Mark Donne

Mark Donne
Residence	London, England
Occupation	Film-maker
Known for	Writer for The Independent Director UK Gold Director The Rime of the Modern Mariner

Writer for The Independent Director UK Gold

Mark Donne is a London-based film-maker and writer. Formerly a journalist, Donne wrote for The Independent and The Guardian newspapers & has appeared as a commentator on relevant issues on BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 News and other current affairs television programmes. Donne has writing and directing credits on two independent feature-length artist documentaries and various short films.

Donne is English.

In early 2009, after producing various short films for The Independent online, Donne set up the film collective "Brass Moustache" with producer and Director of Photography Joe Morris.

Donne and Morris produced various short-form political documentaries including interviews with Noam Chomsky and former leader of the UK Labour Party Ed Miliband. They also collaborated on various music promo films for bands including "Lose My Way" for the UK indie-rock band TOY, which was chosen by "Creative Bloq" design magazine in its "25 Greatest Animated Music Videos".

In 2014 Donne and Morris were commissioned by Tate Britain to make a short film for the Ruin Lust exhibition which formed part of the multi-discipline show. The short featured a poetic script narrated by actor Louise Brealey.

In 2015 Donne and Morris made an artist documentary short filmed in the Ecuadorian Amazon; the film focused on the plight of indigenous communities and the natural environment being blighted by a colossal oil spillage. "Afectados" features narration from Hollywood icon Julie Christie, reading a version of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's "United Fruit Company" and a field score from musician Drew McConnell & long term Banksy collaborator Jim Carey. US oil giant Chevron reacted furiously to the film, claiming that Texaco - later subsumed into Chevron - had cleaned up the impacted area adequately after ceasing operations.

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