Mark Gill | |
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Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
Years active | 2011–present |
Notable work | |
Website | www.markgill.co.uk |
Mark Gill is an English screenwriter and film director. He is from Stretford in Manchester.
Gill graduated from University of Central Lancashire in 2007,.[1] Gill has won numerous awards, including a Royal Television Society Award. In 2014 Gill was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his film The Voorman Problem,[2] as well as receiving a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film nomination in 2013 [3]
Gill co-wrote and directed England Is Mine, a biopic based on the early life of Morrissey. It premiered at the closing gala of the Edinburgh Film Festival on 2 July 2017, and went into wide release in the UK in August 2017.[4]
Gill's second feature, Ravens, a darkly surreal love story based on the life of Masahisa Fukase and his wife Yoko, will be released in 2025. Ravens premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2024.[5] Ravens stars Golden Globe winning (Shōgun) actor Tadanobu Asano. Ravens premiered at the 2024 Austin Film Festival and won the Marquee Film Audience Award.