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Bunim founded Bunim-Murray with business partner Jonathan Murray. Agent Mark Itkin of the William Morris Agency put the two together to develop a scripted soap opera for MTV. When that was too expensive, they decided to try an unscripted soap and The Real World was born.
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- July 9, 1946, Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Television producer, TV Series co-creator
- January 29, 2004 (aged 57), Burbank, California, U.S.
Company founders Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray joined forces for the first time. Forming a bond that would go on to change the way stories are told.
Bunim/Murray Productions is an entertainment production company based out of Glendale, California, and is considered a pioneer in the reality television genre. It is best known for The Real World, Road Rules and Bad Girls Club. Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray co-founded Bunim/Murray after agent Mark Itkin of the William Morris Agency put ...
- 1987; 36 years ago
- Entertainment
- Julie Pizzi, Farnaz Farjam
Mar 30, 2012 · The Emmy-winning company’s co-founder Jonathan Murray, 57 ( Mary-Ellis Bunim passed away in 2004 from breast cancer) reflects on the highs and lows of a genre in flux, his proudest moment...
The Real World Homecoming: Created by Mary-Ellis Bunim, Jonathan Murray. With Tami Roman, Beth Stolarczyk, David Edwards, Glen Naessens. The original cast return to the house and explore how Real World transformed their lives.
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Feb 22, 2004 · Profile of TV executive Mary-Ellis Bunim who, with partner Jonathan Murray, created first 'reality' TV show Real World as well as Road Rules, The Simple Life and Starting Over, after 20...
Mar 5, 2021 · The creators, Mary-Ellis Bunim, who died in 2004, and Jonathan Murray, referred to it as a “social experiment,” a term that has since been applied to everything from “Big Brother” to “90...