Mark Raso
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education	University of Toronto(BA) Columbia University(MFA)
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	2009–present
Notable work	Under,Copenhagen,Kodachrome

Mark Raso is a Canadian narrative filmmaker and co-owner of the production company Fidelio Films. He is best known for writing and directing the feature-length filmCopenhagen in 2014, directingKodachrome starringEd Harris,Jason Sudeikis andElizabeth Olsen, and theNetflix original sci-fi filmAwake in 2021, which was number one worldwide on the platform when it was released^[1] and his Student Academy Award–winning short filmUnder in 2012. His work has won numerous awards and has been seen by audiences worldwide.

Raso was born inToronto,Ontario, Canada. After attending theUniversity of Toronto where he received a BA in English Literature and Cinema Studies, Raso went on to study directing and screenwriting atColumbia University where he received an MFA in film. While attending Columbia, Raso wrote, directed, and produced a number of short films that culminated in winning the Gold Medal, the highest honor a student can receive, from the Student Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^{[citation needed]}

After graduating from Columbia in 2012, Raso wrote, directed, his first feature-length film Copenhagen, a critically acclaimed movie that won the Audience Award at Slamdance Film Festival.^[2] Since its premiere, Raso has been called "a talent to watch,"^[3] by New York Times writer David DeWitt.

Raso's short filmUnder has received numerous awards including the Student Academy Gold Medal, the CINE Gold Eagle Award, the Golden ACE Award, and the CINE Special Jury award. In addition, Mark received the David Jones Memorial Award for Excellence in Directing and the Hollywood Foreign Press Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. By 2013 he was named on The Tracking Board's "Young and Hungry" list as a rising talent to keep an eye out for. In 2014 his first feature film Copenhagen premiered at the Slamdance Festival, where it won the Audience Award. The film also won the grand jury award at theFlorida Film Festival,Gasparilla International Film Festival, andSlamdance Film Festival.^[4]

Raso is co-owner of the production company Fidelio Films,^[5] aNew York City-basedindependent filmproduction company founded byproducers David Figueroa García,Mauro Mueller and Mauricio Leiva-Cock in 2010. All four of them met while studying at the MFA program in directing and screenwriting atColumbia University. The company has produced a number of acclaimed short films, winning twice in a row in theStudent Academy Awards withUnder in 2012^[6] andA World for Raúl in 2013.^[7] In 2014, for the third time in a row, they had a shortPerfidia in the regional final of the Student Academy Awards. Their first feature filmCopenhagen, featuringGethin Anthony,Bodil Awards winnerFrederikke Dahl Hansen,Sebastian Armesto,Mille Dinesen,Baard Owe, andTamzin Merchant^[8] was theatrically released in North America in 2014.

• Groomed (2004, short film, producer)
• The Engagement Party (2007, short film, writer, editor, director)
• Tomorrow (2009, short film, writer, director)
• Brand New Day (2010, short film, director, producer, editor)
• In for a Surprise (2010, short film, director, writer)
• Under (2011, short film, co-producer, writer, director, editor)
• Un Mundo Para Raul (A World for Raúl) (2012, short film, co-producer)
• Copenhagen (2014, feature film, writer, director, editor, co-producer)
• Kodachrome (2017)
• Awake (2021)
• The Ugly Chickens (2024)

• Guideposts Junction (1995–1996)

• Mark Raso atIMDb
• official website Fidelio Films Mark Raso
• http://blogs.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/2014/02/04/interview-with-mark-raso-under/

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