Mark Tapio Kines

Mark Tapio Kines

Writer/Director and Lynda.com Screenwriting Guru

Writer / 28 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Specialties: Film direction, screenwriting, copywriting, creative direction
Work History
  • Freelance Writer

    Fandango

    February 2014 - Present

    Write a wide variety of movie-related content for the website, including photo galleries, quizzes, and interactive features.

  • Author

    lynda.com

    2013 - Present

    Wrote and presented the online course Screenwriting Fundamentals. This course is designed to help writers, filmmakers, and artists flesh out their movie ideas into three-act stories that are both suspenseful and unpredictable.

  • Owner

    Cassava Films

    April 1997 - Present

    Wrote and directed the feature films "Foreign Correspondents" (1999) and "Claustrophobia" (2003). Also produced "Claustrophobia".

    "Foreign Correspondents" was the first film in history to employ crowd-funding, via the award winning website forcor.com.

    "Claustrophobia" was distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

    Also wrote and directed several short films, including "The Closest Thing to Time Travel" (2006), which was the Grand Prize Winner in an international competition sponsored by Getty Images.

Education
  • BFA

    CalArts

    September 1989 - May 1992