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Mark Bailey (writer)
Mark Daniel Bailey (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer, best known for his documentary films, including Last Days in Vietnam (2014), Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022), and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022). Bailey, together with his wife, filmmaker Rory Kennedy, own Moxie Films, a documentary film production company. The company produces documentaries "for broadcast and cable networks, including Netflix, HBO, PBS, A&E, National Geographic, Showtime, Discovery Channel, MTV, TLC, Lifetime Television, the Oxygen Network, and the Sundance Channel as well as for educational foundations and philanthropic organizations."
Mark Bailey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and grew up in the nearby town of Summit. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1991 and subsequently attended Georgetown University, where he studied for a master's degree in English. He moved to New York City in 1997 and began writing in 1999.
In 1999, Bailey wrote the film American Hollow, about "the complex ties that bind [an] Appalachian family to a cycle of deprivation," which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Primetime Emmy for best documentary. In 2003, he wrote Pandemic: Facing AIDS, a "five-part documentary series about the lives of people dealing with the disease in various parts of the world." For his work, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding writing. Both American Hollow and Pandemic were broadcast on HBO.
Subsequently, Bailey was one of the producers of Torte Bluma, a 2005 dramatic short film starring Stellan Skarsgård and Simon McBurney. The film, which won "best of the festival" at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2005 and was nominated for best narrative short at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006, was distributed by Phase 4 films as part of a compilation called Guilty Hearts.
In 2007, Bailey cowrote (with Jack Youngelson) the film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, "an examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003," which was nominated for six Primetime Emmys, one of which it won—for best nonfiction special.
In 2011, Bailey was hired by Marvel Studios to write the script for Black Panther, a narrative feature film based on the African comic-book character of the same name. In 2015, Joe Robert Cole was hired to take over the script, and Marvel's film was released on February 16, 2018. Bailey commented, “Given that the film would go on to become the third-highest-grossing film in U.S. history, it would be hard to argue that Marvel’s decision to replace me was unwise.”
Bailey also wrote the 2012 film Ethel, which "chronicles the life of Ethel Skakel Kennedy." Ethel was nominated for five Primetime Emmys, including one for Bailey (outstanding writing for nonfiction programming). Bailey was also awarded the Humanitas Prize for his work on the film.
With Keven McAlester, Bailey cowrote Last Days in Vietnam (2014), which "reconstructs . . . the tragic final days of the American presence in Vietnam." The film was nominated for an Academy Award. For his work on the film, Bailey was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Mark Bailey (writer)
Mark Daniel Bailey (born November 21, 1968) is an American writer, best known for his documentary films, including Last Days in Vietnam (2014), Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022), and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022). Bailey, together with his wife, filmmaker Rory Kennedy, own Moxie Films, a documentary film production company. The company produces documentaries "for broadcast and cable networks, including Netflix, HBO, PBS, A&E, National Geographic, Showtime, Discovery Channel, MTV, TLC, Lifetime Television, the Oxygen Network, and the Sundance Channel as well as for educational foundations and philanthropic organizations."
Mark Bailey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and grew up in the nearby town of Summit. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1991 and subsequently attended Georgetown University, where he studied for a master's degree in English. He moved to New York City in 1997 and began writing in 1999.
In 1999, Bailey wrote the film American Hollow, about "the complex ties that bind [an] Appalachian family to a cycle of deprivation," which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Primetime Emmy for best documentary. In 2003, he wrote Pandemic: Facing AIDS, a "five-part documentary series about the lives of people dealing with the disease in various parts of the world." For his work, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding writing. Both American Hollow and Pandemic were broadcast on HBO.
Subsequently, Bailey was one of the producers of Torte Bluma, a 2005 dramatic short film starring Stellan Skarsgård and Simon McBurney. The film, which won "best of the festival" at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2005 and was nominated for best narrative short at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2006, was distributed by Phase 4 films as part of a compilation called Guilty Hearts.
In 2007, Bailey cowrote (with Jack Youngelson) the film Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, "an examination of the prisoner abuse scandal involving U.S. soldiers and detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003," which was nominated for six Primetime Emmys, one of which it won—for best nonfiction special.
In 2011, Bailey was hired by Marvel Studios to write the script for Black Panther, a narrative feature film based on the African comic-book character of the same name. In 2015, Joe Robert Cole was hired to take over the script, and Marvel's film was released on February 16, 2018. Bailey commented, “Given that the film would go on to become the third-highest-grossing film in U.S. history, it would be hard to argue that Marvel’s decision to replace me was unwise.”
Bailey also wrote the 2012 film Ethel, which "chronicles the life of Ethel Skakel Kennedy." Ethel was nominated for five Primetime Emmys, including one for Bailey (outstanding writing for nonfiction programming). Bailey was also awarded the Humanitas Prize for his work on the film.
With Keven McAlester, Bailey cowrote Last Days in Vietnam (2014), which "reconstructs . . . the tragic final days of the American presence in Vietnam." The film was nominated for an Academy Award. For his work on the film, Bailey was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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