Mark Borchardt

Mark Borchardt (born 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (1999), a film that documented two of the three and a half years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven (1997). Image File history File links Markborchardt. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... American Movie is a documentary about the making of an independent film. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... Coven is a direct-to-video black and white short film, directed by Mark Borchardt. ...

Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40. After serving three years in the military he continued his cinematic endeavors at the local university. In the mid-nineties he wrote and produced Halloween radio dramas which were broadcast annually and won a fellowship from the Milwaukee Art Futures Board. Filmmakers Chris Smith and Sarah Price began filming Borchardt while he was attempting to put together funding for his unfinished feature Northwestern; after the project collapsed, Borchardt decided to instead finish Coven, which he had started years earlier. After Coven was completed, Smith and Price compiled their footage into American Movie, which was picked up by Sony Classics and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Nickname: Cream City, Mil Town, Brew City, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Area    - City 251. ... Super 8 can refer to: Super 8 Motels, a national motel chain Super 8mm film, a form of film often used for home movies, most popular in the 60s and 70s This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Sarah Price (born 1970 in Virginia) is a filmmaker most noted for her collaboration with Chris Smith on American Movie (Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, Sundance Film Festival 1999). ... An unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper. ... A prize is an award given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ...

Since then, Borchardt has made five appearances on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) and has appeared in several movies including The One (2001/I) with Jet Li and the Ramzi Abed film, The Tunnel (2001) with Lloyd Kaufman. He has contributed to the forthcoming book, "The Independent Film Experience" and is beginning to get his short stories published in magazines. He recently played himself in a cameo appearance on the popular television cartoon series Family Guy, along with friend and American Movie co-star Mike Schank. He hosted Night of the Living Dead: LIVE from Wisconsin with Mike Schank on Halloween night, 2006. Currently he is working on Scare Me, which is scheduled for release in 2008. He and Mike have their own series on Zero TV Mark and Mike. The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ... Promotional poster for The One The One was an action movie released in 2001, starring Jet Li and Carla Gugino. ... Jet Li (born Li Lianjie April 26, 1963 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese martial artist and film actor. ... Ramzi Abed is the founder of Bloodshot Pictures and also the founding member of the electronic group, Elektracity. ... Troma co-founder and president; Lloyd Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman is an American film director and producer. ... Family Guy is an American animated comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Films scheduled to be released in 2008 include: LR: Limited release in select cities WR: Wide-release to theaters IMAX: Release to IMAX theaters Angels and Demons: Film adaptation of Dan Browns bestselling novel that takes place before The Da Vinci Code and The Da Vinci Code (film) - Summer...

External links

• Mark Borchardt at the Internet Movie Database