Marc Samuelson is a British TV and film producer and executive producer.

Early life

Peter Samuelson Peter Samuelson (born 16 October 1951) is an American and British TV and film producer known for films such as ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and ''Arlington Road''. Early life Samuelson was born in London, England, and has a master's degree in Engl ...

is his brother.

G. B. Samuelson George Berthold Samuelson (6 July 1889 – 17 April 1947) was a director and film producer. Born in Southport, Lancashire, Samuelson was the youngest son of Henschel and Bertha Samuelson, tobacconists originally from Prussia. By 1891, his mother ...

is his grandfather.

Emma Samms Emma Elizabeth Wylie Samuelson MBE known professionally as Emma Samms, (born 28 August 1960) is an English actress and TV host, known for her role as Holly Sutton on the American daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' and as the second actress ...

is his cousin.

Career

In 1987, Samuelson was a Director of the Association of Independent Producers, Director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival, and MD of Umbrella Films (producers of ''White Mischief'' and ''1984)''. From 1990 to 2006 he ran Samuelson Productions with his LA-based brother,

, and produced films such as the Oscar-nominated ''Tom & Viv'', the award-winning ''Wilde'' starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law, ''Arlington Road'', ''Gabriel & Me'', ''The Gathering'', ''Things To Do Before You're 30'', and ''Stormbreaker'' which became one of the most successful UK films of 2006, grossing over $13.5m in the UK alone. He executive produced ''The Libertine'', ''Keeping Mum'' and ''Chromophobia''. In August 2007, Samuelson became a director of CinemaNX, the film investment company backed by the Isle of Man Government. NX films produced include ''The Disappearance of Alice Creed'', the BAFTA nominated ''Me and Orson Welles,'' ''A Bunch of Amateurs'', ''Heartless'', Oscar nominated ''Chico & Rita'', ''Wild Target'', ''Albatross'', ''TT3D: Closer to the Edge'' (the first ever documentary to appear in the list of top 20 independent films at the UK box office, grossing £1.26m in 2011), ''The Decoy Bride'', ''Ashes'' and ''Honour''. At NX Samuelson was also an Executive Producer of acclaimed BBC drama series ''The Shadow Line,'' written and directed by Hugo Blick. Samuelson is an Executive Producer and director of Route24, an independent television production company founded with Robert Cheek and Josie Law. ITV Studios Global Entertainment own a minority stake in the company. Route24 has a number of original series and adaptations in development with broadcasters and has an overall deal with the John Wyndham Estate. Samuelson is Executive Producer of the TV adaptation of Wyndham's novel, ''The Midwich Cuckoos'', currently in production in London for Sky, written by David Farr (''Hanna, The Night Manager''). The series stars Keeley Hawes and Aisling Loftus. He is also Executive Producer of ''Signora Volpe'', a 3 x 90’ series for Acorn TV. Banijay Rights are distributing. The series was created and written by Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths, stars Emilia Fox and was shot in Rome and Umbria in 2021. He is an ex-Board Member of the UK Film Council and Governor of the NFTS and is currently a Council Member of PACT and a member of BAFTA's Film Committee.

Projects

Samuelson has produced or executive produced over thirty films and TV shows.

Producer and executive producer

* '' TT3D: Closer to the Edge'' (2011) (producer) * '' Roofworld'' (2006) (announced) (producer) * '' Tales Not Told'' (2006) (announced) (producer) * ''

Skellig ''Skellig'' is a children's novel by the British author David Almond, published by Hodder in 1998. It was the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and it won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstandi ...

'' (2007) (pre-production) (executive producer) * ''

Stormbreaker ''Stormbreaker'' is a young adult fiction, young adult action-adventure book written by British author Anthony Horowitz, and is the first novel in the Alex Rider, ''Alex Rider'' series. The book was released in the United Kingdom on the 4th of ...

'' (2006) (producer) * ''

Keeping Mum ''Keeping Mum'' is a 2005 British black comedy film co written and directed by Niall Johnson and starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze. It was produced by Isle of Man Film, Azure Films and Tusk Production ...

'' (2005) (executive producer) * ''

Chromophobia Chromophobia (also known as chromatophobia or chrematophobia) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal respo ...

'' (2005) (executive producer) * ''

Need A need is dissatisfaction at a point of time and in a given context. Needs are distinguished from wants. In the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. In other words, a need is something required for a ...

'' (2005/II) (producer) * '' The Libertine'' (2004) (executive producer) * ''

Strange Little Girls ''Strange Little Girls'' is a concept album released by singer-songwriter Tori Amos in 2001. The album's 12 tracks are covers of songs written and originally performed by men, reinterpreted by Amos from a female point of view. Amos created f ...

'' (2004) (executive producer) * ''

Things To Do Before You're 30 ''Things to Do Before You're 30'' is a 2005 British film directed by Simon Shore. Its plot concerns a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang onto the friendship of their youth while the responsibility of adulthood is tearing ...

'' (2004) (producer) * '' The Pact'' (2002) (TV) (executive producer) * '' The Gathering'' (2002) (producer) * ''

Gabriel & Me ''Gabriel and Me'' is a 2001 film starring Iain Glen, Sean Landless and Billy Connolly as the angel Gabriel. It originated from the 1995 British play ''I Luv You Jimmy Spud''. Some outdoor scenes were filmed in North East England including the R ...

'' (2001) (producer) * ''

Guest House Paradiso ''Guest House Paradiso'' is a 1999 British slapstick film, slapstick black comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, Adrian Edmondson, who also directed in his film directorial debut. The film is a Spin-off (med ...

'' (1999) (executive producer) * ''

Arlington Road ''Arlington Road'' is a 1999 drama film directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and Hope Davis. The film tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are ...

'' (1999) (producer) * '' The Commissioner'' (1998) (co-producer) * ''

This Is the Sea ''This Is the Sea'' is the third The Waterboys album, and the last of their "Big Music" albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment", it was the first Waterb ...

'' (1997) (executive producer) * ''

Wilde Wilde is a surname. Notable people with the name include: In arts and entertainment In film, television, and theatre * ''Wilde'' a 1997 biographical film about Oscar Wilde * Andrew Wilde (actor), English actor * Barbie Wilde (born 1960), Canadi ...

'' (1997) (producer) * '' Dog's Best Friend'' (1997) ( TV) (executive producer) * ''

Tom & Viv ''Tom & Viv'' is a 1994 historical drama film directed by Brian Gilbert, based on the 1984 play of the same name by British playwright Michael Hastings about the early love life of American poet T. S. Eliot. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Miranda ...

'' (1994) (producer) * ''

Playmaker In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing passing moves which lead to goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativit ...

'' (1994) (producer) * ''

Man God and Africa A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ...

'' (1992) (TV) (producer)

Production associate

* '' White Mischief'' (1987) (production associate)

External links

* 1961 births

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