Mark Staufer

MARK STAUFER Master Storyteller +31 --markstaufer.com Everyone, everything in the universe has a story… is a story. Truth is, no matter how powerful and remarkable a story happens to be, the universe will never know of its magic until it’s told. You could say nothing exists unless its story is told. And, the more skillful and passionate the storyteller is, the more that story will impact those who experience it. Master Storyteller Mark Staufer has spent his entire life telling stories across every medium. “Great stories told well are so powerful because those who experience them cannot help but become part of the journey, part of the very story itself. Stories told by great storytellers are alive, and they live forever…” PROFESSIONAL STORY Creative Consultant 2018 - 2020 FILMSTRUCK: Time-Warner’s SVOD movie service. Navigating launch and beyond for the streaming arthouse, classic and foreign film service. TRIBECA SHORTLIST: Helped course-correct and humanize this JV SVOD between Lionsgate and Tribeca. Freelance Book Proofreader | Editor | Script-doctor 2010 - 2021 Website content, editing and proofreading various books. Co-Creator | Writer | Producer 2012 - 2015 Various digital / TV formats, Los Angeles DISNEY’s Dadsaster: Podcast and Disney Jr. series about the lives of fathers Screenwriter | Script-Consultant 2006 - 2021 Russell Crowe’s FEAR OF GOD films Various projects including DOLCE’S INFERNO, LOVELAUGHTERTRUTH (Bill Hicks’ biopic), and STONE. SEISMIC PICTURES Producer Robert Schwartz 2016 - 2021 Ongoing projects including TV series THE UNDERWORLD ABOVE, STEALING DEAD PEOPLE’S STUFF. The MARK GORDON Company 2006 - 2007 The MAGUS: a film adaptation of the John Fowles’ classic Author | Creator 2005 - 2019 THE NUMINOUS PLACE: Evidential-Fiction about the link between the dream-world, the after-life, and our prison planet. “Groundbreaking in format, an amazing journey, and a great read.” Head of Production Universal Studios Networks, London 2001 - 2005 Oversaw creative and production department of 25 writers and producers creating short and long-form content for SyFy and The Studio movie channel in the UK and Europe. Writer/Director of cult late-night movie show SCI-FRIGHT! Producer of live supernatural interactive special THE MAZE HOUSE (probably a world first). Producer | Director 1998 - 2001 Foxtel, Sydney Entertainment news for show-biz series THE HUB, promo producer / director at ARENA and THE COMEDY CHANNEL Reporter | Producer | Presenter 1996 - 1998 TVNZ Newsnight, Auckland A newsgathering and presenting role on this popular New Zealand nightly-news show. News Director 1987 - 1996 Radio networks Hauraki & 89FM, Auckland Expanded and reorganized these two newsrooms to prioritize news and ensure competitive international and local news-gathering in New Zealand’s largest metro market. EDUCATION B.A. Journalism, Auckland University of Technology, NZ PERSONAL STORY Father of two Amsterdam-based, happy to travel (I’m sure this will all be over soon!) NZ passport | Netherlands’ resident