Mark N. Hopkins is an English-American filmmaker, best known for his award-winning film '' Living in Emergency''.

Early life and education

Hopkins was born in Puerto Rico, growing up in Kenya, the UK, and other places in Europe. He is fluent in Italian having lived in Italy for 10 years as a child. After completing high school at Sevenoaks in the UK, Hopkins attended

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majoring in philosophy. During this time he spent 8 months in Vietnam studying history and he was the first student from an American university to teach English at the

University of Hanoi Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU; vi, Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội, ĐHQGHN) is a public research university in Vietnam. The university has 10 member colleges (called "universities") and faculties. VNU is one of two Vietnam's nationa ...

Career

Hopkins' film career began as an assistant to New York-based producer

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working on '' The Truman Show'', '' A Civil Action'', '' Bringing Out The Dead'', ''

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'', ''Sleepy Hollow'', '' Wonder Boys'', ''Shaft'', and other films. He left to start an independent production company with the aim of focusing on non-fiction storytelling. In 2001, Hopkins began working with documentary director

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helping to develop and produce Butler's films. The first film was the award-winning documentary '' The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition'', followed by ''

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'', and included a series of shorts directed by Hopkins for

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. Later he produced Butler’s critically acclaimed film '' Going Upriver: the Long War of John Kerry''. In 2009, Hopkins' film '' Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders'' premiered at the

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, was released theatrically, and received numerous awards including the

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Special Jury Award and the Official Best of Fest Award whilst being short-listed for an Oscar for Best Documentary.

References

External links

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Doctor's Without Borders: Living in Emergency

Film "Living in Emergency" on Vimeo

Documentary Maker Describes 'Living In Emergency'

NYCT Films
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