Burley, Mark A. 1951- (Mark Burley)

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Burley, Mark A. 1951- (Mark Burley)

PERSONAL

Full name, Mark Alan Burley; born June 26, 1951, in Berlin, Germany; immigrated to the United States, 1974; son of W. Alan and Rita H. (maiden name, Rose) Burley; married Penelope A. Hopton, July 2, 1983. Education: Bristol University, degree in psychology (with honors), 1972.

Addresses:

Manager—Intellectual Property Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 820, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Producer and writer. Producer of television commercials, Los Angeles, CA, 1975-80.

Member:

Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Television Producer of the Year Award nomination (with others), episodic comedy, Producers Guild of America, 2007, for Weeds.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Unit production manager and assistant director, The Incredible Hulk, 1978-81.

Unit production manager, Harper Valley, 1981.

Unit production manager, Simon & Simon, CBS, 1982-83.

Producer, Simon & Simon, CBS, 1983-89.

Producer, Over My Dead Body, CBS, 1990.

Supervising producer, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1991-96.

Producer, Cold Feet, NBC, 1999.

Supervising producer, Get Real, Fox, 1999.

Supervising producer and co-executive producer, FreakyLinks, Fox, 2000-2001.

Supervising producer and producer, Hidden Hills, NBC, 2002.

Supervising producer and line producer, Weeds, Showtime, 2005—.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer, Cast the First Stone (also known as The Diane Martin Story and Cast the First Stone: The Diane Martin Story), NBC, 1989.

Producer and (as Mark Burley) line producer, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes, NBC, 1990.

Supervising producer, Mrs. Santa Claus, CBS, 1996.

Producer, "Murder, She Wrote": South by Southwest, CBS, 1997.

Supervising producer, Martian Law, 1998.

Supervising producer, E.D.N.Y., 2003.

Television Work; Pilots:

Producer, Fair Game, NBC, 1989.

Supervising producer, Eddie Dodd (also known as True Believer), ABC, 1990.

Supervising producer, My Old School, 1991.

Television Director; Episodic:

Director, "Danny," The Incredible Hulk, CBS, 1981.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, "Weeds": Suburban Shakedown, Showtime, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Superheroes," Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, PBS, 1980.

WRITINGS

Television Movies:

"Murder, She Wrote": South by Southwest, CBS, 1997.

Television Episodes:

Simon & Simon, 1988.

The New Lassie (also known as The New Adventures of Lassie; four episodes), syndicated, 1989-90.

Over My Dead Body, CBS, 1991.

Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1992-96.

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