Mark Joseph is an award-winning music and film producer, author, columnist and founder of MJM Entertainment Group. Mark got his first job at the age of 13, writing a column on music and worked throughout his teens in television commercials and radio. After graduating college, in 1992 he debuted in the anchor chair as co-host of the Entertainment Report for Group W and CNN, then in 1994 became host of The Interview, which featured one-on-one interviews with guests like Larry King, Charlton Heston, Jay Leno and dozens of others for Japan’s NHK Television Network. From 2000-2005 he worked in development and marketing for the presidents of sister companies Walden Media and Crusader Entertainment of the Anschutz Entertainment Group. Since then he has worked in the development and marketing of dozen of movies including Ray, Holes, I Am David, The Chronicles of Narnia, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Passion of The Christ, Little Boy and others. In 2004, he made the move to producing, collaborating with his mentor Ralph Winter (X-Men) on two short films, Cupid and The Bridge for corporate clients. In 2010 he produced the film Doonby, followed by The Vessel starring Martin Sheen, Max Rose featuring Jerry Lewis, and Frank vs. God, as well as documentaries like The Unknowns, Silence Patton, Japan: Searching For The Dream and No Safe Spaces. He is currently producing the film Reagan starring Dennis Quaid. He was a co-founder and currently serves as president of the Damah Film Festival. Joseph began work in the studio in college as coordinating producer on the first of two dozen albums by various pop and rock artists. Later he began producing music for corporate clients like Ford, Nissan, Honda, Canon and others that featured artists such as ZZ Top, Dr. John, and others. In 2004 he produced the award-winning rock soundtrack for The Passion of The Christ featuring Lauryn Hill, P.O.D., Scott Stapp of Creed, Brad Paisley, Sarah Evans, Kirk Franklin and others, then produced the B.J. Thomas song, Walk On for his film Doonby and in 2014 produced Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s version of The Star Spangled Banner. Through his MJM label, he released 100 albums by American artists into the Japanese market and in 2008 launched a joint venture label with Nettwerk Music Group, releasing Molly Jenson’s debut album, Maybe Tomorrow in 2009. He spent over a decade as a contributor to the Huffington Post before moving to Newsweek and was a regular contributor for USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, Christianity Today, The Jewish Press and others. He has written three books on the intersection of rock music and religion, The Rock & Roll Rebellion in 1999, Faith, God & Rock ‘n’ Roll in 2003 and Rock Gets Religion in 2018. In 2010 he wrote The Lion, The Professor & The Movies: Narnia’s Journey To The Big Screen. He has also served as a contributor to the St. James Encyclopedia Of Pop Culture.
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Mark Joseph is an award-winning music and film producer, author, columnist and founder of MJM Entertainment Group. Mark got his first job at the age of 13, writing a column on music and worked throughout his teens in television commercials and radio. After graduating college, in 1992 he debuted in the anchor chair as co-host of the Entertainment Report for Group W and CNN, then in 1994 became host of The Interview, which featured one-on-one interviews with guests like Larry King, Charlton Heston, Jay Leno and dozens of others for Japan’s NHK Television Network. From 2000-2005 he worked in development and marketing for the presidents of sister companies Walden Media and Crusader Entertainment of the Anschutz Entertainment Group. Since then he has worked in the development and marketing of dozen of movies including Ray, Holes, I Am David, The Chronicles of Narnia, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Passion of The Christ, Little Boy and others. In 2004, he made the move to producing, collaborating with his mentor Ralph Winter (X-Men) on two short films, Cupid and The Bridge for corporate clients. In 2010 he produced the film Doonby, followed by The Vessel starring Martin Sheen, Max Rose featuring Jerry Lewis, and Frank vs. God, as well as documentaries like The Unknowns, Silence Patton, Japan: Searching For The Dream and No Safe Spaces. He is currently producing the film Reagan starring Dennis Quaid. He was a co-founder and currently serves as president of the Damah Film Festival. Joseph began work in the studio in college as coordinating producer on the first of two dozen albums by various pop and rock artists. Later he began producing music for corporate clients like Ford, Nissan, Honda, Canon and others that featured artists such as ZZ Top, Dr. John, and others. In 2004 he produced the award-winning rock soundtrack for The Passion of The Christ featuring Lauryn Hill, P.O.D., Scott Stapp of Creed, Brad Paisley, Sarah Evans, Kirk Franklin and others, then produced the B.J. Thomas song, Walk On for his film Doonby and in 2014 produced Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s version of The Star Spangled Banner. Through his MJM label, he released 100 albums by American artists into the Japanese market and in 2008 launched a joint venture label with Nettwerk Music Group, releasing Molly Jenson’s debut album, Maybe Tomorrow in 2009. He spent over a decade as a contributor to the Huffington Post before moving to Newsweek and was a regular contributor for USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, Christianity Today, The Jewish Press and others. He has written three books on the intersection of rock music and religion, The Rock & Roll Rebellion in 1999, Faith, God & Rock ‘n’ Roll in 2003 and Rock Gets Religion in 2018. In 2010 he wrote The Lion, The Professor & The Movies: Narnia’s Journey To The Big Screen. He has also served as a contributor to the St. James Encyclopedia Of Pop Culture.
