Welcome to my site.
I have worked in the world of TV and film drama for over 25 years as an Assistant Director on HETV and features, and as writer / director of several award winning short films.
This website is designed to give you an insight into my work and projects - for a full list of my credits, please visit my IMDb page.
Please scroll down to see examples of my ADing and directing work or click on the link above for my photo gallery.
Assistant Director Credits
Below are a selection of my professional ADing credits with links to their IMDb pages.
I have worked as an AD since 2011, most recently as 1st AD on 'Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Detectives' and 'Doctors' for the BBC since 2022.
"Mark is a brilliant 1st AD who keeps filming happy, relaxed, and runs the floor with great ease. He has a lovely sense of humour, is fantastic with artistes, crews, producers, and directors alike.
I have worked extensively with Mark for the past two years and am looking forward to more great shoots to come."
Steve M Kelly, Director
“I valued the cheerful and efficient manner in which Mark steered the efforts at unit base as 2nd AD, making our lives on set considerably easier. Mark’s efforts ensured that crowd and featured Supporting Artistes were entirely in keeping with director Terence Davies’ ambitions & at the Bafta screening Q&A he highlighted the choice and performances of Mark’s contributors.”
David Crabtree, First AD on Benediction
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Short Films
A Brighter Blue
2023
Director & Co-Writer
A woman uses the latest in AI end-of-life technology to curate her final moments, but there's a dark side to every happy memory....
Winner of Best Visual Effects at the Midlands Movies Awards 2024, shortlisted for the Reel Brum Award and shown at Flatpack Festival 2024.
Keep Breathing
2019
Director & Co-Writer
Stuck in a broken down lift, a man and woman are forced to confront each other about their conflicting memories of a one night stand.
"‘Keep Breathing’ is really very good."
Mike Leigh, Director
Winner of Best Short, Best Writing, and Best Actor at the Midlands Movies Awards 2020, and Best Screenplay and Best Actress at the English Riviera Film Festival 2020. Nominated for Best Cinematography at the Underwire Festival 2019 and shown at the BFI London Film Festival 2019, this short has also been nationally broadcast on RTE in Ireland.
Backed by BFI NETWORK, The National Lottery Community Fund, Derby City Council, University of Derby, Genera Films, and made in partnership with Women’s Work Derbyshire.
Notable as the first BFI short to utilise an Intimacy Coordinator (the wonderful Ita O'Brien), a short documentary made by The Guardian about her work has been seen by 4.6 million people.
Not Again Lily
2019
Director
Alone on his remote farm, the last man alive tries to comprehend his existence with the help of an interactive personal assistant, but can he trust what it tells him?
"‘Not Again Lily’ is delightfully bonkers…and rewarding for it."
Mike Leigh, Director
Developed and filmed as part of the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge 2019 this short explores the nature of life and our relationship to technology and was nominated for Best Costume, Make-Up and Hairstyling at the Midlands Movies Awards in 2020.
Clockworks
2017
Director
Devastated by the loss of her sister, Alana figures out how to go back in time and save her. But is that really what she wants?
Shot and edited in a day, this comedy short about the love/hate relationships between siblings won the Five/24 film competition in 2017, along with Best Actress and Best Sound at the Midlands Movies Awards 2018. It was shown at the London Short Film Festival and Beeston Short Film Festival in 2018.
The Calling
2024
Director & Writer
As the clock ticks down to the end of the world, a desperate bunch of scientists and soldiers try to hold off the oncoming apocalypse.
Written, filmed, and edited in just two days for the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge, this darkly comedic satire asks not if we can, but if we should, save the world..?
Tokenised
2022
Director
If we live our entire lives on the internet, what happens when our digital identity is stolen?
Shortlisted for the Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge awards in 2022, this comedic heist caper blurs the line between the real world and our on-line presence.
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