{{short description|American television writer and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Goffman | image = Mark Goffman (49614697323).jpg | caption = Goffman in 2020 | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Television writer, producer | years_active = 1999–present }}
'''Mark Goffman''' is an American television writer and producer. He currently serves as an executive producer for the Netflix series ''The Umbrella Academy''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Umbrella Academy|url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1160188/umbrella-academy|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Writers Guild of America West Directory}}</ref> Prior to that, Goffman worked as the showrunner and an executive producer for CBS's ''Bull''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mark A. Goffman|url=https://directories.wga.org/member/71802b77-ea92-4a6a-8452-5f04413e4455/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Writers Guild of America West Directory}}</ref>
==Early life== 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 and has consulted to the United States Department of State and the White House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/ksgpress/bulletin/autumn2002/alumni/shorts.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212040948/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/ksgpress/bulletin/autumn2002/alumni/shorts.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-12|title=Alumni Shorts|work=HKS Bulletin|publisher=Kennedy School of Government|date=Autumn 2002}}</ref>
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.
==Career== Goffman began his TV writing career in 2002 as a staff writer on ''The West Wing'', where he wrote for several seasons. In 2006, he joined NBC’s ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'', where he was a producer and ran the writers' room.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Goffman|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324611/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=IMDb}}</ref>
Goffman has worked on more than 200 hours of scripted television, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards, and won the Entertainment Industries Council SET Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mark Goffman|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324611/bio|access-date=2020-07-06|website=IMDb}}</ref> The Hollywood Reporter has listed Goffman as one of the 50 most influential writers in television. One of his episodes of Law and Order: SVU garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mariska Hargitay in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariska Hargitay|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/mariska-hargitay|access-date=2020-07-06|website=www.goldenglobes.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariska Hargitay|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/mariska-hargitay|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Television Academy|language=en}}</ref> He has also served as the showrunner for seasons 1 and 2 on Fox's ''Sleepy Hollow'', as well as an executive producer for CBS's ''Limitless'' and USA Network's ''White Collar''.<ref>Gachman, Dina (2013, June 27). "[http://www.ssninsider.com/showrunner-spotlight-mark-goffman-sleepy-hollow/ Showrunner spotlight: Mark Goffman, Sleepy Hollow]." ''SSN Insider''.</ref> His pilot ''I Am Victor'', starring John Stamos, was produced for NBC.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2013-01-12|title=NBC Orders Legal Drama Pilot 'I Am Victor'|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/nbc-orders-legal-drama-pilot-i-am-victor-402532/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Deadline|language=en}}</ref>
Goffman also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary, ''Dumbstruck'', a film about ventriloquists, which was released in Spring 2011 by Magnolia Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dumbstruckthemovie.com|title=Dumbstruck Official Website}}</ref>
Goffman's play, ''Me Too'', produced by David O. Sacks, premiered at the Stella Adler Theater in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maestro.ws/arts/reviews/2006metoo.html|title=Theater Review: Me Too|work=Maestro|first=Adrian|last=Rennie|date=May 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827051035/http://www.maestro.ws/arts/reviews/2006metoo.html|archivedate=2009-08-27}}</ref>
In 2020, Goffman appeared as a guest on the ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' marathon fundraiser episode of ''The George Lucas Talk Show.''
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0324611}} * {{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Mark-Goffman-director-finds-wisdom-in-dummies-2372071.php|title=Mark Goffman, director, finds wisdom in dummies|work=San Francisco Chronicle|first=Chad|last=Jones|date=13 May 2011}} * {{cite news|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121391984869090351 |title=He's No Dummy: Entertainer Sees a Comeback for Ventriloquism|first=Ann|last=Zimmerman|date=20 June 2008}} * {{cite journal|publisher=Emory University|url=http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/winter2004/west_wing.html |journal=Emory Magazine|date=Winter 2004|title=Winging It|first=Mary J.|last=Loftus}} * [http://www.dumbstruckthemovie.com ''Dumbstruck'' website]
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