Mark Heidelberger

Mark Heidelberger is a music video, commercial, documentary and feature film producer. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania on August 5, 1977. He is a founder of the entertainment production company Treasure Entertainment.

Early life

His father Eric was an aerospace engineer and his mother Theresa was a human resources manager, both working at General Electric and later Lockheed Martin.^[1]

Mark graduated number one in his class with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from UC Santa Barbara in 2000 and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture and Television Producing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2003.

Career

Early in his career, Mark held entry-level or assistant positions at companies like Outlaw Productions, Film Roman and literary agency Ken Sherman & Associates.^[2]

Mark started Treasure Entertainment with partner Jesse Felsot in 2000. He has produced a number of music videos for clients such as Sony BMG/Latino, Upstairs Records, Nashville-based Stringtown Records, Bad Boy Records, Atlantic Records, Sony-based Immortal Records, and Jerry Heller (former President of Eazy E's Ruthless Records). He has also produced commercials for a diversity of companies such as Puma, Con Air, Lamborghini, Time Warner Cable and Cox Media.^[3]

Mark executive produced an independent dramedy feature called Cycles, served as a producer on award-winning NBA basketball docu-drama Flintown Kids, and also helped develop and package the indie thriller Don Mckay, starring Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue and Melissa Leo.^[4]

Through Treasure Entertainment, where Mark serves as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he produced the documentary The Making of Harsh Times, which takes a look at the work that went into making the gritty urban drama Harsh Times starring Christian Bale and Eva Longoria.^[5] He also produced the feature length documentary Who Stole The Soul?, which centers on the rise and fall of the R&B movement amid the proliferation of gangsta rap.^[6]

In 2006, Mark developed and co-executive produced the family feature film You've Got A Friend for The Hallmark Channel, starring John Schneider, Dylan McLaughlin and Bitty Schram, which premiered on Hallmark in 2007.^[7] Then, in 2008, Mark produced and served as production manager on the indie comedy feature Man Overboard, which premiered on HBO in Europe.

Mark's most recent producing venture is the vampire-Western feature High Midnight, with Mary Lambert directing, and Billy Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio and Thomas Kretschmann starring.^[8]

Filmography

• Cycles (2001)^[9]
• Flintown Kids (2005)^[10]
• Harsh Times (2006)^[11]
• You've Got A Friend (2007)^[12]
• Man Overboard (2008) ^[13]
• Who Stole The Soul? (2010)^[14]
• High Midnight (2011)^[15]

References

1. ^ Mark Heidelberger's bio
2. ^ Professional Resume
3. ^ Executive Bio
4. ^ Blog Talk Radio - Rex Sike's Movie Beat - 'Chats with Producer Mark Heidelberger' - 8/11/2009
5. ^ "Bauer Martinez acquires 'Harsh Times'" The Hollywood Reporter: 15 September 2005
6. ^ Who Stole The Soul? at the Internet Movie Database
7. ^ You've Got A Friend at the Internet Movie Database
8. ^ High Midnight at the Internet Movie Database
9. ^ Cycles Official Site
10. ^ Flintown Kids Official Site
11. ^ Harsh Times at the Internet Movie Database
12. ^ You've Got A Friend at the Internet Movie Database
13. ^ Man Overboard Official Site
14. ^ Who Stole The Soul? at the Internet Movie Database
15. ^ High Midnight at the Internet Movie Database

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