Mark Savage (Australian film director)

Mark Savage (born 17 September 1962) is a US-based Australian film and television director, screenwriter, and film producer specializing in thrillers, horror, crime, cult, action and exploitation-themed films. He is influenced by European and Asian genre cinema, and has written critical reviews and articles for the Herald Sun, Asian Cult Cinema', Filmnet and Fatal Visions.[1][2][3]

This article is about the Australian film director. For the American playwright, see Mark Savage (American playwright).

Mark Savage
Occupationdirector, writer, producer

Savage wrote, produced and directed his first feature Marauaders in 1986, since then genre entries have included Sensitive New Age Killer (2000), Trail of Passion (2003), Defenceless (2004), Kinderplay (2013), FertIsle (2015), Stressed To Kill (2016) and Purgatory Road (2017)[4][5][6][7][8]

During 2017 and 2018 Purgatory Road was released in the United States and Australia[9] and in 2019 on DVD and Blu-ray in Canada and America. The film was acclaimed in reviews and at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival,[10][11][12] and the original score by Glen Gabriel received a Hollywood Music in Media Awards nomination.[13]

In production for 2020, Savage is directing Painkiller, an action/thriller exploring the subject of an opioid epidemic set in Florida United States, with a cast including Michael Pare and Bill Oberst Jr..

References
  1. "Mark Savage". innersense.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. "Primal Screens: Mark Savage and Australian Independent Cinema". PopMatters. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. "This Week on Creators Studio: Film Director Mark Savage – DEVISE". DEVISE. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. "Exclusive photos and interview, plus trailer: Take a Savage trip down "PURGATORY ROAD" | Rue Morgue". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. "Mark Savage". IMDb. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. "Mark Savage- STRESSED TO KILL AND A CAREER IN INDIE CINEMA". Tom Hollands Terror Time. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. "Mark Savage | Underground Film Journal". www.undergroundfilmjournal.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. "Mark Savage". SBS Movies. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  9. ""Purgatory Road" The Horror-Thriller By Award Winning Filmmaker Mark Savage Set To Have Los Angeles Premiere This Thursday, February 7th, 2019; Q&A with Director Savage and Cast to Follow Screening". SHOOTonline. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  10. "Purgatory Road Movie Review by Repulsive Reviews". Repulsive Reviews. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  11. Purgatory Road (2017), retrieved 24 January 2019
  12. "Mark Savage". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  13. "HMMA Awards nomination". hmmawards.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.


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