Biography
Marc Joseph Perez is a Spanish-American NY Emmy® Award-Winning director and producer. Marc is a graduate of New York University where he studied marketing and finance. Before entering the entertainment industry Marc worked in precious metals trading and emerging marketing equity trading at large institutions such as UBS and Republic Bank (now HSBC). Since moving into the entertainment industry he has produced and directed award winning films and television shows (Anytown USA, Severe Clear, The Inside Reel, The Champion, The Troublemaker) that have been shown in theaters, television, streaming and festivals around the world. His recent 3-part documentary series, Sopranos Sessions, about the epic HBO television series The Sopranos had its U.S. theatrical release May 2021 in hundreds of theaters around country and is streaming on major platforms like Amazon Prime. The second part in the series, The Last Supper: A Sopranos Session was nominated for an 2023 NY Emmy® Award. Marc is directing Rise of the Barrymore: The Rebuilding of America's First Film Town, about the Barrymore acting family featuring prominent actors like Jodie Foster. Marc is producing Citizen Stone, a multi-part documentary series about Academy-Award winning director Oliver Stone, that is in post-production. Marc completed directing a documentary, Unfightable, in 2024 about the sport of Mixed Martial Arts for UnivisionTelevisa's new Streaming platform ViX to be release in 2024.
Marc is a member of the Board of the Barrymore Film Center, a 260 seat theater and museum in the birthplace of the motion picture industry Fort Lee, NJ. Marc has also produced and directed dozens of award-winning commercials and brand videos for LG, Konami, Hover-1, Abrams Books, Combate Global, GlaxoSmithKline, Altec Lansing, HMH Publishing and Vivitar. Marc won a 2021 Emmy® for directing a short form, Spanish language public service video for the 2020 U.S. Census, Por Qué Deben Responder Al Censo Los Latinos.
