Mark Corwin

Mark Corwin (1948 or 1949 - July 25, 2013) was a director on various shows beginning in the 1970s.

Corwin, a native of Los Angeles, began his career as a stage manager before becoming associate director on several NBC game shows, including The Hollywood Squares (circa 1978). He is also known to have worked on High Rollers (1978-80), Password Plus (1979-82), Card Sharks (1978-81), and Jeopardy!

Wheel of Fortune
Mark appears to have joined the show as an associate director (to Dick Carson) in 1983. After filling in for Carson a few times, he became the show's main director from May 24?, 1999 until shortly into taping for Season 30, a total of over 2,000 episodes.

Corwin shared one Daytime Emmy for Wheel (Most Outstanding Game Show, 2011) and was nominated for three others (Most Outstanding Game Show in 2010 and 2012, Outstanding Directing in a Game/Audience Participation Show in 2003).

Death
Mark died at the age of 65 due to cancer. He is survived by his wife Robin (who he met while they were both working on Wheel) and two children.

Links

 * Mark's credits on the Internet Movie Database