Mark Riddle is a very versatile and multifaceted filmmaker from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mark first started out by creating amateur skateboard videos when he was a teenager, using his fathers Sony Hi8 camcorder. He officially began his career in 2016, when he directed a PSA commercial for the MS Society of Canada. He graduated from SAIT’s Television and Video Production program in 2017, during which he co-wrote/directed a 30-minute post-apocalyptic drama with Ximena titled ‘SURREAL’. Their short garnered over 200k views on the L120 Films YouTube channel. In the years since then, he has worked on numerous short films, documentaries, music videos, and commercials. Mark’s strong eye for dynamic, creative, and artistic digital storytelling has allowed him to continuously produce high quality commercial videos. Mark is employed at the production company NewPath Influence, where he works as an Videographer & Editor on corporate commercials and documentary videos.

From 2017 to 2018, Mark and Ximena created and produced the crime thriller web-series ‘COMPLACENCY’. The story follows two detectives investigating a series of recent murders, which they come to suspect are connected to multiple cold case files over several decades. Their investigation leads them to Mikaela LeVitte, a woman originally from a small community outside of the city, where the horrific crimes first began twenty years ago. Complacency won the award for ‘Best Series’ at multiple festivals and award shows, most notably at the New York Film Awards in 2019. Following a successful festival run, his next project was the music short ‘BALDUR’ for Osi and the Jupiter, a silent film about a grieving mother who begins to struggle to differentiate between fantasy and reality. Baldur won ‘Best Drama Short’ at the 2020 New York Film Awards and received an Award of Merit at the 2020 Canada Shorts Film Awards. Actress Mary Armstrong received a nomination for her performance in Baldur, both at the New York Film Awards and the Stinger Awards in Calgary. Mark’s films have screened at festivals in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, and many more.

Throughout 2020 to 2024, Mark filmed & directed more than two dozen music videos, and he edited over one hundred commercial videos. In 2024, Mark won the award for ‘Best Music Video’ for Miralee’s ‘STRANGER TO MYSELF’ video, and the ‘Audience Choice Award: Best Music Video’ for Miralee’s video ‘FLY’, at the 2024 Central Alberta Film Festival (CAFF). The three music videos nominated at CAFF 2024 were all directed by Mark Riddle. During the fall of 2024, he directed the music video ‘LIONELMESSI’ for Fake James, which was nominated for ‘Best Music Video’ at the 2025 AMPIA Film & Television Rosie Awards. Mark frequently works with his close friend and fellow writer/director, Ty Javos, having edited six of Ty’s films since 2019, the most recent being the vampire dark comedy ‘SUCK’.

Mark’s current film projects, in the early stages of pre-production;

‘COLD EYES’ is a suspense thriller that unfolds the story through the different perspectives of four characters, over one cold snow covered night.

‘NIGHT WITHOUT END’ is a suspense thriller following three criminals after a botched robbery.

‘INSOMNIAC’ is a horror thriller following a documentary filmmaker while he is producing a film about sleep paralysis.

‘THE FURTIVE’ is a crime horror following two private investigators as they search for a missing girl.