---
name: "Mark Swift"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-swift-2008016"
fi1m_id: "mark-swift-2008016"
imdb_id: "nm0842616"
tmdb_id: 2008016
wikidata_id: "Q72937954"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T08:35:09.257337+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 Swift

## Identity

Mark Swift

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-swift-2008016
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-swift-2008016
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842616
- **TMDB ID:** 2008016
- **Wikidata ID:** Q72937954
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Swift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72937954, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008016

Producer. Born in Bearwood, West Midlands, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Darnell](https://film.one/person/eric-darnell.md), [Tom McGrath](https://film.one/person/tom-mcgrath.md), [Ben Stiller](https://film.one/person/ben-stiller.md), [Chris Rock](https://film.one/person/chris-rock.md), [Conrad Vernon](https://film.one/person/conrad-vernon.md), [David Schwimmer](https://film.one/person/david-schwimmer.md), [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://film.one/person/jada-pinkett-smith.md), [Mireille Soria](https://film.one/person/mireille-soria.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Swift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72937954, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008016

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa*](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Mark Swift is a British film producer at DreamWorks Animation. Born in Bearwood, West Midlands, and raised in Birmingham, he studied economics at Manchester University. He began his career in 1988 as a runner on Who Framed Roger Rabbit before working as an assistant production manager at Amblimation from 1989 to 1995. He joined DreamWorks Animation after its founding, serving as production supervisor on The Prince of Egypt (1998) and production manager on The Road to El Dorado (2000).

Swift's producing credits began with associate producer on Shark Tale (2004) and full producer on the short The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005). He received his first feature producer credit on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), alongside Mireille Soria, and went on to produce Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014). Other notable productions include Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), The Croods: A New Age (2020) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). He is producing Forgotten Island (2026). Swift received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Shark Tale* (2004), Fi1m 40, as Announcer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), Fi1m 55, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Forgotten Island* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/forgotten-island.md)
- *The Trident* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), Producer
- *Dear Diary: World's First Pranks* (2021), Story
- *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Producer
- *Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie* (2017), Producer
- *Penguins of Madagascar* (2014), Producer
- *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), Producer
- *Megamind: The Button of Doom* (2011), Producer
- *Merry Madagascar* (2009), Thanks
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), Co-Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)
- *The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper* (2005), Producer
- *Shark Tale* (2004), as Announcer (voice) · Associate Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)
- *The Road to El Dorado* (2000), Production Manager

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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