Mark Mitten

Mark is also an Executive Producer and Co-Producer on "Life Itself", the documentary based on Roger Ebert's memoir, directed by Steve James ("Hoop Dreams", "The Interrupters") and co-producerd with Martin Scosese and Steve Zaillian ("Schindler's List", "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", etc screenwriter). After premiering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and screening at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film was theatrically released on July 4th by Magnolia Pictures and aired on CNN January 11, 2015. For more information, visit http://www.ebertmovie.com. "Life Itself" has won numerous accolades including being the best reviewed documentary of 2014 (Rotten Tomatoes), the second best reviewed documentary in Rotten Tomatoes' history, the National Board of Review's Best Documentary of 2014, The Critic's Choice Best Documentary of 2014 and the Producer's Guild of America 2015 Best Documentary. The film was shortlisted for the 2015 Best Documentary Academy Award. Mark is also a member of the Producers Guild of America.