Mark Joffe | |
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Born |
Mark Joffe 1956 Polotsk, Russia |
Occupation | Film director, producer |
Years active | 1981–present |
Mark Joffe (born 1956) is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.
Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours. His first major directing job was the first episode of The Great Bookie Robbery (1986).
He agreed to direct the Irish-American film The Matchmaker after gaining approval to have the script rewritten by Irish writer Graham Linehan, one of the writers of Father Ted
In 1987 Joffe won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Direction in Television for The Great Bookie Robbery. In 1991 he won the Peace Prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival for More Winners: Boy Soldiers. In 1992 he was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Spotswood.
Mark Joffe at the Internet Movie Database