Mark has worked in the broadcast industry for over 25 years making documentary films and factual series for all the major UK channels as well as several US networks. Mark specialises in intimate character-led documentaries and has directed films about the AIDS crisis, hate crime, adoption and the aristocracy. He has won Royal Television Awards for the series Famous Rich and Homeless and his single documentary Born Lucky.
Mark recently series directed the critically acclaimed AIDS: The Unheard Tapes for BBC2 - a story he had been working on for over ten years. This innovative documentary series, with actors lip-synching to audio recordings made in the 80s and 90s, has been nominated for a BAFTA, RTS Award, RTS Craft Award, Broadcast Award, Broadcasting Press Guild Award and Banff Rockie.
Mark’s first feature documentary, My Kidnapper, played in over thirty countries and received a cinema release in the UK, winning four star reviews from The Guardian, Time Out and The Times and was described by Variety as “a fascinating documentary about the search for closure”.
Mark now divides his time between documentaries, commercials and branded content. He’s brought his documentary-honed skills to ads and films for John Lewis, Sainsburys, HelloFresh, Land Rover, L'Oreal, Maltesers, Walkers Crisps, Wilkinson Sword and O2. He has also made short films for numerous charities including OXFAM, Time to Change, The British Society for Heart Failure and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.