About

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Place of birth:
Tacoma, Washington, U.S
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Mark LaPore

Overview

Mark LaPore was an experimental ethnographic filmmaker who made several films in the Sudan, India and Sri Lanka, as well as various parts of the U.S. over a period of nearly thirty years. A dedicated iconoclast and personal artist, LaPore strove to document and portray the cultures with which he connected in ways that were true to his experiences as a traveler as well as being honest reflections of people and scenes that he was witnessing. LaPore worked against conventions of ethnographic narrative, using cinema at its most fundamental level as an objective tool that could also be harnessed for personal response and expression. He was also an influential teacher at the Massachusetts College of Art, and many of his students have gone on to become significant filmmakers in their own right. LaPore's tragic and premature death on September 11, 2005, robbed American independent cinema of one of its most original and dedicated talents. - Steve Anker

Known for

Acting
1985 The Sleepers Actor Director 59
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Directing
2006 Untitled (for David Gatten) Directing Director N/A
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2005 Kolkata Directing Director 58
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2005 Lunatic Princess Directing Director N/A
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2005 Crossroad Directing Director 59
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2002 Mekong Directing Director N/A
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2000 The Glass System Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Five Bad Elements Directing Director N/A
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1996 A Depression in the Bay of Bengal Directing Director N/A
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1989 Sudan Rolls Directing Director N/A
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1985 The Sleepers Directing Director 59
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1983 Medina Directing Director N/A
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1983 Work and Play Directing Director N/A
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1973 Halloween Directing Director N/A
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Camera
1988 Submission Camera Camera Operator N/A
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