Stories of Doctors Without Borders
Winner of the Special Jury Mention for Cinematic Courage and Dedication to Humanitarian Ideals by the Cinequest Film Festival.
Director - Mark Hopkins
Mark was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After completing High School in the UK, Mark attended Georgetown University where he majored in Philosophy. During this time he spent 8 months in Vietnam studying History and teaching English at the University of Hanoi.
Mark's film career began as an assistant to New York-based producer Scott Rudin, working on such films as: The Truman Show, A Civil Action, Bringing Out The Dead, Angela's Ashes, Sleepy Hollow, Wonder Boys, and Shaft. He left to start an independent production company, with the aim of focusing on non-fiction storytelling.
In 2001 Mark began working with documentary director George Butler, helping to develop and produce his films. The association began on the award-winning documentary The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, followed by Roving Mars, and included a series of shorts, Beyond The Endurance, directed by Mark for Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment. He later went on to produce George Butler's critically acclaimed film Going Upriver: the Long War of John Kerry.
Living in Emergency is Mark's feature length directorial debut.