Biography

Mark Morris

Award-winning director of photography and camera operator, working across feature films and documentary television.

The Story

Mark created 8mm films throughout high school, then 16mm films while earning a Film & Television degree from Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles. His professional career followed immediately when he founded Mambrino Productions in Hollywood, producing commercials, corporate videos and sports documentaries.
He emerged in the 1980s as an award-winning director, cameraman and producer on more than 250 productions. After a successful ten-year partnership, Mark became a freelance artist and expanded into home video, cable television and feature films.
As an IATSE director of photography, his work includes 21 feature films and six features as second-unit DP. He has directed and photographed creative re-enactments and award-winning factual programming for major American networks.

Recognition

New York International Film Festival Gold Award · Chicago International Film Festival First Place · Gold Cindy Award · Local Emmy Award · Clio Finalist · ITVA Silver Angel

Technical Experience

Tools & Craft

Shot on

Arri 35mm | RED | Panavision / Sony F-Series | Blackmagic / Canon C-Series

Specialties

Naturalistic lighting, handheld documentary, cinematic composition, visual storytelling

Documentary Series

Reincarnated: Past Lives

Tabloid

My Haunted House

Car Warriors

If I Should Die

Sport Science

The Squad: Prison Police

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files

Heroes Under Fire

Untold Stories of the E.R.

Modern Marvels

California Connected

Documentary Specials

Skeletons on the Sahara

True Caribbean Pirates

True Story of Black Hawk Down

America Undercover: Dwarves, Not a Fairy Tale

Lockup: Pelican Bay

True Story of Killing Pablo

Targeted: Osama Bin Laden

Guests of the Ayatollah

The Manhattan Project

Inside Al Qaeda