RESUME / WRITING CREDITS
(aka – Mark Bark – barkawitz)
Kid Stuff: A Collection of Years, 32 pgs., chapbook, Woof Books, Pasadena, CA, ’04.
Ghosts of a Christmas Past, 44 pgs., illustrated paperback, Woof Books, ’02.
Woof: A Collection of Dog Tales, 99 pgs., illustrated paperback, Woof Books, ’02.
Optioned feature script, All-American Nightmare, to East Coast Entertainment, 3/’09; currently in development.
Ghostwriter for two episodes of Canadian cartoon series, “Animal Crackers,” Northstar Ent., ’97.
Optioned feature script to Cynosure Prods., ’96.
Hired as Head Writer for 3rd Millennium Prods., ’95 & ’96.
Screenwriter/Associate Producer for “Turn of the Blade,” 35mm feature production,
Northstar Ent., ’94. Premiered DirecTV, ’95. Home vid release, Peachtree, ’98.
Optioned feature script, Makin’ It Big, to Showbuzz Prods., ’94.
Optioned feature script, Love-Gram, to JD Prods., ’93.
Co-Screenwriter (1 of 6) for “Zipperface,” 16mm feature production, Shiman Prods., ’91.
Optioned feature script, All-American Nightmare, to Festival Films, Canada, ’91.
Adapted Gerald Locklin’s international novella, The Case of the Missing Blue
Volkswagen, to screenplay format, ’91.
Produced videos dealing with missing children, Albrecht Prods., ’89.
Head Writer/Producer for “The World of Albert Ash,” skitcom pilot, half-hour video
production, Mark Bark Prods., ’88.
Screenwriter/Producer for “Watch Dogs,” 16mm short , Berk/Bark Prods., ’86.
Newscript Telewriter for Orange County Dept. Education, ’85 & ’86.
Screenwriter/Producer for “Molly,” 16mm short, student film, ’85.
Staff Writer for M.U.C. Comedy Network, access cable production, ’84 & ’85.
“Inventing the Skateboard” & “First Falls,” Our Stories; “Country of the Young,” Fiction section; “At the Bathroom Mirror with Tweezers, & “I Hate Flying,” Poetry section, www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org, Autumn Issue, ’09.
“Game,” www.rosecitysisters.blogspot.com, #18, August, ’09.
“Like A Warning,” www.chicklitreview.org, July/August Issue, ’09.
“Little Kids on Big Rocks,” Our Stories; “The Right Place at the Right Time,” “Iron Wheels,” & “One Star Too Many,” Poetry Section, www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org, Summer Issue, 7/’09.
“History 1-A,” www.flatmanCROOKED.com, Feature story, 3/’09.
“Better Boobs,” www.chicklitreview.org, March/April Issue, ’09.
“Foxie,” Fiction section; “Then I See You,” “Pest Control,” “Measuring Success,” Poetry section; “Game,” Our Stories, www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org, Spring Issue, ’09.
“GirlPants,” www.comedyquick.com, Quickies Section, 2/4/’09.
“Nor Anything Bad,” Fiction Section; “On the other Side of the World,” Our Stories; “Early Sunday Morning” & “Night Vision,” Poetry Section, www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org, Winter Issue, ’08.
“Me =MC Squared” & “On the Examination Table,” www.comedyquick.com, Quickies section, 11/24/’08.
“Life in the Fairlane,” www.flatmanCROOKED.com, Feature story, 8/’08; www.farmhousemagazine.com, Fiction Section, Fall Issue, ’08.
“History 1-A,” www.farmhousemagazine.com; Spring Issue, Fiction Section, ’08.
“Like A Warning,” Our Stories Section, & “Me = MC2?” Poetry Section, www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org, Autumn Issue, 9/’08.
“Mom’s Advice,” www.comedyquick.com, Quickies section, 8/28/’08.
“Playing the Straight Man,” www.comedyquick.com, Quickies section, 8/6/’08.
“Iron Wheels” & “One Star Too Many,” www.common-line.com, Summer Issue 011, 7/’08.
“Scary Robert,” www.freaksinc/biz, Issue #1, Freaksentral section, June/July ’08.
“Game,” www.sportliterate.org, Spring Issue, 5/18/’08; www.broowaha.com, L.A. Edition, Sports Section, 11/12/’06.
“Before He Cheats; Get a Restraining Order,” www.broowaha.com, L.A. Edition, Opinion, 5/3/’08.
“Better Boobs,” www.farmhousemagazine.com, March/April Issue, Fiction section, ’08; www.voidmagazine.com, September Issue, Fiction section, ’06;
www.girlswithinsurance.com, February Issue, Fiction section, ’05.
“Iron Wheels,” “Playing the Straight Man,” & “Like My Father,” www.freestylevision.com, Penman Lounge, 11/23/’07.
“Like My Father” & “Ain’t That Your Son?” www.common-line.com, Issue 010, 10/’07.
“A Disturbing Week in Professional Sports,” www.broowaha.com, L.A.Edition, Sports
Section, 7/25/’07.
“A Grade School Teacher,” www.common-line.com, Issue 006, 6/’07.
“Nor Anything Bad,” www.farmhousemagazine.com, Jan./Feb Issue, Fiction, ’07.
“Watch Dogs,” www.broowaha.com, L.A. Edition, Night Life, 11/16/’06.
“No, Father,” www.broowaha.com, L.A. edition, Opinion Section, 11/6/’06.
“Getting Off Mount Rushmore,” www.halvingababy.blogspot.com, 10/23/’06;
www.censoredpoets.blogspot.com, 10/5/’06.
“Electrified,” www.chimaeraserials.com, Premiere Issue, 8/’06.
“Foxie,” www.farmhousemagazine.com, Anniversary Issue, Prose section, 7/’06.
“Selling,” www.thirstforfire.com, Fiction section, 2/’06.
“For the Birds,” www.sprawlopolis.com, Guest Authors section, 8/’02.
“A Buck-Sixty-Eight Worth,” Unhoused Voices: Granting Change for the Homeless, Sabella Press, Blaine, WA, ’09.
“Slip-Sliding Away: Recalling Angel’s Slide,” Arroyo Seco Journal Magazine, Local Angles Section, Vol.1, Issue 2, Los Angeles, CA, 4/5/’09.
“The Hair,” Sport Literate, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Pint Size Pub., Chicago, IL, ’09.
“Hanging Around,” Senior Class Magazine, July/August Issue, Long Beach, CA, ’08.
“History 1-A,” Sport Literate, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Pint Size Pub., Inc., Chicago, IL, ’08.
“Better Boobs,” Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation, Wising Up Press, GA, ’07.
“Foxie,” Me Three Literary Journal, Fall Issue #2, Me Three Publishing, NY, ’05.
“Sixty-Eight Cents Worth,” Paws & Tales, GDI Publishing, West Concord, MA, ’98; Inky Blue, Summer Issue, Palos Verdes, CA, ’90; L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story section, CA, 7/27/’85.
“Sal’s Market,” Sojourns, Leo Mar Concepts, Sun Valley, CA, ’97.
“A Beer Doesn’t Mean Much These Days,” Baseball Diary, Vol. VII, No. 6, 9/’88.
“Riding Herd Over 500 Movie Extras,” Pasadena Star News, Entertainment section,
CA, 6/28/’87.
“The Day the Beach Boys Rioted,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story section,
CA, 10/11/’86.
“Still Ahead, Looking Back,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story section, CA, 7/12/’86.
“Getting It in the End,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story section, CA, 4/26/’86.
“The Sun and The Chill,” (co-authored), Abraxas 33, Abraxas Press, Madison, WI, ’85.
“Bicycling Up the Crest,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story section, CA, 10/12/’85.
“Owl League Lives Again,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Sports page, CA, 3/12/’83.
G.I. (first chapter novel), University Magazine, CSULB Pub., Long Beach, CA, ’83.
“Watch Dogs,” Rip Rap, Vol. 5, Fall Issue, CSULB Pub., Long Beach, CA, ’83.
“A Little Real-Life Action While Watching TV,” L.A. Herald-Examiner, Saturday Story
section, CA, 6/26/’82.
“Just Lucky, I Guess,” The Real Meaning of Life, New World Library, NY, 9/’05.
“One-on-One,” Sport Literate, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Pint Size Pub. Inc., Chicago, IL, ’05.
“Ain’t That Your Son?”, Pasadena Star News, U Entertainment section, CA, 11/16/’03.
“One Star Too Many,” Zyzzyva, Vol. XVII, Issue 2, Fall, San Francisco, CA, ’01.
“When She Gets Excited,” Simply 4 Pets, Vol. III, Issue 15, Glendale, CA, ’03; Paws & Tales, Vol. I, West Concord, MA, GDI Pub., ’98.
“In the Reel World,” “Like My Father,” “Old School,” Fingerprints, Issue IX, Pasadena, CA, ’00.
“Scraps from the Last Supper,” Conscience, Winter Issue (English, Spanish, French
editions), CFFC Pub., Washington, DC, ’99.
“Getting off Mount Rushmore,” “The House Between Us,” “The ‘X-Files’ Generation,”
“Big Sur Revisited,” Fingerprints, Issue VIII, Pasadena, CA, ’99.
“An Artless Form,” “Comfortable,” “I Return Home,” Fingerprints, Issue VII, Pasadena, CA, ’99.
“I Overhear,” “Salary Cap,” “Self-Conscious,” Fingerprints, VI, Pasadena, CA, ‘98.
“Thursday Morning, Big Sur Time,” “Floating Down,” Sojourns, Leo Mar Concepts, Sun Valley, CA ’97.
“At the Bathroom Mirror with Tweezers,” Monkeywire, H Issue, Irvine, CA, ’97.
“Married Man at 43,” Blank Gun Silencer, No. 10, BGS Press, Racine, WI, ’95.
“Wolves Howl at the Moon,” Monkeywire, S Issue, Irvine, CA, ’94.
“Playing the Straight Man,” Monkeywire, F Issue, Irvine, CA, ’94.
“Seeds,” Ariel XII, Triton Pub., River Grove, IL, ’94; Monkeywire, M Issue, Irvine, CA, ’93; Sandscript No. 19, Cape Cod Writers Inc., Palm Beach, FL, ’93; Pasadena Weekly, CA, 4/16 & 5/14, ’93.
“Too Much TV,” Monkeywire, M Issue, Irvine, CA, ’93.
1st Place—12th Annual Salute to Arts Poetry Contest, national winner for “Seeds,” Triton
College, River Grove, IL, ’93.
Finalist—to write The Iris Project (national talent search), Chicago, IL, ’93.
Awarded private grant by arts patron Shirley J. Berk, Malibu, CA ’88.
1st Place—Screenwriting Contest, CSULB, Long Beach, CA, ’84.
2nd Place/Gold Press Card—“Best Fiction Article,” magazine competition, California
Intercollegiate Press Association, ’84.
Finalist—Screenwriting Contest, CSULB, CA, ’83.
2nd Place—University Writers’ Competition, CSULB, CA, ’82.
1st Place—Bill Jaquith Memorial Scholarship Award, Best Essay for “Watch Dogs,”
CSULB, CA, ’82.
“Turn of the Blade” (feature film), Supporting, Northstar Ent., ’94.
“The World of Albert Ash” (pilot), Co-Star, Mark Bark Prods., ’88.
“PCAC Game of the Week” (high school basketball), Play-by-Play Announcer, PCAC
Prod., ’88.
“Doing Time on Planet Earth” (feature film), Extra, Cannon Films, ’87.
“Collideorscape” (public access), Co-Star, PCAC Prods., ’87.
“The Killing Time” (feature film), Supporting/Stuntman, Stranger Prods., ’86.
“American Conversation” (educational video), Supporting, Unit One/Rose Int., ’86.
“Watch Dogs” (short film), Extra/Stuntman, Berk/Bark Prods., ’86.
“Molly” (student film), Lead, CSULB., ’85.
Copy Writer, Robert A. White Advertising, ’97-’00.
Set Builder, Grip, & Gaffer, “Turn of the Blade,” Northstar Ent., ’94.
Skit Director, Set Designer/Builder, “The World of Albert Ash,” Mark Bark Prods., ’88.
Boom Cameraman, “DooDah Parade,” PCAC Prods., ’88.
Cameraman, “Crow Hollow” (6 episodes), Gothic Prods., ’88.
Cameraman, “Song of My People,” PCAC Prods., ’88.
Cameraman, “Age is the Rage,” PCAC Prods., ’88.
Director, “Everybody Knows; Nobody Tells,” PCAC Prod., ’88.
Director, “The Livelystone Gospel Hour,” PCAC Prod., ’87.
Set Coordinator, “Tapeheads,” Michael Nesmith Prods., ’87.
Master of Arts—Creative Fiction & Scriptwriting, CSULB, ’86. GPA 3.9
Bachelor of Arts cum laude—English/Creative Writing, CSULB, ’82.
Associate of Arts—Business Administration, Pasadena City College, ’72.
Internship—Pasadena Community Access Corp., ’87 & ’88.
Extension courses in film production & distribution, UCLA, ’89.
Taught Short Story and Creative Writing courses at Learning Tree University,
Chatsworth, CA ’89 & ’90.
REFERENCES, WRITING & VIDEO SAMPLES AVAILABLE
Mark Barkawitz
Woof Books, 1613 Chelsea Road, #158, San Marino, CA 91108
(626)794-6751