Mark Hartley


Mark Hartley is an Australian film director, editor, and screenwriter. He is best known for his documentary films, including Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, and his 2013 remake of the 1978 film Patrick. He has also made many music videos, for which he has been nominated several times for ARIA Music Awards, winning one for "Who the Hell Are You" by Madison Avenue in 2000.

Career

Mark Hartley got one of his first film credits, as music video director, on David Parker's 1993 cult film Hercules Returns. He is also a film editor and screenwriter. He has said that he "direct as an editor", as his background is also in editing.
In 2008 he produced the documentary film Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, followed by another documentary, Machete Maidens Unleashed!, about the Filipino film industry, which was written and directed by Hartley.
In 2013, he made Patrick, a remake of the 1978 supernatural "Ozploitation" classic of Australian cinema, also named Patrick. The film was produced by Antony I. Ginnane.
He also wrote and directed the documentary film Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, released in 2014. The film is about Israeli-born cousins Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan, who founded Cannon Films and changed the way films were made and marketed in Hollywood.
Hartley directed the thriller feature Girl at the Window, starring Radha Mitchell and Vince Colosimo, released in 2022. The film was written by Terence Hammond and Nicolette Minster, and produced by Antony I. Ginnane.

Select filmography

  • His Master's Voice As editor; directed by Yvonne Pecujac
  • Mercy As editor; directed by Mark Bakaitis
  • A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
  • Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
  • Machete Maidens Unleashed!
  • Patrick
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
  • ''Girl at the Window''

    Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
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