Mark Burg

Mark Burg is an American film producer, manager and actor. He is the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and produced the Saw film series as well as the CBS television series Two and a Half Men.

Biography

Burg graduated from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 1981.

In the 1990s, Burg worked for Island Pictures and Palm Pictures, producing such films as Basketball Diaries (1995), The Sandlot, The Cure, and Strictly Business (1991). In 1998, Burg founded Evolution Entertainment along with his producing partner Oren Koules.

In 2003, Burg and Oren Koules saw a seven-minute teaser of a film written by Australian screenwriters, Leigh Whannell and James Wan, and agreed to produce the film. The film would later become the original Saw film that was released in 2004. The budget for the film was $1.2 million with $1 million of the funding coming direct from Burg and Koules. Production was done under a newly formed subsidiary of Evolution Entertainment called Twisted Pictures. The film turned in the Saw franchise with the sequel released in 2005 and the franchise making $420 million at the box office by 2007. Evolution Entertainment was also responsible for the production of Two and a Half Men starting in 2003. He also became an advisor for Forest Road, a special-purpose acquisition company, in 2020. Burg also co-produced Spiral, the ninth installment from the Saw Franchise. The franchise has grossed more than from box office and retail sales as of 2021.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1987 Can't Buy Me Love Co-producer 1988 Bull Durham 1991 Toy Soldiers Executive producer Strictly Business Executive producer 1993 The Sandlot Executive producer 1994 Airheads 1995 The Cure 1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Executive producer The Little Death Executive producer Eddie 1997 B.A.P.S. How to Be a Player 1998 The Gingerbread Man Executive producer Body Count 1999 Black and White Executive producer 2000 Lockdown 2001 Good Advice Diary of a Sex Addict Direct-to-video 2002 Run Ronnie Run! John Q. Malevolent Executive producer 2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing Dude... We're Going to Rio Executive producer Direct-to-video 2004 Saw 2005 Saw II 2006 Saw III 2007 Dead Silence Catacombs Saw IV 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera Saw V Vlog Executive producer 2009 Saw VI 2010 Lottery Ticket The Tortured Saw 3D 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D Executive producer Ain't Them Bodies Saints Executive producer Grace Unplugged Executive producer 2014 Catch Hell Executive producer 2016 Havenhurst Executive producer 2017 9/11 Executive producer Jigsaw 2018 Traffik Executive producer 2019 The Intruder American Skin 2021 Spiral: From the Book of Saw 2023 Saw X 2026 Twisted Producer

As an actor

Year Film Role Notes 1991 Toy Soldiers Himself'Mouthwash' Buyer Uncredited

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 1988 Waxwork Production consultant

Thanks

Year Film Role 1993 Boxing Helena The producer wishes to thank 1995 The Basketball Diaries Special thanks 1998 Let's Talk About Sex Very special thanks 2017 Atomic Blonde The producers wish to thank He Helped Me: A Fan Film from the Book of Saw Special thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 2003 The Three Amigos Documentary 2004 The Casino 2005−06 Love, Inc. Executive producer 2008 Vlog Executive producer 2008-2010 Scream Queens Guest judge Reality television, 2 episodes 2011 Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen Co-executive producer Television special 2003−12 Two and a Half Men Executive producer 2012−14 Anger Management Executive producer 2017 Hit the Road Executive producer 2017−20 Loudermilk Executive producer Awards and recognition

Burg has been nominated and won numerous awards. He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on Two and a Half Men and won both a TV Land Award for his work on the same and a ShoWest Award for his work on the Saw film series.

Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2006 Outstanding Comedy Series Two and a Half Men 2007 2008

TV Land Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2009 TV Land Future Classic AwardTwo and a Half Men

ShowWest Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2007 ShoWest Award of Excellence in ProducingSaw film series