Mark S. Berry
Mark S Berry: AMG Founder/Chairman
Born	Northampton, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Occupation	Music & Film Producer

Mark S. Berry is an American music and film producer, chairman of AMG.^[1][2]

He has worked with Grammy and Juno nominated artists such as Carly Simon, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Boy George, Yes, Joan Jett, Cameo and Kool & The Gang.

He has attained 36 international gold and platinum record awards for the artists he has worked with as a producer, engineer and mixer.

Biography[]

Mark S. Berry was born in Northampton, Massachusetts and raised in Brooklyn, New York City.

In his school years he started making recordings for basement bands in Manhattan.

In 1970, he entered the Institute of Audio Research (IAR) in Manhattan, NYC, graduating in 1972.

After graduating from high school in June 1972, he moved to London, UK. He started to work as an assistant engineer at AIR Studios under the tutelage of Sir Geoge Martin and Paul McCartney.^[3] His first major engineering assignment was Carly Simon's "No Secrets" album. The song  "You're So Vain" from this album was Grammy nominated in 1973 for Song of The Year, Record of The Year & Best Vocal Performance. In 2021 "You're So Vain" was ranked #495 by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.^[4]

Returning to New York City in 1976, he took a position as Staff Engineer/Mixer and A & R Producer for Vanguard Records. Working there for 12 years, he became interested in hip-hop culture and worked with several artists of the early NY hip-hop movement, including Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, Arthur Baker & John Robie.^[5]

In the mid to late 80s’ he started making international dance remixes and worked as a producer of major international recording acts.^[6]

In 1991, Mark S. Berry relocated to Toronto and started his work in rock production after signing with Steve Scharf Management. His Canadian productions have included I Mother Earth, two platinum albums for The Headstones, The Killjoys, Nothing In Particular, Fence, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) live concert platinum solo effort, "Up Close & Alone".

He started attending Innis College, University of Toronto, for an undergraduate program in cinema studies. In 2013, Mark was a keynote speaker at MIDEM '13 Conference in Cannes, France, and Music Industry China (MIC) in Taipei, Taiwan.^[7]

Since 2019, Mark has been appointed as a judge for the Short Film category at the Global Short Film Awards in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. He was named to the jury at the 2022 Global Short Film Awards.^[8]

In 2021, he announced his upcoming book release Risking Nothing Would be Way too Risky for Me.^[9]

AMG[]

Mark started his AMG business activity in 1998 with startup capital from the music publishing division of Canadian film giant Alliance Atlantis. He launched AMG as a media company to sign and promote artists and insert music into film streaming content. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and has satellite offices in the US (NYC), Hong Kong, China (Beijing), South Korea (Seoul).^[10][11]

AMG is divided into several departments:

• AMG Brand Relations;
• AMG Label Services;
• AMG Artist Management;
• AMG Visuals;
• AMG Music Licensing & Publishing.

The two main music publishing divisions are 50% owned by international music conglomerate BMG Rights Management (New York).  

In 2015, the AMG Visuals department Executive Produced Drake’s live AMC concert film “Drake: Homecoming”.^[12]

AMG music distribution is done through affiliate divisions of Sony Music and Universal Music Group.

AMG partnered with the AttackTrax music supervision agency to expand their music into film/tv services.

In 2015, the company started its partnership with Shanghai Media Group (China).^[13] In October 2021, the company partnered with Factory Film Studio and started feature film co-productions.^[14]

The company has 36 international gold and platinum records.

Discography[]

" * " = Top Ten Billboard Dance

Theme from Dune - TOTO (Polygram) Mixed the title theme from this David Lynch film; performed by the pop-rock band TOTO and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Mannequin - "Do You Dream About Me" -ALISHA (BMG), produced and mixed this Dianne Warren song for the main dance sequence in this blockbuster film. Knights of the City (New World) - Musical Supervisor and soundtrack producer for this feature-length film. Soundtrack included artists such as Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. Gotcha - JOAN JETT (Sony). Mixed the title theme for this feature-length film. Co-mixed with song producers Jimmy Iovine (Interscope Records - CEO) and Kenny Laguna.

Executive producer discography[]

External links[]

Mark S. Berry on LinkedIn

• AMG Official Website

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