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Mark Borchardt (born August 20, 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film American Movie, which documented three years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven (1997).
Mark Borchardt. Actor: Coven. Mark Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40.
Mar 29, 2024 · Mark Borchardt may not have become a legendary American director, but he was an incredible subject for a documentary, one who is equally honest about his insecurities as his desires.
Actor: Coven. Mark Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40. After serving three years in the military he continued his cinematic endeavors at the local university.
Nov 3, 1999 · Here’s what Mark has to say on independent film, his goatee, the American dream, his short horror film “ Coven ” and struggling to make his debut feature “ Northwestern .”
Oct 14, 2022 · argues that its subject has a raw but very real gift for crafting memorable images and striking compositions but his real gift is being Mark Borchardt. In that, he is a goddamn intuitive genius, a natural.
Nov 28, 2018 · Back in January 2017, we spoke to Milwaukee filmmaker/icon Mark Borchardt about his latest film, The Dundee Project. The 40-minute documentary—which chronicles the sights, sounds, and people of...
Apr 13, 2000 · American Movie: Directed by Chris Smith. With Mark Borchardt, Tom Schimmels, Monica Borchardt, Alex Borchardt. Documentary about an aspiring filmmaker's attempts to finance his dream project by finally completing the low-budget horror film he abandoned years before.
5,143 Followers, 59 Following, 321 Posts - Mark Borchardt (@borchardt.mark) on Instagram: "Playwright - Screenwriter - Filmmaker".
Jan 8, 2019 · Filmmaker Mark Borchardt, subject of the 1999 documentary American Movie about his struggle to produce an independent horror film with friends and family, returns with his first short film in over 20 years. The Dundee Project is a 19-minute doc that examines the unique characters who populate a local UFO hotspot in Dundee, Wisconsin.