Mark Crane has dark surreal and unconventional approach to his puppet constructions and filmmaking. This is born out of his experience working on films at an early age from Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Judge Dredd.  He is completing his Master of Arts in Film and TV production in 2025.

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An award-winning film, music video and theatre director focusing on narrative based stories using shadow puppetry and live action creating fable like tales of epic yet home-spun proportions.

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His work has been exhibited at Figur I Fossekleiva (International Festival of Puppetry) in Norway, a complete works, and films at Watford Museum in 2020 alongside running puppetry workshops for Watford Borough Council.

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‘’The humble DIY style gives the video and endearing & alluring quality’’ stereoboard.com

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He was the Winner of Best Experimental film at the Jim Thorpe Film Festival in 2019 alongside nominations for Best LGBTQ and Cinematography for ‘Heaven’s Rage’. Winner of the Super 9 Mobile Film Festival in 2018 for best music video and winner of REEL Puppetry Film Festival with Best of the Festival 2019.