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Laurence Mark is an American film producer. He is known for such films as Jerry Maguire for which he received an Academy Award Best Picture nomination and As Good as It Gets, and Working Girl, which he executive-produced; both were Academy Award nominees for Best Picture. He was born in New York City and educated at Eaglebrook School, Hotchkiss School and Wesleyan University from which he...  MORE

Laurence Mark is an American film producer. He is known for such films as Jerry Maguire for which he received an Academy Award Best Picture nomination and As Good as It Gets, and Working Girl, which he executive-produced; both were Academy Award nominees for Best Picture. He was born in New York City and educated at Eaglebrook School, Hotchkiss School and Wesleyan University from which he graduated in 1971. He has a Master of Arts degree in Film from New York University. Early in his career, he held 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 20th 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. Mark produced I, Robot, starring Will Smith, Last Holiday, starring Queen Latifah and The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and directed by Scott Frank which won the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Prior to these, Mark produced Finding Forrester, Hanging Up, Anywhere But Here, The Object of My Affection, Riding in Cars with Boys and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. LESS