Mark Suozzo’s career in music includes work as an accomplished guitarist, arranger, composer and conductor.
He began his career in film working with indie director Whit Stillman. Their first
collaboration, Metropolitan earned numerous nominations and awards. Its success led to the films Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco. Their latest collaboration is Damsels in Distress.
Mark‘s music attracted the attention of documentary filmmakers Jan Oxenberg (Thank You and Goodnight), Michael Camerini & Shari Robertson (Well Founded Fear, How Democracy Works Now and The Senators' Bargain), Roger Weisberg (Why Can’t We Be A Family Again), Josh Aronson (Sound and Fury), and Kristi Jacobson (Toots) resulting in numerous awards including several Academy Award nominations.
In 1996, Mark began working with Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. This collaboration yielded the documentaries Off The Menu: The Last Days of Chasen’s, The Young and the Dead and Wanderlust, their extraordinary first feature film, American Splendor, and their follow-up The Nanny Diaries.
Mark scored indie director Mary Harron's well-received feature film The Notorious Bettie Page.
He has contributed arrangements to many recording artists, including Creed, Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, the Matrix, Jaheim and Britney Spears.
Mark resides in New York City.
Selected works
Feature Films
Damsels in Distress (Sony Picture Classics)
Produced and directed by Whit Stillman. Featuring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Carrie MacElmore, Megalyn Echikunwoke and Caitlin Fitzgerald
- Closing Night Film-Venice Film Festival 2011
- Official Selection-Toronto Film Festival 2011
The Nanny Diaries (MGM/The Weinstein Co.)
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Featuring Scarlet Johansson, Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti.
The Notorious Bettie Page (Picturehouse/HBO)
Directed by Mary Harron. Featuring
Gretchen Mol, David Strathairn and Lily Taylor.
American Splendor (Fine Line/HBO)
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Featuring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis
- Academy Award Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Grand Jury Prize-Sundance Festival 2003
- Fipresci Prize-Cannes 2003 (Un Certain Regard)
- Best Film-National Film Critics Circle
The Last Days of Disco (Gramercy/Castle Rock)
Produced and directed by Whit Stillman.
Barcelona (Fine Line/Castle Rock)
Produced and directed by Whit Stillman.
Metropolitan (New Line)
Produced and directed by Whit Stillman.
- Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
- Silver Leopard-Locarno Film Festival
- Best Film-Deauville Film Festival
- Best First Film-New York Film Critics Circle
Documentary Films
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The Senators' Bargain (HBO)
A film by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini.
For the Bible Tells Me So (First Run Features)
Produced and Directed by Dan Karslake.
• Documentary Competition-Sundance Festival 2007
• Best Documentary-Seattle Film Festival 2007
Toots
Directed by Kristi Jacobson.
- Documentary Competition-Tribeca Festival 2006
Shelter Dogs (HBO)
Directed by Cynthia Wade.
- Grand Jury Prize- Director’s View Festival 2003
- Audience Award-Newport International Film Festival 2003
The Young & The Dead (HBO)
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
- Official Entrant -Venice Film Festival 2000
Sound & Fury (PBS/Channel Four)
Produced by Roger Weisberg; Directed by Josh Aronson.
- Academy Award Nomination
- National Board of Review Award
- Documentary Competition-Sundance Festival 2000
- Official Entrant -New Directors /New Films
Well-Founded Fear (POV)
A film by Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini.
- Best Documentary-3rd Annual New York Docfest
- Documentary Competition-Sundance Festival 2000
Off The Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (Cinemax/Northern Arts)
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini.
- Best Documentary-The Hamptons Film Festival
- Special Jury Award- Locarno Festival
Television
I Have Tourettes, But Tourettes Doesn't Have Me (HBO)
Directed by Ellen Goosenberg Kent
Terry Sanford and the New South (PBS)
Written and directed by Thomas Lennon
Why Can’t We Be A Family (PBS)
A film by Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel.
- Academy Award Nomination for Documentary Short Subject 2003
- Short Documentary Competition-Sundance Festival 2003
Recorded Arrangements
Special Day (Warner Bros. Records)
By Malik Pendleton; recorded by Jaheim
Anticipating (Jive Records)
By Josh & Brian; recorded by Britney Spears
With Arms Wide Open (Windup Records)
By Stapp & Tremonti, recorded by Creed
- Grammy Winner - Best rock song
- 2 Grammy Nominations
- Number 1, Billboard Hot 100
- 2 VH1 My Music Awards