Mark Sourian is an American film producer and studio executive.
Sourian grew up in the Lenox Hill section of New York City, [1] son of two college professors. He graduated from Public School 6, Bronx High School of Science [2] and, in 1995, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. [3] He married Stephanie Moy in September 2016. They live in Los Angeles. [3]
Sourian has worked most of his career as a film studio production executive, most notably as Co-President of Production at DreamWorks from 2009 to 2012, where he oversaw production of The Ring , [4] The Ring Two, Sweeney Todd, Real Steel, [5] The Kite Runner, Things We Lost in the Fire [6] and House of Sand and Fog , among others, [7] and, beginning in 2015, as Executive Vice-President at Universal, [3] where he oversaw production on The Fate of the Furious . [8] In between studio posts, from 2012 to 2015, he worked as an independent producer with an exclusive first-look deal with DreamWorks [6] when he produced Need for Speed [9] and executive produced Delivery Man, [7] A Dog's Purpose [10] and Ghost in the Shell. [11] He served as executive producer of the series Echo 3 for Apple TV+ in 2022. In 2023, he took over as President of Production at The Chosen Inc., overseeing The Chosen, commencing with its third season. [12]