Biographie
Mark McClafferty is an American award-winning Film Producer TV Producer/Writer and Chairman of Spellbound Pictures. Formerly President of Eddie Murphy Productions Paramount Studios, Mark produced numerous T.V. Shows, one of which, What's Alan Watching, was awarded the Television Critics Best Comedy Special. Mark also Produced/Executive Produced the awarding winning movie, The Climb. Class War is his latest feature production.
Early in his career, Mark joined the ABC network, as Director of Program Research. In three short years,Mark moved into his first creative position in the television industry at Paramount Pictures, working as Director of Creative Affairs for Miller/Milkus/Boyett Productions, assisting in the development of new programs and overseeing the company’s ongoing hit comedies such as Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley, Angie and Bosom Buddies, Tom Hanks first venture in Hollywood.
Moving back to ABC as a program executive, Mark was promoted to Director of Dramatic Programming. He and his staff were responsible for supervising such successful shows as: Hart to Hart, Dynasty, Fantasy Island,Hotel, Hardcastle & McCormick and Greatest American Hero. It was during this period, that Mark met prolific producer Glen A. Larson and joined him at Twentieth Century Fox as the company's Executive Vice President and Producer. During Mark's tenure, the company had a streak of many of TV's most successful shows on the air, including BattleStar Galactica, The Fall Guy,Cover up,Magnum P.I. and Trauma Center.
Mark was then recruited by Eddie Murphy to return to Paramount Pictures to join Eddie Murphy Television Productions as its President. He served in this position for seven years, directing all operations. Under his supervision the company sold eight network shows, including the highly acclaimed What's Alan Watching, and CBS's successful, The Royal Family, starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese, for which Mark was Executive Producer/ Writer. Mark also produced several other series and the iconic Best of Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live Video, and Co-wrote the story and executive produced the movie, The Kid Who Loved Christmas, starring Cicely Tyson, Charlie Murphy, Vanessa L.Williams, Ray Parker Jr., Ester Rolle and Sammy Davis Jr. in his last movie.
Mark and his partner, Pamela, co-founded Spellbound Pictures Ltd USA and completed a $60,000,000.00, 12 picture deal with Ellipse/Canal+, the French Entertainment giant, to supply the United Artist Theater Circuit with a steady flow of family friendly films. Mark was selected Chairman of the Consortium. It was under this deal that Spellbound completed The Climb. Other movies developed by the consortium continue to show in Europe.
The Climb won major film festival awards in, Vienna,Giffoni, Berlin (The Golden Bear Unicef Award) Houston, Flagstaff.The Climb was released theatrically and has run on HBO, Showtime, Encore and Stars and is selling via download world-wide. Spellbound Pictures has several projects in development for the streaming services. Additionally, Mark and his partner, Pamela, produced and released the best selling comedy Katt Williams Live which was Katt's first comedy special and has aired many times on Comedy Central.
In 2025, Mark produced three songs, on the Spellbound Banner. Shades of Black and White, Reflections and Soldiers Not Forgot in addition to launching BLUE a novel by Walter Jones that has repeatedly been on the bestseller list.
Future productions include he musical Artland, Music by legendary composer/musician Stanley Clarke.and Book and Lyrics by Pamela Edwards McClafferty, "Hush Harlem" produced and written with former Eddie Murphy Productions Partner, Clint Smith and Pamela Edwards McClafferty and "Laser Sentinel"with Pamela Edwards McClafferty and David Garber.
Mark is a member of WGA, PGA, Who's Who in America and The Omicron Delta Kappa Society, recognizing Academic Achievement and Achievement in the Arts. and has been recognized by the University of Delaware as one of their 100 most notable Graduates.
