Mark Mori is an

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documentary

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and

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of documentary and reality television series and specials. He produced and directed '' Bettie Page Reveals All'', the authorized documentary film on life of pin-up model,

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, released in 2012. Previously, Mori produced and directed '' Building Bombs'',

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nominee for Best Feature Documentary for 1990 (DVD release by Docurama/New Video in 2005), executive produced '' Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann'', documentary short Academy Award nominee for 1993; received an

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for the television documentary special, ''Kent State, the Day the War Came'' Home for 2000; co-produced ''The Fire This Time'', 1994 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize nominee and 1995 WGA TV Documentary, Current Events Award nominee and in 2000, executive produced and directed, the investigative TV documentary, ''Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders'' for Court TV. Mori also founded the production company Single Spark Pictures in 1996.

Film

''Building Bombs''

Mori's first documentary film '' Building Bombs'' had a limited theatrical release in 1989. It was nominated for a 1990

and was re-released in 1991. Mori produced and directed the film with Susan J. Robinson. Narrated by Jane Alexander, the film documents the Savannah River Plant nuclear bomb factory in Aiken, South Carolina which was used to make vast quantities of fissile material for the United States nuclear arsenal.

''Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann''

'' Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann'' is a 1994 short subject documentary film directed by Steven Cantor. It was nominated for an

for Best Documentary Short Subject.

''Kent State: The Day the War Came Home''

''Kent State: The Day the War Came Home'', directed by Chris Triffo and executive produced by Mark Mori featured interviews with injured students, eyewitnesses, guardsmen, and relatives of students killed at

Kent State shootings The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre,"These would be the first of many probes into what soon became known as the Kent State Massacre. Like the Boston Massacre almost exactly two hundred years bef ...

on May 4, 1970. It was released by The Learning Channel (TLC) in 2000 and received the Emmy award for Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story.

Television series

''Raw Footage''

''Raw Footage'' was the first original series on The

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(IFC) hosted

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featuring interviews with independent film directors.IMDB: Raw Footage
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References

External links

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IMDB: Bettie Page Reveals AllIMDB: The Fire This TimeIMDB: Single Spark Pictures
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