If I ain't tryin' I'm dyin'!
<span class="Body-C-C3">My name is Mark Todd, I'm a writer/director living in Los Angeles. <br><br>I was born in a little town called Wednesbury in the West Midlands, and part of England called The Black Country. There are a lot of tales about how the area got it's name but the most popular ones revolve around the fact that the area was for 250 years one of the main iron, steel and coal producing areas in the UK.<br><br>I've been working in TV and film for 25 years and have worked as a <a target="_blank" title="Puppet Showreel" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBbF3N72DQ">puppeteer </a>on Spitting Image, Noels House Party and two Muppet movies.<br><br>I began writing and making my own material in the 90's, optioning a script to Universal Pictures, making short and TV series for the BBC, eventually making my first feature film in 2008.<br><br>The Crooked House is a fantastically exciting project, and it's made up of a feature film, documentary and sponsored web series.<br><br>Please take a couple of minutes to look over the proposal and thank you in advance for your contributions.<br><br>Here's a couple of my production credits<br><br>The Crooked House' -<wbr> Feature film -<wbr> Writer, Producer,Director 2011. <br>Currently in prep for October/November shoot in the UK.</span> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"> </span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">‘Bad Reception’ -<wbr> Feature Film -<wbr> Writer, Director 2008 </span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">Winner of Golden Ace Award Las Vegas</span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">Distributed by Amazon</span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRFSW-pPfC4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:underline;">Trailer Link</a></span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"> </span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">‘Hearing Things’ -<wbr> Short film -<wbr> Producer 2004</span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">Winner of Jerwood Writing Award and Moonstone Film Prize</span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"><a href="http://vimeo.com/26076977" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:underline;">Vimeo Link</a></span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"> </span></p> <p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3">‘The Digital Rebels’ TV & Web series Writer, Director 1999 BBC TV (UK)</span></p><p class="Body-P-P0"><span class="Body-C-C3"><a target="_blank" title="Digital Rebels" href="http://vimeo.com/26043390">Vimeo Link</a><br></span></p>