Mark N. Hopkins

'''Mark N. Hopkins''' is an English-American filmmaker, best known for his award-winning film ''[[Living in Emergency]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Filmmaker: Mark N. Hopkins--'Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders'|url=http://www.documentary.org/feature/meet-filmmaker-mark-n-hopkins-living-emergency-stories-doctors-without-borders|website=International Documentary Association|accessdate=15 January 2017}}</ref>

==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 [[Georgetown University]] 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]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry|title=Mark Hopkins’s Film Explores Doctors Without Borders|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30doctors.html|website=The New York Times|date=28 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MARK HOPKINS I DIRECTOR|url=http://nyctfilms.com/ourteam/|website=NYCT Films|accessdate=15 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career== Hopkins' film career began as an assistant to New York-based producer [[Scott Rudin]] working on ''[[The Truman Show]]'', ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'', ''[[Bringing Out The Dead]]'', ''[[Angela's Ashes (film)|Angela's Ashes]]'', [[Sleepy Hollow (film)|''Sleepy Hollow'']], ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]'', [[Shaft (2000 film)|''Shaft'']], and other films. He left to start an independent production company with the aim of focusing on non-fiction storytelling.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

In 2001, Hopkins began working with documentary director [[George Butler (filmmaker)|George Butler]] 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 ''[[Roving Mars]]'', and included a series of shorts directed by Hopkins for [[Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment]]. Later he produced Butler’s critically acclaimed film ''[[Going Upriver|Going Upriver: the Long War of John Kerry]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=VanAirsdale|first1=S. T.|title=Moment of Truth: Living in Emergency Gets Real With Doctors Without Borders|url=http://movieline.com/2010/06/03/moment-of-truth-living-in-emergency/|website=Movieline|accessdate=15 January 2017|date=3 June 2010}}</ref>

In 2009, Hopkins' film ''[[Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders]]'' premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]], was released theatrically, and received numerous awards including the [[Cinequest San Jose Film Festival]] Special Jury Award and the Official Best of Fest Award whilst being short-listed for an Oscar for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/academy-announces-15-strong-documentary-shortlist/5008300.article|title=Academy announces 15-strong documentary shortlist|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|work=[[Screen Daily]]|date=2009-11-19|accessdate=2014-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Director|first1=Mark N. Hopkins|last2=Borders'|first2='Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without|title=Living in Emergency|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-n-hopkins/living-in-emergency_b_570968.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=10 May 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id= 0394233|name=Mark N. Hopkins}} * [http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/living-emergency/ Doctor's Without Borders: Living in Emergency] * [https://vimeo.com/29121376 Film "Living in Emergency" on Vimeo] * [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127949803 Documentary Maker Describes 'Living In Emergency'] * [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/movies/04living.html New York Times Review: Treating the World's Sorrow and Pain] * [http://nyctfilms.com/ourteam/ NYCT Films]

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