23 Facts About Mark Burnett

From 2013 to 2017, Burnett was listed on Variety500, an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.

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

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 February 2016, Downey and Mark Burnett gave the keynote address at President Obama's final National Prayer Breakfast, and Mark Burnett returned the following year to introduce President Trump at his first National Prayer Breakfast.

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

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

In October 1982, Mark Burnett emigrated 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.

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.

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

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

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.

Mark Burnett has been nominated for many television industry awards between 1999 and 2018, including Emmy Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards, and People's Choice Awards.