Mark Morgan (producer)

Mark Morgan is an American film producer who has been a producer and executive producer on films including the The Twilight Saga film series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and the Agent Cody Banks films.

Career

Mark Morgan began his producing career at New Regency and Warner Brothers as a story editor on various films (A Time to Kill, Murder at 1600, L.A. Confidential, and Heat).^[1] 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.^[2] When Orion/ MPCA split off to form Destination Films, Morgan served as Executive Vice President of the company and produced films including Beautiful ,^[3][4] Slackers,^[5] and The Wedding Planner.^[6]

Morgan moved on to become the CEO of Maverick Films,^[7] founded by Guy Oseary and Madonna. He optioned the manuscript Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.^[8] It later became The New York Times bestselling novel and The Twilight Saga. He also produced Agent Cody Banks,^[9] Agent Cody Banks II,^[10] Sam's Lake, The Gravedancers,^[11] Frostbite,^[12] Cruel World,^[13] My Sassy Girl, Material Girls,^[14] and Hit and Run. Morgan executive produced the TV series "The Riches,” starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver for Fox Television Studios and FX.^[15]

In 2008, Morgan co-founded Imprint Entertainment^[16] and produced Twilight,^[17] directed by Katherine Hardwick, for Summit Entertainment. He also produced the Twilight Saga sequels New Moon,^[18] Eclipse,^[19] and Breaking Dawn Parts 1^[20] and 2^[21]/

Morgan continued his successful book to film adaptations by producing Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief^[22] and the upcoming sequel: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.^[23]

In 2009, Morgan won the Vision Award for "A Producer of Vision"^[24] and the 2009 MTV Movie Award's Golden Popcorn for Best Movie of the Year for Twilight.^[25][26] He received the MTV Award again the following year for New Moon^[27]

Morgan currently heads Outlier,^[28] a film and television production company. His company will produced the film Savage.^[29]

Producer Credits	Year
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

1. "Karl Denson's Tiny Universe". Sunandsandfestival.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
2. "Ringmaster - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
3. "Beautiful (2000) Production Credits". New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
4. "Mark Morgan | Movies and Biography – Yahoo! Movies". Movies.yahoo.com. April 20, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
6. "The-Wedding-Planner - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
8. name="hollywoodlife">"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.
9. "Agent-Cody-Banks - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
11. Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
12. 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". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
13. Sparktech Software LLC (October 27, 2006). "Cruel World —". Boxoffice.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
14. Dargis, Manohla (August 19, 2006). "Material Girls - Review - Movies". The New York Times.
15. Stanley, Alessandra (March 12, 2007). "The Riches - TV - Review". The New York Times.
17. "Mark Morgan - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
18. Archived July 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
19. "Mark Morgan – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2". Fandango.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
20. McCarthy, Todd. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
21. Justin Chang. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2". Variety. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
22. Gronvall, Andrea. "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
23. pt:Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (filme)
24. "Twilight Wins Vision Award". Twilight Lexicon. June 27, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
25.   (May 4, 2009). "2009 MTV Movie Award Nominations: 'Twilight' takes on 'Slumdog' - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
26. Vena, Jocelyn (September 2, 2009). "'Twilight' Owned 2009 MTV Movie Awards: A Look Back – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
27. 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.
28. "Outlier". Outlierco.com. June 1, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
29. Bigfoot vs. Werewolves Movie in Works as ‘Twilight’ Producer Acquires Graphic Novel ‘Savage’ (Exclusive)