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Mark Achbar

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER- BIG PICTURE MEDIA CORPORATION

Mark Achbar was the director, producer and executive producer of the smash hit documentary, The Corporation. Before this, he was best known for Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, which he co-directed and co-produced with Peter Wintonick. The film was honoured with 22 awards and distinctions, screened theatrically in 300 cities and aired on 30 national TV networks. The 2 hour-45 minute epic was the top-grossing feature documentary in Canadian history, a distinction now held by The Corporation.

In addition to Fierce Light, Achbar is Executive Producer, with BetsyCarson, on the feature documentaries; Denis Delestrac's The Cassandra Syndrome;Kevin McMahon's Waterlife; and Mathieu Roy's A Short History of Progress. Achbar andCarson are also supporting six projects in development: Katherine Dodds's I,Fembot; Barbara Mainguy's Modern Madness; Oliver Hockenhull's The Perfect Pill; Jill Sharpe's Sex, Breath and Death; Ann Marie Slater's and Sarah Butterfield's The Curiosity Lab, and Fredrik Gertten's Bananas!.