Mark Kenneth Woods
Mark Kenneth Woods is a Canadian writer, actor, producer and director.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Woods is a prolific media artist, writer and actor who works in film, video and television. Drawing from feminist, queer and post-colonial theory, his works in both TV and film often combine comedy, parody and camp with ideas about gender, sexuality and race.[2]
He is a graduate of the Vancouver Film School and the University of Toronto’s cinema studies program and also holds a Master’s degree in communication and cultural studies from York University in Toronto. He has also taught at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.[3]
Woods is best known for writing, producing and acting on the TV series the House of Venus Show on OUTtv Canada, OUTTV Netherlands, Pink TV France/Belgium/Switzerland and here! Network USA.
His first feature film Deb and Sisi premiered at the Out On Screen Vancouver Queer Film Festival in August 2008[4] and was released on DVD on May 25, 2010. The movie had it's television broadcast premiere on OUTtv Canada October 30th, 2011.[dated info]
His mockumentary Vance and Pepe's Porn Start premiered at the same festival on August 20, 2011.[5]
Woods is openly gay[6] and lives in Toronto, Ontario.
[edit] Selected works
- Vance and Pepe/Porn Start, Long Format Mockumentary (2011)
- Deb and Sisi, Feature Film (2008)
- House of Venus Show, Series (2005–2009)
- Pimp & Ho: The Dragon Fairy, Short (2008)
- My Heart Belongs To Data, Short (2005)
- White(ness), Short (2005)
- Pimp & Ho: Sissy Sins, Short (2005)
- Pimp & Ho: Terror in Pansy Hills, Short (2005)
- Holy Matrimonmy Billy!, Short (2004)
- Pimp & Ho: Queer Fashion Crime Models, Short (2002)
- Pimp & Ho: Licence To Queer, Short (2002)
- Public Gender Announcements, Short (2002)
- Pimp & Ho: Adventures in Queersploitation, Short (2001)
- The Heterosexual Agenda, Short (2001)
- Thank You Kate Bornstein, Short (2000)
[edit] References
- ^ "Mark Kenneth Woods". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1615948/. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ "Subverting The Hero". xtra.ca. http://archives.xtra.ca/Story.aspx?s=2260265. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ "Official Website". markkennethwoods.com. http://www.markkennethwoods.com. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
- ^ "Deb and Sisi". Vancouver Queer Film Festival Website. http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/viewfilm.php?fid=366. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
- ^ "Porn Start". Vancouver Queer Film Festival Website. http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/viewshowtime.php?stid=503. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ "Funny Videos, Page 10". InternetVideos.com. http://www.internetvideomag.com/Videos/funny110.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
