Biografia
With 35 years of experience in the Hollywood film and television industry, Brian Bird is dedicated as a writer, producer, and media professional to crafting high-quality, life-affirming, redemptive true stories and uplifting entertainment. His recent writing and producing work includes feature films such as "The Heart of Man" (2018), "The Case for Christ" (2017), "Captive" (2015), "The Ultimate Life" (2012), and "Not Easily Broken" (2009). He is also the executive producer and original head writer/showrunner of the Hallmark Channel series "When Calls the Heart" (2014-2025), now in its 13th season, along with its spin-off "When Hope Calls" (2020-2025) and the prequel "Hope Valley: 1874" (2026). Currently, Bird is producing two feature-length documentaries, "The Story of Everything" and "The Dream King," while developing four additional true stories/feature films: "Life After Heaven," "Northern Lights," "The Journey," and "The John Wooden Story." He is also working on a new TV series for Angel Studios titled "Home to Harmony," created in collaboration with longtime partners Michael Landon, Jr. and Ken LaZebnik.
Through his separate venture, True Brand Entertainment, Bird executive produces four romantic comedies in rotation: "A Little Women's Christmas" (2024), "Just Jake" (2023), "The Happy Camper" (2022), and "The Engagement Plot" (2022), partnering with director Brandon Clark and producer Darin Chavez. Previously, he wrote and produced the Beverly Lewis Trilogy—"The Reckoning" (2016), "The Confession" (2013), and "The Shunning" (2011)—for Hallmark, as well as "Game Time" for NBC (2011), "Saving Sarah Cain" (2008), and Francine Rivers' "The Last Sin Eater" (2007). Bird also served as co-executive producer and writer on five seasons of "Touched by an Angel."
His television writing and producing credits encompass nearly 45 episodes across "When Calls the Heart," "When Hope Calls," "Touched by an Angel," "Evening Shade," "Step by Step," and "The Family Man," along with original pilots for Netflix, ABC, NBC, and Showtime. His other film credits include Morgan Freeman’s directed "Bopha!" (1993), the Hallmark Hall of Fame drama "Captive Heart" (1996), and "Call Me Claus," the highest-rated cable film of 2003. Bird has also written screen adaptations for projects including "In Silence" (Paramount Pictures), "Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation" (TNT), "Before Time Runs Out" (Fox), "The Deaths of Sybil Bolton" (CBS), and "A Dirty Business" (HBO).
Bird earned a journalism degree from California State University, Fullerton, in 1980. Before entering Hollywood, he worked as a staff reporter and sports writer for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and later as Director of Public Relations for the international relief organization World Vision. During that period, he contributed extensively to the religious press, including news and cover stories for Christianity Today magazine. He has presented widely on screenwriting at institutions such as Pepperdine University, Biola University, Stephens College, and Long Island University. Brian Bird’s greatest achievements remain his five children with his wife Patty, to whom he has been married for 45 years, and their three grandchildren.
