Mark Phillips (producer)

Mark Phillips is an American, Canadian, and British television writer, producer, developer, and musician. Mark has served as an Executive Producer on a number of different television programs, including Inside: Predator Task Force, SWAT USA California, Lie Detector, Tributes, Extreme Trivia, and the reincarnation of the show It Takes Two, starring Dick Clark. He is the creator and Executive Producer of the program My Ghost Story, which currently airs on the Biography Channel. Phillips currently operates his own television production company, Mark Phillips Philms and Telephision, which is based in Los Angeles, California.
==Education==
Phillips was born in Bishop Auckland County Durham England. After moving to Canada, he studied Drama and Journalism at Humber College and Humanities at York University in Toronto, Canada. He received his BA in Communications from Loyola Marymount University. In 1993 Phillips received his MBA with an emphasis in Marketing and an International Certificate from Loyola Marymount Graduate School of Business.
==Career==
He began his career in Canada, serving as Director of Program Development at Columbia Pictures Television Canada, and served as Producer of the syndicated public affairs program Under Attack, a position he held at the age of 21. He also served as a Producer on the show Confrontation, and as a Supervising Producer for The Alphabet Of Life, a dramatic reality strip. 
In 2004, Phillips was the developer and Executive Producer for the re-launch of the TV Guide Network, specifically a six-day a week, one-hour reality magazine entitled What's On.
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Category:American television producers