Mark Johnson
Development Executive · at Gran Via Productions · Santa Monica, California
Mark Johnson is a development executive at Gran Via Productions based in Santa Monica, California with 19 credits on Production List, most recently The Magnificent Seven (producer, in production). Other credits include Black Vault, Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned and Queen of the Damned. Production List last updated this profile on September 3, 2026.
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Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945, Washington D.C.) is an Academy Award- and Emmy-winning American film and television producer based in Santa Monica, California. He won the Best Picture Oscar for Rain Man (1988) and earned a second Best Picture nomination for The Holdovers (2023), both produced under his Gran Via Productions banner, which he founded in 1994 and serves as President/CEO. On television, he has been executive producer of the Emmy-winning Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and AMC's Anne Rice universe — Interview with the Vampire, Mayfair Witches, and Talamasca — under a long-running first-look deal with AMC Studios, which he renewed in 2025. He is currently in post-production on the indie feature Hope/Esperanza, shot on location in Costa Rica.
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