Mark
Berger
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. Since 1998, Mark has worked as an Online Marketer & Producer
for various companies including Sega
Games, Paramount
Digital Entertainment, Internal & External
Communications, AppNet (acquired by CommerceOne), Veon
(acquired by Philips), Annie's, StockTrak, and now Berger & Fries where
he produced content and applications for clients such
as Viacom,
Sony,
HBO,
Skechers,
Pathe,
LVMH,
Hyundai,
DENSO,
and Wyle
Systems. Mark's skill set includes a comprehensive
tool box for creating, developing
and promoting Web sites that show high Return on Investment (ROI), and consumer satisfaction. His technical skill set includes programming in X/HTML, JavaScript, XML, PHP, Perl, various databases, Web Analytics, 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 TV. 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 (1993); the Legislative
Correspondent for US
Senator Harris Wofford (1991-93) ; and the Campaign Director
for the California
Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) (1991) in Santa Barbara. 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.
