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A native of the Midwest, Zack Parker is originally from the small town of Richmond, Indiana where he began making films at age 11. Acquiring a deep passion and interest in film as he grew, Zack went on to study filmmaking at Ball State University in Muncie, IN and later at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. Always returning to the Midwest to shoot his films, Zack has directed and produced 6 shorts, the most recent of which, Deception (2001) debuted at the Slamdunk Film Festival in Park City, Utah in 2001. Inexchange (2006) marked the feature directorial debut for Parker in 2006, a film that went on to much critical acclaim in the horror world, including such horror staples as Fangoria Magazine and Horror.com, and was subsequently released in 15 countries on DVD. After a successful run at such festivals as the Seattle True Independent Film Festival and the Indianapolis International Film Festival, Zack's second feature, Quench (2007), was released in October 2008 by Vanguard Cinema. Again garnering much critical praise, the film won the Award for "Best Director of a Feature Film" at the New York International Independent Film Festival, as well as named "One of the Best Films of the Year!" by Rogue Cinema. Parker is currently in post-production on his third feature, Scalene (2011), a perceptual thriller starring Margo Martindale, Hanna Hall, and Adam Scarimbolo that was once again filmed in Parker's native Indiana.

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