Mark is an accomplished and acclaimed director, producer, and cinematographer, having earned the prestigious title of 2019 Guggenheim Fellow.
His inaugural feature film, MARMATO, made its debut at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and went on to garner an impressive 15 international awards, including the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival. This notable achievement was followed by its distribution by Participant Media, Netflix, and Univision.
Mark's subsequent feature, A RIVER BELOW, premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim, subsequently winning the Environmental Doc Award at the Sheffield Documentary Festival and the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival. This critically acclaimed film was distributed by Netflix, Amazon, and Grasshopper Film.
As a producer, Mark has been involved in several notable projects, including the Emmy-winning documentary, THE TERRITORY, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently acquired by National Geographic. This outstanding film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards and won a Peabody Award. Additionally, Mark serves as the executive producer of the award-winning PBS documentary, THE BODY POLITIC, and is also credited as the producer for the feature documentary, LOST IN THE AMAZON, directed by the renowned team of Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, and distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films.
