Mark Morgan (producer) explained
Mark Paul Morgan is an American film producer. He has been a producer and executive producer on films including The Twilight Saga film series, , and the Agent Cody Banks films.
Career
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] ,[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 ,[17] ,[18] and [19] and .[20]
Morgan continued his successful book-to-film adaptations by executive producing [21] and the sequel .[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.
Awards
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
Notes and References
- News: Ringmaster - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com . https://archive.today/20130411134338/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/174130/Ringmaster/credits . dead . April 11, 2013 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . March 15, 2013.
- News: Beautiful (2000) Production Credits. https://archive.today/20130411134249/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/209852/Beautiful/credits. dead. April 11, 2013. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. March 15, 2013.
- Web site: Mark Morgan | Movies and Biography – Yahoo! Movies . Movies.yahoo.com . April 20, 2011 . March 15, 2013.
- https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916820/ Variety.com.
- News: The-Wedding-Planner - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com . https://archive.today/20130411134036/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/232641/The-Wedding-Planner/credits . dead . April 11, 2013 . February 27, 2013 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . March 15, 2013.
- https://archive.today/20130412052507/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953363/?refcatid=1238&printerfriendly=true Variety
- Web site: EXCLUSIVE! Thank Goodness THIS Didn't Happen: 'The Twilight Saga' Was Almost Made Into An Action Series! . Hollywood Life . September 23, 2010 . March 15, 2013.
- News: Agent-Cody-Banks - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226030026/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/276066/Agent-Cody-Banks/details . dead . February 26, 2008 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . 2008 . March 15, 2013.
- https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117923351/ Variety
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120818031948/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930821?refcatid=31 Variety
- Web site: 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 . March 15, 2013.
- Web site: Sparktech Software LLC . Cruel World — . Boxoffice.com . October 27, 2006 . March 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234948/http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/movies/cruel-world-2006 . October 4, 2013 .
- News: Material Girls - Review - Movies . The New York Times . Manohla . Dargis . August 19, 2006.
- News: The Riches - TV - Review . The New York Times . Alessandra . Stanley . March 12, 2007.
- Hayes, Dade. "Imprint sets up six-pack of films," Variety (AUGUST 17, 2008)
- News: Mark Morgan - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914130513/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/103486/Mark-Morgan . dead . September 14, 2008 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . 2008 . March 15, 2013.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120706001702/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941623/ Variety
- Web site: Mark Morgan – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 . Fandango.com . March 15, 2013.
- News: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1: Film Review . The Hollywood Reporter . March 15, 2013 . Todd . McCarthy.
- News: Justin . Chang . The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 . Variety . March 15, 2013.
- Web site: Gronvall . Andrea . Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief . Chicago Reader . March 15, 2013.
- [:pt:Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (filme)]
- Web site: Outlier . https://web.archive.org/web/20130122172703/http://www.outlierco.com/profile . dead . January 22, 2013 . Outlierco.com . June 1, 2009 . March 15, 2013 .
- https://www.thewrap.com/bigfoot-vs-werewolves-movie-coming-twilight-producer-acquires-rights-graphic-novel-savage/ "Bigfoot vs. Werewolves Movie in Works as ‘Twilight’ Producer Acquires Graphic Novel ‘Savage’ (Exclusive),"
- Web site: Twilight Wins Vision Award . Twilight Lexicon . June 27, 2009 . March 15, 2013.
- News: 2009 MTV Movie Award Nominations: 'Twilight' takes on 'Slumdog' - latimes.com . Latimesblogs.latimes.com . May 4, 2009 . March 15, 2013.
- Web site: Vena . Jocelyn . 'Twilight' Owned 2009 MTV Movie Awards: A Look Back – Music, Celebrity, Artist News . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203153148/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1620624/twilight-owned-2009-mtv-movie-awards-look-back.jhtml . dead . December 3, 2013 . MTV.com . September 2, 2009 . March 15, 2013.
- Web site: Wigler . Josh . 2010 MTV Movie Awards Dominated By 'New Moon,' Sandra Bullock, Les Grossman | MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220032722/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640901/2010-mtv-movie-awards-dominated-by-new-moon-sandra-bullock.jhtml . dead . February 20, 2011 . Mtv.com . June 7, 2010 . March 15, 2013.