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Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett
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Burnett in 2009
Born (1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 56)
London, England
Occupation Television producer, executive producer, author
Spouse(s) Roma Downey (m. 2007)
Dianne J. Burnett (née Valentine; ca. 1991–2003; divorced; two sons)
Children James and Cameron Burnett
Reilly Anspaugh (stepdaughter)

Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a British-born, Los Angeles-based television and film producer and author, since December 2015, president of MGM Television and Digital Group.

Currently, Burnett is the executive producer of nine network television shows/specials and two cable shows: The Voice (NBC) Celebrity Apprentice (NBC), Survivor (CBS), The People's Choice Awards (CBS), Shark Tank (ABC), Steve Harvey’s FunderDome (ABC) and Jamie Foxx's Beat Shazam (FOX), Beyond the Tank (ABC) and 500 Questions (ABC) and SIGNED (MTV) & Lucha Underground (The El Rey Network)

In December 2015, Burnett was named president of MGM Television and Digital Group, adding numerous scripted television shows including Fargo (FX), Vikings (HISTORY) and Teen Wolf (MTV). Scripted shows that can be expected in the coming months include Condor (DIRECT TV), Get Shorty (EPIX) and The Handmaid’s Tale (HULU).

Burnett additionally produced the cable miniseries The Bible and A.D. The Bible Continues, as well as the feature films Son of God, Little Boy, and Woodlawn.

He has won 10 Emmy Awards, five Producers Guild of America Awards, seven Critics' Choice Television Awards, and six People's Choice Awards.

Burnett was born on 17 July 1960 in London, the only child of Archie and Jean Burnett, both Ford Motors factory workers, and was raised in Dagenham, Essex. His father was a Roman Catholic and his mother was a Presbyterian, although it is not known in which denomination he was raised. Aged 17, he enlisted in the British Army, and became a Section Commander in the Parachute Regiment. From 1978–82 he served with the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in C Company and saw action during the Falklands War.


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