Born: 7 August 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Education: University of Waterloo [Political Science]; York University, Toronto [Filmmaking; 1970-73].

Career: 'My father was a metallurgist for the Royal Canadian Navy. He was also the superintendent of Sunday schools run by the United Church of Canada. When I was five or six years old, I was shown how to thread the filmstrip projector used at our Sunday school. He put me in charge of setting it up and threading it. One day I looked at the image in the gate and realized it was upside down and backward. I took it upon myself to unthread and respool it so it ended up in the gate right side up and frontward. Of course, it was projected upside down and backwards. That was my first lesson about optics. [...] There was an audio-visual department at school. I became the AV geek who pushed the little cart with the 16mm film, slide and filmstrip projectors from schoolroom to schoolroom. That led me to an interest in taking pictures. I began shooting little movies in 1963 or '64. We bought a Bolex Double 8 camera.' After graduating from the university, he went to work for Alar Kivilo. 'We were shooting short-ends with a big old Mitchell camera. It was actually a very low budget porno film. Jock Brandis, a gaffer who owned some lights, was the director of photography. Alar was the operator, because he knew how to use a gear head. I was the assistant. That first film led to other work. I bought a CP16 reflex camera around 1976 and was shooting very low budget films. I caught a break when Ed Hunt directed a film called 'Point of No Return'. He had an argument with the cinematographer who got angry and threw his light meter into the harbor and walked off the set on Thanksgiving Day. I got a call while I was home carving the turkey. Ed asked if I could take over that night. The following year I shot a science fiction film called 'Starship Invasions'. It was the first feature I shot in 35mm format.' [From the Kodak OnFilm website.]

Ph 16mm doc's and industrial films. Moved to Santa Barbara, California, USA, in 1987.

Joined the CSC in 1970 as a film student. Became active member of the ASC in 1992. Appeared in the CD-ROM 'Movie School Encyclopedia' [a crash course on how to prod, dir, write, shoot and edit movies] of the Cyber Film School and the doc's 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan] & 'Northern Lights' [2008, dir/ph by Antonio Galloro; 90m].

Awards: CSC Award [1983] & 'Genie' Award nom [1984] for 'Videodrome’; CSC Award [1984] for 'The Dead Zone'; CSC Award [1985] for 'Youngblood'; CSC Award [1986] for 'The Fly'.

Website: Mark Irwin

1975        Point of No Return [Ed Hunt] 16mm-35bu/c

1976        Starship Invasions/Alien Encounter/War of the Aliens/Project Genocide [Ed Hunt] c

1977        Blood & Guts [Paul Lynch] c

1977        Plague/M3: The Gemini Strain/Mutation/Induced Syndrome [Ed Hunt] c

1978        Fast Company [David Cronenberg] c; 2uc: Robert Holmes

1978        The Brood/La clinique de la terreur [David Cronenberg] c

1979        Tanya's Island [Alfred Sole] c

1979        Funeral Home/Cries in the Night [William Fruet] c

1979        Scanners/Telepathy 2000 [David Cronenberg] c

1980        Bike Busters [?] ?; cph: Barry Stone & John Walker

1980        Night School/Terror Eyes [Kenneth Hughes] c; addph: Austin de Besche

1980        Trapped/Baker County, U.S.A./The Killer Instinct [William Fruet] c; cph: Matthew Patrick

1981        Spasms/Death Bite [William Fruet] c; addph: Maris Jansons; 2uc: Miklos Lente, John Walker & Vic Sarin

1981        Videodrome/Zonekiller [David Cronenberg] c

1983        The Dead Zone [David Cronenberg] c; uwph: John Stoneman

1985        The Protector/Wei long meng tan [Jackie Chan & James Glickenhaus] c; ph Hong Kong version: Chang Yao Chu;

                    aph: Al Cerullo

1985        Youngblood [Peter Markle] c; 2uc: Alec Hirschfeld

1985        The Fly [David Cronenberg] c; addph: Kenneth Post & Robin Miller

1986        The Hanoi Hilton [Lionel Chetwynd] c

1987        Buckeye and Blue [J.C. Compton] c

1987        Love at Stake/Burnin' Love [John Moffitt] c

1987        Fright Night Part 2 [Tommy Lee Wallace] p/c; addph: Karen Grossman; vfx ph: John Huneck

1988        The Blob [Chuck Russell] c; addph: Eric Goldstein

1988        Paint It Black [Tim Hunter] c

1988        Bat*21 [Peter Markle] c; + aerial & spotter plane ph; 2uc: Philip Holahan; vfx ph: John Huneck & Michael Griffin

1988        Pass the Ammo [David Beaird] c

1988        Class of 1999 [Mark L. Lester] c

1989        I Come in Peace/Dark Angel [Craig R. Baxley] c; addph: Arthur R. Botham

1989        Terror Eyes [Eric Parkinson, Michael Rissi & Stephen Sommers] c; cph: Robert Grant

1989        RoboCop 2 [Irvin Kershner] c; 2uc: Jamie Anderson

1991        Showdown in Little Tokyo [Mark L. Lester] c

1992        Passenger 57 [Kevin Hooks] p/c

1992        [S.I.S. -] Extreme Justice [Mark L. Lester] c; addph: Edward J. Pei

1992        Slaughter of the Innocents [James Glickenhaus] c

1992        April One/Stand Off [Murray Battle] c

1993        Man's Best Friend [John Lafia] c

1993        The Mask [Charles Russell] c; addph; ph: John R. Leonetti

1993        D2: The Mighty Ducks [Sam Weisman] c; 2uc: Joel King

1994        Wes Craven's New Nightmare/A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 [Wes Craven] c; 2uc: Eric Goldstein

1994        Dumb & Dumber/Dumb Happens [Peter Farrelly] c; 2uc: Robert D. Tomer (Colorado), Michael Lund (Utah) & Brian

                    Heller (Providence)

1994        Night of the Running Man [Mark L. Lester] c

1994        Vampire in Brooklyn [Wes Craven] c

1995        Kingpin [Peter & Bobby Farrelly] c; 2uc: Robert Tomer

1996        Robin of Locksley [Michael Kennedy] c

1996        Scream [Wes Craven] Clairmont-Scope/c; addph: Peter Deming

1996        Steel [Kenneth Johnson] c

1997        Misbegotten [Mark L. Lester] c

1997        Zack and Reba [Nicole Bettauer] c; 2uc: Michael L. Schaertl

1997        There's Something About Mary [Peter & Bobby Farrelly] c; 2uc: Gordon Miller

1998        10 Things I Hate About You [Gil Junger] c

1999        Me, Myself & Irene [Bobby & Peter Farrelly] c; aph: Stan McClain

1999        Road Trip [Todd Phillips] c; aph: John Trapman

2000        Say It Isn't So [James B. Rogers] c

2000        Freddy Got Fingered [Tom Green] c; 2uc: Branko Racki

2000        Osmosis Jones [Bobby & Peter Farrelly] Clairmont-Scope/c; live-action ph

2001        American Pie 2 [James B. Rogers] c

2002        Old School [Todd Phillips] s35/c

2002        Malibu's Most Wanted [John Whitesell] Clairmont-Scope/c

2003        Scary Movie 3 [David Zucker] c; addph + 2uc/2ud: Robert M. Stevens; 2uc: John Holbrook; optical ph: Mark Sawicki

2003        The Ringer [Barry Blaustein] s35/c

2005        Grandma's Boy [Nicholaus Goossen] s35/c

2005        Big Momma's House 2 [John Whitesell] c; 2uc New Orleans: Robert Foster

2006        Deck the Halls/All Lit Up [John Whitesell] c; 2uc: Roger Vernon; vfx ph: Tim Angulo & Dennis McHugh

2006        Blonde Ambition [Scott Marshall] c; 2uc: Lyle Vincent

2007        Sydney White [Joe Nussbaum] s35/c; 2uc: Stephen Campbell

2007        Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective [David M. Evans] 16mm/c

2008        Dance Flick/Snowflake [Damien Dante Wayans] c

2008        The Shortcut [Nicholaus Goossen] HD/c

2008        All's Faire in Love [Scott Marshall] HD/c

2009        Valentine's Day [Garry Marshall] c; 2uc; ph: Charles Minsky

1973        For the Love of a Horse [Mark Irwin] ?; doc/?m; aired in 1974 as ep CBC-tv series 'Along the Way'

1975        Young and Just Beginning - Pierre/Jeune et débutant - Pierre [Mark Irwin & Ruth Hope] 16mm/c; doc/26m

1976        The Duel - Fencing [Mark Irwin] ?; doc/?m; aired in 1977 as ep CBC-tv series 'Journal'

1976        Airplanes, Men and Memories [?] ?; doc/25m

1976        Energy Management for the Future [Michael Hirsh] c; doc/24m

1979        Track Stars [Terry Burke] c; doc/7m

1979        Jack Bush [Murray Battle] c; doc/57m

1980        Viola [David Fine] c; mus doc/28m

1980        The Cycle Story [Mark Irwin] c; doc/14m

1980        Shipyard/Le chantier [Rudy Buttignol] c; doc/14m

1981        Bix [: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet] [Brigitte Berman] 16mm/c; mus doc/116m; cph: Edmund Long &

                    Vic Sarin

1981        Crisis in the Rain [Gloria Montero & David Fulton] c; doc/27m

1981        Our Children Are Our Future [Tony Snowsill] 16mm/c; doc/51m; cph: Robert Nichol

1982        Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis [Robert Collison & Peter Raymont] c; doc/58m; cph: René

                    Ohashi

1982        K.C.I.: Beyond the Three R's [Scott Barrie] c; doc/28m

1982        Taxi! [Barry Greenwald] c; doc/57m

1982        An Ounce of Cure [Don McBrearty] c; short/26m; ep #2 'The Canadian Literature Series'

1982        Artie Shaw - Time Is All You've Got [Brigitte Berman] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/114m; cph: Jim Aquila

1983        Storytelling [Kay Armatage] 16mm/c; doc/57m; cph: Steven Fierberg & Christopher Lowry

1984        The Edit [Michael Todd] 16mm/?; short/13m

1984        Neon: An Electric Memoir [Rudy Buttignol & Ken Ketter] c; doc/26m; cph: R. Buttignol, Chris Terry, John Walker &

                    René Ohashi

1984        October Stranger [Alan Collins] ?; short/?m

1985        By Our Own Hands [Philip Desjardins] ?; doc/?m

1985        Pitchmen [Barry Greenwald] c; doc/52m

1985        The Hospital/L'hôpital [Murray Battle] c; short/18m; ep #2 of 'Finding Our Way'-series

1985        Left Out/Dans l'ombre [Jim Purdy] c; short/24m; ep #3 of 'Finding Our Way'-series

1987        Those Roos Boys and Friends [Barbara Boyden] c; doc/58m

1976        Jimmy Playing with Time [Kit Hood] doc/81m/16mm

1978        World According to Nicholas [Bruce Pittman] 4-part series

1978        Dentelle de Noël [George Mendeluk & Linda Sorensen] tvm/26m

1979        The Newcomers [Eric Till, René Bonnière, a.o.] 7-part docudrama series for CBC-tv, 1977-79; ph 2 ep

1979        A Path of His Own: The Story of David B. Milne [Paul Caulfield] docudrama/58m; cph: P. Caulfield

1980        The View from Vinegar Hill [Barbara Boyden] doc/?m for CBC-tv

1983        Special People [: Based on a True Story]/Blacklight [Marc Daniels] tvm

1983        When We First Met [Paul Saltzman] tvm for HBO-tv

1983        Cornet at Night [Bruce Pittman] tvm/25m

1983        Home from Far [Bruce Pittman] tvm/25m

1983        The Moviemakers [Bruce Pittman] 13-part doc series

1984        Full of Sound and Fury: Living with Schizophrenia [Deborah Magidson] doc/54m

1985        Spearfield's Daughter [Gilbert Shilton] 3-part miniseries; cph: John McLean

1985        The Ray Bradbury Theater [ep #2 'The Playground' dir by William Fruet, #4 'The Town Where No One Got Off' dir by

                    Don McBrearty, #5 'The Screaming Woman' dir by Bruce Pittman & #6 'Banshee' dir by Douglas Jackson] 65-part

                    series, 1985-86, 1988-90 & 1992; ep #4, 5 & 6 shown on HBO-tv as 'Strange Tales: Ray Bradbury'

1986        Adderly [ep #1 'Hit-Man Complex' dir by Don McBrearty & #5 'Backfire' dir by Gilbert Shilton] 44-part series, 1986-88;

                    1st season, 1986-87

1986        Really Weird Tales [John Blanchard, Paul Lynch & Don McBrearty] tvm; 3 seg

1987        A Child's Christmas in Wales [Don McBrearty] tvm for PBS-tv; cph: Tony Impey

1988        My First Love/Second Chance/One More Time [Gilbert Cates] tvm

1989        Do You Know the Muffin Man? [Gilbert Cates] tvm

1990        So Proudly We Hail [Lionel Chetwynd] tvm

1990        Heat Wave [Kevin Hooks] tvm

1990        Call Me Anna [Gilbert Cates] tvm

1990        [HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #23 'My Brother's Keeper' dir by Peter S. Seaman] 93-part series, 1989-96; 2nd

                    season, 1990

1991        Not of This World/Space Killers [Jon Daniel Hess] tvm

1991        Nightmare Cafe [pilot dir by Phillip Noyce] 6-part series, 1992; other ph: Rodney Charters

1991        Absolute Strangers [Gilbert Cates] tvm

1991        Backfield in Motion [Richard Michaels] tvm

1991        [In the Line of Duty:] Mob Justice/Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace I [Peter Markle] tvm

1992        Just Deserts [Dan Lerner] unsold pilot for ABC-tv

1992        Miracle Child [Michael Pressman] tvm

1992        Keep the Change [Andy Tennant] tvm

1995        The Avenging Angel [Craig R. Baxley] tvm

1995        Innocent Victims [Gilbert Cates] 2-part tvm

1996        Don't Look Back [Geoff Murphy] tvm

1997        Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way [Sturla Gunnarsson] tvm

1997        Tidal Wave: No Escape [George Miller] tvm; 2uc: Robert D. Tomer

1999        Can of Worms [Paul Schneider] tvm

2002        The Next Big Thing [Murray Battle] 3-part doc/167m; Los Angeles ph; other ph: Peter Walker, M. Battle, Ali Kazimi,

                    Pierre Letarte, Don Spence, Jason Rouse, a.o.

2005        Flight 93 [Peter Markle] tvm

1974        Diary of a Sinner [Ed Hunt] focus puller; ph: Jock Brandis

1973        For the Love of a Horse [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

1975        Young and Just Beginning - Pierre/Jeune et débutant - Pierre [co-dir; + ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

197?        Lacrosse [doc/?m] ph: ?; aired in 1977 as ep CBC-tv series 'Journal'

197?        Sailaway [doc/?m] ph: ?; aired in 1977 as ep CBC-tv series 'Journal'

197?        Step by Step [doc/?m] ph: ?; aired in 1977 as ep CBC-tv series 'Journal'

1976        The Duel - Fencing [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

1980        The Cycle Story [+ ph] see Shorts & Documentaries

1999        The Perfect Day [feature; scheduled as dir; for Trinity Pictures] status unknown