Mark Pellington

Mark Pellington (born March 17, 1962) is an American film director, writer, and producer.

Mark Pellington
Pellington in 2017
Born	(1962-03-17) March 17, 1962 (age 63) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer, writer, photographer
Years active	1990–present
Website	markpellington.com

Life and career

Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Bill Pellington, an All-Pro linebacker who played football with the Baltimore Colts for 12 seasons.^[1]

Pellington then began directing feature films, including Going All the Way (1997), starring Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz, Arlington Road (1999), starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, as well as The Mothman Prophecies (2002), starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths^[2] foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman.

Filmography

Director

Feature films

Year	Title	Awards and nominations	Ref.
1997	Going All the Way	Nominated – Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize	[3]
1999	Arlington Road	Nominated – Grand Prix Award at the Paris Film Festival Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film	[4]
2002	The Mothman Prophecies
2007	U2 3D
2008	Henry Poole Is Here
2011	I Melt with You
2017	The Last Word
2018	Nostalgia
2022	The Severing
2025	Lone Wolf

Short films & documentaries

Year	Title	Notes
1992	U2: Achtung Baby: the Videos, the Cameos and a Whole Lot of Interference from ZOO-TV
1995	United States of Poetry	PBS documentary mini-series
1997	Destination Anywhere	Bon Jovi short film
1998	Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory
1999	Alice in Chains: Music Bank: The Videos
	Of Time and Memory
2002	The Place We Call Earth
2003	Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part 1 & 2
2004	I'm Only Looking – The Best of INXS
2005	The Flaming Lips: VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration)
2005	Keane: Strangers	Video: "Everybody's Changing" (U.S. version)
2014	Lone	Featuring Chelsea Wolfe
2017	"Soul of the Machine"	Aston Martin promo, featuring Tom Brady
2018	"Mirror/Shadow" documentary
2020	Nightwalkers	[5]

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1990	Buzz
	Red Hot + Blue	ABC TV special (The Jungle Brothers: "I Get a Kick Out of You")
1991	Alive from Off Center	1 episode - "Words in Your Face"
1992	Punch and Judy Get Divorced
1997	Homicide: Life on the Street	1 episode – "Blood Ties: Part 3"
2003–2007	Cold Case	7 episodes
2009	Back
2013	Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
	Anatomy of Violence
	Red Widow	1 episode – "Pilot"
2014	Cocaine Cowboys	1 episode – "Pilot"
2015	Blindspot	4 episodes
2018	The Enemy Within	1 episode - "Pilot"
2019	Star Trek: Short Treks	2 episodes
2020	Survive

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Ref
1985	"Dance Me to the End of Love"	Leonard Cohen
1986	"Stay Right Here"	Deep 6
1987	"Silent Morning"	Noel	[6]
1988	"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"	Information Society	[7]
	"Walking Away"	Information Society
1989	"Say No Go"	De La Soul
	"Repetition"	Information Society
1990	"Stone Cold Yesterday"	The Connells
	"Love & Tears"	Maggie's Dream
	"Pretty White"	Deep 6
1991	"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"	Crystal Waters	[8]
	"Swing It"	J.T.
	"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"	P.M. Dawn	[9]
1992	"One"	U2
	"Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine"	P.M. Dawn
	"Television, the Drug of the Nation"	The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
	"Jeremy"	Pearl Jam
	"Shut 'Em Down"	Public Enemy
	"Drive"	R.E.M.
	"Peace and Love Inc."	Information Society
1993	"Beautiful Girl"	INXS
	"Independent"	Sacred Reich
	"Rooster"	Alice in Chains
	"Black Lodge"	Anthrax
	"Butterfly"	Screaming Trees
1994	"'74–'75"	The Connells
	"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"	Whale
	"Hey Baby"	Maggie Estep & I Love Everybody
	"Trigger Inside"	Therapy?
1995	"Waydown"	Catherine Wheel
	"Tomorrow"	Silverchair
	"Kickin'"	Whale
1996	"Ladykillers"	Lush
	"Low"	Sacred Reich
	"Beautiful Girl"	Pete Droge & the Sinners
1997	"Midnight in Chelsea"	Jon Bon Jovi
	"Queen of New Orleans"	Jon Bon Jovi
	"Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town"	Jon Bon Jovi
	"Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand"	Jon Bon Jovi
1998	"Ugly"	Jon Bon Jovi
1999	"We're in This Together"	Nine Inch Nails
2002	"Lonesome Day"	Bruce Springsteen
	"Do You Realize??" (UK version)	The Flaming Lips
	"Half Light"	Low featuring Tomandandy
2003	"Wasted Time"	Kings of Leon
2004	"Gravedigger"	Dave Matthews
	"She Has No Time"	Keane
2005	"Everybody's Changing"	Keane
	"Best of You"	Foo Fighters
2006	"How to Save a Life"	The Fray
	"Falling by the Wayside"	People in Planes
2007	"Soulmate"	Natasha Bedingfield
2008	"Girls in Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)"	Bruce Springsteen
	"Henry Poole Is Here"	Ron Irizarry
	"We're Not Beautiful"	Emma Ejwertz
2009	"One Time We Lived" (version 2)	Moby
2010	"Syndicate"	The Fray
	"New Morning"	Alpha Rev
	"Laredo"	Band of Horses
	"Infinite Arms"	Band of Horses
	"Hold My Hand"	Michael Jackson
	"Spanking Machines"	Permission
2011	"Care"	Kid Rock
	"Skyscraper"	Demi Lovato
2012	"I Won't Give Up"	Jason Mraz
2014	"Final Masquerade"	Linkin Park	[10]
	"Cigarette Daydreams"	Cage the Elephant
	"Cool Kids"	Echosmith
	"Giants"	Bear Hands
	"Feral Love"	Chelsea Wolfe
	"The Waves Have Come"	Chelsea Wolfe
	"Let the Fireflies Fly Away"	Mark Mulcahy
	"Young Blood"	Bea Miller
	"Why Not Me"	The Indecent
2015	"Human Race"	Three Days Grace	[11]
	"Where's the Indifference Now?"	Mark Mulcahy
	"Nightlight"	Silversun Pickups
2016	"Dynasty"	MIIA
	"Lost Boy"	Ruth B
2017	"Gold"	The Shelters
	"Tell Me You Love Me"	Demi Lovato
2018	"Fly"	Low
	"Next to Me"	Imagine Dragons
	"Autumn Leaves"	Damian Marley
2019	"You're Somebody Else"	Flora Cash	[12]

Producer

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2000	No Maps for These Territories	Executive Producer
2002	OT: Our Town
2003	Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part I	Producer
	Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II
2004	Time Well Spent	Executive Producer
2003–2007	Cold Case	Consulting Producer (77 episodes)
2007	The Man from Earth	Executive Producer
2008	Henry Poole Is Here
2009	Shipping and Receiving (short)
2011	I Melt with You	Producer
2017	The Last Word	Producer
2018	Nostalgia	Producer
TBA	The Severing	Producer