MARC ROSKIN is a founding partner of Electric Entertainment.  Since helping found Electric Entertainment in 2001 with Dean Devlin, he has been responsible for procuring, developing and producing motion pictures and television projects. He produced as well as directed the 2nd Unit for Electric’s $60 million dollar World War I aviation action-thriller Flyboys starring James Franco, Martin Henderson, and Jean Reno, released by MGM in September 2006. He served as producer on New Line’s 2004 release of Cellular, starring Kim Basinger and Jason Statham.

On the television front, Roskin executive produced and directed the second-unit on the highest rated cable movie of 2004, TNT’s The Librarian, starring Noah Wyle. He then executive produced the six-hour mini-series event The Triangle for the Sci Fi Channel. In 2005, Roskin also executive produced and directed the second-unit to the sequel of The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines, which aired on TNT in December 2006 to over 20 million viewers. In 2007, Roskin executive produced and directed the second-unit on a one-hour series for TNT, Leverage, now in its second season, featuring Timothy Hutton, and is now directing for the series.  Roskin also developed and executive produced Curse of the Judas Chalice, the third installment in The Librarian franchise; and executive produced Blank Slate, a micro-series for TNT.

Prior to Electric Entertainment, Marc Roskin was Senior Vice President of Centropolis Entertainment, the company headed by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. While there, Roskin was instrumental in the development and production of Godzilla, The Patriot, Eight Legged Freaks and The Thirteenth Floor. (5/19/2009)

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