Director: Marcus A. Clarke

Biography: Marcus A. Clarke is a Brooklyn-born director and producer with nearly twenty years of experience working in commercial production, television and film. Through the years, he’s been the production manager for Santiago Inc. and worked as a film runner for Spike Lee at Forty Acres & A Mule, where he was also trained as a 1st A.D. by Spike’s longtime Assistant Director, Mike Ellis. His producer credits include work on the narrative feature Know How (2011), CNN and Mass Appeal’s feature-length documentary on hip-hop fashion, Fresh Dressed (Sundance Selection, 2015) and Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop (2018), which was the first hip hop selection released as part of PBS’s critically-acclaimed Great Performances series. He’s an award-winning commercial director, with a list of clients that includes Google, Instagram, Under Armour, Gillette and Nike.