| Mark Kendall | |
| Birth Date: | 1982 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | School of Visual Arts, Vanderbilt University |
| Website: | http://www.markkendall.net/ |
Mark Kendall (born 1982) is an American artist and filmmaker. He was a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow,[1] a 2015 MacDowell Colony Fellow,[2] and the recipient of a 2016 Pew Fellowship in the Arts.[3]
Kendall was born in Minneapolis and raised in the Philadelphia area. He received both his B.A. (2005) and M.A. (2008) from Vanderbilt University,[4] and a Master of Fine Arts from New York's School of Visual Arts (2011). He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents.[5]
Kendall's work as a filmmaker blends documentary and fictional techniques, exploring a range of social, political, and cultural issues in unexpected ways that question conventions of value.[6]
In 2011, Kendall was selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) for their inaugural “Emerging Visions” Fellowship program at the 2011 New York Film Festival.[7]
His feature directorial debut, La Camioneta,[8] premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival[9] and marked him as “a name to watch” in Variety.[10] During its theatrical release, the film was selected by Stephen Holden as a New York Times Critics' Pick[11] and named as one of IndieWire's “Top Docs of 2013”.[12]
Kendall was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 and the Pew Fellowship in 2016.