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short film ''Four Naked Boys and a Gun'', in

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's ''Flat Is Beautiful'', and the movie '' Frisk'' by

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was released starring Mark Ewert in a lead role, alongside Jena von Brucker,

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and

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. His first collaborative work as a director was with Joshua Tager: together they made ''A New Flag''. He then began collaborating with

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, making several films together in 1998. These films played frequently at film festivals. In 1999, he began working with

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. The two created ''Piki & Poko'', first released in the 2000s (decade). These animated short

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s created for the Internet were immediately successful and have been distributed by Mondo Mini Shows. There have been thirty three episodes scripted and twenty eight have been released. The episode entitled ''Taking The Dare!'' also appeared on Season 6 of the

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winning

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series, ''

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''. The series began airing on the

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channel in 2008, as part of the '' Alien Boot Camp'' animation anthology. Ewert is also a writer. His work has appeared in a number of anthologies and other publications including the 2004

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winning non-fiction anthology ''I Do/ I Don't''. He has participated in the ' Litquake Literary Festival' and the 'Porch Light' reading series, both held in San Francisco. He has appeared in such literary journals as ''Shampoo'', ''Suspect Thoughts'', ''Star*line'', and ''For Immediate Release''. He was co-editor (with Mitchell Watkins) of ''Ruh Roh'', an anthology of artists' work that included pieces by

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, and many others. His first book '' 10,000 Dresses'', illustrated by

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, was published by

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in September 2008.Melloy, Kilian, "Marcus Ewert Talks...", ''Edge'', 20 Oct, 2008
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on the 2009 Rainbow Book List, as a Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Honorbook, and a 2008

Finalist. Ewert was the last lover of

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, which he has written about for publication, and as a lover of

's while at

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. As of 2008, he was writing his memoirs of these, and other events. Ewert has been the subject of the work of several artists; the writers Allen Ginsberg and

; and the photographers

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,Catalog, San Francisco Public Library, Call Number GLC 36
/ref> and Marc Gellar, whose well-known photos of Mark and Moon Trent are featured on the covers of three

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CDs, ''

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'' (1994), ''

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'' (1996), and ‘’ Quite Contrary’’ (2016).

Filmography

As director

*''Piki & Poko'' (with David Cutler) 2002 – (Thirty Three episodes) *''Porno Bondage'' (with David Cutler) 1999 *''Baby Spice With Angel Dust'' ( with David Crystallah) 1998 *''Dickcam: Balls & Nuts'' (with David Crystallah) 1998 *''Inside Scoop'' (with David Crystallah) 1998 *''Lesbian Separatist Barbie'' (with David Crystallah) 1998 *''A New Flag'' (with Joshua Tager) 1996

As actor

*''

'', directed by

, 2008 *''Flat Is Beautiful'', directed by

, 1998 *'' Frisk'', directed by

, 1996 *''Four Naked Boys and a Gun'', directed by

Publications

*Mummy Cat, Marcus Ewert, illustrations by Lisa Brown, Clarion Books, 2015: *'' 10,000 Dresses'', Marcus Ewert, illustrations by

, 2008 *''Twenty Epics'', "Choose Your Own Epic Adventure", edited by Susan Groppi and David Moles, Lulu, 2006: *''Best Gay Erotica 2006'', edited by Richard Labonte and

Matt Bernstein Sycamore Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is an American author and activist. She is the author of two memoirs and three novels, and the editor of six nonfiction anthologies. Early life and education Sycamore was born in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish family an ...

Cleis Press Cleis Press is an American independent publisher of books in the areas of sexuality, erotica, feminism, gay and lesbian studies, gender studies, fiction, and human rights. The press was founded in 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It later moved to ...

, 2006: *''I Do/ I Don't: Queers On Marriage'', edited by Greg Wharton and Ian Philips, Suspect Thoughts Press, 2004: *''Pills, Chills, Thrills and Heartache: Adventures in the First Person'', edited by

Michelle Tea Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik, 1971) is an American author, poet, and literary arts organizer whose autobiographical works explore queer culture, feminism, race, class, sex work, and other topics. She is originally from Chelsea, Massachuset ...

and

Clint Catalyst Clint Catalyst (born April 8, 1971) is the nom de plume Alyson Publications Alyson Books, formerly known as Alyson Publications, was a book publishing house which specialized in LGBT fiction and non-fiction. Former publisher Don Weise described it as "the world's oldest and largest publisher of LGBT literature" and "the ...

, 2004 *''Van Gogh's Ear'', French Connection Press, 2003, *''Ruh Roh'', edited by Mark Ewert and Mitchell Watkins, published by Feature Inc. and Instituting Contemporary Idea, NYC, 1992

References

External links

*
An Interview with Marcus Ewert
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