Biography
Mark Bristol began his career as a storyboard artist. Since 1992, he has
worked on hundreds of commercials and over forty motion pictures, including,
"Memento," "The Thin Red Line," "Equilibrium," "Narnia, The Lion, The Witch
and The Wardrobe," and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life."
Mark’s directorial debut, Natural Selection, premiered on Showtime in
the spring of 2002. Critics deemed Natural Selection a “superb, macabre,
lowbrow and at the same time, slyly sophisticated comedy.” The film has
also received praise for it’s “excellent performances” and “brilliantly
conceived and executed images.” Retitled The Monster Hunter, the film
received a wide release on DVD in 2003. The film stars David Carradine
(Kung Fu, Kill Bill), Michael Bowen (Magnolia, Kill Bill), Darren Burrows
(Northern Exposure, Amistad), Stephen Root (Office Space, O Brother,
Where Art Thou?), and Bob Balaban (Gosford Park, Capote).
In 2002 Mark’s WW2 documentary, Devils in Baggy Pants, lead him to
produce and direct the Medal of Honor: “Rising Sun” Veterans History
Project for game developer Electronic Arts. Combining his artistic and
directorial skills, Mark also worked as the Visual Consultant on Electronic
Arts The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Third Age video
games.
In 2003 he collaborated with game developer Spark in developing a
television event for the launch of the Call of Duty video game.
In 2004 he directed A&E’s Biography of the Year 2004 with host Tom
Selleck.
In 2005 Mark was hired to write and direct the feature film Ghost of
Les Cheri that was ultimately washed away in the hurricane season of
2005.
From 2005 through mid 2007 Mark was the Lead Narrative Designer,
Cinema Director and Charatcer Designer on Edge of Reality's next-gen
title Cipher Complex.
From 2007 to mid 2008 Mark was head of the cinema department at
Midway Studios Austin.
Mark is currently the Art Director for id software on DOOM 4.
