Mark Amin

Mark Amin
مارک امین
Born
Rafsanjan, Iran
NationalityIranian American
Alma materGraduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (MBA),
University of Kansas (B.A.)
Occupation(s)Film producer, writer, investor
Years active1984-present
Known forVidmark
Trimark Pictures
Sobini Films

Mohammed Mark Amin (Persian: محمد مارک امین) is an Iranian American motion picture producer, writer, director, and distributor who has been working in independent and mainstream cinema for more than two decades. Some of Amin's film credits include The Prince and Me (2004), starring Julia Stiles, 1997's Eve's Bayou, starring Samuel L. Jackson, and 2002's Frida, a biopic which Amin executive produced.[1]

Amin served as producer for the Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions film Girl Most Likely (2012), starring Annette Bening and Matt Dillon, as well as producer for Eliza Graves (2014), starring Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine. Amin is the founder and CEO of the production company Sobini Films.

Besides his career as a film producer, Amin has also been active in other business and investment interests. Amin is an investor and member of the advisory board of EdgeCast,[2] a content delivery firm which sold in 2013 to Verizon for $400 million.[3] He is also chairman and major shareholder of gymra.com, the fitness website. Additionally, Amin is active in the development of almond and pistachio orchards in central California.[4]

  1. ^ Acuna, Kirsten. "Former VC Of Lionsgate Charged With Insider Trading". May 8, 2012. Business Insider. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Bond, Paul (December 10, 2007). "Dis fund invests in EdgeCast". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Rubin, Ben Fox (December 9, 2013). "Verizon to Acquire Content-Delivery Startup EdgeCast Networks". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ^ Silver, Diane (May 9, 1997). "Entertainment Executive Donates $25,000 For New Scholarship". The University of Kansas Office of University Relations. Retrieved January 10, 2014.