Mark Heidelberger is a music video, commercial, documentary and feature film producer. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on August 5, 1977. He is a founder of the entertainment

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Early life

His father Eric was an aerospace engineer and his mother Theresa was a human resources manager, both working at General Electric and later Lockheed Martin. Heidelberger graduated number one in his class with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from

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in 2000 and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Picture and Television Producing from the

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in 2003.

Career

Early in his career, Heidelberger held entry-level or assistant positions at companies like Outlaw Productions, Film Roman and literary agency Ken Sherman & Associates. He started Treasure Entertainment with partner Jesse Felsot in 2000. He has produced a number of music videos for clients such as Sony BMG/Latino, Upstairs Records, Nashville-based Stringtown Records,

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, Atlantic Records, Sony-based

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, and Jerry Heller (former president of Eazy E's Ruthless Records). He has also produced commercials for a diversity of companies such as Puma, Con Air, Lamborghini,

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and Cox Media. He executive-produced an independent dramedy feature called ''Cycles'', served as a producer on award-winning NBA basketball docu-drama ''Flintown Kids'', and also helped develop and package the indie thriller ''Don Mckay'', starring

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and

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. Through Treasure Entertainment, where Heidelberger served as co-chairman and

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, he co-produced the gritty urban drama ''

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'' starring

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and a behind-the-scenes video documenting the making of the film. He also produced the feature-length documentary ''Who Stole The Soul?'', which centers on the rise and fall of the R&B movement amid the proliferation of gangsta rap.Who Stole The Soul?
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/ref> In 2006, he developed and co-executive produced the family feature film ''You've Got A Friend'' for

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, starring John Schneider,

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and

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, which premiered on Hallmark in 2007.You've Got A Friend
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/ref> Then, in 2008, Heidelberger produced and served as production manager on the indie comedy feature ''Man Overboard'', which premiered on HBO in Europe. He followed that up in 2011 with the horror web series ''Chopper'', starring

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and Andrew Bryniarski, based on the popular comic book.Chopper
/ref> In 2012, he produced the romantic comedy feature ''It’s Not You, It’s Me'', starring

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/ref> The following year, he produced the supernatural martial arts film ''

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'', starring

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and Ernie Reyes, Jr., which premiered at San Diego’s

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in 2014.Mamj exclusive: interview with cast and crew of ninja apocalypse
/ref> He then produced the award-winning Chinese-American romance film ''Comfort'', which premiered in competition at Cinequest,Cinequest - Comfort
/ref> and served as associate producer on the Southern noir thriller ''Mississippi Murder'', starring

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.Mississippi Murder
/ref> In 2015, he produced a holiday film called ''A New York Christmas'', released by Shoreline Entertainment, starring

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.A New York Christmas
/ref> He quickly followed that up as co-producer and UPM on ''Pray for Rain'' from ESX Productions and Lucas Oil, a mystery starring

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and Paul Rodriguez.Metacritic - Pray for Rain
/ref> In 2016, he produced horror movie ''The Basement'', starring Mischa Barton,The Basement
/ref> followed by Chinese new media series ''The Offer'' the following year.The Offer
/ref> In 2018, he worked on several feature documentary projects, including ''Lil Buck Renaissance'' for French director Louis Wallecan and ''Somewhere in the Middle'' for longtime collaborator Nathan Ives. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in film studies from UC Santa Barbara
/ref> and a master of fine arts in motion picture and television producing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Erika Heidelberger, and serves as a freelance producer, line producer, production manager, post production supervisor and development consultant. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America.

Filmography

* Cycles (2001) * Flintown Kids (2005) *

(2006) * You've Got A Friend (2007) * Man Overboard (2008) * Who Stole The Soul? (2009) * Chopper (2011) * It's Not You, It's Me (2012) *

(2014) *

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(2015) * A New York Christmas (2016) * Mississippi Murder (2016) * Pray for Rain (2017) * The Basement (2018) * The Offer (2018) * Somewhere in the Middle (2019)Somewhere in the Middle
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References

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