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Marc Samuelson serves as Executive Producer and director at Route24, an independent television production company he co-founded with Robert Cheek and Josie Law. ITV Studios Global Entertainment holds a minority stake in the company. Route24 is developing several original series and adaptations with broadcasters and has an overall agreement with the John Wyndham Estate.
Marc is the Executive Producer of the TV adaptation of one of Wyndham's most beloved novels, The Midwich Cuckoos, currently in production in London for Sky. The series, written by David Farr (Hanna, The Night Manager), features Keeley Hawes and Aisling Loftus.
He also executive produces Signora Volpe, a three-episode series of 90 minutes each for Acorn TV, distributed by Banijay Rights. Created and written by Rachel Cuperman and Sally Griffiths, the series stars Emilia Fox and was filmed in Rome and Umbria in 2021.
Over his career, Marc has produced or executive produced more than thirty films and TV shows. From 1990 to 2006, he managed Samuelson Productions with his Los Angeles-based brother, Peter Samuelson, producing 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 UK’s most successful films in 2006, earning over $13.5 million domestically. He also executive produced The Libertine, Keeping Mum, and Chromophobia.
In August 2007, Marc became a director of CinemaNX, a film investment company supported by the Isle of Man Government. NX films 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—which was the first documentary to rank among the top 20 independent films at the UK box office, grossing £1.26 million in 2011—The Decoy Bride, Ashes, and Honour. At NX, Marc also executive produced the acclaimed BBC drama series The Shadow Line, written and directed by Hugo Blick.
Marc has held positions as Director of the Association of Independent Producers, Director of the Edinburgh International Television Festival, and Managing Director of Umbrella Films, producers of White Mischief and 1984.
He formerly served on the board of the UK Film Council and as a Governor of the National Film and Television School. Currently, he is a Council Member of PACT and a member of BAFTA’s Film Committee.
