Mark McClafferty
| Mark McClafferty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wilmington, Delaware, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Delaware |
| Occupation |
[Film/Television Producer], Television writer Chairman of Spellbound Pictures Ltd, an Entertainment Production,Publishing & Distribution Company |
[Film/Television Producer], Television writer
Mark McClafferty is an Award Winning American Film Producer, Television Producer/Writer, and Chairman of Spellbound Pictures.
Mark McClafferty was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the Alexis I. Du Pont School in Greenville, Delaware and then the University of Delaware where he was elected as its Student Government President in 1970. It was at the University that Mark became a speaker for student rights and an advocate against the war in Vietnam. His reputation caught the attention of the Ad Hoc Committee of Members of the House of Representatives for the Policy in South East Asia who asked him to present his views before Congress on the Vietnam War.
Mark was selected by Delaware Governor Russell W. Peterson to work for him as a Governor's intern assigned to The Family Court System in his final year at the University. After graduating from the University, Mark was hired by Gary Hart to work for Senator George McGovern early in the 1972 primary campaign. Mark continued working for McGovern, traveling to many of the primary states during his successful drive to gain the Democratic Presidential nomination in Miami that year. At the convention, Mark was approached by future Senator Joseph R. Biden to return to Delaware and assist him in his first Senate Campaign as Campaign director.
In 1973, Mark traveled West to soon join the ABC network, first as manager and then as Director of Program Research. In three years, Mark moved into his first creative job in the motion picture and television industry at Paramount Pictures, working as Director of Creative Affairs for Miller/Milkus/Boyett Productions. During his work at Paramount, Mark developed new programs and supervised ongoing hit shows such as Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Laverne and Shirley, Angie and Bosom Buddies, Tom Hanks first venture in Hollywood.
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