Mark Buchanan

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Biography

Mark Buchanan is a writer and director working across science fiction, horror and dark comedy.

His short The Search follows a man whose search for life beyond Earth leads him to a bereaved family. Starring Matt Berry, Flora Montgomery and Tim Plester, it screened at the BFI London Film Festival and was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick - a feature version is in development.

He went on to direct Mission, about an astronaut facing the prospect of being left behind as the first mission to Mars approaches. The film screened at Glasgow Film Festival and was nominated for the Scottish Short Film Award.

In Boldly Gone, two estranged brothers reunite to launch their father’s ashes into space.

RAV1043 follows an illustrator hired to give a public-order drone a friendly voice. The film features Sian Clifford and Dimitri Leonidas. It won the Jury Prize at the Falling Tree Film Festival and premiered at Sitges where it was nominated for the Noves Visions Best Film and Best Director awards.

He is currently developing the feature films Zahmahkibo, Some Kind and Rok based on the comic book series by John Wagner and Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog).

Mark is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and mentors young filmmakers through the charity, Arts Emergency.

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