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Mark Sawicki

  • Visual Effects
  • Actor
  • Director
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A starlet actress is mysteriously murdered on stage. Investigations reveal dark secrets as you, the audience, tries to figure out "whodunit".
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Jury Duty (2017)
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Mark Sawicki began as an actor and clay animator in Michigan. He came to Los Angeles in 1976 and became involved in visual effects during the "Star Wars" era. One of his first positions was working for 'Roger Corman''s New World Studios working on low budget sci-fi pictures as a cameraman. From there, he went on to shooting effects and creating stop motion animation for commercials and many rock videos. In 1986, he became the matte photographer for Illusion Arts working under visual effects masters Albert Whitlock, Syd Dutton, and Bill Taylor. During this period, Mark began his work on mainstream films and became an instructor for Kodak's Cineon system (a landmark digital film compositing system). After a 10-year stint of compositing matte paintings at Illusion Arts, Mark went on to become a co supervisor for Area 51 on Tom Hanks' From the Earth to the Moon (1998). Mark was the head effects camera supervisor and digital colorist for Custom Film Effects. He has authored three DVDs on the art of clay animation and a documentary "Twilight Cameraman" on the craft of optical printing. He authored the books "Filming the Fantastic: Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography" and "Animating with Stop Motion Pro" published by Focal Press. Currently, Mark is a full time faculty member at the New York Film Academy Los Angeles campus and contributing faculty for the Stan Winston School of Character Arts and GCI. He frequently performs as an actor in independent films.
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Known for:

Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)
X-Men
7.3
  • Visual Effects
  • 2000
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
5.5
  • Visual Effects(Illusion Arts)
  • 1989
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator
8.1
  • Visual Effects(Fantasy II Film Effects)
  • 1984
Sean Connery, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Naseeruddin Shah, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, and Peta Wilson in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
5.8
  • Visual Effects
  • 2003

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Visual Effects

  • Emmy Rossum and Justin Long in Comet (2014)
    Comet
    • on set vfx supervisor: train sequence
    • 2014
  • Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, and Sarah Shahi in Bullet to the Head (2012)
    Bullet to the Head
    • visual effects photography
    • 2012
  • Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
    The Dark Knight Rises
    • visual effects opticals
    • 2012
  • Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Jack Black in Tropic Thunder (2008)
    Tropic Thunder
    • digital artist: Custom Film Effects
    • 2008
  • Kevin Costner in Swing Vote (2008)
    Swing Vote
    • digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
    • 2008
  • 27 Dresses (2008)
    27 Dresses
    • digital compositor
    • 2008
  • 9 Lives of Mara (2007)
    9 Lives of Mara
    • digital colorist
    • 2007
  • Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
    3:10 to Yuma
    • digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
    • 2007
  • Jason Lee in Underdog (2007)
    Underdog
    • digital compositor
    • 2007
  • Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix, and Eva Mendes in We Own the Night (2007)
    We Own the Night
    • digital compositor
    • 2007
  • The Invisible (2007)
    The Invisible
    • digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
    • 2007
  • Premonition (2007)
    Premonition
    • visual effects supervisor
    • 2007
  • Richard Gere in The Hoax (2006)
    The Hoax
    • digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
    • 2006
  • Mia Kirshner in The Black Dahlia (2006)
    The Black Dahlia
    • digital colorist
    • digital compositor
    • 2006
  • Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Jesse Metcalfe, and Brittany Snow in John Tucker Must Die (2006)
    John Tucker Must Die
    • digital colorist (uncredited)
    • 2006

Actor

  • The Deceased Won't Desist! (2021)
    The Deceased Won't Desist!
    • Drunk man at bar
    • 2021
  • Adventures of Aladdin (2019)
    Adventures of Aladdin
    • Sultan Karim
    • 2019
  • Bluetiful (2018)
    Bluetiful
    • Father Alien
    • Short
    • 2018
  • C.J. Baker, Kassie Johnston, Chris Kohls, and Nikki Tilmouth in Jury Duty (2017)
    Jury Duty
    • News Broadcaster (voice)
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Rescue Rocket X-5
    • Jack McCarthy III
    • 2006
  • Broken Mirrors
    • The Storyteller
    • Short
    • 2006
  • Mysterious Tales of Unexpected Horror
    • John Newcombe
    • Video
    • 2003
  • Cold Case Cops
    • Butch Harrod
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Red Handed
    • Priest
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • If I Had a Hammer (1999)
    If I Had a Hammer
    • Mr. Buckley
    • 1999
  • Skin and Bone (1996)
    Skin and Bone
    • Powerful Casting Agent
    • 1996
  • Red Sky at Night
    • Canoer
    • Short
    • 1996
  • Dogs Bark Blue
    • Art gallery owner
    • 1992
  • Steel and Lace (1991)
    Steel and Lace
    • Prosecutor
    • 1991
  • The Strangeness (1985)
    The Strangeness
    • Dan Flanders
    • 1985

Director

  • Eat At Joe's
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1978
  • Origins
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1978
  • It Stalked the Night
    • Director
    • Short
    • 1977
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    • Mark A. Sawicki

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      If I Had a Hammer
      (1999)
      $100 per day

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