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{{Short description|British producer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}
'''Marc Samuelson''' is a British TV and film producer and executive producer.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

== Early life ==
[[Peter Samuelson]] is his brother. [[G. B. Samuelson]] is his grandfather. [[Emma Samms]] is his cousin. 

==Career==
In 1987, Samuelson was a Director of the Association of Independent Producers,{{cn|date=May 2022}} Director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival,{{cn|date=May 2022}} and MD of Umbrella Films{{cn|date=May 2022}} (producers of ''White Mischief'' and ''1984)''.

From 1990 to 2006 he ran Samuelson Productions{{cn|date=May 2022}} with his LA-based brother, [[Peter Samuelson]], and produced films such as the Oscar-nominated ''Tom & Viv'', the award-winning ''Wilde'' starring Stephen Fry and Jude Law, ''Arlington Road'', ''Gabriel & Me'', ''The Gathering'', ''Things To Do Before You're 30'', and ''Stormbreaker'' which became one of the most successful UK films of 2006, grossing over $13.5m in the UK alone. He executive produced ''The Libertine'', ''Keeping Mum'' and ''Chromophobia''.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

In August 2007, Samuelson became a director of CinemaNX,{{cn|date=May 2022}} the film investment company backed by the Isle of Man Government. NX films produced include ''The Disappearance of Alice Creed'', the BAFTA nominated ''Me and Orson Welles,'' ''A Bunch of Amateurs'', ''Heartless'', Oscar nominated ''Chico & Rita'', ''Wild Target'', ''Albatross'', ''TT3D: Closer to the Edge'' (the first ever documentary to appear in the list of top 20 independent films at the UK box office, grossing £1.26m in 2011), ''The Decoy Bride'', ''Ashes'' and ''Honour''.  At NX Samuelson was also an Executive Producer of acclaimed BBC drama series ''The Shadow Line,'' written and directed by Hugo Blick.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Samuelson is an Executive Producer and director of Route24,{{cn|date=May 2022}} an independent television production company founded with Robert Cheek and Josie Law. ITV Studios Global Entertainment own a minority stake in the company. Route24 has a number of original series and adaptations in development with broadcasters and has an overall deal with the John Wyndham Estate.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Samuelson is Executive Producer of the TV adaptation of Wyndham's novel, ''The Midwich Cuckoos'',{{cn|date=May 2022}} currently in production in London for Sky, written by David Farr (''Hanna, The Night Manager''). The series stars Keeley Hawes and Aisling Loftus.

He is also Executive Producer of ''Signora Volpe'',{{cn|date=May 2022}} a 3 x 90’ series for Acorn TV. Banijay Rights are distributing. The series was created and written by Rachel Cuperman & Sally Griffiths, stars [[Emilia Fox]] and was shot in Rome and Umbria in 2021. 

He is an ex-Board Member of the UK Film Council and Governor of the NFTS and is currently a Council Member of PACT and a member of BAFTA's Film Committee.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==Projects==
Samuelson has produced or executive produced over thirty films and TV shows.
===Producer and executive producer===
* ''[[TT3D: Closer to the Edge]]'' (2011) (producer)
* ''[[Roofworld]]'' (2006) (announced) (producer)
* ''[[Tales Not Told]]'' (2006) (announced) (producer)
* ''[[Skellig]]'' (2007) (pre-production) (executive producer)
* ''[[Stormbreaker (film)|Stormbreaker]]'' (2006) (producer)
* ''[[Keeping Mum]]'' (2005) (executive producer)
* ''[[Chromophobia (film)|Chromophobia]]'' (2005) (executive producer)
* ''[[Need]]'' (2005/II) (producer)
* ''[[The Libertine (2004 film)|The Libertine]]'' (2004) (executive producer)
* ''[[Strange Little Girls]]'' (2004) (executive producer)
* ''[[Things To Do Before You're 30]]'' (2004) (producer)
* ''[[The Pact (2002 film)|The Pact]]'' (2002) (TV) (executive producer)
* ''[[The Gathering (2002 film)|The Gathering]]'' (2002) (producer)
* ''[[Gabriel & Me]]'' (2001) (producer)
* ''[[Guest House Paradiso]]'' (1999) (executive producer)
* ''[[Arlington Road]]'' (1999) (producer)
* ''[[The Commissioner (film)|The Commissioner]]'' (1998) (co-producer)
* ''[[This Is the Sea]]'' (1997) (executive producer)
* ''[[Wilde (film)|Wilde]]'' (1997) (producer)
* ''[[Dog's Best Friend]]'' (1997) ([[Television movie|TV]]) (executive producer)
* ''[[Tom & Viv]]'' (1994) (producer)
* ''[[Playmaker (1994 film)|Playmaker]]'' (1994) (producer)
* ''[[Man God and Africa]]'' (1992) (TV) (producer)

===Production associate===
* ''[[White Mischief (film)|White Mischief]]'' (1987) (production associate)

==External links==
* {{imdb name|0760555}}

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