Mark Piznarski is an American film director, television director and television producer. He has directed episodes from a number of television series, including, amongst others, ''

Veronica Mars ''Veronica Mars'' is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the fictional town of Neptune, California, and stars Kristen Bell as the eponymous character. The series prem ...

'', ''

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'', '' 90210'', ''

NYPD Blue ''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble c ...

'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''

Everwood ''Everwood'' (known as ''Our New Life in Everwood'' in the United Kingdom) is an American drama television series created by Greg Berlanti. Berlanti, Mickey Liddell, Rina Mimoun, Andrew A. Ackerman and Michael Green served as executive produce ...

'', ''

My So-Called Life ''My So-Called Life'' is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995. It is distributed by The B ...

'', '' Relativity'' and '' Once and Again''. He has also directed a number of television films including ''Death Benefit'' (1996), ''The '60s'' (1999), and ''Soccer Moms'' (2005). In 2000, he directed the theatrical film '' Here on Earth''. In 2006, he wrote and directed the film ''Looking for Sunday'' (2006), the only writing credit to his name. The ''Veronica Mars'' character

Stosh "Piz" Piznarski ''Veronica Mars'' is an American television series created by Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Televisi ...

is named as a tribute to Mark, as he directed the first two episodes of

season one Season One may refer to: Albums * ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004 * ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012 * ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012 See also * * * Season 2 (disambiguation) * Season 4 (disambiguat ...

, titled "Pilot" and "

Credit Where Credit's Due "Credit Where Credit's Due" is the second episode of the first season of the American mystery television series ''Veronica Mars''. Written by series creator Rob Thomas and directed by Mark Piznarski, who also directed the pilot, the episode ori ...

", respectively.Rob Thomas interview on EW.com
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