Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett is a British-born, Los Angeles-based television producer and, since December 2015, president of MGM Television and Digital Group...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth17 July 1960
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
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Donald has so many recent West Coast projects, that it made perfect sense to change locations and along with it change the flavor of the weekly tasks, ... Seeing Donald operate in Southern California will provide yet more insight into his remarkable world.
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It's a really, really good move for us, ... We were asking too much of the audience with three times a week. It was adversely affecting our partner CBS, which saw a dip in the night.
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It's not only the talented editors and producers but also the machines,
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Everybody's looking for something ... Some of them want to use you.
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They won't be making films that look like home movies. They'll have access to very accomplished, gifted writers and actors. If they're resourceful, they may get known actors to appear in them.
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I wanted the palette to mirror who they are.
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There's a wonderful commonality to the end of every show that Martha came up with.
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They are unscripted dramas, ... ... Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take us on a journey. All I do is tell those stories without scripts and without actors.
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Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time in history, that statement is truer than ever.
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In Botswana in the Kalahari Desert there's a tented camp called Jack's Camp, which is like old Africa meets Ralph Lauren. The Oriental rugs, the old leather chairs - you feel like you've just jumped out of a Ralph Lauren ad.
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How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.
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In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war.
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When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.
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The best person to get something done is a busy person.