Mark graduated from U.C.S.C. with his bachelor’s in Film and Television. He worked for Roger Corman’s New Horizon script department and later for the producer of 2010’s Piranha 3D directed by Alexandre Aja. Mark is also a sketch comic working with companies like the Groundlings and ACME Comedy Theatre. He has made dozens of award winning films and documentaries, including Manumission, Starved, and Cassandra, which was nominated for a student Academy Award, and An Inaugural Ride to Freedom, which won an Emmy Award. Mark wrote and directed his first feature, Negative Creeps, before he received his M.A. in Film, Television, and New Media at San Diego State University. His thesis film, Setting Sun, a single-take film noir, won the school’s Best Director award. Years ago, Mark began writing Styria, an adaptation from a novella from the 1800s. In the true spirit of independent filmmaking he co-wrote, co-directed, and edited the film. Mark currently lives in Portland where he writes, directs, and edits various projects and teaches editing and screenwriting.