Greg Marcks (born August 12, 1976) is an American director and screenwriter of motion pictures.

Greg Marcks
Born (1976-08-12) August 12, 1976 (age 48)
Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter
EducationChelmsford High School
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University (BA)
Florida State University (MFA)
Years active2003–present
Notable works11:14 (2003)
Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
Notable awardsStudent Academy Award
Website
gregmarcks.com

Early life

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Marcks grew up in the town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts and attended Chelmsford High School. He studied creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He went on to receive an M.F.A in directing from the Florida State University Film Conservatory in Tallahassee, Florida, where he wrote and directed Lector, a short film which won several awards at film festivals including a Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Career

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Marcks wrote and directed the highly acclaimed indie film 11:14 starring Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze, Barbara Hershey, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ben Foster, and Colin Hanks.

His film Echelon Conspiracy, an action thriller film starring Shane West, Edward Burns, Martin Sheen, Jonathan Pryce and Ving Rhames was released theatrically in the U.S. on February 27, 2009. The film, though fiction, deals with the real-world SIGINT collection program ECHELON, run by the NSA. However, the movie bombed at the box office.

Marcks' next project, a film based on You Don't Love Me Yet, a novel by Jonathan Lethem, deals with the romantic escapades of bandmates living in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Director Actor Writer
2000 Lector Yes No Yes
2003 11:14 Yes No Yes
2009 Echelon Conspiracy Yes No No
2017 Static Yes No No
2019 Lily No Yes No
2019 When She Speaks No Yes No
TBA You Don't Love Me Yet Yes No Yes
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