Mark Pellington

Mark Pellington (born March 17 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film director. He directed The Mothman Prophecies, a 2002 film starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman, as well as Arlington Road in 1999 starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges.

Pellington has also worked with such musical artists as Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, U2, and Jon Bon Jovi. He has also made cameo appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire.

He directed the landmark mini-series The United States of Poetry for PBS in 1995. It won the INPUT (International Public Television) Award in 1996.

Music video filmography

"Jeremy" Pearl Jam 1992

"Rooster" Alice in Chains 1993

"Beautiful Girl" INXS 1993

"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" Whale 1994

"Ladykillers" Lush 1996

"We're in This Together" Nine Inch Nails 1999

"Do You Realize??" The Flaming Lips (UK version) 2002

"Gravedigger" Dave Matthews 2003

"Best of You" Foo Fighters 2005

"Falling By the Way Side" People in Planes 2005

"74-75" The Connells ----

"Everybody's Changing" Keane 2005

"How To Save a Life" The Fray 2006

Director Filmography

• Electric God (2008) (announced)
• Cold Case (2005)
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory (1998)
• Homicide: Life on the Street"
• Destination Anywhere (1997)
• Going All the Way (1997)
• United States of Poetry (1995)
• Punch and Judy Get Divorced (1992)

Producer Filmography

• Electric God (2008) (announced) (executive producer)
• The Man from Earth (2006) (post-production) (executive producer)
• Cold Case (2006)
• Time Well Spent (2004) (executive producer)
• Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II (2003)
• No Maps for These Territories (2000)

External link

• IMDB Mark Pellington Entry