Mark created 8mm films throughout high school, then 16mm films while earning a Film & Television degree from Loyola-Marymount University. of Los Angeles. His professional career followed immediately when he founded Mambrino Productions, Hollywood as a producer of commercials, corporate videos and sports documentaries.
He emerged in the 1980’s as an award-winning director/cameraman and producer on over 250 commercials and corporate sales/training videos for clients such as Honeywell, Ford Motor Company, Clark Equipment Co., Kawasaki, Redken Labs, Allergan Pharmaceuticals and Disneyland.
His work earned national awards including New York Intl. Film Festival Gold Award, Chicago Intl. Film Festival First Place, Gold Cindy Award, Local EMMY award, Clio Finalist, ITVA Silver Angel.
Documentary Film: A Man Who Fell From The Sky
After a successful 10-year run as a partner in Mambrino, Mark became a freelance artist. In this capacity he formed associations with other creative producers that allowed him to expand into shooting home video, cable TV and feature films. When not working as a Director of Photography, he has co-produced five one-hour TV documentaries, two pilots and two independent feature films.
Documentary: 811 A True Story
As a freelance IATSE director of photography, his work includes 21 feature films and six features as 2nd Unit DP, most of them shot on 35mm, and the most recent on digital formats. He directed and shot creative re-enactments for History Channel and Discovery Networks documentaries and he regularly leveraged his film-lighting expertise to shoot award-winning docs and factual shows for A&E, ESPN, TLC, MSNBC, HBO, Lifetime, Travel Channel, Speed Channel, True TV, Spike and PBS.
Feature Film: Roar
