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Mark Becker - Documentary Filmmaker, Editor, and Cinematographer

Published: May 15, 2011, 10 p.m.

Mark\xa0Becker co-edited the award winning Lost Boys of Sudan, which won an\xa0Independent Spirit Award.

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Mark has also worked as an editor for Lucasfilm, PBS, and on various\xa0independent productions. Working as a cinematographer, he has filmed documentaries for\xa0PBS, the BBC, MTV, and the\xa0Discovery Channel.

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Mark\xa0produced and directed Romantico, about a troubadour returns home to scratch out a living in Mexico after years of\xa0trying to get ahead in San Francisco. \xa0

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Mark\xa0was the director, editor, and cinematographer for the documentary film Pressure Cooker about three Frankford High\xa0seniors that find an unlikely ally in the form of culinary arts teacher Wilma Stephenson.

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More recently,\xa0Mark\xa0edited and co-wrote sequences for the inspiring documentary, Circo, about a hardscrabble traveling\xa0Mexican circus troupe that has lived and performed on the road since the 19th Century, and its chances for survival today.