24 Facts About Mark Burnett

Mark Burnett created and produced the reality shows The Apprentice, Survivor, The Voice, and Shark Tank.

Mark Burnett has personally won twelve Emmy Awards, five Producers Guild of America Awards, ten Critics' Choice Television Awards, and nine People's Choice Awards.

For five consecutive years, Mark Burnett has been included in the Variety500, an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.

Mark Burnett additionally produced the Christian media series The Bible and AD The Bible Continues, as well as the feature films Son of God, Little Boy, Woodlawn, and Ben-Hur.

Mark Burnett was born on 17 July 1960 in London, the only child of Archie and Jean Mark Burnett, both Ford Motors factory workers, and was raised in Dagenham, Essex.

Mark Burnett's father was a Roman Catholic and his mother was a Presbyterian; it is not known in which denomination he was raised.

In October 1982, Mark Burnett immigrated to the United States, where his friend Nick Hill, who had emigrated from the UK earlier, was working as a nanny and chauffeur.

Mark Burnett was eventually given a position in the insurance office owned by the boys' father.

Two years later, Mark Burnett rented a portion of a fence at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, and sold T-shirts for $18 each during weekends.

Mark Burnett purchased the format rights and brought a similar competition, Eco-Challenge, to America.

Mark Burnett first produced the expedition race show Eco-Challenge in 1995.

Mark Burnett has maintained a strong presence in award show franchises, having produced the MTV Movie Awards, the annual People's Choice Awards, the Spike Video Game Awards and the 2011 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.

Mark Burnett has produced more than 3,200 hours of television programming which regularly airs in more than 70 countries.

In December 2015, Mark Burnett was named president of MGM Television and Digital Group, signing a five-year deal.

Mark Burnett's appointment was set up to occur simultaneously with the closing of MGM's acquisition of the remaining 45 percent of Hearst's, Mark Burnett's and Roma Downey's interests in United Artists Media Group, which would be absorbed under the MGM Television Group umbrella.

Mark Burnett is the executive producer of the cable series Lucha Underground and The Contender.

In 2017, Mark Burnett had timeslot winning shows on six nights out of seven.

Mark Burnett was awarded the 2015 Courage Award at the Visionary Ball which raises money each year for UCLA's Department of Neurosurgery.

Mark Burnett was named "Philanthropist of the Year" by the Reality Cares Foundation.

Mark Burnett has won both Brandweek's "Marketer of the Year Award", the prestigious Rose d'Or Frapa Format Award, the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award and the Norman Lear Award from the Producers Guild of America.

Mark Burnett served for two years on the board of directors for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

On 8 July 2009, Mark Burnett received a star at 6664 Hollywood Blvd.

In June 2011, Mark Burnett was elected into the Producers Guild of America Council Board of Delegates and currently serves on the Producers Council.

In 2014, Mark Burnett was named the "Number 1 Reality Producer" on The Hollywood Reporter Reality Power List.