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Mohammed Mark Amin Sobini, known professionally as Mark Amin, is an Iranian American motion picture producer, distributor and writer who has been working in independent and mainstream cinema for more than two decades. Some of Amin’s film credits include ''The Prince and Me'' (2004), starring Julia Stiles, 1997’s ''Eve's Bayou'', starring Samuel L. Jackson, and 2002’s ''Frida'', a biopic which Amin executive produced. Amin served as producer for the Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions film ''Girl Most Likely'' (2012), starring Annette Benning and Matt Dillon, as well as producer for ''Eliza Graves'' (2014), starring Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine. Most recently, Amin's film production company, Sobini Films, assisted in the production of ''Miles Ahead'', starring Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor. Sobini also served as a producer for Good Kill (2015) with Ethan Hawke. Besides his career as a film producer, Amin has also been active in other business and investment interests. Amin is an investor and member of the advisory board of EdgeCast, a content delivery firm which sold in 2013 to Verizon for $400 million. He is also chairman and major shareholder of gymra.com, the fitness website. Amin also invested in Adrise, which launched Tubi TV in 2014. Additionally, Amin is active in the development of almond and pistachio orchards in central California. ==Early life and education== Amin is originally from RAFSANJAN a small town in Iran. Raised in a family that was in the pistachio trading business, in 1967, Amin immigrated to the United States to study, and finished out his last year of high school in Colorado. In 1972, Amin graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in economics. After earning his bachelor's degree, Amin attended New York University's business school for one semester. However, New York City proved too overwhelming and Amin transferred to the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. Amin graduated from the management school with a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing in 1975. In 1997, Amin donated $25,000 to the University of Kansas to start a scholarship for those students studying film at the school.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Amin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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