Marc Singer (documentarian)
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Born and raised in London, England, Marc Singer moved to Florida when he was 16. After graduating high school, he moved to New York City.
His first film ‘Dark Days’, about a homeless community living in the tunnels underneath New York, was awarded The freedom of Expression Award, The Cinematography Award and The Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival of 2000.
Since entering the public domain, Dark Days has been awarded Best Documentary of 2000 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary of 2000 from the IPF. Glowing reviews called the documentary “an extraordinarily powerful film,” “intimate, engrossing and at moments, even surprisingly funny” and was placed on many reveiwers’ Best Films of 2000 lists. Marc and his film received extensive press attention from such prominent publications as The Out New York, Vanity Fair (magazine), Spin Magazine, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Newsday, Daily Variety, The New York Daily News, Newsweek, American Cinematographer, Black Book, Rolling Stone, ID, and many others.
Marc has traveled all over the world promoting the film, establishing a reputation as a highly sought-after guest speaker at colleges and universities around the United States. He was a delegate at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s highly prestigious annual Conference on World Affairs.
In June 2001 Marc moved to North Central Florida. Working with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Geological Society, Marc documented the efforts of two organizations, GUE (Global Underwater Express) and the WKPP (Woodville Karst Plain Project). Based in High Springs, the divers of GUE and WKPP are committed to exploring, understanding, and mapping the labyrinthine of water-filled cave systems that make up the Floridan aquifer. The WKPP explores and maps the underwater cave regions; GUE are the leaders in exploration of deep-water wrecks. Both organizations have, in their explorations, pushed the outer limit of diving technology accumulating numerous world records in their respective fields of exploration. The short films made are now used as a tool in schools across Florida teaching children about the importance of water protection and conservation.
Marc is currently embedded with a United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Platoon. They are soon to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. They are independent, work in very small teams and conduct their business beyond enemy lines. The type of mission that a Force Platoon is tasked with is usually very risky or tends to be classified, hence often not commonly known. Marc Singer has been given the opportunity to be the first civilian ever to be allowed to follow them. He plans to make a film about their experiences.
