Mark Palansky

Mark Palansky
Born	Mark Palansky Toronto, Canada
Occupation	Film Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1998 – present

Mark Palansky is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He got his start working as an assistant director on titan film productions such as Armageddon and Pearl Harbor. He then worked as a second unit director on The Island and The Amityville Horror.

His directorial debut was a 2001 short film called The Same starring Josh Hartnett. Palansky made his big screen debut in 2006 with the modern day fairytale Penelope. In the film Christina Ricci stars as Penelope, a young blueblood cursed with a pig snout. Palanski has now moved into the realm of feature film directing, and he brings a distinct, fantastical style to the world of Penelope. With his debut full of whimsy and laughs, the film was able to earn a certified fresh label on Rotten Tomatoes and proves Mark Palansky to be a true visionary artist with a unique eye for the macabre.^{[1] [2]}

In october 2009 it was announced that Palanski is set to direct for Sony Pictures Entertainment action-adventure "Iron Jack", a project that sparked a bidding war in 2008. Todd Garner will produce via his Broken Road Productions. George Heller and Jeremy Bell are serving as executive producers. The story takes place in the 1930s and tells of a renowned novelist and his is quest to unearth a legendary treasure. Sony picked up up-and-coming screenwriter Johnny Rosenthal's spec script for $1.25 million against $2 million, beating offers made from CBS Films, MGM and Spyglass. No production schedule was announced for the film.^[3][4][5]

In a 2008 interview Palanski also revealed that he is working on two other projects with actor Peter Dinklage. The first one, "Mendel's Dwarf", is a scientific love story. The second one, based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, is called "Hop Frog". It is dark atmospheric revenge tale in the vein of a Grimm's' Fairytale except it is not really fantastical.^[1]

Filmography

• 2011 : Mendel's Dwarf (pre-production)
• 2010 : Iron Jack (pre-production)
• 2006 : Penelope
• 2005 : Stories of Lost Souls
• 2001 : The Same
• 1999 : Shutter

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Exclusive: Director Mark Palansky Is Courting Penelope". MovieWeb. February 26, 2008. http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEKagPMSLxsPOR. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
2. ^ Penelope Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
3. ^ "Palansky to direct Iron Jack for Sony". Movie Jungle (Peter Dimako). October 14, 2009. http://www.moviejungle.com/newsDetails.aspx?ArticleID=3228. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
4. ^ "Mark Palansky Will Bulk Up with Iron Jack". Movie Jungle. October 14, 2009. http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEu43AxCZ2PsxB. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
5. ^ "Mark Palansky Tackles Iron Jack". Empire Online (Helen O'Hara). October 14, 2009. http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=26053. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 

External links

• Mark Palansky at the Internet Movie Database

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