Mark Whiting
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Mark Whiting is an American
writer, director, designer and actor.
from an early age of three, and was already making films by the time he was ten. He is the grandson of Oscar Lundin, who was Vice Chairman of General Motors
, and the nephew of pilot Hugh Ferguson
, who flew one of the B-29's which bombed Nagasaki.
Whiting waited several years to be called by Detroit Tigers
, but finally decided to move to California and attend the Art Center College of Design
, which he attended with Michael Bay
, Roger Avery, and Tarsem Singh
.
However, he was dissatisfied, and left years later, to write his own work, including the award-winning 2003 live-action short film Apple Jack.
Whiting, now represented by the Creative Artists Agency, is currently writing and directing his first live-action feature film with the help of Edward Saxon
, theaward-winning producer of Silence of the Lambs.
United States
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writer, director, designer and actor.
Early life and education
Whiting was raised in Michigan. He was interested in artsARts
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from an early age of three, and was already making films by the time he was ten. He is the grandson of Oscar Lundin, who was Vice Chairman of General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
, and the nephew of pilot Hugh Ferguson
Hugh Ferguson
Hugh Ferguson was a Unionist politician.After a career as a soldier, Ferguson became involved in the Orange Order, a Protestant Unionist organisation based in Ireland...
, who flew one of the B-29's which bombed Nagasaki.
Whiting waited several years to be called by Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
, but finally decided to move to California and attend the Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design
Art Center College of Design is a private college located in Pasadena, California, and was cited by BusinessWeek as one of the 60 best design schools in the world. The college’s industrial design program is consistently ranked number one by both DesignIntelligence and U.S...
, which he attended with Michael Bay
Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing high-budget action films characterized by their fast edits, stylistic visuals and substantial practical special effects...
, Roger Avery, and Tarsem Singh
Tarsem Singh
Tarsem Dhandwar Singh , known professionally as Tarsem, is an Indian director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials.- Life and career :...
.
Career
In 1989, after he had graduated from the college, Whiting began his career as an editorial/book cover illustrator. He later combined his loves of art and film, by becoming an art director and production designer at Warner Bros.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
However, he was dissatisfied, and left years later, to write his own work, including the award-winning 2003 live-action short film Apple Jack.
Whiting, now represented by the Creative Artists Agency, is currently writing and directing his first live-action feature film with the help of Edward Saxon
Edward Saxon
-Early life:Saxon was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated at Kirkwood High School from 1972 to 1976, and McGill University from 1976 to 1980. He then studied at The Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinema-Television. While at McGill, he founded the Tuesday Night Cafe...
, theaward-winning producer of Silence of the Lambs.
Awards and nominations
- Film Festival awards
- Won, L.A. Shorts Fest, 2003, (for Apple Jack)
- Won, Deep Ellum Film Festival, 2004, for Best Short Film (Apple Jack)
- Won, Deep Ellum Film Festival, 2004, for Best Comedy Short (Apple Jack)
- Annie awards
- Nominated, 1999, for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (The Iron GiantThe Iron GiantThe Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...
) - Nominated, 2004, for Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Television Production (Duck DodgersDuck DodgersDuck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
) - Nominated, 2005, for Production Design in an Animated Television Production (Duck DodgersDuck DodgersDuck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
)
- Nominated, 1999, for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (The Iron Giant
Directing
- Apple Jack (2003)
- Duck DodgersDuck DodgersDuck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
(39 episodes, 2003–2005; art director)
Art designing
- Space JamSpace JamAside from Jordan, a number of NBA players and coaches appeared in the film. Larry Bird portrays a friend of Jordan who joins him for a game of golf. When the Monstars steal the NBA players' talent, they invade a game between the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, causing the Knicks' Patrick...
(1996; character designer) - The Angry BeaversThe Angry BeaversThe Angry Beavers is an American animated television series created by Mitch Schauer for the Nickelodeon channel. The series revolves around Daggett and Norbert Beaver, two young beaver brothers who have left their home to become bachelors in the forest near Wayouttatown, Oregon. The show premiered...
(19 episodes; 1997–2001) - The Iron GiantThe Iron GiantThe Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...
(designed and illustrated the special editionSpecial editionThe terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
cover) - Mother Goose and GrimmMother Goose and GrimmMother Goose and Grimm is an internationally syndicated comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Peters. It was first syndicated in 1984 and is distributed by King Features Syndicate to more than 800 newspapers...
(TV series; 1992)