Mark Freeman

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Mark Freeman, a documentary filmmaker, is a Professor of Television, Film and New Media at San Diego State University. He teaches Documentary Production and Documentary: History and Theory.

Freeman has produced and directed, written and edited programs for broadcast on American public television. His documentaries have won numerous awards including a Gold Apple at the National Educational Film and Video Festival, a Certificate of Merit at the Chicago International Film Festival and a Red Ribbon at the American Film and Video Festival. His films are in the collection of libraries and universities throughout the country, and have screened at international festivals and at museums including the Museo do Oriente (Lisbon), Weltmuseum (Vienna), Hong-Gah Museum (Taipei), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History, the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art (NY).

Freeman has extensive international production experience. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Indonesia and a Fulbright Specialist in South Africa. He has also served as an expert for the American Film Showcase in Ukraine.