Mark Johnson Highlights

  • 1999: Executive produced "The Astronaut's Wife", directed by Rand Ravich; project reuinted him with star Johnny Depp
  • 1998: One of four producers (along with Levinson, Lawrence Kasdan and Charles Newirth) for Don Parisot's "Home Fries", starring Drew Barrymore
  • 1997: Reunited with Levinson as producer on "Donnie Brasco", helmed by Mike Newell and starring Pacino and Johnny Depp
  • 1996: Signed two-year production deal with DreamWorks
  • 1995: Produced Alfonso Cuaron's remake of "The Little Princess"
  • 1993: Reteamed with Clint Eastwood (who directed and co-starred) as producer of "A Perfect World"
  • 1991: Served as a producer (along with Levinson and star Warren Beatty) on the Academy Award nominated Best Picture "Bugsy"
  • 1991: First film produced by Baltimore Pictures not directed by Levinson, Steven Soderbergh's "Kafka"
  • 1988: With Levinson, produced the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Rain Man"
  • 1987: Co-executive produced (with Levinson and star Alan Arkin) short-lived ABC comedy series, "Harry"
  • 1983: Produced "Diner", a half-hour TV adaptation for CBS of the successful feature film; unsold pilot based on the successful film
  • 1982: First collaboration with director/screenwriter Levinson; executive produced "Diner"
  • 1980: Served as executive in charge of production on William Friedkin's controversial "Cruising", starring Al Pacino
  • 1977: Worked as an assistant director on Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety"; first met Barry Levinson, one of the film's writers
  • 1976: Studies with DGA program led to first feature film credit as production assistant on Paul Mazursky's "Next Stop, Greenwich Village"
  • 1974: Moved to New York City; worked as a production assistant on TV commercials; began in editing, later assumed responsibilities related to producing
  • 1964: Moved back to the United States at age 18 to enroll at the University of Virginia
  • 1953: Moved to Spain with mother, brother and sister at age seven
  • Worked his way up from second assistant director to first assistant director on such films as "Movie Movie" (1978), "The Brink's Job" (1978) and "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979); the latter marked first collaboration with Clint Eastwood
  • Worked as an extra and in bit roles as a child in several American and British films shot on location in Spain
  • Formed Baltimore Pictures production company with Barry Levinson
  • Worked on several projects for 20th Century-Fox in the early 1990s