Mark Miremont

Mark Miremont
Born	Madrid, Spain
Nationality	American
Education	UCLA Department of Philosophy (BA), Harvard University, UCLA Graduate School of Theater, Film and Television (MFA), Sundance Institute (writer/director fellow)
Known for	photography, experimental film, music video, aesthetic theory

Mark Miremont is an American artist who works in photography, experimental film, music video and aphoristic writing.

Mark Miremont was born in Madrid, Spain and studied philosophy at UCLA and Harvard. His first experimental film led to him being invited into Graduate School at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Miremont directed numerous music videos to put himself through film school. The first video he directed was also Soundgarden's first video, "Flower". The video was put into regular rotation on MTV and is notable for being the first music video to establish the grunge aesthetic. His experimental films and music videos caught the attention of the Sundance Institute. He was invited to become a fellow and develop the script for his first experimental feature film, The White Ocean. He directed actors Lothaire Bluteau, J. E. Freeman and Glenn Close at the Institute's June Filmmaker's Lab.

Miremont shoots stylized portraits and often erotic figure studies of notable people in alternative culture like: Dita Von Teese, Mamie Van Doren, KMFDM, Soundgarden, Switchblade Symphony. The Chop Tops, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Julie Strain, Puma Swede, Jessica Jaymes, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Chris Whitley, Lazlo Bane, Gren, Masuimi Max, and many others. His photography has been exhibited around the world and featured in the alternative culture and art press: Argentinian Art Magazine, Revolutionart calls his work, "brash", "sensual" and "largely responsible for the resurgence of the pinup". YNOT Europe describes his work as "wildly original and perfectly composed".AVN Magazine calls his work, "distinctive"; and he has been dubbed, "The Pope of Pinup", by Italian Art Magazine STIRATO.

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