Writer/Director Mark Kindred grew up as an immigrant in the projects. He earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University and has lived and travelled through much of the world. As a graduate film student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, he was the recipient of the Williard T.C. Johnson Fellowship and the 2014 Faculty Commendation Award. He is a 2015 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing Lab fellow as well as a participant in the 2015 Skywalker Music and Sound Design Lab as well as the Sundance Producing Summit. His short film “America” premiered at the SXSW film festival and he is the recipient of the $100,000 Film Factory Award for his first feature film, Rogue.