American film producer and studio executive
Mark Sourian is an American film producer and studio executive.
Personal life
Sourian grew up in the Lenox Hill section of New York City,[1] son of two college professors. He graduated from Public School 6, Bronx High School of Science[2] and, in 1995, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.[3] He married Stephanie Moy in September 2016. They live in Los Angeles.[3]
Career
Sourian has worked most of his career as a film studio production executive, most notably as Co-President of Production at DreamWorks from 2009 to 2012, where he oversaw production of The Ring,[4] The Ring Two, Sweeney Todd, Real Steel,[5] The Kite Runner, Things We Lost in the Fire[6] and House of Sand and Fog, among others,[7] and, beginning in 2015, as Executive Vice-President at Universal,[3] where he oversaw production on The Fate of the Furious.[8] In between studio posts, from 2012 to 2015, he worked as an independent producer with an exclusive first-look deal with DreamWorks[6] when he produced Need for Speed[9] and executive produced Delivery Man,[7] A Dog's Purpose[10] and Ghost in the Shell.[11] He served as executive producer of the series Echo 3 for Apple TV+ in 2022. In 2023, he took over as President of Production at The Chosen Inc., overseeing The Chosen, commencing with its third season.[12]
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