Mark Schwartzbard studied film at Ithaca College, where his junior year film was a Regional Finalist in the 23rd Student Academy Awards. His cinematography credits include two narrative feature films, (most recently GARMENTO, a comedy that played in limited release around the country) one documentary feature (on the verge of completion at this writing) and a healthy pile of shorts. Several short films he's shot for himself have played and won awards at film festivals around the country, including Best of Show awards at the Rosebud Awards and the Ohio Independent Film Festival in 1996, the Personal Expression Award at 1996 Tacoma Tortured Artists Film Festival, the Lagniappe Award at 1996 New Orleans Film and Video Festival, and both the Screenwriting Award and second place, Experimental category, in the 1996 Empire State Exhibitions. His work has also been screened at the Cocoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Walters Gallery in Baltimore, MD. When not shooting, Mark has worked for the last several years as a camera assistant on feature films, television series, and more commercials than he ares to admit. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.