Awards & Honors

2010 Moondance Film Festival

Winner - Best Short film

Winner - Audience Favorite Award

2010 Poppy Jasper Film Festival

Winner - Best Drama

2010 Burbank Film Festival

Best Drama Nomination

2010 Edgemar Short Film Fest

Best Screenplay Nomination

2008 WriteMovies.com International Writing Competition Semi-finalist

2009 Cynosure
Screenwriting Awards
Quarterfinalist
2008 Writers on the Storm Screenwriting Contest, Quarterfinalist

2008 Screenwriting Expo,Quarterfinalist
2007 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences,
Grant Recipient

2005 Warner Bros. Comedy Television Writers Workshop,Placed in top 5% of scripts submitted

Mark had the honor of being a USC thesis student of Screenwriting Guru Syd Field. In addition, he studied with screenwriter and poet Paula Brancato and sitcom writer Teresa O’Neill (Home Improvement, Becker, Coach). Mark was the winner of a 2007 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences grant.

Screenplays:

Juche Rules Now a short film starring Roy Vongtama, Ryun Yu, Charles Kim, and Brent Tyler. The film was directed by Kristina Romero and produced by Resonant Entertainment. It won BEST SHORT at both the Moondance and Poppy Jasper Film Festivals, AUDIENCE FAVORITE at Moondance, runner-up for Best Short at Mt. Rainier Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Drama at Burbank International Film Festival and for Best Screenplay at the 2010 Edgemar Short Film Festival in Santa Monca. Visit the website: JucheRules.com

Memory Maker (comedy) “You've got a real knack for drawing excellent personalities. It's thoroughly entertaining… I can see this getting made.” -- Mike Cheda, former studio executive and dubbed “The Dr. Phil of Screenwriting” by Creative Screenwriting Magazine.

Shanghai Blood (drama)- Semi-finalist for 2008 WriteMovies.com International Writing Competition

- Quarterfinalist for 2009 Cynosure Screenwriting Awards

-Quarterfinalist for 2008 Writers on the Storm Screenwriting Contest
“SHANGHAI BLOOD is an intense, unpredictable drama with themes of sibling rivalry and family conflict that are treated in an almost Shakespearean fashion.” -- Coverage Ink. (received a rare “Strong Consider” rating)

TV Spec Scripts:

The Office: “Office Karma”
- Quarterfinalist for 2008 Screenwriting Expo.

Arrested Development: “Family Fumbles”
- Placed in top 5% of scripts submitted for 2005 Warner Bros. Comedy Television Writers Workshop