Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon is an award-winning motion picture and television producer with more than 100 motion picture and television projects to his credit.
Gordon’s films include “Steve Jobs,” written by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and directed by Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle; “War Dogs,” starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, with Todd Phillips directing; war drama “Sand Castle,” directed by Fernando Coimbra, starring Nicholas Hoult and Henry Cavill; “Molly’s Game,” starring Academy Award-nominated Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba, with Aaron Sorkin writing and directing; “Murder on the Orient Express,” directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh; “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” directed by Lasse Hallstrom; and “All the Old Knives,” directed by Neil Burger. Past film credits include “Saving Private Ryan” (earning him both Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, as well as a Golden Globe® win for Best Picture), “2012,” “The Day After Tomorrow,” “Speed,” “Source Code,” “The Messenger” and “The Patriot.” As executive producer and financier, Gordon’s credits include “Tomb Raider,” “Wonder Boys,” “The Painted Veil,” “A Simple Plan” and “Primary Colors.”
In the television arena, Gordon currently serves as an executive producer on ABC’s award-winning, critically acclaimed drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” and previously on “Ray Donovan,” “Criminal Minds,” franchise spinoff “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders” and “Quantico.” In 2015, Gordon was honored by the Producers Guild of America with the Norman Lear Award for achievement in television. Gordon is a five-time Emmy® nominee and two-time winner. Additionally, he won a Golden Globe for his work on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Some of his other television credits include the Emmy Award-winning “Warm Springs,” “Private Practice,” “Army Wives” and “Reaper.”
In 2015, The Mark Gordon Company partnered with Entertainment One (eOne) to create an independent television and film studio. Gordon serves as CEO for the company, which both finances and produces premium content by Gordon as well as other producers.
Gordon is the president emeritus of the Producers Guild of America, having served as its president from 2010 through 2014, where he spearheaded the establishment of The Producer’s Mark.
A devoted philanthropist and champion of public education, Gordon is the founder of Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWC), which serves 1,400 students across five schools in Los Angeles, California, and Brooklyn, New York. CWC will be expanding to include two more schools in Kansas City in 2016. Gordon currently serves on the board of the Fulfillment Fund and is the former chairman of Teach for America Los Angeles. He is also a former board member of the Virginia Film Festival, Chrysalis, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and UCLA Lab School.