Occupation Film director Role Film director | Name Mark Pellington Years active 1990–present | |
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Spouse Jennifer Barrett Pellington (m. ?–2004) Parents Bill Pellington, Milica Pellington Movies The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road, I Melt with You, Henry Poole Is Here, U2 3D Similar People Laura Linney, John Keel, Thomas Jane, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins Profiles | ||
Siblings William "Bato" Pellington | ||
Director mark pellington on i melt with you
Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer.
Contents
- Director mark pellington on i melt with you
- Nine inch nails we re in this together mark pellington edit
- Life and career
- References
Nine inch nails we re in this together mark pellington edit
Life and career
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1984, which he attended on an athletic scholarship (played attack on the lacrosse team). He worked at MTV from 1984–1990 winning awards as promo producer and created the landmark TV show Buzz.
He became a freelance director in 1990 doing videos for U2, Crystal Waters, De la Soul and Pearl Jam. His video for Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" won many MTV awards in 1993.
In 1994, his Music Video for Whale's song "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" won the inaugural MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video. He then directed Arlington Road in 1999 starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Mothman Prophecies in 2002, starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman.
Pellington's father, Bill was an All-Pro linebacker football player with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons.
Pellington has also worked with such musical artists as Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Michael Jackson, Public Enemy, Chelsea Wolfe, Demi Lovato and Bruce Springsteen. He has also made cameo appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire. He directed the landmark mini-series The United States of Poetry for PBS in 1995, which won the INPUT (International Public Television) Award, numerous hit TV shows including Blindspot and Cold Case, as well as numerous commercials and personal art films.
Film wise, he also co- directed U23D (2005) , Henry Poole is Here (2008), I Melt with You (2011) The Last Word (2017)with Shirley MacLaine and Amanda Seyfried and the upcoming film Nostalgia, with Jon Hamm, Ellen Burstyn, Catherine Keener and Bruce Dern.