Mark Maclaine (director)

Mark Maclaine

Mark Maclaine with bass. Mid 2004.
Background information
Birth name Mark Maclaine
Also known as The Silence
Genres Trip hop, alternative rock, hip hop, jazz, electronica
Occupation(s) Musician, producer, educationist, writer
Instruments Bass guitar, guitar
Website http://www.secondperson.net

Mark Maclaine (aka The Silence) is a British film director, music producer, founder of Tutorfair [1][2] and writer. He is best known for his work as bassist/producer for the Post Trip-Hop band Second Person. He was a co-founder of the UK hip-hop record label Dented Records and co-owner of a film company the Silence Corporation.

History

Maclaine started out his career as a bassist in London before eventually moving into music production. He began writing his own music under the name: "The Silence". In April 2001 he started Dented Records with two members of successful UK Hip-Hop group Foreign Beggars.

In 2002 Maclaine went on to form Post Trip Hop band Second Person with singer/pianist Julia Johnson. The pair completed work on writing the music for the free-skiing trilogy 'Snow's in the House' and released their debut album Chromatography in October 2004.[3]

The duo went on to write the music score for British feature film City Rats, which was released in early 2009 and on DVD on 27 April 2009.[4] In 2008, Maclaine produced (under his pseudonym "The Silence") the album Close to Home in New York with New Zealand rapper Maitreya. Two of the album's tracks were nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll Award for songwriting in New Zealand.[5] Second Person released two further albums before parting company, after 10 years, in April 2011.[6]

Maclaine spends much of his time tutoring,[2] however continues to produce music and videos for other artists. In 2010 he directed the music video "Questions In My Mind" by Portuguese singer Ana Free in New York City.[7][8] The pair worked together on two further videos "Playgrounds and Kisses" and "Electrical Storm", both reaching number 1 in the MTV Portugal charts and were filmed in Free's hometown of Lisbon, Portugal and London, England respectively.[9] His other work has included directing for the Africa Express project, filming their various guest musicians including Damon Albarn, Paul McCartney and John Paul Jones.[10][11]

Family

Maclaine's father was director Richard MacLaine and his mother is photographer Tana Maclaine.

Selected film/theatre crew credits

Selected film music credits

Selected music/album credits

References

  1. "About us". Tutorfair.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matthew Jenkin. "'I am never happier than when I am tutoring' | Education". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. "Second Person | Chromatography | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  4. "City Rats (2009) : Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  5. "APRA Silver Scroll Awards 2009: Announcing the Top 20 New Zealand Songs Of The Year | Amplifier NZ Music". Amplifier.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  6. "Second Person website". Secondperson.net. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  7. "Ana Free continua a dar cartas dentro e fora de Portugal". Lux.iol.pt. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  8. "Ana Free - Questions In My Mind (Official Videoclip)". YouTube.com. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  9. "Ana Free - Playgrounds and Kisses (Official Videoclip)". YouTube.com. 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  10. "Paul McCartney plays Africa Express show in London with Damon Albarn | Music". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  11. "AESS at Standon Calling Video". Africaexpress.co.uk. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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  13. "City Rats (2009) : Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  14. "Ana Free - Electrical Storm (Official Videoclip)". YouTube.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  15. "Ana Free - Playgrounds and Kisses (Official Videoclip)". YouTube.com. 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  16. "Ana Free continua a dar cartas dentro e fora de Portugal". Lux.iol.pt. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  17. "Credit: Angelique, Ladies' Man, ITNY Productions". Castingcallpro.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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  20. "Featured Content on Myspace". Myspace.com. 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  21. "City Rats (2009)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  22. "Extreme: Beach Soccer (2006– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  23. "Gumball 3000: Around the World in 8 Days". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  24. "The Passenger (I) (2006)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  25. "The L.A. Hardcore (2005– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  26. "Surf Breaks (2005)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  27. "Tricks & Tips (2005– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
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  29. "Snow's in the House 3 (2004)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  30. 33.0 33.1
  31. "Verbier Ride 2004 (2004)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  32. "Snow's in the House 2 (2003)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  33. "Burlesque Fairytales (2009)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  34. "City Rats (2009)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  35. "The Vanguard (2008)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  36. "Extreme: Beach Soccer (2006– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  37. "Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe (2006– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  38. "Genex (2006– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25./
  39. "The Passenger (I) (2006)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  40. "The L.A. Hardcore (2005– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  41. "Snow's in the House 3 (2004)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  42. "Verbier Ride 2004 (2004)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  43. "Snow's in the House 2 (2003)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  44. "Dreamless (2002)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  45. "Maitreya". Sellaband.com. Retrieved 2015-04-25.

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