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Mars Verrone

Filmmaker
Brooklyn, NY US
Available for Full Time
Available for Freelance
Open To Mentoring
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Non-fiction filmmaker from Los Angeles, CA now based in Brooklyn, NY.

About

Mars Verrone is a filmmaker and musician from Los Angeles, CA, now based in Brooklyn, NY. Mars produced feature documentary UNION, (dir. Stephen Maing, Brett Story) which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition and won a special jury prize for The Art of Change. They are currently producing their second feature documentary about UPS workers and the Teamsters labor union. In 2022, Mars directed award-winning short documentary GOLDEN VOICE which continues to be programmed at LGBTQ+ festival and events across the globe. They have fellowships with Sundance Institute, NBC, the Producers Guild of America, and Brown Girls Doc Mafia Sustainable Artist Fellow. Their work has been supported by Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, and the International Documentary Association, among others.