Mark Christopher (director)

Mark Christopher (born July 8, 1963 in Fort Dodge, Iowa[1]) is a screenwriter, and director most known for directing 54 (1998), starring Ryan Phillippe, Mike Meyers, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mark Ruffalo.

Mark Christopher
Mark Christopher in 2015
Born (1963-07-08) July 8, 1963
Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter

Within the film community, he is better known for the success of the director's cut of the film that premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.[2] With over 30 minutes of re-shoots cut out of the 1998 version, and over 40 minutes re-instated, the film was universally lauded by critics and hailed as a "jubilant resurrection" and "a lost gay classic."[3][4] The story of the films destruction and resurrection was featured on New York magazine's Vulture.com website.[5] and The Guardian[6] and Elvis Mitchell's interview with Mark Christopher on KCRW's The Treatment.[7]

Christopher also directed three short films, all of them theatrically distributed: The Dead Boys Club (1992), an influential short of the New Queer Cinema wave as cited by B. Ruby Rich in her Sight & Sound article that defined the genre; Alkali, Iowa (1995), winner of the Teddy at the Berlin International Film Festival (1996); and Heartland, Strand Releasing (2007). He is also known for his television writing and creation of musical programming, including Real Life: The Musical that premiered on OWN in 2012.[8] [9]

Filmography
  • "Rolando no Rio" (2020, Prodigo Films) (writer/creator)
  • "Midcentury Moderns" (2019, PS66 Productions) (writer, director)
  • "Sara" (2018, Bionaut) (Writer)
  • "Berlin" (2016, Warner Bros) (writer)
  • "54: The Director's Cut" (2015, Miramax/Lionsgate) (writer, director)
  • "Cleopatra VII" (2015) (Writer/Creator)
  • "8.3" (2014) (Executive Producer)
  • "Real Life: The Musical" (2013, OWN/ITV)(creator, executive producer)
  • "Heartland" (2007, Strand Releasing) (writer, director)
  • Pizza (2005, IFC) (writer, director)
  • 54 (1998, Miramax) (writer, director)
  • Boys Life 2 (1997, Strand Releasing) (segment: Akali, Iowa) (writer, director)
  • Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema (1993, Frameline) (writer, director)
  • "Cleopatra VII" (2014) (writer)
  • The Dead Boys' Club (1992, Frameline) (writer, director)

2015 Guadalajara International Film Festival Nominated, PREMIO MAGUEY Best Feature Film for 54 (1998) For 54: The Director's Cut (2015) 1996 Berlin International Film Festival

Won, Teddy

Best Short Film for Alkali, Iowa (1995) 1995 Chicago Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival

Won, Best Narrative Short

1995 Chicago International Film Festival

Won, Silver Hugo

1995 USA Film Festival

Won, First Place

Drama for Alkali, Iowa (1995)

Won, First Place

First Place Fiction for Alkali, Iowa (1995) 1992 San Francisco International Film Festival

Won, Audience Award

Best Short Film for The Dead Boys' Club (1992) 1992 San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Won, Audience Award

Best Short for The Dead Boys' Club (1992) Tied with A Certain Grace. 1992 Seattle International Film Festival

Won, Golden Space Needle Award

Best Short for The Dead Boys' Club (1992)

References
  1. "Mark Christopher". IMDb. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. Foundas, Peter Debruge,Scott (16 February 2015). "Critics Look Back on Berlin, Where Kink and Quality Collide". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. Gilbey, Ryan (12 February 2015). "Berlin 2015 review: 54: The Director's Cut – a disco-era Cabaret thrusting its way to delirium". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "54 Bombed in 1998. Now It's Been Resurrected as a Cult Gay Classic". 16 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. Jordan, Louis (February 16, 2015). "54 Bombed in 1998. Now It's Been Resurrected as a Cult Gay Classic". Vulture.
  6. Gilbey, Ray (February 12, 2015). "Berlin 2015 review: 54: The Director's Cut – a disco-era Cabaret thrusting its way to delirium". The Guardian.
  7. "Mark Christopher: 54: The Director's Cut". 14 July 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  8. Desk, TV News. "OWN to Premiere REAL LIFE: THE MUSICAL, 8/3". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. Holden, Stephen (August 28, 1998). "FILM REVIEW; Sex, Drugs and Disco As a Hustler Gains A Suspect Celebrity". The New York Times.
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