- Mark Goffman
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Mark Goffman is an American television writer and producer. He is an executive producer for USA Network’s TV series White Collar. Goffman started his TV writing career in 2002, as a staff writer on The West Wing. In 2006, he joined NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, where he was a producer and in charge of the writer’s room. He has been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards.[1]
Goffman began writing professionally in Brussels, for the magazine Commerce in Belgium. He went on to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to receive a masters in public policy. He has written speeches for state and federally elected officials, consulted to the United States Department of State and the White House. [2]
Goffman has a B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from Emory University and served as a Masters Thesis Advisor, Fiction Writing Program, at Johns Hopkins University.
Goffman also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary, Dumbstruck, a film about ventriloquists, which was released in Spring 2011 by Magnolia Pictures.[3]
Goffman’s play, Me Too, produced by David O. Sacks, premiered at the Stella Adler Theater in Hollywood. [4]
References
- ^ Mark Goffman at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Alumni Shorts". HKS Bulletin. Kennedy School of Government. Autumn 2002. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/ksgpress/bulletin/autumn2002/alumni/shorts.html.
- ^ "Dumbstruck Official Website". http://www.dumbstruckthemovie.com.
- ^ Rennie, Adrian (May 2006). "Theater Review: Me Too". Maestro. http://www.maestro.ws/arts/reviews/2006metoo.html.
External links
- Mark Goffman at the Internet Movie Database
- Jones, Chad (13 May 2011). "Mark Goffman, director, finds wisdom in dummies". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/12/MVKR1JDSD3.DTL.
- Zimmerman, Ann (20 June 2008). "He's No Dummy: Entertainer Sees a Comeback for Ventriloquism". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121391984869090351-lMyQjAxMDI4MTEzOTkxMTk5Wj.html.
- Loftus, Mary J. (Winter 2004). "Winging It". Emory Magazine (Emory University). http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/winter2004/west_wing.html.
- Dumbstruck website
Categories:- American writers
- American television writers
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