Mark Rosenberg

Mark Rosenberg
Born	October 22, 1948 Passaic, New Jersey
Died	November 6, 1992 (aged 44) Stanton, Texas
Cause of death	Heart failure
Spouse(s)	Tracy Hotchner (1975–1978; divorced) Lauren Shuler Donner (1980–1984; divorced) Paula Weinstein (?-1992; his death)

Mark Rosenberg (October 22, 1948 – November 6, 1992) was an American film producer whose works included The Killing Fields and Presumed Innocent, who was the President of Worldwide Theatrical Production at Warner Bros. in the 1980s.

Rosenberg was born and raised in a Conservative Jewish family, in Passaic, New Jersey, where he attended Passaic High School, graduating in 1966. He attended Bard College and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was an active leader in the Students for a Democratic Society and its protests against United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Mark's younger brother, Alan, became an actor, Alan later said, "to effect social and political change" and eventually became SAG President. Their first cousin, also from Passaic, was musician/songwriter Donald Fagen, co-founder of the group Steely Dan.

He moved to Los Angeles to take a position in film marketing with Seineger & Associates. He was hired as a literary agent with International Creative Management and later with Adams, Ray & Rosenberg.

He became vice president for production at Warner Bros. in 1978. Rosenberg was named by Warner Bros. as the president of movie production in July 1983, making him one of the youngest executives to head the film production division of a major motion picture studio, at the age of 35. Rosenberg replaced Robert Shapiro, whose departure was attributed in industry sources cited by The New York Times as due to poor financial results for the studio's film in the previous 18 months. He left Warner Bros. in September 1985.

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