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Mark Pellington

{{Short description|American film director, writer, and producer}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Mark Pellington

|image=Mark Pellington (32679170562).jpg

|caption=Pellington in 2017

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1962|3|17}}

|birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

|occupation=Film director, producer, writer, photographer

|yearsactive=1990–present

|website={{URL|markpellington.com}}

}}

Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer.

Life and career

Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played football with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OhkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=55wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5853,3411860|title=Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2018-06-24}}

Pellington then began directing feature films, including Going All the Way (1997), starring Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz, Arlington Road (1999), starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Mothman Prophecies (2002), starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths{{cite web |url=http://www.lorencoleman.com/mothman_death_list.html |title=Mothman Death List / The Mothman Curse |publisher=Lorencoleman.com |access-date=2013-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226023723/http://www.lorencoleman.com/mothman_death_list.html |archive-date=2012-12-26 }} foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman.

Filmography

= Director =

= Feature films =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards and nominations

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ref.

| 1997

| Going All the Way

| Nominated – Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize

|{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119209/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4 |title = Going All the Way - Awards - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

| 1999

| Arlington Road

| Nominated – Grand Prix Award at the Paris Film Festival
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

|{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137363/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4 |title = Arlington Road - Awards - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

| 2002

| The Mothman Prophecies

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| 2007

| U2 3D

|

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| 2008

| Henry Poole Is Here

|

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| 2011

| I Melt with You

|

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| 2017

| The Last Word

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| 2018

| Nostalgia

|

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|2022The Severing

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|2025Lone Wolf

|

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= Short films & documentaries =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

1992

| U2: Achtung Baby: the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV

|

1995

| United States of Poetry

| PBS documentary mini-series

1997

| Destination Anywhere

| Bon Jovi short film

1998

| Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory

|

rowspan="2"|1999

| Alice in Chains: Music Bank: The Videos

|

Of Time and Memory

|

2002

| The Place We Call Earth

|

2003

| Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part 1 & 2

|

2004

| I'm Only Looking – The Best of INXS

|

2005

| The Flaming Lips: VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)

|

2005

| Keane: Strangers

| Video: "Everybody's Changing" (U.S. version)

2014

| Lone

| Featuring Chelsea Wolfe

2017

| "Soul of the Machine"

| Aston Martin promo, featuring Tom Brady

2018

| "Mirror/Shadow" documentary

|

2020

| Nightwalkers

| {{cite web |title=Nightwalkers |url=https://riff.it/en/nightwalkers/ |website=RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival |access-date=2 December 2022 |date=10 November 2020}}

= Television =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes

rowspan="2"|1990

| Buzz

|

Red Hot + Blue

| ABC TV special (The Jungle Brothers: "I Get a Kick Out of You")

1991

| Alive from Off Center

| 1 episode - "Words in Your Face"

1992

| Punch and Judy Get Divorced

|

1997

| Homicide: Life on the Street

| 1 episode – "Blood Ties: Part 3"

2003–2007

| Cold Case

| 7 episodes

2009

| Back

|

rowspan="3"|2013

| Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives

|

Anatomy of Violence

|

Red Widow

| 1 episode – "Pilot"

2014

| Cocaine Cowboys

| 1 episode – "Pilot"

2015

| Blindspot

| 4 episodes

2018

| The Enemy Within

| 1 episode - "Pilot"

2019

| Star Trek: Short Treks

| 2 episodes

2020

| Survive

|

= Music videos =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Song

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Artist

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ref

1985

|"Dance Me to the End of Love"

|Leonard Cohen

|

1986

| "Stay Right Here"

| Deep 6

|

1987

| "Silent Morning"

| Noel

|{{cite web |url= http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/mark-pellington/ |title=Mark Pellington: My First Shoot}}

rowspan="2"|1988

| "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"

| Information Society

|{{cite web |url= http://www.insoc.org/History.HTML |title= InSoc history |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071022144059/http://insoc.org/History.HTML |archive-date= 2007-10-22 }}

"Walking Away"

| Information Society

|

rowspan="2"|1989

| "Say No Go"

| De La Soul

|

"Repetition"

| Information Society

|

rowspan="3"|1990

| "Stone Cold Yesterday"

| The Connells

|

"Love & Tears"

| Maggie's Dream

|

"Pretty White"

| Deep 6

|

rowspan="3"|1991

| "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"

| Crystal Waters

|{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/crystal-waters/737942/gypsy-woman-shes-homeless.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523110316/http://www.vh1.com/video/crystal-waters/737942/gypsy-woman-shes-homeless.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 23, 2013|title="Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters}}

"Swing It"

| J.T.

|

"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"

| P.M. Dawn

|{{cite web|url=http://cms13ca.netne.net/mve/videos/set_adrift.html|title=Music Video Encyclopedia – Set Adrift on Memory Bliss}}

rowspan="7"|1992

| "One"

| U2

|

"Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine"

| P.M. Dawn

|

"Television, the Drug of the Nation"

| The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

|

"Jeremy"

| Pearl Jam

|

"Shut 'Em Down"

| Public Enemy

|

"Drive"

| R.E.M.

|

"Peace and Love Inc."

| Information Society

|

rowspan="5"|1993

| "Beautiful Girl"

| INXS

|

"Independent"

| Sacred Reich

|

"Rooster"

| Alice in Chains

|

"Black Lodge"

| Anthrax

|

"Butterfly"

| Screaming Trees

|

rowspan="4"|1994

| "'74–'75"

| The Connells

|

"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"

| Whale

|

"Hey Baby"

| Maggie Estep & I Love Everybody

|

"Trigger Inside"

| Therapy?

|

rowspan="3"|1995

| "Waydown"

| Catherine Wheel

|

"Tomorrow"

| Silverchair

|

"Kickin'"

| Whale

|

rowspan="3"|1996

| "Ladykillers"

| Lush

|

"Low"

| Sacred Reich

|

"Beautiful Girl"

| Pete Droge & the Sinners

|

rowspan="4"|1997

| "Midnight in Chelsea"

| Jon Bon Jovi

|

"Queen of New Orleans"

| Jon Bon Jovi

|

"Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town"

| Jon Bon Jovi

|

"Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand"

| Jon Bon Jovi

|

rowspan="1"|1998

| "Ugly"

| Jon Bon Jovi

|

rowspan="1"|1999

| "We're in This Together"

| Nine Inch Nails

|

rowspan="3"|2002

| "Lonesome Day"

| Bruce Springsteen

|

"Do You Realize??" (UK version)

| The Flaming Lips

|

"Half Light"

| Low featuring Tomandandy

|

rowspan="1"|2003

| "Wasted Time"

| Kings of Leon

|

rowspan="2"|2004

| "Gravedigger"

| Dave Matthews

|

"She Has No Time"

| Keane

|

rowspan="2"|2005

| "Everybody's Changing"

| Keane

|

"Best of You"

| Foo Fighters

|

rowspan="2"|2006

| "How to Save a Life"

| The Fray

|

"Falling by the Wayside"

| People in Planes

|

rowspan="1"|2007

| "Soulmate"

| Natasha Bedingfield

|

rowspan="3"|2008

| "Girls in Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)"

| Bruce Springsteen

|

"Henry Poole Is Here"

| Ron Irizarry

|

"We're Not Beautiful"

| Emma Ejwertz

|

rowspan="1"|2009

| "One Time We Lived" (version 2)

| Moby

|

rowspan="6"|2010

| "Syndicate"

| The Fray

|

"New Morning"

| Alpha Rev

|

"Laredo"

| Band of Horses

|

"Infinite Arms"

| Band of Horses

|

"Hold My Hand"

| Michael Jackson

|

Permission

| "Spanking Machines"

|Permission

|

rowspan="2"|2011

| "Care"

| Kid Rock

|

"Skyscraper"

| Demi Lovato

|

rowspan="1"|2012

| "I Won't Give Up"

| Jason Mraz

|

rowspan="9"|2014

| "Final Masquerade"

| Linkin Park

|{{cite web|url=http://www.videostatic.com/production/2014/06/23/linkin-park-final-masquerade-mark-pellington-dir|title=LINKIN PARK "Final Masquerade" (Mark Pellington, dir.)|work=VideoStatic}}

"Cigarette Daydreams"

| Cage the Elephant

|

"Cool Kids"

| Echosmith

|

"Giants"

| Bear Hands

|

"Feral Love"

| Chelsea Wolfe

|

"The Waves Have Come"

| Chelsea Wolfe

|

"Let the Fireflies Fly Away"

| Mark Mulcahy

|

"Young Blood"

| Bea Miller

|

"Why Not Me"

| The Indecent

|

rowspan="3"|2015

| "Human Race"

| Three Days Grace

|{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk2vNh3VXgc|title=Three Days Grace – Human Race – Music Video|website=YouTube |date=14 May 2015 }}

"Where's the Indifference Now?"

| Mark Mulcahy

|

"Nightlight"

| Silversun Pickups

|

rowspan="2"|2016

| "Dynasty"

| MIIA

|

"Lost Boy"

| Ruth B

|

rowspan="2"| 2017

| "Gold"

| The Shelters

|

"Tell Me You Love Me"

| Demi Lovato

|

rowspan="3"| 2018

| "Fly"

| Low

|

"Next to Me"

| Imagine Dragons

|

"Autumn Leaves"

| Damian Marley

|

rowspan="3"|2019

| "You're Somebody Else"

| Flora Cash

|{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzjMmwki1Fs|title=flora cash - You're Somebody Else (Official Video)|website=YouTube |date=4 November 2018 }}

= Producer =

= Feature films =

class="wikitable"
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ref.

2000

| No Maps for These Territories

| rowspan="2"|Executive Producer

2002

| OT: Our Town

|

rowspan="2" | 2003

| Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part I

| rowspan="2" | Producer

|

Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II

|

2004

| Time Well Spent

| Executive Producer

|

2003–2007

| Cold Case

| Consulting Producer (77 episodes)

|

2007

| The Man from Earth

| rowspan="3" | Executive Producer

|

2008

| Henry Poole Is Here

|

2009

| Shipping and Receiving (short)

|

2011

| I Melt with You

| Producer

|

2017

| The Last Word

| Producer

|

2018

| Nostalgia

| Producer

|

TBA

| The Severing

| Producer

|

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0671210}}
  • Mark Pellington's [http://www.markpellington.com Official Website]
  • Mark Pellington's Guest DJ Set on KCRW [http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/gd/gd080813mark_pellington KCRW Guest DJ Project]

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