Mark Jenkins
Editor,
Producer
Orkney
Splice Films
Links
Cutting Loose
Peter In Radioland
Ma Bar
The True Story of Sawney Beane
Shoebox Zoo
Cutting Loose
1 x 30 min, documentary
BBC Scotland/Digicult
Peter in Radioland
1 x 10 min documentary
BBC Scotland/SDI
Ma Bar
1 x 10 min documentary
Imagine
The True Story of Sawney Beane
1 x 10 min animation
Red Kite/National Film Board of Canada
Shoebox Zoo
6 x 25 min drama
CBBC/Blueprint
About
Mark has been involved in cinema for over 25 years Starting out as a projectionist at the age of 19, he worked his way up to Chief Projectionist of the Odeon Cinema, Chester, and then the Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, and was involved with the Edinburgh Film Festival for 14 years He is an old friend of ScreenHI's and delivered a very well received Edit workshop during goNorth 2011, which focussed on the storytelling aspect of editing a film.
Since graduating he has worked as a film editor, his work has won six Scottish Bafta's and a further four nominations. 1996 Best Technician (Editor - ‘Arch Enemy’), 2000 Best Short Film (Editor/Co Writer - ‘What Do Busy People Do All Day?’),2002 Best Short Film (Editor - ‘Wish’), 2004 Best Children’s Series (Editor - ‘Shoebox Zoo’), 2005 Best Feature Film - Audience Vote (Editor - ‘Night People’), 2008 Best Short Film (Editor - ‘Ma Bar’)
Mark is also a filmmaker with experience in camera, script writing and script editing as well as teaching in various modes since 1996, giving lectures and mentoring. In 2011 he was appointed Film Representative for the Orkney Arts Forum.
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