Mark Allan Kaplan

Integral Cinema Project
Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Script Consultant, Story Analyst and Researcher

Pembroke Pines, Florida

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About Mark

Mark is an award-winning independent filmmaker and researcher with over 30 years of filmmaking experience. His 1985 dramatic film Voice in Exile won 10 international awards and honors including the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Silver Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival, Grand Prize at the Birmingham International Film Festival, and a Cine Golden Eagle Award. Voice in Exile was also aired on Cinemax and A&E Cable Networks, and was honored at the Deauville Festival of American Film in Deauville, France. Mark’s 1981 short film The Tree was also aired on Cinemax Cable Network and received 7 international awards and honors including a Cine Golden Eagle Award, Grand Prize at the Wattrelos International Film Festival in Wattrelos, France, and First Place at the Coimbra International Film Festival in Coimbra, Portugal. His 1987 educational film Dropout Blues won the Blue Ribbon Award at the American Film Festival, the Golden Babe Award at the Chicago Educational Film Festival, and was aired on England’s Channel Four Television Network. Dropout Blues was also distributed to schools all across the United States and was credited with reducing dropout rates the year it was shown, including a 40% dropout rate reduction in the Los Angeles Public School system. Mark made his first film, Progress (1974), at the age of 16. It was an experimental short film that won the prestigious Kodak Teenage Movie Award, First Place in the PBS Young Filmmakers Festival, and was aired nationally on PBS. In addition to being an independent filmmaker, Mark has also worked professionally in the entertainment industry as a motion picture producer, writer, director, editor, researcher, and consultant. He has conducted and published seminal research on the integral and transpersonal dimensions of the cinema, and was awarded Integral Institute’s Integral Life Award for his preliminary research into the application of Integral Theory to cinematic media theory and practice. Mark has a B.A. in Motion Picture and Television Production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts; an M.F.A. in Motion Picture Directing from the American Film Institute; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology; and a Certificate in Integral Studies from Fielding Graduate University. During his studies, Mark also trained with many of the leaders in the fields of film, psychology, and consciousness, including being personally mentored by Robert Wise, the director of The Sound of Music and editor of Citizen Kane.

Gender:
Male

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The Co-Evolution of the Moving Image, Consciousness, Culture, and Society (2013)
Internet by Integral Cinema Project Researcher and Multimedia Author
Project Catch-IT (2011)
Internet by University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago Consultant
Butterflies (2009)
Video by Original Gravity Filmmaker
Expired (2007)
Film by AGA Films Consultant
Sacred Moments (2005)
Video by Original Gravity Filmmaker
The Pond (2002)
Video by Original Gravity Filmmaker
The Hildegard Project (1999)
by Interval Research Consultant
Enlightenment.com (1998)
Internet by Enlightenment.com Consultant
What is the Dream Dreaming Me? (1997)
Documentary by Association of Transpersonal Psychology Filmmaker
Asilomar (1995)
Video by Transpersonal Institute Filmmaker
Esalen 30th Anniversary Concert (1992)
Music by Esalen Institute Production Advisor
Chain of Desire (1992)
Film by Distant Horizon Editor (Additional)
Delusion (1991)
Film by RCA/Cineville Editor
Mediation (1990)
Television by Fox Television Writer
Communicable Disease (1990)
Documentary by Churchill Films Filmmaker
Non-Communicable Disease (1990)
Documentary by Churchill Films Filmmaker
Saying Goodbye (1990)
Television by TVOntario Writer
Dropout Blues (1987)
Documentary by Churchill Films Filmmaker
Voice in Exile (1984)
Film (short) by American Film Institute Writer, Director, Producer
The Tree (1982)
Film (short) by Future Filmworks Filmmaker
Gun (1980)
Film (short) by University of Southern California Filmmaker

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Awards

Complex Thought Engagement Award, Integral Theory Conference, USA
(2013)
Integral Life Award, Integral Institute, USA
(2008)
Judges Award, The International Film and Television Festival of New York, USA
(1990)
Golden Babe Award, Chicago Educational Film Festival, USA
(1988)
1st Place-Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, USA
(1988)
Grand Prize-Blue Electra, Birmingham Int. Film Festival, USA
(1987)
First Place-Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, USA
(1986)
CINE Eagle Award
(1985)
Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Silver Medal, Chicago International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Judges Award, Sinking Creek International Film Festival, USA
(1985)
Judges Award, Humbolt County Film Festival, USA
(1982)
CINE Eagle Award
(1981)
1st Place-Gold Rose Award, Coimbra International Film Festival, Portugal
(1981)
Grand Prize, Wattrelos International Film Festival, France
(1981)
Silver Medal, Huy World Film Festival, Belgium
(1981)