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Mark Heller

Director Biographies

Mark originally trained as an actor but, after several years working on stage and
screen, found his passion behind the camera and transitioned into directing. He
directed a number of plays in London’s fringe theatre, including The Diary at the
Tabard Theatre and Writers Block at the Players Theatre. Mark then moved to Los
Angeles where he directed Fiddler On The Roof and Let It Snow at the Beverley
Hills Theatre. He directed his first feature film, The Passage starring Stephen Dorff
(Blade) in Morocco, and was selected for the new directors Discovery Category at
the Toronto Film Festival.

After the successful reception of his first film, Mark went immediately into directing
Star Crossed, starring Luke Mably (28 Days Later), a foreign language moderniza-
tion of Romeo And Juliet which was filmed in the city of Porto in Portugal. Follow-
ing the multiple award-winning film The Mulberry Tree, a drama that centred on
a young man’s relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS, Mark
moved back to England from LA and directed Justice for the BBC starring Robert
Pugh.

Mark has returned to his first love of theatre directing the successful run of the new
show The Ruby Slippers at the St Helens Theatre Royal and is currently directing
this brand new stage play Lennon’s Banjo.

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