Biography
Mark Bristol is an award-winning writer-director who just produced and directed his second feature film Chocolate Lizards starring Thomas Haden Church, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rudy Pankow, and Bruce Dern. The film has just started the festival circuit, and more news will be coming soon.
Bristol honed his craft as a storyboard artist for directors including Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Terrence Malick, and Christopher McQuarrie.
Before directing, Bristol has been busy designing, storyboarding, and directing previs for all the action scenes in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Fallout, and Dead Reckoning Part 1 and 2.
On the small screen, Bristol wrote and directed a Foster Care campaign that won 3 silver ADDY awards. He also served as writer-director on Episode 3 Night Terrors for Rooster Teeth Productions' award-winning series Day 5. He also developed and wrote the graphic novel companion to Universal’s The Mummy starring Tom Cruise.
Bristol has been invited numerous times to speak at the film festivals and universities on storyboarding, writing, and directing for film and new media. He is a proud member of the Art Directors Guild, and he serves on the SXSW Film Festival Advisory Board.
