DIRECTOR - MARK SCHIMMEL IS A VISUAL STORYTELLER AND A FILMMAKER.
HIS SHORT FILMS HAVE BEEN IN OVER 60 FILM FESTIVALS, HIS SCREENPLAYS
HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO COMPETITIVE FESTIVALS AND
AMONG HIS HUNDREDS OF COMMERCIALS,
HE’S BEEN NOMINATED TWICE FOR AN EMMY
AND HAS WON OVER 50 COMMERCIAL AWARDS.
 
 
MARK GRADUATED FROM PRATT AND EARNED HIS MFA FROM VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS AN ADVERTISING ART DIRECTOR AND WORKED FOR WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS. SINCE THEN, MARK HAS DIRECTED THE LIKES OF WOODY HARRELSON, RUSSELL WILSON, GEORGE STRAIT, HUNDREDS
OF REAL PEOPLE, KIDS AND A LOT OF DOGS. AS AN EPISODIC DIRECTOR,
HE WAS TRAINED ON THE CW -WARNER EPISODIC VAMPIRE SHOW,
”THE ORIGINALS” AND WENT ON
TO  CO-PRODUCE 2ND UNIT FOR PETER FARRELLY'S, "THE NOW". 
 
MARK SCHIMMEL LIVES IN SARASOTA FLORIDA,
HEADING UP THE BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE RENOWNED
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, SCHOOL OF FILM.