Marco Santiago is a multi-award winning film and music video director, having written, produced and directed many film projects. He is a two-time fellow of the prestigious
NALIP Writers Lab in 2006 and again in 2007 for his feature film projects
"86" and
"How to Cope with Suburban Stress". How to Cope with Suburban Stress is in the advanced stages of development under the guidance of Harrison Reiner, former production executive at Sovereign Films and key production executive of Academy Award winning films
My Left Foot and
Cinema Paradise. "86" is also in the advanced stages of development under the guidance of Diana Lesmez, former president of production at Arenas Entertainment (
Empire, Three Wise Men, Nicotina). Ms. Lesmez also produced Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, directed by Emelio Estevez.
Marco is also a two-time fellow of the prestigious
NALIP Producers Academy where he attended as a producing fellow in 2006 and again as a directing fellow in 2007 for his feature film project,
"86".
Modeled after the Sundance writers and feature film labs, the NALIP writers lab and Producers Academy are important programs, sponsored and supported by HBO, Time Warner, MTV Networks, ABC/Walt Disney New Talent Development Program, FOX, Cox Communications, UCLA, ASU, UofA, the Academy Foundation, POV, HFPA Hollywood Foreign PressAssociation, the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the WGA East/West.
Marco is also a two-time finalist for consideration to the Sundance Writers Lab in 2007 and 2008 for both of his projects,
"How to Cope with Suburban Stress" and
"86".
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