Mark Baird

168FilmProject
Director, Producer and Film Festival Director

Los Angeles, California

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May 2017

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About Mark

Born in Dallas, Texas and raised in the rural west Texas town of Coleman, Mark's passion for film making did not ignite until mid way through his college career. After trying his hand at electrical engineering, computer science, and even religious studies, he found his passion in the Radio/TV department of Howard Payne University. After completing his undergraduate work he moved on to graduate film studies at Baylor University in Waco where he earned a master of arts degree in film.

During his graduate school years, Mark worked on five feature films under the mentoring of Alan Stewart, and alongside classmate Frank Patterson acquiring experience as a writer, editor, and 1st AC.

After graduation he briefly taught at Howard Payne, Shot commercials for KJTV Productions in Lubbock, and worked as a broadcast manager for DeWall, Pollei and Cowley advertising in Waco. Through all of this time, Mark also maintained a freelance career shooting 16mm film for commercial and industrial clients.

In 1997 Mark made the move to Houston after accepting a position at NASA's Johnson Space center as a television producer. Within a few years at NASA mark moved over to the television engineering side of the house and earned his Avid ACSR certifications in Editor, Unity, and Interplay. At the end of the shuttle program in 2011, Mark left NASA to pursue his passion for narrative film.

Since leaving NASA Marks work has centered around faith based short films, many of which have premiered at the 168 Film Project's annual festival in Los Angeles. He founded the Houston based "Films for Actors" project which strives to help young actors realize their dreams by providing parts in 'festival quality' films to actors needing experience and demo reel material. In 2014, his short film "Gift of Grace" AKA Born Dead: A Zombie Parable won the "KidVid" category of the 168 festival and went on to be picked up for international distribution and translation into multiple languages.

In early 2017 Mark began working for the 168 Film project as a Project Director. He is closely involved with running the film festival's 2017 season and he will also be working with the team that wins the 'Grand Prize' feature film budget.

Mark has three children, Daya, Emma, and Dara.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 4"

Weight:
235

Body type:
Heavyset

Hair color:
Salt/Pepper

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Allie & Zee (2016)
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Into the Light (2016)
Film (Short and Drama) Producer Three little girls alone in the dark seek salvation and a pathway into the light.
Sepulchre of the Mind (2016)
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Shenanigans (2016)
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Clean Your Room! (2016)
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The Lawn Boy (2016)
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Greetings Earthlings (2016)
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Mourning More Dick (2016)
Film (Short and Comedy) Producer Two little girls miss their pet so much, they want to bring him back, uh oh.
Carded (2016)
Film (Short, Adventure, Family and Fantasy) Director A pack of trading cards deal deep secrets
Jared's Battle Chefs (2015)
Film (Short and Comedy) Producer 3 contestants compete to be the world's best Chef against a Wacky Australian game show host.
Scrambled (2015)
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Mourning Dick (2015)
Film (Short) Producer A family & a priest mourn the loss of a their beloved friend Dick.
Mother's Day (2015)
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Freedom Gate (2015)
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Everything Will Be Alright (2015)
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THIRST: Mission Liberia (2015)
Film (Documentary) Camera and Electrical Department The inspiring story of one man's passion to change a nation...before it's too late!
Skilled in Deception (2015)
Film (Short, Action and Sci-Fi) Camera and Electrical Department A group of odd people who claim to be alien abductees have a meetup only to discover the aliens have come back, but this time its war, or so it seems
Born Dead: A Zombie Parable (2014)
Film (Short, Family and Fantasy) Producer We are spiritual zombies until we accept Christ's gift of new life
My Atonement (2014)
Film (Short and Drama) Director A woman must come to terms with her relationship with her father as he nears death.
Baghead's Table Dance (2014)
Film (Short and Drama) Editor When a man goes to a strip club for a family reunion , strange things happen.
Haunted Trailer (2014)
Film (Comedy and Horror) Camera and Electrical Department Two goofy hick brothers (Elvis and Aaron), their crazy redneck Momma and sexy sister (Prissy) must exorcise their mobile home of an ancient demon set free to fulfill the 2012 prophecy, with the help of a low rent TV evangelist named Reverend Wiggems, or the world will end. A Raunchy redneck comedy/horror. Written by Chuck Norfolk
Answers (2013)
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Stepping Out (2013)
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Never Die Twice (2013)
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G.I. Faux (2013)
Film (Short, Action and War) Director Boys vs. Girls in Nerf war action.
The Family Secret (2012)
Film (Short, Drama and Mystery) Producer Add a Plot »
Cops & Robber (2012)
Film (Short, Crime and Drama) Producer A detective comes face to face with the results of the choices she has made in life when she leaves her daughters birthday party to work on a case.
Naparella (2012)
Film (Short and Comedy) Producer A dreamer meets her match.
One Left Standing (2012)
Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Romance) Producer A young man must choose how to best approach a woman who has attracted his attention.
Rebirth (2012)
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Encore (2012)
Film (Short, Crime and Drama) Producer Mobster brothers are trapped by the promises they have made in life.
The Cruel Messenger (2011)
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Pursued (2011)
Film (Short and Drama) Producer The story of God's relentless pursuit of humanity. The story, originally told through the lives of God's prophet Hosea and wife Gomer, unfolds in this telling against a backdrop of modern day America.
Behave (2011)
Film (Short and Comedy) Editor A prejudiced father tries to explain/justify racism to his young son but his son doesn't 'get it.'
In the Balance (1994)
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Black Snow (1990)
Film (Action) Miscellaneous Crew Travis Winslow is an honest man trapped in the middle of a drug war, deliberately placed in the crossfire by Shelby Collins, a woman as deadly as she is beautiful. After his brother Matt's death, no one knows the location of the last shipment of cocaine Matt smuggled into America. The cops think Travis has the answer, and so do the two rival crime lords. When Travis's daughter, Jennifer, is kidnapped, Travis realizes that he can rely on no one but himself. He races against the clock to find a way to rescue his daughter and save his own life, even if it means becoming as deadly as his enemies. Written by sheba021
Action U.S.A. (1989)
Film (Action) Producer After her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate.
Demon Warrior (1988)
Film (Horror) Writer A group of young friends go hunting during their holidays near a small town in Texas, where the father of one of them own a piece of land. But the place has a legend. Years ago the grandfather stole the land from the Indians and they cursed the family. The curse is effective once every 10 years. 20 years ago the grandfather was killed, 10 years ago an uncle disappeared, and now... Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
Ghost Riders (1987)
Film (Horror) Editor An outlaw gang hanged by a posse in the late 1880s comes back from the grave to terrorize the descendants of the posse's leader.
Creepozoids (1987)
Film (Horror and Sci-Fi) Camera and Electrical Department The year is 1998, six years after the nuke wars reduced the world to rubble and a few bands of wandering survivors. One of these groups stumbles into an abandoned government research facility, where they were working on making the body capable of creating its own amino acids, thus obviating the need for food. They are then attacked by one of the leftover experiments and begin experiencing an attrition problem. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>