MIKKEL BONDESEN

Mikkel Bondesen serves as executive producer of the new USA Network original series BURN NOTICE, which premieres Thursday, June 28 at 10pm/9c.

Bondesen is the President and CEO of Fuse Entertainment, a full service literary management company with a production arm.

Bondesen has used his Danish contacts to carve out an untapped niche by securing the rights to some of Scandanavia's most popular films, books and TV series. The first of which was Fox 2000 "Catch That Kid," a remake of the famous Danish children's movie. Bondesen has also produced the remake of "Midsummer," a major Danish horror film and is currently producing a remake of the hugely successful Danish movie "Oh Happy Day." Most recently, he has set up a film fund in Scandinavia with Nordisk Film to produce a slate of English language genre movies for under $10 million.

In the fall of 2003, Bondesen was named on the Hollywood Reporter's highly coveted "Next Generation List." He was also named as one of the "Super League Exports to Hollywood" by Denmark's largest newspaper, BT. He was named one of Fade In Magazine's "Top 100 People You Need To Know" and he has also been included in Details Magazine, "People To Watch" list.

Bondensen moved to the US in 1996 to attend AFI from his native Denmark where he had a significant career producing commercials. He is also the creator and founder of The Young Storytellers Programs, a non-profit dedicated to enhancing the lives of children through the art of storytelling. In addition, he has also served as a teacher at a local Los Angeles area high school and he's an adjunct professor at USC where he teaches screenwriting.

Bondesen lives in Los Angeles with his Danish wife and two children.