Mark Morgan | |
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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.
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]
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]
Mark Morgan | |
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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.
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]
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]