Mark Heidelberger
Mark Heidelberger is a music video, commercial, documentary and feature film producer. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on August 5, 1977. He is a founder of the entertainment production company Treasure Entertainment.
Early life
His father Eric was an aerospace engineer and his mother Theresa was a human resources manager, both working at General Electric and later Lockheed Martin.[1]
Heidelberger graduated number one in his class with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from
Career
Early in his career, Heidelberger held entry-level or assistant positions at companies like Outlaw Productions, Film Roman and literary agency Ken Sherman & Associates.[2]
He started
He executive-produced an independent dramedy feature called Cycles, served as a producer on award-winning NBA basketball docu-drama Flintown Kids, and also helped develop and package the indie thriller Don Mckay, starring Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue and Melissa Leo.[4]
Through
In 2006, he developed and co-executive produced the family feature film You've Got A Friend for
He followed that up in 2011 with the horror web series Chopper, starring Tyler Mane and Andrew Bryniarski, based on the popular comic book.[8]
In 2012, he produced the romantic comedy feature It’s Not You, It’s Me, starring
He then produced the award-winning Chinese-American romance film Comfort, which premiered in competition at Cinequest,[11] and served as associate producer on the Southern noir thriller Mississippi Murder, starring Malcolm McDowell and Luke Goss.[12]
In 2015, he produced a holiday film called A New York Christmas, released by Shoreline Entertainment, starring Jamie Bamber, Tracie Thoms and Jasika Nicole.[13] He quickly followed that up as co-producer and UPM on Pray for Rain from ESX Productions and Lucas Oil, a mystery starring Jane Seymour, Missi Pyle and Paul Rodriguez.[14]
In 2016, he produced horror movie The Basement, starring Mischa Barton,[15] followed by Chinese new media series The Offer the following year.[16]
In 2018, he worked on several feature documentary projects, including Lil Buck Renaissance for French director Louis Wallecan and Somewhere in the Middle for longtime collaborator Nathan Ives.
He graduated with a bachelor of arts in film studies from UC Santa Barbara[17] and a master of fine arts in motion picture and television producing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Erika Heidelberger, and serves as a freelance producer, line producer, production manager, post production supervisor and development consultant. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
Filmography
- Cycles (2001)[18]
- Flintown Kids (2005)[19]
- Harsh Times (2006)[20]
- You've Got A Friend (2007)[7]
- Man Overboard (2008) [21]
- Who Stole The Soul? (2009)[6]
- Chopper (2011)[22]
- It's Not You, It's Me (2012)[23]
- Ninja Apocalypse (2014)[24]
- Comfort (2015)[25]
- A New York Christmas (2016)[26]
- Mississippi Murder (2016)[27]
- Pray for Rain (2017)[28]
- The Basement (2018)[29]
- The Offer (2018)[30]
- Somewhere in the Middle (2019)[31]
References
- ^ Mark Heidelberger's bio
- ^ Professional Resume
- ^ Executive Bio
- ^ Blog Talk Radio - Rex Sike's Movie Beat - 'Chats with Producer Mark Heidelberger' - 8/11/2009
- ^ "Bauer Martinez acquires 'Harsh Times'" The Hollywood Reporter: 15 September 2005
- ^ a b Who Stole The Soul? at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b You've Got A Friend at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Chopper
- ^ Marketwired - It's Not You, It's Me Commences Principal Photography
- ^ Mamj exclusive: interview with cast and crew of ninja apocalypse
- ^ Cinequest - Comfort
- ^ Mississippi Murder
- ^ A New York Christmas
- ^ Metacritic - Pray for Rain
- ^ The Basement
- ^ The Offer
- ^ UCSB Film & Media Studies - Mark Heidelberger
- ^ "Cycles Official Site". Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- ^ Flintown Kids Official Site Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Harsh Times at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Man Overboard Official Site
- ^ Chopper at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ It's Not You, It's Me at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Ninja Apocalypse at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Comfort Official Site
- ^ A New York Christmas at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Mississippi Murder at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Pray for Rain at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Basement at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Offer at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Somewhere in the Middle at the Internet Movie Database