ages 6 and 9, and lives in Los Angeles.

Simonds is currently the executive producer of the hit CBS drama: Ghost Whisperer.

JOHN GRAY, consultant, creator

John Gray's first feature was "Billy Galvin," which he wrote and directed, starring Karl Malden and Lenny Von Dohlen. For television, Gray went on to write and direct "When He's Not A Stranger" starring Annabeth Gish and Kevin Dillon; "An American Story", for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Brad Johnson; and the TNT Originals "The Lost Capone", starring Eric Roberts, Ally Sheedy and Adrian Pasdar, "The Day Lincoln Was Shot," starring Rob Morrow and Lance Henriksen and "The Hunley" starring Armand Assante and Donald Sutherland. He also directed the Emmy-nominated "A Place for Annie," again for Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Sissy Spacek, Joan Plowright and Mary-Louise Parker, which won the Humanitas Prize and the Christopher Award.

Gray's other feature film directing credits include "Born To Be Wild" and "The Glimmer Man," both for Warner Brothers.

Gray directed the CBS four-hour mini-series "Haven" starring Natasha Richardson, Martin Landau, Anne Bancroft, Hal Holbrook, William Petersen, Colm Feore, Bruce Greenwood, and Henry Czerny. The film is based on the real-life experience of Ruth Gruber, a young, Jewish U.S. government official who, in 1944, helped escort almost 1,000 Holocaust survivors from war-torn Europe to a temporary haven in Oswego, New York. The story delves into some of the more controversial issues about the bigotry and politics of WWII that took place under the Roosevelt administration. It was also awarded the Humanitas Prize.

Gray followed this with the ABC telefilm "Brian's Song." The critically acclaimed Storyline Entertainment project was a remake of the 1971 landmark television film and was one of the most watched made-for-television movies of the season.

Gray also wrote and directed "The Seventh Stream," again for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, which was filmed on the west coast of Ireland. This haunting, romantic tale starred Scott Glenn, Saffron Burrows, Fiona Shaw, and John Lynch, and aired on CBS.

Reuniting with Storyline Entertainment, Gray then wrote and directed "Martin & Lewis," a CBS movie starring Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes and Jeremy Northam, which explores the tumultuous relationship between entertainers Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin - the most famous comedy act of their time. Continuing his work for CBS, Gray followed this by writing and directing "Helter Skelter," a prequel to the 1976 classic, starring Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall and Bruno Kirby.

For ABC and Storyline once again, Gray traveled to Rome to direct two hours of the 6 hour limited series "Empire," set in Ancient Rome, dealing with the aftermath of the assassination of Caesar in 44 BC.

Most recently, Gray created and was an executive producer of the hit CBS series "Ghost Whisperer."

Gray is based in New York, where he lives with his daughter Caitlin and his wife Melissa Peltier, Executive Producer of "The Dog Whisperer."

JAMES VAN PRAAGH, co-executive producer

James Van Praagh is recognized as one of the foremost mediums in the world. His unique paranormal experiences during the past 22 years have been recorded in his best-selling books Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, Healing Grief - Reclaiming Life After Any Loss and Heaven and Earth - Making the Psychic Connection. He has introduced his practices to teenagers with the book Looking Beyond: A Teens' Guide to the Spiritual World. His book, Meditations with James Van Praagh, brought a new awareness to the mediation experience.

Van Praagh's television credits include producing "Living with the Dead," inspired by his first book Talking to Heaven and "The Dead Will Tell" for CBS, as well as his own syndicated daytime talk show, "Beyond with James Van Praagh." He has appeared on several television shows including "48 Hours," "Oprah" and "Larry King Live."

After graduating from San Francisco State University, Van Praagh moved to Los Angeles where he realized his gift. As his sensitivity increased, he began doing psychic readings for friends. It was at this time that he began receiving messages from the beyond and while at first this did seem odd, the more he learned the more he realized his ability to reach beyond the familiar plane of life. He feels very fortunate to be a conduit of comfort, healing and love.

Van Praagh is currently a co-executive producer of the hit CBS drama: Ghost Whisperer.