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Mark Borchardt (born August 20, 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film American Movie, which documented three years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven (1997).
Mark Borchardt. Actor: Coven. Mark Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40. After serving three years in the military he continued his cinematic endeavors at the local university.
Twenty-five years ago, Chris Smith directed the documentary American Movie, which, over the years, has turned the film's subject, Wisconsin-based auteur Mark Borchardt, into a cult hero.
Mark Borchardt may not have become a legendary American director, but he was an incredible subject for a documentary, one who is equally honest about his insecurities as his desires.
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The movie follows filmmaker Mark Borchardt, who lives in rural Wisconsin, as he tries to bring his movie Northwestern to life. In order to do that, though, he realizes he needs to complete his ...
Mark Borchardt. Actor: Coven. Mark Borchardt was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started making films at the age of fourteen with a super-8 camera that he bought from a garage sale for $40. After serving three years in the military he continued his cinematic endeavors at the local university.
In the modest melee of a documentary press tour, indieWIRE grabbed interviews with director Chris Smith and producer Sarah Price, as well as with the subject of “American Movie,” the one and only...
Mark Borchardt, lank-haired, divorced and on the cusp of 30, watches from his mother’s couch, exhausted but somehow rapt and not depleted. He’s the only one in the film dreaming the big...
Life through a different lens — Portrayed as a struggling dreamer in cult film American Movie, director Mark Borchardt has made a madcap documentary of his own about UFO hunters. But he's determined to not be mistaken for a fantasist.