Mark Borkowski

Mark Borkowski, born smack in the middle of January 1958 out in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. Not exactly Hollywood, but hey, every legend starts somewhere, right? Over the years, he’s carved out this wild, kinda unpredictable path as a producer—one of those behind-the-scenes folks who always seems to have a story or two up his sleeve. The guy’s name pops up in some pretty interesting credits. Take “Midas Man” (2024)—a music biopic with all the glitz and chaos you’d expect from a story about Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager. Borkowski’s fingerprints are all over it, and you can feel it. The energy, the slightly off-kilter edge, that sense that things are about to spiral or explode into something bigger than life. But that’s just the most recent. If you rewind a bit, he was there for “Cracker” back in ’93. Talk about gritty. That show was a punch to the gut, full of dark humor and messy emotion—definitely not your average crime drama. Borkowski had a hand in making sure it wasn’t all just police jargon and moody lighting, but actually had some bite. Then there’s “The Lakes” (1997), which, if you missed it, was one of those raw British dramas that isn’t afraid to dig into rural secrets and complicated people. Borkowski seems to have a knack for finding these stories that don’t just sit quietly—they rattle around in your head for a while. The guy’s got range, clearly, and whether he’s wrangling a rock ‘n’ roll tale or something way darker, you can bet he’s not doing it by half-measures.