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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Rock stars are colorful personalities and charismatic performers who make great reality TV characters,
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The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?
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As the show's executive producer, I envisioned something akin to "Gilligan's Island" meets Lord of the Flies meets Ten Little Indians mets "The Real World." "Survivor" marks a return to a core element of adventure: staying alive.
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My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.
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I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.
I'm not at all overextended... I'm very, very hands-on.
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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 hope we get a cop from New York, and maybe a small petty criminal from some other city ... they won't get along.
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I wanted the palette to mirror who they are.
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The island was a midway staging post for piracy,
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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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Branded entertainment has become such a growth industry, it makes sense for us to be in business with Madison Road,
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As soon as I spent time with Martha I knew that her witty and engaging humor would surprise and entertain viewers.