Steve Stark

Steve Stark (born March 18, 1967, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an award-winning television producer and studio executive known for shepherding series with broad cultural impact. Across a career spanning top-tier Hollywood companies, Stark has built a reputation for developing and producing high-profile programming that connects with both audiences and critics.

He has held senior development and current-programming roles at major studios including Paramount, Columbia TriStar, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and has served as an executive producer on series for Universal, Paramount, 21st Century Fox, and MGM. Stark spent nine years as President of MGM Television before leaving in 2021 to launch his own banner, Toluca Pictures.

Projects under his oversight have earned an array of industry honors, including Peabody, Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, DGA, WGA, AFI, BANFF, and Rose d’Or recognition. Individually, Stark is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominee and has received distinctions such as AFI Television Awards, the Genesis Award, the Prism Award, the Golden Reel Award, the Entertainment Industries Council Special Commendation, the 2019 Help Group Humanitarian of the Year Award, and a 2022 Israeli Academy Award for Best Documentary.

A Northwestern University graduate, Stark is affiliated with the Producers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and the Television Academy.