Justin Marks is the co-creator and executive producer of the FX limited series, Shōgun.
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Justin Marks is a screenwriter, television creator and executive producer. Marks wrote Disney’s hit film The Jungle Book, directed by Jon Favreau, which earned nearly $1 billion in worldwide box office sales. The cast included Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken and Ben Kingsley. A sequel is currently in development.
Marks is the Academy Award-nominated co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick for producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Paramount, with Tom Cruise reprising his iconic role. He is also writing Netflix’s animated musical The Prince of Port-Au-Prince based on the life of Wyclef Jean.
Prior to Shōgun, Marks was the creator and showrunner of the STARZ television drama Counterpart that starred J.K. Simmons and ran for two seasons.