Mark Gill

Director, Writer

Agent

Simon Blakey
  • +44 207 908 0977

Mark is an Oscar and Bafta nominated writer and director from Manchester, UK. His breakthrough came in 2012 with the The Voorman Problem, a whimsical dark comedy starring Martin Freeman and Tom Hollander. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 2014 and a BAFTA in 2013. The film has played at over 45 Official Selections including BFI London, Aspen ShortFest, Clermont-Ferrand and Rhode Island Film Festivals. It has picked up numerous awards in the UK, USA and Europe.

Mark’s debut feature ‘England Is Mine’, which he co-wrote and directed is based on the early life of Morrissey, icon and lead singer of seminal UK band The Smiths.

Work as Writer/Director includes:

RAVENS                                                                                                                        Upcoming
Filming set to begin in Japan in the Spring of 2022.
Chronicles the life of legendary Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase.

THE BROADCAST                                    In Development
Feature Film adaptation of the
James Smythe novel ‘The Testimony’
Co-Writer / Director
Riverstone / Honlodge

ENGLAND IS MINE                                  Released 4th August 2017
Feature Film
Co-Writer / Director
Honlodge / Hanway Select
Closing the Edinburgh Film Festival 2017
Nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the EIF

FULL TIME                                                    2013
Short Film
Co-Writer / Director
Honlodge Productions
Winner: Best Film (Grand Short) & Best Actor – Shanghai Film Festival 2014
Nominated: Best Film – Colchester Int Film Festival
Nominated: Jury Award – Leuven Int Short Film Festival

THE VOORMAN PROBLEM                   2012
Short Film
Co-Writer / Director
Honlodge Productions
Nominated: Best Live Action Short – Academy Awards 2014
Nominated: Best Short Film – BAFTA Awards 2013
Winner: Best Film – Colchester Film Festival
Winner: Best Fiction Film – Let’s All be Free Film Festival
Winner: Best Screenplay – Corona International Film Festival
Winner: Best Live Action Short – St Louis International Film Festival

 

Theatre credits Include:

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Assistant Director to David Thacker
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

POETRY ON A PLATE: WAR AND CONFLICT
Director
Octagon Theatre, Bolton

 

Call Simon to discuss Mark or other Directors & Writers

+44 207 908 0977