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Mark Cendrowski Biography
Birth Name:Mark Michael Cendrowski
Birth Place:United States
Profession Director, Assistant director, Producer
Fast Facts
- In 2013, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series
- Won the 2012 Banff Rockie Award for his work on "The Big Bang Theory․"
- Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan
- Got into comedic writing by writing jokes with his comic friends after moving to Los Angeles
- Quote: "I think making people laugh is the most satisfying job you have as a director․"
- Quote: "The visual style for comedy is to stay out of the way of the comedy, to make sure the audience is seeing it․"
- While in college, he started a comedy club called Laugh Track
Awards
- 2011OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2012Banff Rockie Award-Best Sitcom: winner
- 2012OFTA Television Award-Best Direction in a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2013DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: nominated
- 2014DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series: nominated
- 2016Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Episode of the Year: nominated
- 2018Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2019Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: nominated
- 2020CinEuphoria-Merit - Honorary Award: winner