Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer.
Early life
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played football with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1984.
Career
Pellington started out working at MTV and directing music videos, for bands including U2, Pearl Jam, and Public Enemy. foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman.
Personal life
In 2004, Pellington's wife, Jennifer Barrett-Pellington, died of complications from a ruptured colon. They have one daughter.
Filmography
Director
Feature films
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|| 1997
| Going All the Way
| Nominated – Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize
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|| 1999
| Arlington Road
| Nominated – Grand Prix Award at the Paris Film Festival<br>Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film<br>
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|| 2002
| The Mothman Prophecies
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|| 2007
| U2 3D
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|| 2008
| Henry Poole Is Here
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|| 2011
| I Melt with You
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|| 2017
| The Last Word
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|| 2018
| Nostalgia
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||2022
||The Severing
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||TBA
||Lone Wolf
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Short films & documentaries
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| 1992
| U2: Achtung Baby: the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV
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| 1995
| United States of Poetry
| PBS documentary mini-series
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| 1997
| Destination Anywhere
| Bon Jovi short film
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| 1998
| Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory
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| rowspan="2"|1999
| Alice in Chains: Music Bank: The Videos
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| Of Time and Memory
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| 2002
| The Place We Call Earth
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| 2003
| Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part 1 & 2
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| 2004
| I'm Only Looking – The Best of INXS
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| 2005
| The Flaming Lips: VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)
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| 2005
| Keane: Strangers
| Video: "Everybody's Changing" (U.S. version)
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| 2014
| Lone
| Featuring Chelsea Wolfe
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| 2017
| "Soul of the Machine"
| Aston Martin promo, featuring Tom Brady
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| 2018
| "Mirror/Shadow" documentary
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| 2020
| Nightwalkers
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Television
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| rowspan="2"|1990
| Buzz
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| Red Hot + Blue
| ABC TV special (The Jungle Brothers: "I Get a Kick Out of You")
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| 1991
| Alive from Off Center
| 1 episode - "Words in Your Face"
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| 1992
| Punch and Judy Get Divorced
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| 1997
| Homicide: Life on the Street
| 1 episode – "Blood Ties: Part 3"
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| 2003–2007
| Cold Case
| 7 episodes
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| 2009
| Back
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| rowspan="3"|2013
| Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
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| Anatomy of Violence
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| Red Widow
| 1 episode – "Pilot"
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| 2014
| Cocaine Cowboys
| 1 episode – "Pilot"
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| 2015
| Blindspot
| 4 episodes
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| 2018
| The Enemy Within
| 1 episode - "Pilot"
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| 2019
| Star Trek: Short Treks
| 2 episodes
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| 2020
| Survive
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Music videos
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|1985
|"Dance Me to the End of Love"
|Leonard Cohen
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| 1986
| "Stay Right Here"
| Deep 6
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| 1987
| "Silent Morning"
| Noel
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| rowspan="2"|1988
| "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
| Information Society
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| "Walking Away"
| Information Society
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| rowspan="2"|1989
| "Say No Go"
| De La Soul
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| "Repetition"
| Information Society
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| rowspan="3"|1990
| "Stone Cold Yesterday"
| The Connells
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| "Love & Tears"
| Maggie's Dream
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| "Pretty White"
| Deep 6
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| rowspan="3"|1991
| "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"
| Crystal Waters
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| "Swing It"
| J.T.
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| "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
| P.M. Dawn
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| rowspan="7"|1992
| "One"
| U2
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| "Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine"
| P.M. Dawn
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| "Television, the Drug of the Nation"
| The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
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| "Jeremy"
| Pearl Jam
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| "Shut 'Em Down"
| Public Enemy
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| "Drive"
| R.E.M.
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| "Peace and Love Inc."
| Information Society
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| rowspan="5"|1993
| "Beautiful Girl"
| INXS
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| "Independent"
| Sacred Reich
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| "Rooster"
| Alice in Chains
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| "Black Lodge"
| Anthrax
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| "Butterfly"
| Screaming Trees
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| rowspan="4"|1994
| "'74–'75"
| The Connells
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| "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"
| Whale
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| "Hey Baby"
| Maggie Estep & I Love Everybody
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| "Trigger Inside"
| Therapy?
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| rowspan="3"|1995
| "Waydown"
| Catherine Wheel
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| "Tomorrow"
| Silverchair
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| "Kickin'"
| Whale
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| rowspan="3"|1996
| "Ladykillers"
| Lush
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| "Low"
| Sacred Reich
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| "Beautiful Girl"
| Pete Droge & the Sinners
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| rowspan="4"|1997
| "Midnight in Chelsea"
| Jon Bon Jovi
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| "Queen of New Orleans"
| Jon Bon Jovi
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| "Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
| Jon Bon Jovi
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| "Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand"
| Jon Bon Jovi
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| rowspan="1"|1998
| "Ugly"
| Jon Bon Jovi
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| rowspan="1"|1999
| "We're in This Together"
| Nine Inch Nails
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| rowspan="3"|2002
| "Lonesome Day"
| Bruce Springsteen
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| "Do You Realize??" (UK version)
| The Flaming Lips
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| "Half Light"
| Low featuring Tomandandy
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| rowspan="1"|2003
| "Wasted Time"
| Kings of Leon
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| rowspan="2"|2004
| "Gravedigger"
| Dave Matthews
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| "She Has No Time"
| Keane
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| rowspan="2"|2005
| "Everybody's Changing"
| Keane
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| "Best of You"
| Foo Fighters
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| rowspan="2"|2006
| "How to Save a Life"
| The Fray
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| "Falling by the Wayside"
| People in Planes
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| rowspan="1"|2007
| "Soulmate"
| Natasha Bedingfield
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| rowspan="3"|2008
| "Girls in Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)"
| Bruce Springsteen
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| "Henry Poole Is Here"
| Ron Irizarry
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| "We're Not Beautiful"
| Emma Ejwertz
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| rowspan="1"|2009
| "One Time We Lived" (version 2)
| Moby
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| rowspan="6"|2010
| "Syndicate"
| The Fray
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| "New Morning"
| Alpha Rev
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| "Laredo"
| Band of Horses
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| "Infinite Arms"
| Band of Horses
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| "Hold My Hand"
| Michael Jackson
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|-Permission
| "Spanking Machines"
|Permission
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| rowspan="2"|2011
| "Care"
| Kid Rock
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| "Skyscraper"
| Demi Lovato
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| rowspan="1"|2012
| "I Won't Give Up"
| Jason Mraz
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| rowspan="9"|2014
| "Final Masquerade"
| Linkin Park
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| "Cigarette Daydreams"
| Cage the Elephant
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| "Cool Kids"
| Echosmith
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| "Giants"
| Bear Hands
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| "Feral Love"
| Chelsea Wolfe
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| "The Waves Have Come"
| Chelsea Wolfe
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| "Let the Fireflies Fly Away"
| Mark Mulcahy
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| "Young Blood"
| Bea Miller
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| "Why Not Me"
| The Indecent
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| rowspan="3"|2015
| "Human Race"
| Three Days Grace
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| "Where's the Indifference Now?"
| Mark Mulcahy
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| "Nightlight"
| Silversun Pickups
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| rowspan="2"|2016
| "Dynasty"
| MIIA
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| "Lost Boy"
| Ruth B
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|rowspan="2"| 2017
| "Gold"
| The Shelters
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| "Tell Me You Love Me"
| Demi Lovato
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|rowspan="3"| 2018
| "Fly"
| Low
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| "Next to Me"
| Imagine Dragons
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| "Autumn Leaves"
| Damian Marley
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| rowspan="3"|2019
| "You're Somebody Else"
| Flora Cash
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Producer
Feature films
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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
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| 2000
| No Maps for These Territories
| rowspan="2"|Executive Producer ||
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| 2002
| OT: Our Town
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| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part I
| rowspan="2" | Producer
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| Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II
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| 2004
| Time Well Spent
| Executive Producer
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| 2003–2007
| Cold Case
| Consulting Producer (77 episodes)
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| 2007
| The Man from Earth
| rowspan="3" | Executive Producer
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| 2008
| Henry Poole Is Here
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| 2009
| Shipping and Receiving (short)
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| 2011
| I Melt with You
| Producer
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| 2017
| The Last Word
| Producer
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| 2018
| Nostalgia
| Producer
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| 2022
| The Severing
| Producer
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References
External links
- Mark Pellington's Official Website
- Mark Pellington's Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Project