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Mark Hellinger (March 21, 1903 – December 21, 1947) was primarily known as a New York theatre critic and reviewer. He produced a number of films, the last of which is The Naked City (1948), a black-and-white film noir for which he also provided the narration.

Hellinger also provided the story for the classic 1939 Jimmy Cagney/Raoul Walsh gangster movie The Roaring Twenties. He based the story on his own experiences during the turbulent decade. In his onscreen foreword to the film, he writes:

It may come to pass that, at some distant date, we will be confronted with another period similar to the one depicted in this photoplay. If that happens, I pray that the events, as dramatized here, will be remembered. In this film, the characters are composites of people I knew, and the situations are those that actually occurred. Bitter or sweet, most memories become precious as the years move on. This film is a memory - and I am grateful for it.
Mark Hellinger

Hellinger and his wife Gladys Glad, a cast member of the Ziegfeld Follies, are interred in a private mausoleum at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York.

The Mark Hellinger Theatre (now the Times Square Church) in New York City was named for him.