Mark Magidson

Mark Magidson, began in film production as co-producer on Ron Fricke's Chronos .
Mark Magidson also produced and was greatly involved with Baraka . His book 'Baraka - a visual journal' is a accompaniment to the film (see Baraka for more details).

An inventor and industrial designer with numerous patents and a diverse technical background. He developed a successful company in the mid-1980's.
Frustrated by the lack of venues in the IMAX film format he developed a film conversion system. This system has been widely emulated.

Credits

Baraka
Baraka - 'A Visual Journey"
Chronos

In 1995 Mark produced and directed 'Towards the Within', a feature length documentary about the world music group Dead Can Dance (who feature in Baraka). It was released theatrically and was one of the best selling videos of its kind that year.

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Samsara - cove from SF - 05-Aug-2007
In your press release about the upcoming movie entitled "Samsara", you said that Samsara was a Tibetan word; actually this is not a Tibetan work, but Sanskrit.

contacting Mark Magidson - Dr. Marilyn Nations from Harvard Medical School, Department of Social Medicine and University of Fortaleza, Brazil - 25-Apr-2007
Trying to make contact with Mark Magidson, UCSB friend. With Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Social Medicine living and working in Brazil some 20 years. In California (my mother's house 408-252-441) on my way to Boston for one year to write a book on Anthropology / infant mortality and traditional medicine. Would love to hear from MARK. Thanks