Mark Achbar
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 1, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mark Achbar (born in Ottawa in 1955) is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for The Corporation (2003), Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1994), and as an Executive Producer on over a dozen feature documentaries. Achbar is a graduate of Syracuse University's Fine Arts Film Program. He interned in Hollywood on the children's TV programme Bill Daily's Hocus Pocus Gang, followed by three-years in Toronto with Sunrise Films on its documentary series Spread your Wings and briefly on the CBC/Disney series Danger Bay. He subsequently worked with his friend, director/writer Robert Boyd, and received a Gemini nomination for Best Writer on The Canadian Conspiracy, a cultural/political satire for CBC and HBO's Comedy Experiments hosted by Martin Mull, and featuring Canadian-born stars: Eugene Levy, Lorne Greene, Leslie Nelson, William Shatner, Morley Safer, Howie Mandel, Peter Jennings, John Candy, Dave Thomas, Margot Kidder, and Anne Murray. The fake documentary chronicled Canada’s secret takeover of the United States. The program won a Gemini for Best Entertainment Special and was nominated for an International Emmy.
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Director of Photography
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Director of Photography
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
Director of Photography
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Director
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Producer
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Animation
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Director
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Producer
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Animation
Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Director
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
Producer
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
Animation
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
Director
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Producer
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Animation
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Director
Toward a Vision of a Future Society
Animation
Toward a Vision of a Future Society
Director
Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences
1992
Actor Self - Interviewer
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Director
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Director of Photography
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Producer
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Animation
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
