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MarkPrebble

  • Director
  • Writer
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British-born but based in New Zealand since age eight, Mark Prebble dreamt of being a filmmaker from an early age. In the 1990s he began making short films, and working behind the scenes in varied crew roles. Then he turned screen satirist, directing Futile Attraction (2005), which follows a film crew making a dating show. It was the first Kiwi movie completed via an online funding campaign. Since then Prebble has created shorts and plays with his wife Marion, written for Māori TV's B&B, and spent three years as Vice President of the NZ Writers Guild. He is now second in command at film festival Show Me Shorts.

Screenography

Baby?
2017 Director, Writer, Producer Short film
Best Bits
2013 - 2015 Writer Television
The Alley
2012 Director, Writer, Producer Short film
Dying Antelope
2012 Director, Writer, Camera Short film
The Prayer
2012 Director, Editor Short film

Awards

2018 Real East Texas Film Festival (United States)
Best Foreign Short: Baby?

“Editing was like pulling teeth — staring at the same jokes for two years does weird things to your head.”

Writer/director Mark Prebble on completing his first feature-length film Futile Attraction, Whoosh website, 2004