Mark Burnett

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British emigrant to the United States reality television producer television executive television producer

Mark Burnett is a British-born television producer best known for pioneering and popularizing reality TV in the United States with hit series such as Survivor and The Apprentice.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mark Burnett Productions	2
James Mark Burnett	1
Jeff Probst also serves as showrunner	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British emigrant to the United States ⓘ reality television producer ⓘ television executive ⓘ television producer ⓘ
awardReceived	Emmy Award ⓘ Producers Guild of America Award ⓘ
birthDate	1960-07-17 ⓘ
birthName	Mark Burnett self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Mark Burnett
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
collaboratesWith	Roma Downey ⓘ
employer	MGM Television ⓘ
founded	Mark Burnett self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mark Burnett Productions
genre	game show ⓘ reality television ⓘ
influenced	development of U.S. reality competition formats ⓘ
knownFor	creating The Apprentice ⓘ creating the U.S. version of Survivor ⓘ pioneering reality television in the United States ⓘ producing Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ⓘ producing Shark Tank ⓘ producing The Bible (miniseries) ⓘ producing The Voice (U.S.) ⓘ
militaryBranch	Parachute Regiment ⓘ surface form: Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
militaryService	British Army ⓘ
name	Mark Burnett self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ British ⓘ
notableWork	The Apprentice ⓘ surface form: Shark Tank Survivor ⓘ surface form: Survivor (U.S. TV series) The Apprentice ⓘ surface form: The Apprentice (U.S. TV series) The Bible (2013 TV miniseries) ⓘ
occupation	television executive ⓘ television producer ⓘ
position	Chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group ⓘ
produced	A.D. The Bible Continues ⓘ Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ⓘ The Apprentice ⓘ surface form: Shark Tank Son of God (2014 film) ⓘ Survivor ⓘ surface form: Survivor (U.S. TV series) The Apprentice ⓘ surface form: The Apprentice (U.S. TV series) The Bible (2013 TV miniseries) ⓘ The Voice (U.S. version) ⓘ surface form: The Voice (U.S. TV series)
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Dianne J. Burnett ⓘ Roma Downey ⓘ
yearsActive	1990s–present ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mark Burnett → birthName → Mark Burnett self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Mark Burnett

The Apprentice → creator → Mark Burnett ⓘ

The Voice (U.S. version) → creator → Mark Burnett ⓘ

Survivor → executiveProducer → Mark Burnett ⓘ

The Apprentice → executiveProducer → Mark Burnett ⓘ

The Voice (U.S. version) → executiveProducer → Mark Burnett ⓘ

Mark Burnett → founded → Mark Burnett self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Burnett Productions

Mark Burnett → name → Mark Burnett self-link ⓘ

Survivor → notableHostRole → Mark Burnett ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jeff Probst also serves as showrunner

Roma Downey → partnerInBusinessWith → Mark Burnett ⓘ

The Apprentice → productionCompany → Mark Burnett ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mark Burnett Productions

Roma Downey → spouse → Mark Burnett ⓘ