Mark Moore grew up in the Pacific Northwest. As a kid he loved art, movies, cars, and airplanes. He attended University of Washington as an undergrad where he studied industrial design. He moved to San Francisco after graduation to be closer to ILM and found work in the city building architectural models and toys.
A mutual colleague led to a friendship with John Bell, who was working as an art director at ILM, and they shared a laugh corresponding for a time via FAX machine. Mark soon landed a gig at ILM where he worked for the next 13 years as a storyboard/concept artist, visual effects art director -- and eventually in 1996 as the ILM Art Department Creative Director -- Mark has worked with many top Hollywood filmmakers including: John Carpenter, Nicholas Meyer, Frank Oz, Tim Burton, Stephen Sommers, Rob Cohen, Brian De Palma, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Ang Lee.
In 2002, Mark went freelance, moved to Texas, and has since worked on films with directors Robert Rodriguez, Mike Judge (on Idiocracy!), Jonathan Liebesman, Jon Favreau (on Ironman), and Jeff Nichols (on his incredible indie film Mud). In 2012, Mark began consulting with 900 lbs of Creative in Dallas on a variety of projects for feature films and interactive museum exhibits.
Mark is one of the funniest and most positive people I've ever worked with. His boundless energy and enthusiasm is infectious and he always makes me laugh. Thanks to Mark for an inspiring conversation. By the end of this interview you have to ask yourself one question, "are you pushin' it...or are you milking it?"
