Mark Penney

Mark Penney
Born	24 June 1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Citizenship	Canada
Alma mater	Seneca College York University
Occupation	Film director Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	1999–present

Mark Penney (born 24 June 1982) is a Canadian film director.

He is perhaps best known as the director of the 2004 film The Right Way which screened at many international film festivals and had a further limited theatrical and video on demand release in the United States. He followed that up with the 2007 experimental feature Life and the 2013 Canadian love story Le beau risque (The Beautiful Risk), The minimalist drama Calla Lily was released in 2016.

Mark began his career in Christian television at the age of 16 before working as a camera assistant. Mark then ventured into directing local television and short films.

Filmography

Feature films

• The Right Way (2004)
• Life (2007) (experimental)
• The Beautiful Risk (2013)
• Calla Lily (2015)
• More (2017) (pre-production)

Television

• Quick Study (1999-2001)
• Just The Facts (2000-2001)
• Watercolour My Way (2002)

Short films

• Eye for an Eye (2001)
• We Are Getting The Olympics (documentary short) (2001)
• Exodus (2002)
• An-Nehr (2003)
• The Archer (2005) (executive producer)

External links

• Mark Penney at the Internet Movie Database