Mark Griffin

Mark Griffin is the author of All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson (HarperCollins).  The book examines the life and career of the Oscar-nominated screen legend who starred in such classics as Magnificent Obsession, Giant, Written on the Wind, and Pillow Talk.   

In researching All That Heaven Allows, Griffin was granted unprecedented access to private journals, personal correspondence and production files.  For the 2023 HBO documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, Mark served as an associate producer, consultant and interview subject.

Griffin is also the author of A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli (Da Capo Press), a biography of the Oscar-winning director of An American in Paris, Meet Me in St. Louis and Gigi.

Mark has appeared in television documentaries about Gene Kelly, Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli.  He recently completed a feature length screenplay.