Laurence Mark

Laurence Mark

Laurence Mark is a film producer (born November 22, 1949 in New York City) and educated at Eaglebrook School, Hotchkiss School and Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1971. He also has a Master of Arts degree in Film from New York University. He currently resides in Los Angeles and New York.

Laurence Mark most recently produced the acclaimed hit film Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and written and directed by Nora Ephron, and How Do You Know, starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson and written and directed by James L. Brooks.

Mark and Bill Condon were the producers of the extremely well-received 81st Annual Academy Awards hosted by Hugh Jackman, and shortly before that, Mark produced Dreamgirls, starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, and Jennifer Hudson and written and directed by Bill Condon. The film received three Golden Globe Awards, including one for Best Picture, as well as eight Academy Award nominations, winning two of them. Prior to that, Mark received an Academy Award nomination for producing Best Picture nominee Jerry Maguire, and he executive-produced As Good as It Gets, and Working Girl, both Academy Award nominees for Best Picture.

Mark also produced I, Robot, starring Will Smith, Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah and The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and directed by Scott Frank which won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Prior to these, Mark produced Finding Forrester, Hanging Up, Anywhere But Here, The Object of My Affection, Riding in Cars with Boys and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

Laurence Mark Productions is headquartered at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where the company has a long-term production arrangement with Columbia Pictures. Mark’s other producing credits include Black Widow, Cookie, True Colors, Sister Act 2, The Adventures of Huck Finn, Simon Birch, Bicentennial Man, Center Stage and Center Stage:Turn It Up.

Prior to producing, Mark held several key publicity and marketing posts at Paramount Pictures, culminating in his being appointed Vice President of West Coast Marketing. He then moved into production, and as Vice President of Production at Paramount and Executive Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox, he was closely involved with the development and production of such films as Terms of Endearment, Trading Places, Falling in Love, The Fly, and Broadcast News.

Films

• 1987, Black Widow (executive producer)
• 1988, My Stepmother Is an Alien (executive producer)
• 1988, Working Girl (executive producer)
• 1989, Cookie (producer)
• 1989, Sweet Bird of Youth (TV) (executive producer)
• 1990, Mr. Destiny (executive producer)
• 1991, True Colors (producer)
• 1991, One Good Cop (producer)
• 1993, The Adventures of Huck Finn (producer)
• 1993, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (executive producer)
• 1994, Gunmen (producer)
• 1995, Tom and Huck (producer)
• 1995, Cutthroat Island (producer)
• 1996, Jerry Maguire (producer)
• 1997, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (producer)
• 1997, Oliver Twist (TV) (executive producer)
• 1997, As Good as It Gets (executive producer)
• 1998, Deep Rising (producer)
• 1998, The Object of My Affection (producer)
• 1998, Simon Birch (producer)
• 1999, Anywhere but Here (producer)
• 1999, Bicentennial Man (producer)
• 2000, Hanging Up (producer)
• 2000, Center Stage (producer)
• 2000, Finding Forrester (producer)
• 2001, These Old Broads (TV) (executive producer)
• 2001, Glitter (producer)
• 2001, Riding in Cars with Boys (producer)
• 2004, I, Robot (producer)
• 2006, Last Holiday (producer)
• 2006, Dreamgirls (producer)
• 2007, The Lookout (producer)
• 2009, Julie & Julia (producer)
• 2010, How Do You Know (producer)

External links

• Laurence Mark at the Internet Movie Database
• Hollywood.com biography