Mark Anthony is a Yorkshire-based Writer-Producer specialising in UK independent film development, creating historically rooted and regionally distinctive screen projects. His work blends history, landscape, and emotionally driven storytelling, shaped by a background in performance and theatre education — and an early hybrid practice trained at Dartington, where he explored how live performance and cinematic drama can share narrative space. His practice sits at the intersection of regional storytelling, historical narrative, and impact-driven screen work.

He has worked across multiple departments in high-end film and television, gaining practical insight into production processes and on-set collaboration. His credits include The Responder, The Hunt for Raoul Moat, Vera, Emmerdale, 28 Years Later, Compulsion, We Are Not Alone, Peck’Eds, Flux Gourmet, and A Touch of Frost. This experience informs the grounded, collaborative approach he brings to producing.

Mark is currently completing an MA in Producing for Film & Television at Teesside University, specialising in UK finance structures, recoupment strategy, regional production models, and impact-led distribution pathways. He is developing a slate of projects rooted in Yorkshire’s archives, landscapes, and overlooked histories, supported by long-standing research interests in technology and storytelling developed through earlier academic work.

Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor (short film, in development) is based on the real 1858 murder of his ancestor Mary-Jane Skaife and reflects his commitment to bringing overlooked women’s voices and working-class histories to the screen.

His current slate explores how cinema can function as both narrative and encounter — connecting film, place, and audience through immersive and educational forms.