Abraham, Marc

PERSONAL

Education: Graduated from the University of Virginia.

Addresses:

Office—Strike Entertainment, 3000 West Olympic Blvd., Bldg. 5, Suite 1250, Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Career:

Producer and writer. Beacon Communications (production company), cofounder, 1990, president, 1990-?; Strike Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA, president. Beacon Records, founder. Virginia Film Festival, member of board of directors. Young and Rubicam (advertising agency), New York City, worked as copywriter. Also worked as a freelance sportswriter.

Member:

Writers Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Writers Guild of America Award, 1990, for The Earth Day Special; Golden Globe Award nomination, best picture, 1991, for The Commitments; Wise Owl Award Honorable Mention (with others), outstanding television and theatrical film fiction, Retirement Research Foundation, 1994, and Annual CableACE Award, best dramatic or theatrical special, National Cable Television Association, both for A Life in the Theatre; Golden Halo Award, c. 1994, for Princess Caraboo.

CREDITS

Film Coproducer:

The Commitments, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

Film Executive Producer:

A Midnight Clear, 1991, Interstar, 1992.

Princess Caraboo, TriStar, 1994.

The Road to Wellville, Columbia, 1994.

The Baby-Sitters Club, Columbia, 1995.

Air Force One (also known as AFO), Columbia, 1997.

Girly Magazine Party, 1997.

For Love of the Game, MCA/Universal, 1999.

The Hurricane, MCA/Universal, 1999.

End of Days, MCA/Universal, 1999.

Slither (also known as Incisions), Universal, 2006.

The Possibility of Hope (documentary short), 2007.

Film Producer:

Sugar Hill (also known as Harlem), Beacon Communications, 1994.

A Thousand Acres, Buena Vista, 1997.

Playing God (also known as Playing Hero), Buena Vista, 1997.

Trippin', October Films, 1999.

Bring It On, MCA/Universal, 2000.

The Family Man, MCA/Universal, 2000.

Thirteen Days, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Spy Game, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Tuck Everlasting, Buena Vista/Walt Disney Films, 2002.

The Emperor's Club, Universal, 2002.

The Palace Thief, Universal, 2002.

The Rundown (also known as Welcome to the Jungle), Universal, 2003.

Bring It On Again, Universal Home Entertainment, 2004.

Dawn of the Dead (also known as Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead"), Universal, 2004.

Children of Men, Universal, 2006.

Let's Go to Prison, Universal, 2006.

Bring It On: All or Nothing, 2006.

Film Director:

Flash of Genius, Universal, 2008.

Film Appearances:

"Mission Life" speaker, Trippin', 1999.

Himself, The Making of "Spy Game" (documentary short), Universal Home Entertainment, 2001.

Dinner guest, Red Dragon (also known as Roter Drache), Universal, 2002.

Himself, "The Rundown": Running Down the Toilet (documentary short), 2004.

Himself, "The Rundown": Rumble in the Jungle (documentary short), Universal, 2004.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer (with David Mamet), A Life in the Theater (also known as A Life in the Theatre), TNT, 1993.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"Children of Men": Visions of the Future, Sci-Fi Channel, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Also appeared as himself, "The Rock," Biography, Arts and Entertainment.

WRITINGS

Television Specials:

The Earth Day Special, 1990.

Television Pilots:

Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.

Television Episodes:

"In 'N Outlaws," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989.

Also wrote episodes of 21 Jump Street, Fox.

Other Writing:

(With Bruce Jenner) Bruce Jenner's Guide to the Olympics, 1979.

(With Jenner) Bruce Jenner's Viewer's Guide to the 1984 Olympics, 1984.

Author of screenplays. Worked as freelance sports writer for magazines and newspapers, including Golf and Los Angeles Times.