Mark Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Notable work | The Twilight Saga Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Agent Cody Banks |
Mark Paul Morgan is an American film producer. He has been a producer and executive producer on films including The Twilight Saga film series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and the Agent Cody Banks films.
Career[edit]
Morgan began his producing career at New Regency and Warner Brothers as a story editor on such films as L.A. Confidential, Heat, A Time to Kill, and Murder at 1600'. He moved on to be Director of Development and later Vice President of Production at Orion/MPCA, where he was involved in the development and production of film projects such as Ringmaster.[1] When Orion/ MPCA split off to form Destination Films, Morgan served as Executive Vice President of the company and produced films including Beautiful,[2][3] Slackers,[4] and The Wedding Planner.[5]
Morgan moved on to become the CEO of Maverick Films,[6] founded by Guy Oseary and Madonna. He optioned the manuscript Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.[7] It later became The New York Times bestselling novel and The Twilight Saga. He also produced Agent Cody Banks,[8] Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London,[9] Sam's Lake, The Gravedancers,[10] Frostbite,[11] Cruel World,[12] My Sassy Girl, Material Girls,[13] and Hit and Run. Morgan executive produced the TV series The Riches, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver for Fox Television Studios and FX.[14]
In 2008, Morgan co-founded Imprint Entertainment[15] and produced Twilight,[16] directed by Katherine Hardwick, for Summit Entertainment. He also produced the Twilight Saga sequels The Twilight Saga: New Moon,[17] The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,[18] and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1[19] and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.[20]
Morgan continued his successful book-to-film adaptations by executive producing Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief[21] and the sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.[22]
Morgan was head of the film and television production company Outlier[23] from 2012–2014; in 2013 he signed on to produce the film Savage, based on an acclaimed graphic novel.[24]
Morgan founded Mount Diablo Entertainment in August 2014.[citation needed]
Awards[edit]
In 2009, Morgan won the Vision Award for "A Producer of Vision"[25] and the 2009 MTV Movie Award's Golden Popcorn for Best Movie of the Year for Twilight.[26][27] He received the MTV Award again the following year for New Moon.[28]
Filmography[edit]
- Slightly Single in L.A. (2013)
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
- Hansel & Gretel Get Baked (2013)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
- The Stepfather (2009)
- The Industry (2009)
- Hit and Run (2009)
- Twilight (2009)
- My Sassy Girl (2008)
- The Riches (2007–2008)
- Alyx (2008)
- Material Girls (2006)
- Sam's Lake (2006)
- The Gravedancers (2006)
- Chasing Christmas (2005)
- Cruel World (2005)
- Frostbite (2005)
- 20 Days Until I'm Famous (2004)
- Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
- Agent Cody Banks (2003)
- Slackers (2002)
- The Wedding Planner (2001)
- Beautiful (2000)
- Ringmaster (1998)
References[edit]
- ^ "Ringmaster - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Beautiful (2000) Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Mark Morgan | Movies and Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. April 20, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Variety.com.[dead link]
- ^ "The-Wedding-Planner - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. February 27, 2013. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Variety
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Thank Goodness THIS Didn't Happen: 'The Twilight Saga' Was Almost Made Into An Action Series!". Hollywood Life. September 23, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Agent-Cody-Banks - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Variety[dead link]
- ^ Variety
- ^ Frostbite. "Frostbite: Peter Jason, Traci Lords, Adam Grimes, Phil Morris, Carmen Nicole, Baelyn Neff, Oliver Macready, Ron Zimmerman, Christian Oliver, Gus Farewell, Rick Overton, Maggie Rowe, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Barry Quart, Clayton Hoover, Eric Belcher, James Vallely, Mark Morgan, Paul Miller, Steve Rogers: Movies & TV". Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Sparktech Software LLC (October 27, 2006). "Cruel World —". Boxoffice.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (August 19, 2006). "Material Girls - Review - Movies". The New York Times.
- ^ Stanley, Alessandra (March 12, 2007). "The Riches - TV - Review". The New York Times.
- ^ Hayes, Dade. "Imprint sets up six-pack of films," Variety (AUGUST 17, 2008)
- ^ "Mark Morgan - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2008. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Variety
- ^ "Mark Morgan – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2". Fandango.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Chang, Justin. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2". Variety. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Gronvall, Andrea. "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ pt:Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (filme)
- ^ "Outlier". Outlierco.com. June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "Bigfoot vs. Werewolves Movie in Works as ‘Twilight’ Producer Acquires Graphic Novel ‘Savage’ (Exclusive)," The Wrap (Nov. 4, 2013).
- ^ "Twilight Wins Vision Award". Twilight Lexicon. June 27, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ "2009 MTV Movie Award Nominations: 'Twilight' takes on 'Slumdog' - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. May 4, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Vena, Jocelyn (September 2, 2009). "'Twilight' Owned 2009 MTV Movie Awards: A Look Back – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Wigler, Josh (June 7, 2010). "2010 MTV Movie Awards Dominated By 'New Moon,' Sandra Bullock, Les Grossman | MTV Movie Awards". Mtv.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.