Mark Christopher Covino

Originally from Queens, New York, Mark fell in love with film at an early age. He attended college in Vermont, earning a BA in Cinema Studies and Film Production in 2006. There, he became heavily active in the Vermont filmmaking community. He has worked on several productions such as Unless a Death Occurs: Hazing Examined for PBS, as well as the highly-acclaimed Black Panther documentary, "What We Want, What We Believe." In 2012, Mark's first feature film, A Band Called Death, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and subsequently won the Audience Award at South by Southwest in 2013. The film was acquired by Drafthouse Films shortly thereafter and was released to rave reviews around the world. It has a 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. His second documentary, The Crest, tells the story of two American cousins who meet for the first time in Ireland to surf the waters of their ancestors.