Mark Harlien

Mark grew up in a family with high drama: his mother was an award-winning drama teacher and theater director. He attended film studies at Texas Tech University and dabbled in amateur filmmaking until entering commercial video production in 1997 as art director and editor for regional and national commercials. In 2012 he returned to narrative work as a production designer, working under award-winning director Robert Eggers, and as provided art, design, color and prop direction for several feature films and shorts. In 2016 he wrote and directed his first short, Acting Like a Child, studying under award-winning director Steve Mims. He has teamed with acclaimed director Kevin Nations to offer films and video services in independent film and commercial/corporate video production through Ideawire, Inc., an award-winning 20-year old marketing firm, and Alamo Film, a subsidiary of Ideawire offering video production services.