Mark R. Birnbaum
13321 Purple Sage Dallas, Texas 75240
972.239.2360 office 214.223.5264 cell
mark.birnbaum@PObox.com

Producer, director, writer, cameraman, and editor since 1969

Mark Birnbaum has produced, directed, written, filmed and edited documentaries—both independently and for Public Television and The Discovery Channel—in locations all over the world. Recognition includes the Peabody Broadcasting Award.

At WMPB, The Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting, one of PBS's most production-active stations, Birnbaum worked in a large film department, directing, shooting and editing films about public affairs, culture and the arts, Maryland history and nature.

As a filmmaker at KERA-TV, the Public Broadcasting affiliate in Dallas, Birnbaum directed, filmed and edited stories for a nightly public affairs program, Newsroom. He produced, filmed, and edited numerous documentary specials, including A Thirst In The Garden, winner of the Peabody Broadcasting Award.

His corporate and commercial clients include: Apple Computer, IBM, NEC America, Northern Telecom, City of Dallas, North Texas Council of Governments, American Cancer Society, Memphis Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Ft. Worth Osteopathic Medical Center, Southland Corp., Dallas Museum of Art, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, American Heart Association, Dallas Times Herald, Dallas Power and Light, Coca-Cola, Pepperidge Farm, Kraft Foods, Campbell Soup, Ritter Foods, Black & Decker, Sandra Garrett Multiples, Austin National Bank, Texas Commerce Bank, Pro Staff Temporary Services, University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Awards include:
Peabody Broadcasting Award
Gold Medal, Chicago International Film Festival
Gold Medal, Houston International Film Festival
Gold Award, Charleston International Film Festival
Gold Medal, Questar Awards
Silver Hugo Award, International Communication Film and Video Festival
Silver Medal, John Muir Medical Film Festival
Silver, Bronze Telly Awards (4)
Silver, Bronze Medals, International Film & Television Festival of New York
Bronze Apple Award, National Educational Film & Video Festival (2)
Freddie Award, First Place, International Health and Medical Film Festival
Addy Award, Dallas Society of Visual Communications
TOPS Award, Dallas Ad League
CableACE Nominee
Press Club of Dallas KATIE Award Nominee
Best of Texas Showcase, USA Film Festival
Best Documentary, Deep Ellum Film Festival


PANELS AND SEMINARS

Panelist: Defining Documentary - Ethics, Reality and Truth, ‘05  Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Panelist: Shooting HDV For Broadcast, ‘05

DV Expo East, NYC

Panelist: So You Want To Make A Documentary? ‘05

Dallas Producers Association

Artist-in-Residence, Texas Arts Exchange, ‘04

Texas Commission on the Arts.

Panelist: Shooting in the Southwest

Southwest Arts, Film, and Television Conference, ‘04  

Instructor: Video Association of Dallas Summer Institute, Since 1998

Panelist: Media/Multimedia Advisory Panel, ’02-03  

Texas Commission on the Arts 

Responsible for reviewing and recommending grant applications

Seminar Leader: Making Documentaries:

A ten-day workshop

Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute

Since 2002

Panel Moderator: Dallas Producers Association meets UNT, UTA, & SMU, ’03

Panelist: Texas Media Arts Conference, ‘03

Panelist: Sound Advice: Getting The Best Sound In DV SXSW Film Festival, ’02

Panel Moderator: How I Make Documentaries, ’01, ’02 

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival,  

Panelist: Conversations: Editing Documentaries,’01

Deep Ellum Film Festival

Panel Moderator: Makers and Shakers ’01

Texas Media Arts Conference

Panelist: Technical Advancements in

Documentary Production, ’99

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL
Past President, Center for Visual Communications, Dallas
Past President, Texoma Easter Regatta
Past Secretary, Texoma Sailing Club

Mr. Birnbaum serves on the advisory panel to the

University of North Texas Department of Radio,Television, and Film

and is a member of

The Dallas Producers Association

The Texas Association of

Film & Tape Professionals

The International

Documentary Association

and is a card-carrying member of

   
The American Civil Liberties Union