Mark is American from Detroit.
His film career has led him through many roadblocks. Producing independent projects, telling important stories, and working multiple environments is what drives him. He has produced, interviewed, directed and filmed an eclectic group of people over the years. He directed a short documentary on Mr. Cartoon, the worlds greatest tattoo artist and was the associate producer to the films, High Tech Soul and Dropout Nation.
Currently editing the documentary about automotive designer and artist Camilo Pardo, Mark has produced commercial spots for the Wii, Xbox360, Play Station 3 and Nintendo DS. He also started the pre-production of his next documentary on Urban Farming and Food Security.
Patrick Aventurier is a French photographer.
His career begins in 1981, when he joined the laboratory of the famous French photo agency, Gamma. From Gilles Caron’negatives, he discovered a new passion and started to follow the path of photojournalism. Full time photo-reporter, he covered many wars and conflicts all over the globe : Lebanon, Israel, Cambodia, Burma, North-Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan…
His work deserves him numerous distinctions like the "World Press 1988 first prize in sport category" and the "UNESCO award" among many others.