---
name: "Mark Ciardi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-ciardi"
fi1m_id: "mark-ciardi"
imdb_id: "nm0161891"
tmdb_id: 70698
wikidata_id: "Q6767074"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T10:47:39.903297+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 Ciardi

## Identity

Mark Ciardi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-ciardi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-ciardi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0161891
- **TMDB ID:** 70698
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6767074
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ciardi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6767074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70698

Producer. Born 1 January 1961 in New Brunswick.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, New Brunswick
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ciardi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6767074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70698

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)

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## Biography

Mark Ciardi is an American film producer and former Major League Baseball pitcher. Born on 19 August 1961 in Piscataway, New Jersey, he played briefly for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1987 before a shoulder injury ended his career. He later moved into film production.

Ciardi co-founded Mayhem Pictures, which had a long-term first-look deal with Walt Disney Studios, and has produced numerous sports dramas including *Miracle* (2004), *Invincible* (2006), *The Game Plan* (2007), *Secretariat* (2010), *Million Dollar Arm* (2014) and *McFarland, USA* (2015). He is the founder and president of Select Films and has also produced *Chappaquiddick* (2017), *American Underdog* (2021) and *A Million Miles Away* (2023), as well as ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Senior* (2025), Producer
- *A Million Miles Away* (2023), Producer
- *72 - A Gathering of Champions* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *American Underdog* (2021), Producer
- *Safety* (2020), Producer
- *Benedict Men* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Way Back* (2020), Executive Producer
- *42 to 1* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Miracle Season* (2018), Producer
- *Chappaquiddick* (2018), Producer
- *Fallen* (2016), Producer
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Million Dollar Arm* (2014), Producer
- *Big Shot* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Secretariat* (2010), Producer
- *Tooth Fairy* (2010), Producer
- *The Game Plan* (2007), Producer
- *Invincible* (2006), Producer
- *Fever Pitch* (2005), as 1980's Sox Player
- *Miracle* (2004), Producer
- *The New Guy* (2002), Producer
- *The Rookie* (2002), as Tim Stewart · Producer
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), as Softball Player
- *Cody's Wish*, Producer
- *Fearless: The Adam Brown Story*, Producer
- *Playing for Pizza*, Producer
- *Untitled Mennonite Crime Thriller*, Producer
- *Wish List*, Producer

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