- Mark Ewert
Marcus Ewert, previously known as Marcus Ewert, is an American writer, actor and director, living in San Francisco.
Marcus Ewert began making and appearing in films in the 1990s. He has worked with a number of notable and avant garde directors as an actor. He has appeared in the
Gus Van Sant short film "Four Naked Boys and a Gun", inSadie Benning 's "Flat Is Beautiful", and the movie "Frisk" byTodd Verow . In 2008, the feature film"The Lollipop Generation " byG.B. Jones was released starring Mark Ewert in a lead role, alongsideJena von Brucker ,Vaginal Davis andJoel Gibb . [ [http://nerve.com/Specialissues/newgayvoices Cooper, Dennis, "New Queer Voices", Nerve] ] . As well, Ewert has acted on stage in theater, appearing in "Reduced" byRachel Levitsky andCamile Roy at theJon Sims Center in San Francisco, as a part of "Jubilee", the poets theater festival.His first collaborative work as a director was with
Joshua Tager : together they made "A New Flag". He then began collaborating withDavid Crystallah , making several films together in 1998. These films played frequently at film festivals. In 1999, he began working with David Cutler. The two created "Piki & Poko ", first released in the 2000s. These animated short flash cartoons created for theInternet were immediately successful and have been distributed byMondo Mini Shows . There have been thirty three episodes scripted and twenty eight have been released. The episode entitled "Taking The Dare!" also appeared on Season 6 of theEmmy Award winningPBS series, "Independent Lens " [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/11/03/blisick.DTL Lisick, Beth, "PBS in the Mission", SF Gate, Nov. 3, 2004] ] . The series began airing on the Logo channel in 2008, as part of the "Alien Boot Camp" animation anthology.Mark Ewert is also a writer whose work has appeared in a number of anthologies and other publications, including the 2004
Lambda Literary Award winning non-fiction anthology "I Do/ I Don't". He has participated in the 'Litquake Literary Festival' and the 'Porch Light' [ [http://www.kqed.org/arts/literature/article.jsp?essid=11240 Rogers, Paula, "Porchlight at Litquake: Writers, Muses, Flacks and Escorts", KQED Arts, Oct, 12, 2006] ] reading series, both held in San Francisco. He has appeared in such literary journals as "Shampoo", "Suspect Thoughts ", "Star*line", and "For Immediate Release". He was co-editor of "Ruh Roh", an anthology of artists' work that included pieces byKathy Acker ,Allen Ginsberg ,Gregg Araki ,Gus Van Sant ,Dennis Cooper ,Clive Barker ,Paul McCarthy ,Mike Diana ,Sadie Benning , and many others. His book "10,000 Dresses", illustrated byRex Ray , was published bySeven Stories Press in September 2008.Mark Ewert is well known for being the last lover of
William Burroughs [ [http://www.lawrence.com/news/2007/jul/30/inner_circle/ Tankard, Frank, "William Burroughs Ten Years After", laurence.com 2007] ] , which he has written about for publication, and as a lover ofAllen Ginsburg 's while atNaropa University . He is presently writing his memoirs of these, and other events.Mark has been the subject of the work of several artists; the writers Allen Ginsberg and
Dennis Cooper ; and the photographersDaniel Nicoletta [ [http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/main/glc/pdf/Daniel_Nicoletta.pdf Catalog, San Francisco Public Library, Call Number GLC 36] ] ,Rick Castro , andMarc Gellar , whose well-known photos of Mark and Moon Trent are featured on the covers of twoPansy Division CDs, "Deflowered " (1994) and "Wish I'd Taken Pictures " (1996).Filmography
As Director
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Piki & Poko " (with David Cutler) 2002 - (Thirty Three episodes)
*"Porno Bondage" (with David Cutler) 1999
*"Baby Spice With Angel Dust" ( with David Crystallah) 1998
*"Dickcam: Balls & Nuts" (with David Crystallah) 1998
*"Inside Scoop" (with David Crystallah) 1998
*"Lesbian Separatist Barbie" (with David Crystallah) 1998
*"A New Flag" (with Joshua Tager) 1996As Actor
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The Lollipop Generation ", directed byG.B. Jones , 2008
*"Flat Is Beautiful", directed bySadie Benning , 1998
*"Frisk", directed byTodd Verow , 1996
*"Four Naked Boys and a Gun", directed byGus Van Sant Publications
*"10,000 Dresses", Marcus Ewert, illustrations by
Rex Ray ,Seven Stories Press , 2008 ISBN 1583228500
*"Twenty Epics", edited by Susan Groppi and David Moles, Lulu, 2006: ISBN 978-1847280664
*"Best Gay Erotica 2006", edited by Richard Labonte andMatt Bernstein Sycamore ,Cleis Press , 2006: ISBN 978-1573442251
*"I Do/ I Don't: Queers On Marriage", edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips,Suspect Thoughts Press , 2004: ISBN 0-9746388-7-0
*"Pills, Chills, Thrills and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person", edited byMichelle Tea andClint Catalyst ,Alyson Publications , 2004 ISBN 9781555837532
*"Van Gogh's Ear", French Connection Press, 2003, ISBN 2914853017
*"Ruh Roh", edited by Mark Ewert and Mitchell Watkins, published by Feature Inc. and Instituting Contemporary Idea, NYC, 1992References
External links
* [http://www.suspectthoughts.com/ewert.html Mark Ewert in Suspect Thoughts Magazine]
* [http://www.nerve.com/Specialissues/newqueervoices Mark Ewert in Nerve magazine]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/11/03/blisick.DTL Piki & Poko on PBS]
* [http://www.kqed.org/arts/literature/article.jsp?essid=11240 Marcus Ewert at Porchlight]
* [http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2006/09/twenty_epics_ed.shtml Review of "Twenty Epics"]
* [http://glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2323 On "Ruh Roh"]
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