Mark is an award-winning independent filmmaker and researcher with over 30 years of filmmaking experience. His 1985 dramatic film Voice in Exile won 10 international awards and honors including the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Silver Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival, Grand Prize at the Birmingham International Film Festival, and a Cine Golden Eagle Award. Voice in Exile was also aired on Cinemax and A&E Cable Networks, and was honored at the Deauville Festival of American Film in Deauville, France. Mark’s 1981 short film The Tree was also aired on Cinemax Cable Network and received 7 international awards and honors including a Cine Golden Eagle Award, Grand Prize at the Wattrelos International Film Festival in Wattrelos, France, and First Place at the Coimbra International Film Festival in Coimbra, Portugal. His 1987 educational film Dropout Blues won the Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film Festival, the Golden Babe Award at the Chicago Educational Film Festival, and was aired on England’s Channel Four Television Network. Dropout Blues was also distributed to schools all across the United States and was credited with reducing dropout rates the year it was shown, including a 40% dropout rate reduction in the Los Angeles Public School system. Mark made his first film, Progress (1974), at the age of 16. It was an experimental short film that won the prestigious Kodak Teenage Movie Award, First Place in the PBS Young Filmmakers Festival, and was aired nationally on PBS. In addition to being an independent filmmaker, Mark has also worked professionally in the entertainment industry as a motion picture producer, writer, director, editor, researcher, and consultant. He has conducted and published seminal research on the integral and transpersonal dimensions of the cinema, and was awarded Integral Institute’s Integral Life Award for his preliminary research into the application of Integral Theory to cinematic media theory and practice. Mark has a B.A. in Motion Picture and Television Production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; an M.F.A. in Motion Picture Directing from the American Film Institute; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; and a Certificate in Integral Studies from Fielding Graduate University. During his studies, Mark also trained with many of the leaders in the fields of film, psychology, and consciousness, including being personally mentored by Robert Wise, the director of The Sound of Music and editor of Citizen Kane.
The Co-Evolution of the Moving Image, Consciousness, Culture, and Society
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Internet
by Integral Cinema Project
Researcher and Multimedia Author
Project Catch-IT
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Internet
by University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago
Consultant
Butterflies
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Video
by Original Gravity
Filmmaker
Expired
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Film
by AGA Films
Consultant
Sacred Moments
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Video
by Original Gravity
Filmmaker
The Pond
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Video
by Original Gravity
Filmmaker
The Hildegard Project
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by Interval Research
Consultant
Enlightenment.com
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Internet
by Enlightenment.com
Consultant
What is the Dream Dreaming Me?
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Documentary
by Association of Transpersonal Psychology
Filmmaker
Asilomar
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Video
by Transpersonal Institute
Filmmaker
Esalen 30th Anniversary Concert
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Music
by Esalen Institute
Production Advisor
Chain of Desire
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Film
by Distant Horizon
Editor (Additional)
Delusion
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Film
by RCA/Cineville
Editor
Mediation
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Television
by Fox Television
Writer
Communicable Disease
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Documentary
by Churchill Films
Filmmaker
Non-Communicable Disease
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Documentary
by Churchill Films
Filmmaker
Saying Goodbye
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Television
by TVOntario
Writer
Dropout Blues
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Documentary
by Churchill Films
Filmmaker
Voice in Exile
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Film (short)
by American Film Institute
Writer, Director, Producer
The Tree
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Film (short)
by Future Filmworks
Filmmaker
Gun
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Film (short)
by University of Southern California
Filmmaker
Complex Thought Engagement Award, Integral Theory Conference, USA
(2013)
Integral Life Award, Integral Institute, USA
(2008)
Judges Award, The International Film and Television Festival of New York, USA
(1990)
Golden Babe Award, Chicago Educational Film Festival, USA
(1988)
1st Place-Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, USA
(1988)
Grand Prize-Blue Electra, Birmingham Int. Film Festival, USA
(1987)
First Place-Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, USA
(1986)
CINE Eagle Award
(1985)
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Silver Medal, Chicago International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Judges Award, Sinking Creek International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Judges Award, Humbolt County Film Festival, USA
(1982)
CINE Eagle Award
(1981)
1st Place-Gold Rose Award, Coimbra International Film Festival, Portugal
(1981)
Grand Prize, Wattrelos International Film Festival, France
(1981)
Silver Medal, Huy World Film Festival, Belgium
(1981)
University of Southern California
(1975-1981)
Fielding Graduate University
(1975-1981)
American Film Institute
(1975-1981)
Sofia University
(1975-1981)