Mark Molesworth
Mark Dysart Molesworth is an award-winning American cinematographer[1][2] and still photographer[3]. He is best known for his work on documentary films and television series, such as PBS Frontline's An Ordinary Crime (2002)[4] which won an Emmy award[5] for Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form, The Triumph of Evil (1999)[6] which won an Emmy award for Investigative Journalism, a George Foster Peabody Award[7] and an Alfred duPont-Columbia Award,[5] Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2018)[8], which was awarded a Documentary and Factual BANFF,[9] and Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)[10], which won the BAFTA Award for TV/Specialist Factual Best Documentary.[11] Molesworth was also the cinematographer and an accredited author of BBC Horizon's Why the Towers Fell (2003)[12], which won an Emmy for Best Documentary.[13] His original video footage of the attack against the World Trade Center on 9/11 was used in Why the Towers Fell, and also serves as official evidence in the United States’ government case against the mastermind of the attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.[14] Additionally, Molesworth was the Director of Photography for Innocence Lost: The Plea (1997)[15], which followed the case of the Little Rascals day care sexual abuse trial[16], and won the Alfred I. du Pont-Columbia University Award[5]. Molesworth was also the Director of Photography of Who was Lee Harvey Oswald? (1993)[17], and Mount St. Helens: Back from the Dead (2010)[18]. "Throughout his career, Mark Molesworth has worked on documentaries featuring wide-ranging topics. This includes covering climate change in Bush's Climate of Fear[19], a Colorado shooting massacre in The Batman Shootings (2012)[20], Barack Obama's response to the economic crisis in What Now, Mr. President? (2009)[21], and the Massacre at Virginia Tech for a BBC documentary[22]. Mark Molesworth won a CINE Golden Eagle award for his cinematography for Dick Smith Make Up Artist, and an International Monitor Award for BBC's Street the Beat[1][2]. He is the president of Molesworth Enterprises, a film and television production company based in New York City.[23]
Filmography (selected)[edit]
- Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)
- Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2017) Documentary
- Panorama (1993 to present) TV Series Documentary
- Imagine (2004 to present) TV Series Documentary
- Horizon (2000 to present) TV Series Documentary
- Masters of Money (2012) TV Series Documentary
- The Secret War on Terror (2011) TV Series Documentary
- Why the Towers Fell (2003)
- An Ordinary Crime (2002)
- The Triumph of Evil (1999)
- Innocence Lost: The Plea (1997)
- Innocence Lost: The Verdict (1993)
Personal life[edit]
Mark Molesworth graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television. He is married to Donna Bertaccini, a journalist, director, and producer.[24] They have three children together, Willem, Pietro, and Soleil. His mother, Dorathy Molesworth, owned and operated the Molesworth Art Gallery in New York before moving to Arizona. His father Gordon R. Molesworth was the president of Molesworth Associates, a financial and technical communications consulting company in Tucson.[24]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Through Mark Molesworth's Lens: Westport and the World". WestportNow. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Club, Handmade by Peter O.E. Bekker for The New York Press. "Member Profiles". www.nypressclub.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ↑ "Winners — 2013 Excellence in Journalism contest – Connecticut SPJ". connecticutspj.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ↑ "Credits | An Ordinary Crime | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Awards". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ↑ "Transcript | The Triumph Of Evil | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ↑ "Awards". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ↑ "Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2011) | Watch Free Documentary - Docur". Docur. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ↑ "Rockie Awards ★ 2018 Winners ★". rockieawards.brunico.com. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
- ↑ "Basquiat: Rage to Riches -". guidedoc.tv. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ↑ "Specialist Factual - BASQUIAT - RAGE TO RICHES". www.bafta.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ Kennedy, Garfield; Klein, Larry; Lyman, Will; Molesworth, Mark; Kaufman, Tom; Andrake, Greg; Ede, Bob; Green, Sam; Loring, Ray (2002), Why the towers fell, ISBN 1578079594, retrieved 2018-09-17
- ↑ "Awards". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "911conspiracy.tv - NIST FOIA Map, Archived 9/11 Videos". www.911conspiracy.tv. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ↑ Bikel, Ofra; Lyman, Will; Ofra Bikel Productions; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.); PBS Video (1997), Innocence lost: the plea, PBS Video, retrieved 2018-09-16
- ↑ "Innocence Lost | FRONTLINE | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. "Review/Television; A New Round of Programs on J. F. K." Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil. "And You Thought Iceland Was a Problem". Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ↑ Marks, Huw; Andersson, Hilary; BBC Education & Training; British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC Active (Firm) (2006), Global warming: Bush's climate of fear, BBC Active, retrieved 2018-09-16
- ↑ "The Batman Shootings (2012)". BFI. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ↑ "What Now, Mr President? (2009)". BFI. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ↑ OR Media; British Broadcasting Corporation; Filmakers Library, inc (2008), Massacre at Virginia Tech, Filmakers Library, retrieved 2018-09-13
- ↑ Club, Handmade by Peter O.E. Bekker for The New York Press. "Member Profiles". www.nypressclub.org. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Donna M. Bertaccini Becomes a Bride". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
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