- Mark Tonderai
-
Mark Tonderai 
Born Mark Tonderai Occupation Writer, radio producer, actor, film director, editor, businessman Known for BBC Radio 1 disc jockey, 1990s Partner Zoe Stewart Mark Tonderai is an ex-disc jockey, writer, actor and film director. He is co-founder of the London-based production company Shona Productions, with partner Zoe Stewart.[1]
Contents
Career
Tonderai began his career in the media working as a writer, producer and presenter for radio.[2]
Radio
From early 1993 until late 1998 Tonderai was heavily involved in radio, and was the writer and producer of the Mark Tonderai Show, hosted on BBC Radio 1,and the Jam a show exposing hip-hop and R&B for the first time to a British national radio audience. Tonderai was also involved in numerous BBC Radio 4 projects, such as the Orldly Wise, Rainbow Nation and Weekending, as well as Kiss 100's Rude Awakening, hosted on Kiss 100 London.[1]
Television
He worked as writer, editor and director on Friday Night's All Wright, made by ITV, and worked on Channel 4's Homie and Away, as well as Sky One's Prickly Heat.[2]
Acting
In the early years of the 21st century, he appeared in such productions as Kevin & Perry Go Large and Holby City, plus many others.[3]
Film
His debut film as screenwriter-director, called Hush was released in 2009.[4] A psychological thriller, starring William Ash and Christine Bottomley[5] Hush is a British horror/thriller film about a young couple on a motorway journey who are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver following a near accident.
Tonderai and producer Mark Herbert from Warp X are in talks to co-produce Tonderai's next script, another thriller called I Die At Midnight. Film industry magazine Screen International has reported that Tonderai has his next five films already planned, including a Western called Stance.[6]
In the summer of 2010 he will direct the psychological thriller House at the End of the Street which based on a short story from Jonathan Mostow,[7] the A Bigger Boat film is written by David Loucka.[8] Filming of House at the End of the Street takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The film is currently shooting.
References
- ^ a b Biographical detail: WarpX.co.uk website.
- ^ a b Further biography: The Script Factory website.
- ^ Mark Tonderai's filmography: IMDB.com website.
- ^ A Bigger Boat Puts Down Payment on 'House at the End of the World'
- ^ Interview with Tonderai
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (2008-02-29), "Shot in the Dark", Screen International (1634): 10
- ^ A Bigger Boat Pulling Up to the House at the End of the World
- ^ Pair playing 'House'
External links
Categories:- 1974 births
- English radio DJs
- English radio producers
- English radio writers
- English businesspeople
- English film directors
- Living people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
