Mark Ordesky with Peter Jackson in 2003 (From a photo by J. Vespa / Getty Images)
Mark Lowell Ordesky (b. April 22, 1963) is an American film producer and studio executive, best known as the Executive Producer for the Peter Jackson's Oscar award-winning The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001 - 2003).
Biography[]
Early work[]
For 20 years at New Line Cinema and earlier at Republic Pictures, Mark Ordesky was an executive producer for over sixty films, including New Line's first Best Picture Oscar nominee Shine, its first major-category Oscar winner starring Geoffrey Rush, and also New Line's first Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000).
The Lord of the Rings trilogy[]
While at New Line Cinema, Ordesky was the Executive Producer for the entire The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Other producers were Jamie Selkirk, Barrie M. Osborne and Rick Porras. Ordesky appears in many of the Extended Edition documentaries made by Michael Pellerin.
Documentary appearances[]
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
- Part One: From Book to Vision > From Book to Script
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > Post Production: Putting it All Together
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > "The Road Goes Ever On..."
- Part Three: The Journey Continues > The Taming of Sméagol, From Book to Script - Finding the Story, and New Zealand as Middle-earth
- Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins > Editorial: Refining the Story, Soundscapes of Middle-earth, and "The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over..."
- Part Five: The War of the Ring > From Book to Script
- Part Six: The Passing of an Age > Cameras in Middle-earth, Editorial: Completing the Trilogy, and The End of All Things
External links[]
Mark Ordesky at the Internet Movie Database- Mark Ordesky at Moviepedia
- Interview on Nerd of the Rings, 2022