mwblock
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Film Distributor and Producer |
| Location | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Introduction | He is president of Direct Cinema Limited in Santa Monica. Block executive produced WOMEN OF THE GULAG which was short listed for a documentary short Academy Award nomination for 2018 and THE TESTIMONY was short listed for 2016. Block produced the 2011 Academy Award nominated documentary film POSTER GIRL. Block conceived, co-created & is an executive-producer of the 2008 PBS Emmy Award-winning 10-hour documentary series CARRIER the companion documentary feature. Mel Gibson's Icon Productions financed the films. He was a consultant on short & feature nonfiction projects for HBO/Cinemax from 1998-2005. He’s been teaching independent film producing at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts since 1979. He was an executive-producer on HBO's 2001 Academy Award-winning film BIG MAMA. NO LIES, produced and directed by Block, was selected in 2008 for the National Register of Historical Films, films selected from 1973 include: AMERICAN GRAFFITI, BADLANDS, MEAN STREETS and THE STING. It won an Emmy in 1975. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy, a founding member of BAFTA-LA, and a life member of the UFVA & IDA. |
| Interests | Mitchell Block has handled the distribution & marketing of hundreds of documentary, live action & animated shorts films & documentary features, 25 have won Oscars & 71 have received Academy Award nominations. |