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Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American film director.

Biography

He directed The Mothman Prophecies, a 2002 film starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths^[1] foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman, as well as Arlington Road in 1999 starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges. Pellington's father, Bill Pellington was a football player with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons. He died of complications from Alzheimer's in 1994.

Pellington has also worked with such musical artists as Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, U2, and Bruce Springsteen. He has also made cameo appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire. He directed the landmark mini-series The United States of Poetry for PBS in 1995. It won the INPUT (International Public Television) Award in 1996. In January 2010 was named for the The Orphanage remake, who is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.^[2]

Music video filmography

• "Jeremy" - Pearl Jam (1992)
• "One" - U2 (1992)
• "Rooster" - Alice in Chains (1993)
• "Beautiful Girl" - INXS (1993)
• "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" - Whale (1994)
• "Tomorrow" - Silverchair (1995)
• "'74 - '75" - The Connells (1995)
• "Ladykillers" - Lush (1996)
• "We're in This Together" - Nine Inch Nails (1999)
• "Lonesome Day" - Bruce Springsteen (2002)
• "Do You Realize??" - The Flaming Lips (2002) - UK version
• "Gravedigger" - Dave Matthews (2003)
• "Best of You" - Foo Fighters (2005)
• "Falling By the Way Side" - People in Planes (2005)
• "Everybody's Changing" - Keane (2005)
• "How To Save a Life" - The Fray (2006)
• "Soul Mate" - Natasha Bedingfield (2007)
• "Girls In Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)" - Bruce Springsteen (2007)
• "Henry Poole Is Here" - Ron Irizarry (2008)
• "One Time We Lived" (version 2) - Moby (2009)
• "Syndicate" - The Fray (2010)

Director filmography

• The Orphanage (2011)
• Electric God (2008) - Announced
• Henry Poole is Here (2008)
• U23D (2008)
• Cold Case (2005) (7 episodes)
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory (1998)
• Destination Anywhere (1997)
• Going All the Way (1997)
• United States of Poetry (1995)
• Punch and Judy Get Divorced (1992)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1997)

Producer filmography

• No Maps for These Territories (2000)
• Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II (2003)
• Time Well Spent (2004) (executive producer)
• Cold Case (2006) (consulting producer) (77 episodes)
• The Man from Earth (2006) (post-production) (executive producer)
• Electric God (2008) (announced) (executive producer)

Personal life

Pellington's wife, Jennifer Barrett Pellington, died in 2004 at the age of 42. They had one child.

References

External links

• Mark Pellington at the Internet Movie Database
• Mark Pellington's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Project