 Artist BIO
British born Mark Withers is a life long cineaste. Fascinated by the medium since his first cinema visit in 1978 (Superman), Mark began writing scripts and planning out the best ways to make video films with friends, age 11. Age 16 this ambition finally became reality with self taught stop motion shorts and non-narrative studies of local wildlife and structures, set to music. Big Brush Films formed whilst Mark was still at college in 1992. The name came from his first year short, 'The Big Brush', which gained end of year notoriety when a special peep show style booth was built by college authorities for the public exhibition, protecting easily offended patrons from this gruesome art. After graduating top of his class in 1994, Mark worked on various pop promos, commercials and short films, before putting his money where his mouth was and gathering a sixty strong cast and crew to produce possibly the lowest budgeted motion picture of all time, 'Darktaile'. Shooting from December 1997 it would take until March 2001 before the film was complete and ready for screening to surprisingly supportive reviews and interesting points of view, regarding its obscure narrative. An experiment in DV happened with 2002's 90 minute 'Money Shot', before the comedy short 'Schnibber' was picked up for International release. Mark then spent time in Canada where he shot 'Strangers in the Light' to represent that country as part of a worldwide film project and co-wrote a 12 part television show greenlit by Fox. In 2005 Mark directed the feature length mockumentary 'Hardcore: A Poke into the Adult Film Orifice' and now in 2007 has just completed 'Meat Market' a 20 minute dark comedy, whilst developing feature film number four 'Baby Swipes' to shoot in 2008. Mark has additionally written 17 other feature length film scripts and occasionally lends an un-credited hand to other projects.
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Website: www.bigbrushfilms.co.uk |
FILMOGRAPHY
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Director filmography, unless otherwise stated.
2004: GLUE STORM . Feature. (Currently in pre-production)
STRANGERS IN THE LIGHT. Short.
2003: REALTOR TV. (Canadian Pilot)
SCHNIBBER . Short.
LADIES & GENTLEMEN, MELANIE HARDING. Showcase.
2002: MONEY SHOT. Feature.
2001: THIS IS SIMONE LIGHTFOOT. Showcase.
DARKTAILE. Feature.
2000: TABLE DANCER. Music promo for Lightfoot.
1998: RUNNING. Short.
1996: EMILY. Short.
1995: THE HALF DEAD POET'S SOCIETY. Live Stage Show.
WINDSOR BATHS EVENT '95. Live Show. (Incomplete. Camera op. only)
1994: 2 MUCH TROUBLE. Short. (Incomplete. Writer & Actor only)
BIG BRUSH 2: BIG MO. Short.
THE ROCK & HEIFER. Advertising Promo.
INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE… HUNTER. Short.
1993: THE GREEN KILLER. Environmental Documentary.
A CHRISTMAS TALE. Short. (Incomplete. Co-Director & Actor only)
1992: NEXT LEFT. Short.
THE BIG BRUSH . Short.
AMSTRAD. Commercial.
THE LAST GREAT PICTURE HOUSE. Documentary.
IRONWORKS: VICTORIAN DESIGN. Factual Short.
TILES. Factual Short.
1991: INFINITIVE. Music promo for Dreambreed.
FOOT STAMPING IN PUDDLE. Short.
THE LIVING ROOM. Animation.
DANCING PIG GUARD WITH MAGIC CIGARETTE. Animation.
ONE MAN AND HIS BALLS. Short.
A BICYCLE. Short.
1986: CALENDAR: THE MAKING OF. Factual. (Appearing as himself only)
READ IT! One-off book programme. (Actor & Voice-Over only)
Script Writer, produced & unproduced.
2004: GLUE STORM. Feature
STRANGERS IN THE LIGHT. Short
2003: TABLE. Short
NAKED CANVAS. (Work in progress)
THE TRIAL OF WITTY BANTER. (Work in progress)
CLEOPATRA SMELLS. Short
2002: SCHNIBBER. Short
SLEEP WITH THE FISHES. Feature
WELCOME TO WINK WORLD. Short
2001: BORN TO KILL. Stage play
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VIDEO SYNOPSYS
2 minute comedy fiction film about an 8 year old girl's eccentric Mother whose latest idea is to become a wrestler. There's just one small problem preventing her...
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CREDITS
Directed by: MARK WITHERS
Screenplay by: MARK WITHERS
Photography by: MARK WITHERS
Camera: MARK WITHERS
Edited by: MARK WITHERS
Music by:
Cast:
MARTINA GOODMAN
PAIGE GOODMAN
Prodution: Big Brush Films
Master: HDV
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