Mark W Travis

"My mission is to assist artists in effectively expressing themselves by helping them to discover their personal connection to their work, and to give them the tools necessary to bring that personal expression to life."

Mark W. Travis

Since 1992 Mark Travis has been sharing his techniques on writing, acting and directing worldwide:

USA:

  • The Directors Guild
  • American Film Institute
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • UCLA Extension
  • Taos Talking Pictures
  • Film Festival
  • Denver Film Festival
  • Hollywood Actor's Workshop
  • Hollywood Film Institute
  • Idaho Film and Television Institute

JAPAN:

  • Film & Media Lab
  • Vantan Film School

GERMANY:

  • UW Filmseminares
  • ActionConcept
  • Eric Pommer Institute
  • Konrad Wolf Film School
  • Munich Film School (HFF)
  • Münchner Filmwerkstat
  • Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e.V. t

POLAND:

  • The Film Farm in Kotla

ENGLAND:

  • Raindance
  • Paradigm Film Productions
  • Hurtwood House
  • Metropolitan Film School
  • London Film School
  • The London Film Academy
  • Lionhead Studios
  • Media Center Cornwall (Penzance)
  • Cornwall Film (Truro)

FRANCE:

  • The Cannes Film Festival

NETHERLANDS:

  • The Maurits Binger Institute (Amsterdam)

UKRAINE:

  • Hollywood School in Ukraine (Kiev)

BRAZIL:

  • Film Planet (Rio de Janeiro)

RUSSIA:

  • International Film Actors Workshop (Moscow)

SPAIN:

  • afilm International Film Workshops (Sitges, Barcelona)

NORWAY:

  • Norwegian Film School (Lillehammer)

IRELAND:

  • FAS Screen Training Ireland (Dublin)

Client List

Mark Travis

 

Film:

THE MIDNIGHT DRIVES (Cornwall Film)
Mark Jenkin, writer/director
(currently in production)

DRESSING GRANITE (Cornwall Film)
Bill Scott, director
(currently in production)

BARBERSHOP (MGM)
Tim Story, Director
George Tillman & Robert Teitel, Producers
Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer

BARBERSHOP 2 (MGM Studios)
Kevin Sullivan, Director
George Tillman & Robert Teitel, Producers
Starring Ice Cube, Queen Latifah, Cedric the Entertainer

MEN OF HONOR (20th Century Fox)
George Tillman, Jr., Director
Robert Teitel, Producer
Starring Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr.

THE DAY REAGAN WAS SHOT (Showtime/Paramount)
Cyrus Nowrasteh, Director

THE LAST RUN (Run Raw Productions)
Jonathan Segal, Director
Starring Fred Savage

TOURNAMENT OF DREAMS (Miracle Productions)
Don Abernathy, Director

BLACK IRISH (Independent)
Brad Gann, Director

NORMA, JEAN, JACK & ME (Independent)
Cyrus Nowrasteh, Director
Starring Sally Kirkland, Michael Murphey

THE KILLING JAR (Independent)
Evan Crooke, Director
Starring Bret Cullen, Tomika Tomlin

FROG & WOMBAT (Independent)
Laurie Agard, Director

ROAD DOGZ (Independent)
Alfredo Ramos, Director

HEARTLESS (Independent)
Judy Vogelsang

EXPOSED (Independent)
Misti Barnes

BETTER THAN SEX (Independent)
Doug Cox

 

Television:

PICKET FENCES
Michael Pressman
Jonathan Pontell
Bob Breech
Dennie Gordon

ALLY McBEAL
Jonathan Pontell

THE PRACTICE
Bob Breech

N.Y.P.D. BLUE

BEVERLY HILLS 90210
Marty Pasetta
Jennie Garth

MELROSE PLACE
Marty Pasetta

LOIS AND CLARK
Chris Long

 

 

"Mark said the things I always wanted to hear as an actress, and taught me things I needed to know to be a director."
Jennie Garth, Actress-Producer-Director, Beverly Hills 90210
"With astonishing clarity Mark Travis articulates the techniques and skills of film directing. Not only does the beginning student find invaluable guidance on all stages of the directing process, but the experienced director will learn rational explanations for many of the things he may have only been doing intuitively."
John Badham, Director, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, WAR GAMES, BLUE THUNDER
"I was immediately able to apply the principles learned in his class when I began to direct"
Jonathan Pontell, Co-Executive Producer/Director, ALLY McBEAL, CHICAGO HOPE