A bit about my interviewee….

Mark is my dad’s sisters husband, so my uncle, who as mentioned previously is a film producer. He and his wife and two children live in Adelaide, where he has his studio.

In 2000, Mark was the producer of Paul Cox’s “Innocence”, which he won many awards for including Best Film, If Awards 2000, Australia. In 2005, he teamed up with Paul Cox again and produced ‘Human Touch’. In 2012, he produced a television short series called ‘Race to London’, which followed the journey of aspiring Australians determined to qualify for that years Olympics in London.

In 2015, Mark’s film ‘Force of Destiny’ opened the Melbourne International Film Festival in June. I was lucky enough to attend this amazing event as one of his guests, meaning that I got to walk the red carpet, get photos taken, get front row screening of the film, meet the stars and director of the film (Paul Cox) and just basically get VIP treatment (and refreshments!). The film itself was amazing.

I chose to interview Mark because he has so much incredible knowledge with films. The way he interprets them and understands them is of a completely different level to anyone I know, so I thought it would be so interesting to get his opinions on the film ‘The Interview’. Even though he hadn’t seen the film, he was easily able to answer the questions just on a more basic level, and still justify his believes, providing many great examples and evidence through his knowledge in historic cinema

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