Mark Kirkland is a three-time Emmy award-winning director (The Simpsons), an award-winning filmmaker, writer/director. He studied drawing, animation, filmmaking and received a BFA degree from The California Institute of The Arts (CalArts). Kirkland is an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and a former Governor for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He has a life long interest in fine art and illustration and is a avid sketchbook artist.
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Bud's Odyssey
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100 years ago in a long forgotten movie studio... Ellen, an aspiring actress, seeks her "lucky break" in a studio where everything goes wrong.
A short silent film (22 minutes) by three-time Primetime Emmy award-winning filmmaker Mark Kirkland.
Featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic, Haskell Wexler, ASC, and more.
Mark Kirkland demonstrates how to use a vintage Bell and Howell 2709 camera used in the silent era, designed in 1912. Mark is known for his work on The Simpsons, A Letter from Home and most recently, his short, The Moving Picture Co. 1914, which is up for Academy Consideration.