Mark Howard was born in Radcliffe, near Bury, Lancashire, England. He first came to attention in the late 1980s as a live concertpress photographer, his natural documentary style capturing the great and the good of the indie scene at the time. Classic images of Iggy Pop, Bob Calvert, Johnny Thunders, The Damned, All About Eve and hundreds of other acts helped to cement Howard's reputation. Since reinventing himself as a commercial film maker in the late 1990s, Howard has produced dozens of commercials, pop promo's, advertising films and shorts. His most famous work, the acclaimed cult comedy mockumentary "Roddy Smythe Investigates..."Roddy Smythe has since spawned two sequels, a radio adaptation and a forthcoming feature film. Mark Howard continues to fill his time working as a commercial director, photographer and comedy writer. A number of his short films are available on the YouTube and Veoh networks, through the northernmisfits channel.
Film credits
From Night To Day - The Cinematic Style of George A. Romero director, documentary Waiting director, short form film Roddy Smythe Investigates...Roddy Smythe writer & director, sci-fi spoof documentary Video Diary - A Man Called Smythe writer & director, sci-fi spoof documentary Living With George director & producer, 6 x 30 min TV documentary Life's A Bitch, Billy Dean writer & director, feature Shock Horror writer & director, short form Who Killed Roddy Smythe? writer & director, feature "Dave Courtney's Guide to Self Defence" writer and director, self-help DVD "The Paranormal Experiment with Dave Courtney and Richard Felix" writer, editor and producer, television dramatised documentary "Museum Fit for Heroes" writer and director. Regiment of Fusiliers DVD release "Pendle's Paranormal Road Map" writer and director, dramatised TV documentary "Zombie Shithouse" short form comedy spoof "Around the Table with Derek Acorah" editor and producer, documentary "Coronation Street Wars" 3 x 6 minute Coronation Street 50th anniversary spoofs. Director/producer. "Real Life Story" short form comedy. D.O.P./editor/producer "Lock In" Psychological thriller feature Writer/Director for GreenBond Films. IN PRODUCTION. "House By the Gates of Hell" comedy horror feature. Writer / director. IN PRE-PRODUCTION.
