Mark Ellam

As director and cinematographer, Mark has spent the last 15 years traveling to over 50 countries to shoot fiction and documentary for theatrical release. Credits include The Take by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein (AFI Best Feature Documentary), Yung Chang's Fruit Hunters, Big Sugar (Prix Gemeaux for best documentary) - going undercover to shoot Haitian plantation workers under conditions of slavery, Empz 4 Life (Allan King's final film - nominated for Best Cinematography and the Donald Brittain Award - Gemini Awards of 2007), and A Promise To The Dead (winner of the Gemini award for Best Documentary, shortlisted for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary).