Mark Ellinger

Biography

Mark Ellinger is an American composer raised in Ohio. Ellinger met and became friends with filmmaker Curt McDowell while studying at the San Francisco Art Institute. Between 1971 and 1987, he taught classes at the Art Institute and the Academy of Art. He worked as a recording engineer, sound designer, electronics technician, composer and actor on various independent films. In 1982, he opened the 16-track recording studio Truth and Beauty.

Most Known For

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Beaver Fever

Confessions

The Devil's Cleavage

Pornogra Follies

Peed Into the Wind

Siamese Twin Pinheads

Boggy Depot

as Mean Brother

True Blue and Dreamy

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

Dora Myrtle

Lunch

as Dave Powers

Thundercrack!

as Charlie Hammond

Resurrection of Eve

as Swinger