‏Don Hawks‏
Don hawks

Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Hawks' companies Frameline Productions, Inc. and Frameline Filmworks produced Lost (1983), Beasts (1983) and Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry (1986), with Hawks also directing the latter two films. Hawks later acquired control of Alexander Film Company, a storied but fading producer of theatrical and TV commercials that had a large studio facility and sound stages in Colorado Springs. In its prime years, Alexander had more than 20,000 clients and employed up to 600 workers, making it Colorado Springs' largest employer, but it fell upon hard times in the 1960s. After Hawks acquired Alexander, he downsized the company and moved it from its historic location to more modern smaller office and production space on Elkton Drive in Colorado Springs.

In an interview by Rick Ansorge published in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph October 12, 1988, Hawks promoted the merger of Alexander with his company, pitched various movie projects, and stated that he is the grandnephew of famed Western director Howard Hawks.