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Mark Piznarski

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Nationality USA

Mark Piznarski is an American film director, television director and television producer.

He has directed episodes from a number of television series, including, amongst others, Veronica Mars, The Lying Game, Gossip Girl, 90210, NYPD Blue, Friday Night Lights, Everwood, My So-Called Life, Relativity and Once and Again.

He has also directed a number of television films including Death Benefit (1996) and Soccer Moms (2005). In 2000, he directed the theatrical film Here on Earth. In 2006, he wrote and directed the film Looking for Sunday (2006), the only writing credit to his name.

The Veronica Mars character Stosh "Piz" Piznarski is named as a tribute to Mark, as he directed the first two episodes of season one.

Biography

Mark Piznarski est spécialisé dans les séries : on lui doit notamment des épisodes de Angela, 15 ans, Once and Again ou encore NYPD Blues.

Son premier film, Un été sur terre, est sorti en 2000.

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Filmography of Mark Piznarski (3 films)

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Director

Sundays at Tiffany's, 1h28
Directed by Mark Piznarski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alyssa Milano, Eric Winter, Ivan Sergei, Stockard Channing, Kristin Booth, Emily Alyn Lind
Rating64% 3.2490553.2490553.2490553.2490553.249055
In 1990, ten-year-old Jane Claremont (Emily Alyn Lind ) is infatuated with her imaginary friend Michael (Gage Munroe), much to the dismay of her mother Vivienne (Channing), who even sends her daughter to therapy because of him. Vivienne, who is bitter since going through a tough divorce, has lost all hope in love, and reflects these feelings on young Jane. Michael tries to prevent Jane from believing her, and assures her that real love exists. On Christmas Eve, Jane's birthday, her mother takes her to Tiffany & Co in New York City to buy a gift, an annual 'event'. While Vivienne shops, Jane picks out a yellow diamond ring to try on, which Michael tells her will be her wedding ring someday. Then Michael tells her that she is now 'grown up', at the 'age of awareness' and he has to leave her at 5:15pm, the moment of her birth. Jane doesn't understand and begs him to stay, but he departs, and Jane is devastated.
Here on Earth, 1h36
Directed by Mark Piznarski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Children's films, Teen movie
Actors Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Michael Rooker, Annie Corley, Annette O'Toole
Rating52% 2.6076752.6076752.6076752.6076752.607675
Kelvin "Kelley" Morse and Jasper Arnold become involved in a car race and accidentally damage a restaurant owned by Samantha Cavanaugh's parents. Both are sentenced to perform community service by repairing the damage. Although Kelley comes from a wealthy family and Jasper's parents are working-class, they soon find themselves fighting over the same girl, Samantha. While Jasper and Samantha have been courting publicly for years, in secret, Kelley and Samantha begin to spend time together. They soon find that they have more in common than they imagined, and they fall in love. Eventually, Jasper learns of their interlude and doesn't like it. During a trip to Kelley's home in Boston he reveals to Samantha that his mother killed herself. Samantha brings Kelley into the house and they sleep together. In the morning, after Sam makes Kelley breakfast, Kelley's father arrives and informs him he must attend college early and give up his fling with Samantha. Upon returning to the small town, Samantha's parents soon learn that their daughter has osteosarcoma, stemming from a track/field injury, and only a few months to live. Samantha tells Kelley that she thinks everyone has their own heaven and it is made of a combination of all the things we loved in life. She says that his mother has Kelley with her in her heaven. When Kelley learns the awful truth, he must decide if he should obey his father's wishes and go to college or stay by the side of the first girl he's ever loved. In the end he returns to be with Samantha during her final months of life. At her funeral, Kelley recites a passage from a poem he and Sam loved. The film closes with a shot of Samantha running through a field in her version of heaven.

Scriptwriter

Live by Night, 2h9
Directed by Ben Affleck, Dennis Lehane, Rand Ravich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Sienna Miller, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Chris Cooper
Rating63% 3.197913.197913.197913.197913.19791
Set in the 1920s, the story follows Joe Coughlin, the prodigal son of a Boston police captain. After moving to Ybor City, Coughlin becomes a bootlegger and a rum-runner and, later, a notorious gangster.