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Mark Berger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Pomona
College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the USC
School of Cinema-Television. For the past six years, Mark
has worked as an Interactive Producer for various companies
including Sega
Games, Paramount
Digital Entertainment, Internal & External Communications,
Internet Outfitters, AppNet, and Veon
(acquired by Philips) where he produced content and applications
for clients such as Viacom,
Sony,
HBO, Skechers,
Pathe,
LVMH,
Hyundai,
DENSO,
e-SIM
and Wyle
Systems.
In the fall of 2000, Mark created the Web design and consulting
firm Berger
& Fries to specialize in the design and development
of rich media Web sites. Since then, Berger & Fries has
designed and developed websites for clients such as Warner
Brother's, Arrowire,
Westview
School, Marsha
Berger Architects, Rapid
Relief, Beach
Body, and the Los
Angeles County Alliance for Student Achievement.
Mark's skill set includes a comprehensive methodology
for scheduling, budgeting and developing many types of Web
sites, programming in HTML, Flash, JavaScript, DHTML, XML,
ASP, PHP, various databases, and the analysis of business
needs to find unique technical solutions.
Many of Mark's skills were developed as he
produced and/or directed numerous short films and documentaries
that have received major grants, been shown at film festivals
around the country and broadcast on PBS. Most notably, Mark's
documentary film that chronicles the quest of a Latino teenager
named "Jose" to meet Presidential candidate and
syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan at the 1996 Republican
National convention in San Diego titled "Too
Many Joses" was supported by a regional grant from
the
National Endowment for the Humanities and acquired by
WGBH-TV
(Boston) for broadcast through 2002. Mark has held positions
in almost every facet of the documentary production process
including: director, producer, researcher, grant writer,
line producer, production manager, sound recorder, sound
editor, cinematographer, editor, and on-line editor.
In his political career, Mark served as the
Campaign Director for John Saler's bid to be Lieutenant Governor
of Pennsylvania; the Legislative Correspondent for US
Senator Harris Wofford; and the Campaign Director for the California
Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG). Mark has attended
4 National Political Conventions since 1984 when he started as a
page on the floor of the Democratic National convention in San Francisco.
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