About

MARKUS INNOCENTI

Scottish born director, screenwriter, author and producer Markus Innocenti started his film industry career on the set of “Superman” (1977) and by the early 1980’s was running a successful production design business in London.

His work as Art Director and Production Designer on award-winning British commercials and iconic music videos such as Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, Big Country’s “East of Eden” and Tears For Fears’ “Shout” led to offers to direct.

Within a year, alongside business partner Edward Arno, he was one of the top music video directors in the world, working with Eurythmics, Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin. His debut short-feature “Willie and the Poor Boys” (1985) marked the first time that members of The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin had appeared together on film.

Arno & Innocenti were signed by Erika Bond and Steve Kenis to the William Morris Agency, and their first full-length theatrical feature followed - “Murder Story” (1989),  starring Christopher Lee and Alexis Denisof.

Markus settled  in Los Angeles in 1992, repped by Morgan Mason at WMA, with a development deal at Madonna’s Maverick Pictures. He went on to direct erotic thriller “Sweetheart Murders” and had five screenplays optioned. He was active from the start in digital post-production both as an editor and supervisor, co-founding The Mission -  a boutique sound company.  His interest in film education led to an early involvement with  Filmmaker’s Central, an online film school based in Hollywood.

A producer since the formation of Arno-Innocenti Pictures in 1987 (projects included “Celebration Jazz” for the BBC, featuring The Charlie Watts Jazz Orchestra), Markus has co-produced several indie features in the US, among them “Night Creep” (2002), “The Divided” (2007) and “World Full of Nothing” (2008).

In 2006 he left the editorial staff of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover:Home Edition” to concentrate on feature film development and production. Most recently, he has directed the short “In Water, Writ” and caveman comedy feature, “The Missing Link“ which is currently in post-production.

A member of the Writers Guild of America (West), Markus has a number of screenplays available, and has completed two non-fiction books, “The Filmmaker’s Art” and “The Filmmaker’s Business” which are now seeking a publisher.