Mark Schoonmaker，Mark was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in San Jose, California. At age 7, Leonardo DiCaprio and 1930's horror films got him into acting which led to a high interest in filmmaking. Mark's silent short film, Pitch Black Heist (2012) was inspired by J.J. Abrams TED Talks: Mystery Box and Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).