Mark Johnson

 Mark Johnson (born December 27, 1945) is an American producer of television and film. Johnson was given the Best Picture Academy Award in 1988 for his production of Rain Man. The film starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. The film, which was awarded four Oscars, also captured the Golden Globe for Best Picture.ohnson first began working in the show business in the year 1965 as an actor in the role of deputy sheriff in the Spanish "Spaghetti Western" Brandy, directed by Jose Luis Borau. In Spain where he spent the first the majority of his time as a child. He worked as an extra in movies such as Nicholas and Alexandra by Franklin Schaffner and Dr. Zhivago by David Lean. His early experiences led to minor roles as an actor in the European western Ride and Kill and the 1964 drama The Thin Red Line. After earning an undergraduate degree in Drama at the University of Virginia and an MA in Film Scholarship from the University of Iowa,