Mark Borchardt

Mark Borchardt

Born: August 20, 1966
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Mark Borchardt (born August 20, 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film American Movie: The Making of Northwestern, which documented two years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven (1997).

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Movies for Mark Borchardt...

Bitcon
Title: Bitcon
Character: Damon
Released: October 18, 2022
Type: Movie
A missing hard drive with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency and the issue of trust in the modern era.
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Who Is Bill Rebane?
Title: Who Is Bill Rebane?
Character: Self
Released: May 24, 2021
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary on the life and work of Wisconsin grindhouse cinema auteur Bill Rebane, featuring historians, critics, and filmmakers, plus cast and crew members who worked with Rebane himself.
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Faith Based
Title: Faith Based
Character: Mark
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: Movie
When two idiot friends realize all "faith based" films make buckets of cash, they set out on a mission to make one of their own.
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Small Town Wisconsin
Title: Small Town Wisconsin
Character: Store Clerk
Released: August 17, 2020
Type: Movie
After losing a custody battle, perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski steals his son away for one last father-son weekend to the city of their dreams - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. What's supposed to be a light-hearted adventure soon transforms into a journey of profound redemption.
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At the Park by the Creek
Title: At the Park by the Creek
Character: Radio Show Host
Released: November 19, 2019
Type: Movie
'Dazed and Confused' meets 'Blue Velvet'; two burnouts, one dead body, and a long confusing trail of clues through sleepy nowhere-ville, USA.
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Black Licorice
Title: Black Licorice
Character: Martin Milo
Released: October 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A fashion photographer gets more than he bargained for when a roll of film in a used camera contains sinister imagery of high-society menace that sends him into a labyrinth of imminent danger.
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The Field
Title: The Field
Character: Cashier
Released: September 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A long-empty farmstead holds secret worlds, accidentally unlocked by an amateur photographer and his wife.
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Lycanimator
Title: Lycanimator
Character: Spencer Del Graves
Released: April 28, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of friends go to an abandoned house for a weekend getaway only to stumble across a mad scientist with some monster-making goo. When some of that goo turns one of the group into a hungry, lustful beast - well let's just say it spells trouble.
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Silently Steal Away
Title: Silently Steal Away
Character: Narrator
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The Jack Raymond Show is a radio program that's been broadcast every day for 49 years from a small, family-operated radio station in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The host of the show is a mysterious figure who has a loyal local following, and still gets fan mail, but he's been dead for over 40 years. This film is the story of Jack Raymond and the eccentric radio station that has unwittingly influenced a generation of local musicians and artists. Featuring Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) and narration by Mark Borchardt (American Movie).
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California Dreams
Title: California Dreams
Character: Mark
Released: March 11, 2017
Type: Movie
Five unique individuals in pursuit of a big life change. Through auditions set up in small towns across Southern California, the film shows genuine characters with big Hollywood aspirations who, for various reasons, have never had the opportunity to pursue their dreams.
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The Dundee Project
Title: The Dundee Project
Character: Himself
Released: January 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Cult filmmaker Mark Borchardt (as seen in AMERICAN MOVIE) takes a trip to the UFO DAYS festival in Dundee, Wisconsin. Eccentric personalities abound as Mark poetically ruminates on why the compulsion to seek out little green men seems to converge in his home state.
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Here Comes Rusty
Title: Here Comes Rusty
Character: Oren
Released: April 3, 2016
Type: Movie
A reluctant dog track owner tries to outrun his problems with the bet of a lifetime.
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Hamlet A.D.D.
Title: Hamlet A.D.D.
Character: Gravedigger
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: Movie
The ghost of Hamlet's father orders him to kill his uncle, and the easily distracted prince makes up a bunch of excuses to avoid doing it.
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The Hagstone Demon
Title: The Hagstone Demon
Character: Douglas Elmore
Released: September 27, 2011
Type: Movie
Douglas Elmore is an alcoholic writer and caretaker haunted by visions of his dead wife and pursued by supernatural forces bent on revenge for his past deeds. When tenants start turning up dead in the hallways and stairwells of his brownstone apartment building, Douglas suspects a strange but sexually alluring homeless prostitute named Karna who sleeps in his basement by day and prowls the empty city by night. But as the bodies pile up, Douglas is torn between his growing obsession with Karna and the threat of becoming a prime suspect in a murder investigation. Douglas must find the origin of the evil residing in the old Hagstone building before the secrets of his past return to destroy him.
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The Amateur Monster Movie
Title: The Amateur Monster Movie
Character: Mr. Englan
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
After a group of boy scouts are mysteriously killed by a wolf-like creature on Cadaverous Island, Walter Romero, whose best friend was among the killed, sets out to find exactly what happened. In order to reach the island, Walter teams up with Johnny Mason, neighborhood stoner, to smoke up Ashley Valinski, neighborhood hottie, and get her to take them out on her father's boat. But soon after arriving on Cadaverous Island, a horde of zombies steals their boat, leaving them stranded, and the three are forced to team up with two cops, the mayor, and a team of botanists to either kill the monsters... or be killed themselves..... DUN-DUN-DUN!!!
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Modus Operandi
Title: Modus Operandi
Character: Dallas Deacon
Released: September 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Two briefcases with mysterious contents are stolen from top Presidential candidate Squire Parks, setting off a deadly series of double-crosses and betrayals. Desperate warring factions of subterranean organizations will stop at nothing to gain possession of the sensitive material. A covert branch of the CIA calls on notorious Black Ops agent Stanley Cashay, who has been barely existing in a semi-comatose twilight since the murder of his wife. Cashay is offered the identity of his wife’s killer in exchange for locating and returning the cases.
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Living Arrangements
Title: Living Arrangements
Character: Paul
Released: September 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Sasha and Billie just found a new apartment right next to their favorite coffee shops and thrift stores. Life couldn't be better until they discover a blood-thirsty werewolf living in the attic. Coping with the uninvited roommate challenges their vegan lifestyle and may turn these animal savers into animal slayers.
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Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Title: Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Character: Herman
Released: August 11, 2009
Type: Movie
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
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Tapioca
Title: Tapioca
Character: Harve
Released: March 24, 2009
Type: Movie
An insane homeless guy turns the world upside down for a blowhard. Tapioca is a funny, raunchy romp, a quirky, comic tale of redemption starring Broadway legend Ben Vereen (Roots), Tim Kazurinsky (Saturday Night Live), Greg Hollimon (Strangers With Candy) and a crazy cast of Second City veterans.
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Mutilated Movies
Title: Mutilated Movies
Released: September 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A feature-length anthology style throwback movie in the blood vein of old time TV horror hosts, insane cinema, GORE, monsters and weird creatures from other planets! ZOMBIES, GHOULS, DEMON BATS, AND MUTINGO, THE MUTANT FLAMINGO. With buckets of spurting blood, guts, evil possessed ventriloquist dolls from hell, popped out eyeballs, real severed goat heads, giant chicken women, werewolves, zombified puking punk rockers, exploding heads, disgustingly cool latex special effects, and a few sets of very nice boobs!
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The Devil's Muse
Title: The Devil's Muse
Character: Floyd
Released: January 16, 2007
Type: Movie
A stark look at one of Hollywood's darkest mysteries, The Black Dalia (Elizabeth Short) Murder.
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Night of the Living Dead: Live from Wisconsin - Hosted by Mark & Mike
Title: Night of the Living Dead: Live from Wisconsin - Hosted by Mark & Mike
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank, the stars of AMERICAN MOVIE, host George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD from lawn chairs parked in a suburban front yard on the northwest side of Milwaukee.
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The Godfather of Green Bay
Title: The Godfather of Green Bay
Character: Skeeter
Released: April 20, 2005
Type: Movie
Joe Keegan is the 'Rocky' of stand-up comedy. A fifteen-year comedy veteran who was pegged for stardom early on in his career but has blown every major audition he has ever had in legendary fashion. Fresh off a recent fiasco with a heckler that included a broken nose, Joe's friend Kenny tells him he can get them an audition for 'The Tonight Show' and that it's 'a can't miss.' The one catch is that it's at a roadside bar in tiny Pine Lake, Wisconsin, hometown of Tonight Show Talent scout, Harvey Skorik who never misses 'Rocktoberfest.' Having doubts but needing a break from L.A., Joe reluctantly agrees to go. Arriving in Wisconsin, Joe bombs his first night on stage when local emcee Dug sabotages him. Joe cannot get a break until he encounters his former high school English teacher, the beautiful Molly Mahoney who is also at a crossroads in her life.
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Horror Business
Title: Horror Business
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
The movie covers the careers of five up-and-coming horror-movie loving directors – Mark Borchardt ('Coven'), Ron Atkins ('Necromaniac'), Dave Stagnari ('Catharsis'), John Gora ('Chirpy'), and Brian Singleton.
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Abby Singer
Title: Abby Singer
Character: Mark Borchardt
Released: October 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now drunken acting instructor in the throes of a divorce, the only clue that will salvage Clemins' rapidly deteriorating life.
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The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
Title: The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees
Character: Self
Released: July 23, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary charting the rise and fall (and inevitable undead rise) of fictional killer Jason Vorhees from the Friday the 13th series, which takes in the "video nasty" phenomenon in general.
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Britney, Baby, One More Time
Title: Britney, Baby, One More Time
Character: Dude Schmitz
Released: January 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Dude Schmitz, an independent filmmaker, attempting to secure funds for his second feature, blows an opportunity at what promises to be a lucrative interview with pop sensation Britney Spears. Dejected, Schmitz discovers Robert Stephens, a young, gay Britney impersonator. Schmitz takes off for New Orleans with Stephens, promising him a chance to meet his teen idol, all the while taking film of Stephens' cross-country exploits and pawning them off as footage of the real deal.
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The Tunnel
Title: The Tunnel
Character: Lincoln
Released: November 17, 2001
Type: Movie
A surreal, dreamlike film exploring love, depression and death.
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The One
Title: The One
Character: Cesar
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: Movie
A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.
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Coven
Title: Coven
Character: Mike
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
An alcohol/drug abuser re-examines his life until he nearly dies from an overdose. Then a friend convinces him to join a self-help group which turns out to be demonic.
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American Movie
Title: American Movie
Character: Filmmaker
Released: November 5, 1999
Type: Movie
American Movie is the story of filmmaker Mark Borchardt, his mission, and his dream. Spanning over two years of intense struggle with his film, his family, financial decline, and spiritual crisis, American Movie is a portrayal of ambition, obsession, excess, and one man's quest for the American Dream.
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Title: Family Guy
Character: Mark Borchardt
Released: January 31, 1999
Type: TV
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
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Legal ThreaT
Title: Legal ThreaT
Character: Reese Kelly
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An unassuming addict inherits nocuous information that threatens to overthrow the powerful corporation that he now works for as an entry-level AI engineer.