MARK NASSIEF

mgnassief@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Writer/Producer/Director/Editor with 30+ years experience ranging from the smallest local market to the world stage.  Possesses the ability to work in both the creative and corporate environments, taking ideas from inception to completion.  Also able to work in the long and short forms.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

SUZIE MARK PRODUCTIONS, Santa Clarita, CA               1993 – present

Owner:  Video production company specializing in website videos, family histories, documentaries, marketing videos and special events as well as projects for HBO and Castle Rock Films

PLAN!T NOW,  Santa Barbara, CA                                   June, 2010 – 2012

Writer/Producer of the Young Meteorologist Computer Game, designed to teach children to prepare and survive severe weather events.

NEW WAVE ENTERAINMENT, Burbank, CA                            2006 – 2009

Writer/Producer of documentaries and other extra content for DVD release including retrospective documentaries for “Harry Potter,” The Popeye DVD Collection Vol. 1 – 3, and Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5 (Warner Bros.) “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Hustler,” “The Verdict” and “Marley & Me” (20^th Century Fox). “The Fast and the Furious,” and “Cleopatra” (Universal).

BROADWAY VIDEO, New York, NY

Writer/Producer/Consultant on projects for ESPN’s Classic Sports and Nickelodeon, as well as PR pieces for ABC’s “The View,” Rosie O’Donnell Foundation, and Microsoft Corporation

GGP SPORTS, San Francisco, CA                                             1989 – 1993

Writer/Producer:  Super Bowl and College Football Specials, and “Prime Network’s College Football Today” (live series)

NBC Sports, New York, NY                                                                     1992

Associate Director:  NBC’s “Games of the XXV Olympiad” in Barcelona, Spain (prime time shows with Bob Costas)

KHBS-TV, Fort Smith, AR (ABC)                                                1988-1989, 75 shows

Writer/Producer:  “Sports Final,” a live weekend 20 minute sports wrap-up show

WRITING EXPERIENCE 

• Has written narration for Julia Roberts, Whoopi Goldberg, Carl Reiner, John Madden, Dick Enberg, and Dan Patrick

• Co-creator/author and publisher of Bubba Ganooj Books for children

• Authored infomercials and corporate marketing videos

EDUCATION

BA, History, UCLA

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

Emmy Award: Associate Director, “Games of the XXV Olympiad” (NBC), 1992

Associated Press, Arkansas:  Best TV Sports Reporting, 1989

Associated Press, Oklahoma: Best TV Sports Reporting, 1989

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHT

Making Michael Jordan cry