---
name: "Mark Ceryak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-ceryak"
fi1m_id: "mark-ceryak"
imdb_id: "nm1641437"
tmdb_id: 2411897
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-30T22:36:57.751710+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mark Ceryak

## Identity

Mark Ceryak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-ceryak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-ceryak
- **IMDb ID:** nm1641437
- **TMDB ID:** 2411897
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641437/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2411897

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adele Romanski](https://film.one/person/adele-romanski.md), [Barry Jenkins](https://film.one/person/barry-jenkins.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 79 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 81 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $754m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641437/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2411897

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Sorry, Baby*](https://film.one/film/sorry-baby.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Mufasa: The Lion King*](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mark Ceryak is a film and television producer. He is a partner at the production company Pastel, alongside Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski.

Ceryak produced the feature films *Aftersun* (2022) and *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024). His other credits include executive producer on *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020) and *The Underground Railroad* (2021), and producer on *Sorry, Baby* (2025). He has also served as executive producer on the television series *True Detective*.

*Sources: imdb.com, screendaily.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Sorry, Baby* (2025), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-baby.md)
- *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024), Fi1m 57, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md)
- *Aftersun* (2022), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/aftersun.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Fi1m 84, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Preparation for the Next Life* (2025), Producer
- *Sorry, Baby* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-baby.md)
- *Mufasa: The Lion King* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/mufasa-the-lion-king.md)
- *All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt* (2023), Producer
- *Aftersun* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/aftersun.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Be My Baby*, Producer
- *The Natural Order*, Producer

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