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Geoffrey James Clark (born June 12, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television producer.

Producing history

Clark has been credited as a producer in both film and television projects. His credits in television include HGTV's "Million Dollar Closet's",[1] Nat Geo Wild's "Worlds Weirdest: Animal Apocalypse",[2] Esquire's "The Short Game".[3] Additionally, he as developed numerous other series while acting as the head of Development for Goodbye Pictures.

In 2014, Clark partnered with attorney and producer Lisa Lapan to launch Something Kreative Studios, a packaging, production and distribution company. SK has produced/distributed/represented numerous documentary films "Isolated",[4] "Extinction Soup",[5] "The Essence of Surfing"[6] and the film "Sweet Micky for President"[7] which is premiering at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.[8]

Clark recently executive produced the documentary film Isolated,[9] with actor Ryan Phillippe who is also the voiceover on the film. Rolling Stone magazine featured an article about Isolated.,[10] and Phil Hall from FilmThreat reviewed the film as "...the best non-fiction film of 2013". FilmThreat.com

In the past, Clark produced the independent horror film Automaton Transfusion,[11] which was released through Dimension Films. Automaton Transfusion was shot independently on a very low budget and bought by the Weinstein Co. after a large amount of industry and entertainment buzz. Dimension Extreme released the film on DVD internationally in January 2006. Geoffrey also produced the documentary film The Forgotten Coast,[12][13] and The Arena: North Shore[14] (The Arena: North Shore Official Site), both of which were directed by Justin LePera. Both documentary surf films played at film festivals worldwide and received critical acclaim [15] and festival awards.

In 2014 Clark became a contributing writer to top industry publication TheInertia.com,[16] joined the advisory board of the La Costa Film Festival and was featured as a guest on CNN's Piers Morgan Live alongside Ryan Phillippe.[17]

Education

Clark graduated from Cal State Long Beach University with a degree in Film Production. He also competed on the CSULB Track & Field team as a Pole Vaulter and Javelin thrower. He graduated as an Academic-Athlete All American in 2002.

Personal life

Geoff became engaged to actress Leven Rambin in the Bahamas in late 2009. They broke off the engagement September 2011.[18][19][20] Geoff's favorite sports are surfing, football and baseball.

References

  1. ^ Million Dollar Closets at IMDb
  2. ^ Worlds Weirdest... Animal Apocalypse at IMDb
  3. ^ The Short Game at IMDb
  4. ^ Isolated at IMDb
  5. ^ Extinction Soup at IMDb
  6. ^ The Essence of Surfing at IMDb
  7. ^ Sweet Micky for President at IMDb
  8. ^ http://variety.com/2014/film/news/slamdance-2015-competition-lineup-1201367443/
  9. ^ Isolated at IMDb
  10. ^ "Surfing a New Reality". Rolling Stone. August 6, 2009. p. 72. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  11. ^ Automaton Transfusion at IMDb
  12. ^ The Forgotten Coast at IMDb
  13. ^ Distributor Info Site for The Forgotten Coast
  14. ^ The Arena: North Shore at IMDb
  15. ^ mesurf.com Review
  16. ^ http://www.theinertia.com/author/geoff-clark/
  17. ^ http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/05/ryan-phillippe-on-using-his-celeb-status-for-political-causes/
  18. ^ Serpe, Gina (February 2, 2010). "Nice Day for a Grey's Teen Star's Wedding". E! News. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  19. ^ Caplan, David (February 10, 2010). "Grey's Anatomy's Leven Rambin Prayed to Get Engaged". People Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  20. ^ Caplan, David (February 10, 2010). "'Grey's Anatomy's' Leven Rambin Prayed to Get Engaged". CNN.com. Retrieved February 11, 2010.