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Dennis Hammer is a veteran television producer who is one of the Executive Producers of internationally successful series Heroes.

Before moving to television, Hammer was a theater publicist working for Gordon Davidson at the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles.

Hammer began his television career with Aaron Spelling, first casting and then producing a host of Spelling's most successful and iconic series including Love Boat, HOTEL and Dynasty.

Hammer next moved to NBC Productions where he developed and produced 20 of Danielle Steel's novels with immense success. Hammer also produced numerous other movies and mini-series for NBC.

The long-running series Crossing Jordan was Hammer's next project. That popular series was created by Tim Kring, who also created Hammer's current project, Heroes.