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MARK BURNETT
Creator/Executive Producer

One of the driving forces behind reality television and a true visionary, Mark Burnett has a long history of executive producing Emmy Award-winning television. Burnett's entrepreneurial spirit pioneered the success of the reality unscripted drama series, garnered skyrocketing ratings and introduced millions of Americans to an entirely new television genre.

Burnett is the creator and executive producer of NBC's The Apprentice, an instant cultural phenomenon and the #1-rated new show of the 2003-04 television season.

Burnett began his career in unscripted drama when he created the adventure series Eco-Challenge. He has since served as executive producer on nine Eco-Challenge events and programs. Eco-Challenge: British Columbia earned him a 1996 Sports Emmy Award nomination and a 1997 International Documentary Association Award nomination. In 2000, Burnett received a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement for Eco-Challenge: Morocco, and was awarded the prestigious Banff Rockie Award in the Sports Program Category by the 2000 Banff Rockie Awards Festival. In addition, he received an Emmy Award nomination for Eco-Challenge: Borneo in September, 2001.

In 2000, Burnett broke into prime time television with the hit reality skein Survivor. It earned him six 2001 primetime Emmy nominations, taking the honors for Outstanding Nonfiction programming (Special Class) and Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (single or multi-camera). The series was again nominated for four Emmys in 2002 and in 2003. In January, 2004, Survivor earned the award for Favorite Reality Based Television Program at the 30th Annual People's Choice Award, making this its fourth-consecutive victory in a row. Survivor: Pearl Islands was nominated for the 2004 Producers Guild Award in the Reality/Game/Informational Series.

 
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