Mark Bamford is an American film director and screenwriter. Bamford was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised mostly in New York. He graduated from

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in 1989 with a double major in French Literature and Linguistics and a minor in Anthropology. After working for several years in Los Angeles as a freelance screenwriter, Bamford wrote and directed the award-winning 2000 short film ''

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'', which won him the

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"Director to Watch" Award in 2001. ''Hero'' aired in the United States on

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. ''

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'' (2004) is his only feature film. Bamford was married to his co-writer and producer Suzanne Kay until they divorced in 2016. They have two children together. In 2004, Bamford and his family moved to

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. He currently lives in New York City. He is a Baháʼí.

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