Marc Samuelson
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Marc Samuelson is a British
TV
and film producer
and executive producer
.
. He has two brothers (Peter Samuelson
and Jonathan Samuelson). He lives in London with his wife and two children, Kate and Charlotte.
Samuelson was previously Director of the UK Association of Independent Producers and of the Edinburgh International Television Festival
. Until 1989, he was Managing Director of Umbrella Films Limited, producers of White Mischief
, The Playboys
, Nanou
and Hotel du Paradis
. Marc Samuelson set up Samuelson Productions Ltd in 1990 with his brother, Peter Samuelson
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
TV
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
.
Life and career
He was born in 1961, and is a Business School graduate. Son of Sydney SamuelsonSydney Samuelson
Sir Sydney Wylie Samuelson, CBE was appointed in 1991 by the government of the UK as the first British Film Commissioner....
. He has two brothers (Peter Samuelson
Peter Samuelson
Peter Samuelson is an American and British TV and film producer and executive producer.- Career :Peter Samuelson is President of Film Associates, Inc. http://www.samuelson.la a media consultancy and production company...
and Jonathan Samuelson). He lives in London with his wife and two children, Kate and Charlotte.
Samuelson was previously Director of the UK Association of Independent Producers and of the Edinburgh International Television Festival
Edinburgh International Television Festival
The Edinburgh International Television Festival, founded in 1976, is held annually over the British August bank holiday weekend at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre....
. Until 1989, he was Managing Director of Umbrella Films Limited, producers of White Mischief
White Mischief
White Mischief is a 1987 film dramatising the events of the Happy Valley murder case in Kenya in 1941, when Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton was tried for the murder of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll....
, The Playboys
The Playboys
The Playboys is a 1992 Irish film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and starring Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn and Robin Wright. The plot follows an unwed young mother whose life is transformed with the arrival of a traveling troupe of actors to her Irish village. The script was written by Shane...
, Nanou
Nanou
Nanou is a town in the Boromo Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso in Africa. The town has a population of 2376.-References:Girls Name, nickname for An, or Anne, in French, origin in Hebrew language, meaning the loveliness....
and Hotel du Paradis
Hôtel du Paradis
Hôtel du Paradis is a 1986 French drama film directed by Jana Boková. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Carola Regnier – Sarah* Fernando Rey – Joseph* Marika Rivera – Marika* Artus de Penguern – Patric...
. Marc Samuelson set up Samuelson Productions Ltd in 1990 with his brother, Peter Samuelson
Peter Samuelson
Peter Samuelson is an American and British TV and film producer and executive producer.- Career :Peter Samuelson is President of Film Associates, Inc. http://www.samuelson.la a media consultancy and production company...
.
Producer and executive producer
- Roofworld (2006) (announced) (producer)
- Tales Not Told (2006) (announced) (producer)
- SkelligSkelligSkellig is a novel by David Almond, for which Almond was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1998 and also the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. The book won the 2000 Michael L. Printz Honor from YALSA in the United States...
(2007) (pre-production) (executive producer) - StormbreakerStormbreakerStormbreaker may refer to:*Stormbreaker , a novel by Anthony Horowitz*Stormbreaker , a film based on the novel by Anthony Horowitz*Alex Rider: Stormbreaker, a video game based on the above film...
(2006) (producer) - Keeping MumKeeping MumKeeping Mum is a 2005 British black comedy film starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.-Plot:In the opening scene, as pregnant young Rosie Jones rides on a train, her very large trunk starts leaking blood...
(2005) (executive producer) - Chromophobia (2005) (executive producer)
- NeedNeedA need is something that is necessary for organisms to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants because a deficiency would cause a clear negative outcome, such as dysfunction or death. Needs can be objective and physical, such as food, or they can be subjective and psychological,...
(2005/II) (producer) - The LibertineThe LibertineThe Libertine may refer to:* The Libertine , directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile* The Libertine , starring Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, and Rosamund Pike* "The Libertine" , a song by Patrick Wolf...
(2004) (executive producer) - Strange Little GirlsStrange Little GirlsStrange Little Girls is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. The album's 12 tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, reinterpreted by Amos from a female's point of view. Amos created female personae for each track and was photographed as...
(2004) (executive producer) - Things To Do Before You're 30Things To Do Before You're 30Things to Do Before You're 30 is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions...
(2004) (producer) - The PactThe PactThe Pact is a novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult about a possible suicide pact between two teenage lovers.-Plot summary:"Chris and Emily, teenagers from the same neighborhood and very close families, have been as close as siblings since birth, but as teenagers their relationship develops...
(2002) (TV) (executive producer) - The Gathering (2002) (producer)
- Gabriel & MeGabriel & MeGabriel and Me is a 2001 film starring Iain Glen, Sean Landless and Billy Connolly as the angel Gabriel. It originated from the British play I Luv You Jimmy Spud. Some outdoor scenes were filmed in North East England including the Roker pier in Sunderland.-Synopsis:Jimmy Spud is a young loner...
(2001) (producer) - Guest House ParadisoGuest House ParadisoGuest House Paradiso is a 1999 British slapstick comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson his directorial debut. The film is semi-officially based on their comedy television series Bottom...
(1999) (executive producer) - Arlington RoadArlington RoadArlington Road is a 1999 American drama/mystery film, which tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in terrorism and becomes obsessed with foiling their terrorist plot. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and...
(1999) (producer) - The Commissioner (1998) (co-producer)
- This Is the SeaThis Is the SeaThis Is the Sea is the third and last of The Waterboys' "Big Music" albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment", it was the first Waterboys album to enter the United Kingdom charts, peaking at number...
(1997) (executive producer) - WildeWilde (film)Wilde is a 1997 British biographical film directed by Brian Gilbert with Stephen Fry in the title role. The screenplay by Julian Mitchell is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 biography of Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann.-Plot:...
(1997) (producer) - Dog's Best FriendDog's Best FriendDog's Best Friend is a TV movie starring Richard Mulligan and Bobcat Goldthwait. It premiered on The Family Channel in 1997. It was directed by Allan A. Goldstein....
(1997) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) (executive producer) - Tom & VivTom & VivTom & Viv is a 1984 play by British playwright, Michael Hastings, which tells the story of the relationship between the American poet, T. S. Eliot, and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot...
(1994) (producer) - Playmaker (film) (1994) (producer)
- Man God and Africa (1992) (TV) (producer)