Marc Abraham Biography

Fast Facts

• Member of the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America and a board member of the Virginia Film Festival and the Violence Policy Center
• Co-founded Beacon Communications, a financing and production company, in 1990
• Graduated from the University of Virginia
• Career began as an advertising copywriter for Young & Rubicam in New York City, followed by a focus on full-time screenwriting while freelancing as a sportswriter and authoring two books for Universal Press before his first film, a documentary called "Playing to Win․"
• Quote: "I started out as a writer and I always start on the more creative side of things․ I became a producer almost by accident․ I started a company that I thought was actually gonna be so I could write and direct my own films and I ended up producing a lot of movies․"
• Producer-screenwriter whose work includes writing for TV's "Moonlighting" and "21 Jump Street" and producing 2001's "Air Force One," 2006's "Children of Men" and 2011's "In Time․"
• Founded Strike Entertainment in 2002 for development and production work with Universal Pictures