Years active 2007–present Name Mark Dennis | Role Director | |
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Occupation Film Director, Film Producer, Editor, Composer Education University of Texas at Austin Movies Strings, Amira's Belly Dance & Yoga for Pregnancy, The Dead One Similar People Rob Savage, Chris Potter, Sandra Huller, Giorgio Spiegelfeld | ||
Mark Dennis (born May 13) is an American director, editor, producer and composer. His debut feature, Strings, won him Best Director awards at the Tulsa International Film Festival and Long Island International Film Expo (shared with collaborator Ben Foster) and was an Official Selection at the Hollywood Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Gotham Film Festival, and Ventura Film Festival.
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Life and career
Dennis was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Northwest Vista College and the University of Texas at Austin.
Dennis directed, produced, and edited (along with Ben Foster) the independent film, Strings, which won Audience Awards at the Breckenridge Film Festival, White Sands International Film Festival, and Silver City Film Festival. Based on his own life experiences, Dennis wrote the screenplay for Strings while working at TSTV, the student television station at the University of Texas where he created and acted as show runner for the award-winning sketch comedy program, That's Awesome! starring Zach Anner.
Following the release of Strings in May 2012, Dennis embarked on a 282-day cross-continental motorcycle trip on his KLR650 dual-sport motorcycle. He rode from his family's home in Boerne, TX through all of Mexico and Central America before sailing around the Darien Gap and concluding his journey through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Dennis's trip nearly ended in tragedy when he was hit by a drunk driver in the Andes mountains outside of Potosi, Bolivia and left for dead until he was rescued by a local family. He finished the last 56 miles of Bolivia with a broken wrist and sold his motorcycle on the Bolivia/Argentina border, before hitchhiking to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, then catching a boat to Antarctica. Dennis wrote a screenplay based partly on his experiences entitled ENDURO, currently in pre production.