Mark Goffman

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Biography

Mark Goffman is an acclaimed showrunner, producer and writer in Los Angeles. From 2013 - 2015, he served as executive producer and showrunner for Fox's hit TV series, SLEEPY HOLLOW. Previously, Goffman was executive producer of USA's WHITE COLLAR, and from 2002 - 2005, Mark wrote for THE WEST WING. Mark also ran the writers room for NBC's STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. Goffman's feature directorial debut is Dumbstruck, a documentary about ventriloquists released by Magnolia Pictures. Goffman began his career as a writer in Brussels, for the magazine Commerce in Belgium. He has a masters in public policy from Harvard, wrote speeches for state and federally elected officials, consulted to the U.S. Department of State and the White House. Goffman has a B.A. from Emory University in Economics and Philosophy and served as a Masters Thesis Adviser, Fiction Writing Program, at Johns Hopkins University. Goffman's first and only play to date, ME TOO, has run in Los Angeles and Indianapolis. Goffman has worked on more than 150 hours of prime time television, been nominated for two Writers Guild Awards, won a SET Award for highlighting Science Technology on television for an episode of ELEMENTARY, and one of his episodes of LAW & ORDER: SVU garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Marishka Hargitay. In 2013, The Hollywood Reporter listed Goffman as one of ten showrunners to watch, and one of the 50 most influential showrunners in 2014-2015.

  • Primary profession
  • Producer·writer·miscellaneous
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Education
  • John F. Kennedy School of Government·Emory University

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