- Did some work as an extra in the early '90s on television shows such as "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place", "Murphy Brown" and "Mad About You".
- Heritage is part Spanish from both parents and part French on his father's side.
- Went to Poinsettia Elementary School in Ventura, California with actress June Allyson's nephew and good friend, Art Peters.
- Was featured on the cover of the TV Guide of the Ventura Star in 1998 for his work in film. The article was titled "The Art Of Film".
- He has worked with actress Jennifer Aniston on establishing the shots and camera movements for her directorial debut film short, "Room 10" (2006).
- His favorite music is R&B.
- Growing up, he was greatly inspired to work in the motion picture industry by films such as "Star Wars", "ET", "Aliens", "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", and "Jurassic Park".
- In late 2007, Mark began work on story boards with Oscar-winning special effects, creature and makeup artist Stan Winston on the horror film "Speed Demon". Work on the film halted upon the unexpected death of the creature FX genius in 2008, who was best known for his innovative work on the life size animatronic dinosaurs in the "Jurassic Park" films, and more recently on the motion picture "Iron Man". "Speed Demon" was to have been Stan Winston's next feature film project as producer.
- His mother, Emma, who was Miss Santa Paula 1960, previously modeled at the Hollywood bowl, and had once auditioned for a feature film roll with Warner Bros.
- He previously worked as an extra back in the early '90s on television shows such as "Beverly Hills 90210", "Melrose Place", "Murphy Brown" and "Mad About You". He was in the 100th episode anniversary of Murphy Brown as a reporter.
- While working for Walt Disney Imagineering in the late 90s, Mark worked on the development of the Grizzly River Run attraction for Disney's California Adventure Park. He drew up and submitted a sketch for the attraction's Grizzly Peak design which added rock formations that suggested legs to show the bear in motion -- and another rock formation shaped like a fish to create the sense that the bear was hunting. The show producer for the attraction commented, that's good story telling. In the end, the bear's legs did make it into the final design as displayed at the park today. But, the fish didn't.
- He has worked on countless commercials over the past two decades. Including Lexus, Chevy, Facebook, Xeljanz, TalorMade, and Old Navy.
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