Mark Penney

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Mark Penney
Born (1982-06-24) 24 June 1982
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Citizenship Canada
Alma mater Seneca College
York University
Occupation Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active 1999–present

Mark Penney (born 24 June 1982) is a Canadian film director.

He is perhaps best known as the director of the 2004 film The Right Way which played at many world film festivals most notably at the 61st Venice Film Festival and had a further limited theatrical and video on demand release in the United States. He followed that up with the 2008 experimental feature Life and the 2013 Canadian love story Le beau risque (The Beautiful Risk).

Mark began his career in Christian television at the age of 16 before working as a camera assistant. Mark then ventured into directing local television and short films.

Filmography

  • Quick Study (TV series) (1999)
  • Just The Facts (TV Series) (2000)
  • We Are Getting The Olympics (documentary short) (2001)
  • Exodus (short) (2002)
  • An-Nehr (short) (2003)
  • The Right Way (2004)
  • The Archer (2005) (executive producer)
  • Life (2008) (experimental feature)
  • Le beau risque (2013) (post production)
  • Utopia (2014) (in production)

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