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Laurence Mark, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1971, produced Dreamgirls, starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy and written and directed by Bill Condon, which received three Golden Globe Awards, including one for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), as well as eight Academy Award nominations, winning two. This article concerns Wesleyan

Mark also received an Academy Award nomination for producing Best Picture nominee Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Cameron Crowe, and he executive-produced As Good As It Gets, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear and directed by James L. Brooks, and Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver and Melanie Griffith and directed by Mike Nichols, both Best Picture nominees. Going into production in the spring is Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and written and directed by Nora Ephron.

Mark also recently produced I, Robot, starring Will Smith and directed by Alex Proyas, and Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah and directed by Wayne Wang, as well as The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and directed by Scott Frank who, along with Mark and his fellow producers, received an Independent Spirit Award recognizing the film as Best First Feature.

Prior to these, Mark produced Riding in Cars with Boys, starring Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn and directed by Penny Marshall; Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery and directed by Gus Van Sant; Hanging Up, starring Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton and Lisa Kudrow and directed by Keaton; Anywhere But Here, starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman and directed by Wayne Wang; The Object of My Affection, starring Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd and Nigel Hawthorne and directed by Nicholas Hytner; and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, starring Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow and directed by David Mirkin.

Laurence Mark Productions is headquartered at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where the company has a long-term production arrangement with Columbia Pictures. Mark’s other producing credits include Bob Rafelson’s Black Widow, Susan Seidelman’s Cookie, Herbert Ross’ True Colors, and Nicholas Hytner’s Center Stage, as well as The Adventures of Huck Finn, Sister Act 2, Simon Birch and Bicentennial Man.

For the small screen, he was executive producer of These Old Broads, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds, Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor, Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Elizabeth Taylor and directed by Nicolas Roeg, and Oliver Twist, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Elijah Wood and directed by Tony Bill.

Prior to producing, Mark held several key publicity and marketing posts at Paramount Pictures, culminating in his being appointed Vice President of West Coast Marketing. He then moved into production, and as Vice President of Production at Paramount and Executive Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox, he was closely involved with the development and production of such films as Terms of Endearment, Trading Places, Falling in Love, The Fly, and Broadcast News.

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Black Widow is a 1987 Neo-noir film starring Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey and Dennis Hopper, about two My Stepmother Is An Alien is a Comedy Science fiction film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd Working Girl tells the story of a Staten Island -raised Secretary, Tess McGill working in the Mergers and acquisitions department of a Cookie is a 1989 Comedy film released on August 23 1989 by Warner Brothers. Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a drifter Chance Wayne who returns to his home town with a faded movie Mr Destiny is a 1990 Comedy film starring Jim Belushi. Other actors in this film included Linda Hamilton, Jon Lovitz, True Colors ( 1991) is a film written by Kevin Wade and directed by Herbert Ross. One Good Cop is a 1991 film starring Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia. The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B Sister Act 2 Back in the Habit is a 1993 Comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Tom and Huck is a 1995 Disney film starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Joey Stinson, and Rachael Leigh Cutthroat Island is a 1995 Pirate -themed Action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 Comedy film starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Oliver Twist is a 1997 Television movie based on the popular novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film from TriStar Pictures that tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, misanthropic, and bigoted Deep Rising is a 1998 action Horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The Object of My Affection is a 1998 movie adapted from the book of the same title by Stephen McCauley. Simon Birch is a 1998 Comedy-drama film loosely based on the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Anywhere but Here is a 1999 Drama film The film is based on the novel by Mona Simpson, the screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent and Bicentennial Man or Andrew—NDR114 in Japan, is a 1999 film starring Robin Williams based on the well-known Hanging Up is an 2000 American (Comedy/Drama film about a trio of sisters who bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly Center Stage, directed by Nicholas Hytner in 2000, is about a group of young dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at the American Ballet Academy Finding Forrester is a 2000 movie, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant, about a teenager Jamal These Old Broads is a 2001 Television film written by Carrie Fisher. Glitter is a 2001 American Drama film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and starring pop / R&B / soul singer Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 film based on the Autobiography of the same name by Beverly D'Onofrio, about a woman who overcame difficulties I Robot is a Science fiction film set in a world where humans and Humanoid robots interact ( Chicago in the year 2035) Last Holiday is a 2006 American Comedy film directed by Wayne Wang. Dreamgirls is a 2006 American Musical film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures The Lookout is a 2007 Crime film written and directed by Scott Frank, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels,
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