Deborah Hutchison graduated from William Woods University (where she still sits as a trustee) with a degree in secondary education. Deborah owned one of the most successful film and television casting companies in Chicago, working with studios such as Columbia, Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and United Artists. After being voted into the Director’s Guild of America, she sold her business and moved to Los Angeles where she and Hall founded Panther Productions Inc. Together, they created, optioned and developed over forty television, film and product entities.