Mark Johnson (producer)

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Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945 in Washington, D. C.) is a film producer who lives and works in the United States. He first became involved in show business in 1964 as an actor playing the sheriff's deputy in the Spanish "spaghetti western", "Brandy", directed by Jose Luis Borau.^{[citation needed]} His American career began in 1974 working as a production assistant in television commercials. Johnson collaborated on several films with Barry Levinson (whom he met on the set of High Anxiety in 1977) including Diner, The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, Avalon, Bugsy and Toys. Receiving an Oscar for producing Rain Man. Recently he has produced several high profile projects for Walden Media such as The Chronicles of Narnia and How to Eat Fried Worms.

He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Producers Branch).

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• Mark Johnson Biography - Yahoo Movies
• Mark Johnson at the Internet Movie Database