Mark N. Tompkins

Last updated
Mark N. Tompkins
Born
Mark Tompkins

(1975-01-16) January 16, 1975 (age 49)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Occupation(s)Film painter, Theater designer, Actor
Years active1999–present

Mark N. Tompkins (born January 16, 1975) is a Canadian-born film and theater painter and scenic artist. His matte painting career began in the U.S. in 1999, when his name appears in numerous feature films, TV and games cinematics. He is best known for his scenic design sets and scenery in "I, Robot", [1] "Fantastic Four", [2] "Fifty Shades of Grey", [3] and "Godzilla" [4] .

Contents

Biography

Tompkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Before going to university, he was planning on becoming a child psychologist, but instead pursued a career in the film industry after his first job on a film set[ citation needed ]. In the following years, Tompkins worked on features such as I. Robot, the X-Men films, and Fantastic Four. [5]

For a short period of time, he worked in the building and renovation sector, painting walls in mansions and office spaces in North Vancouver. [6]

After that, he moved to Los Angeles where he took classes at the Art Center College of Design, while he was also working as a graphic artist, teaching classes and giving private lessons. At the beginning, he was teaching painting classes to adults from his own studio, and later he started teaching children classes in parks and recreation sites. His painting style is influenced by a number of early Renaissance artists. He has also been inspired by artists like Andrew Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. [7]

Work

Tompkins started his film career helping Steve Miner on his 1999 film Lake Placid, for which he was credited as a "project consultant."

YearTitleRole
1999 Lake Placid painter
2000 Final Destination stand-by painter
2000 Duets scenic painter
2001 Antitrust stand-by painter
2001 Thir13en Ghosts [8] on-set painter
2002 K-9: P.I. (video) painter
2003 Freddy vs. Jason [9] stand-by painter
2004 I, Robot painter
2005 Fantastic Four painter
2005 Chaos lead paint
2006 Eight Below scenic artist
2006 She's the Man second unit lead painter
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner stand-by painter
2007 The Last Mimzy painter
2007 88 Minutes [10] stand-by painter
2007 Whisper graphics illustrator
2009 Psych on-set painter
2009 I Love You, Beth Cooper on-set painter
2009 Case 39 on-set painter
2009 2012 painter
2010 Hot Tub Time Machine [11] on-set painter
2012 The Movie Out Here paint coordinator
2013 Elysium [12] on-set painter
2013 Horns paint coordinator
2014 Godzilla [13] on-set painter
2014 Manglehorn paint coordinator
2015 Fifty Shades of Grey painter foreman

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Godzilla</span> Fictional monster

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and cowritten by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film.

<i>Godzilla</i> (1954 film) Japanese monster film

Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese epic kaiju film directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise. The film stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla. In the film, Japan's authorities deal with the sudden appearance of a giant monster, whose attacks trigger fears of nuclear holocaust in post-war Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Special effect</span> Illusions or tricks to change appearance

Special effects are illusions or visual tricks used in the theatre, film, television, video game, amusement park and simulator industries to simulate the imagined events in a story or virtual world. It used to be called SFX but this short form has also expanded to include “sound effects” as well.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlie Hunnam</span> English actor & screenwriter

Charles Matthew Hunnam is an English actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Jax Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014). His portrayal was nominated twice for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor.

North Shore Studios is a film company located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Acquired by Bosa Developments in 2006, it was previously part of Lions Gate Entertainment and was then known as Lionsgate Studios.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Eggleton</span> American artist (born 1960)

Bob Eggleton is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book Greetings from Earth. He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">H.E.R.B.I.E.</span> Comics character

H.E.R.B.I.E. is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was initially conceived for The New Fantastic Four and integrated into the comics continuity shortly afterwards. The character is usually depicted as an ally of the Fantastic Four.

Hironobu Kanagawa is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including The X-Files, Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla, The Man in the High Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Heroes Reborn and Kim's Convenience and was a writer on Da Vinci's City Hall. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and played Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.

Nelson Coates is an American production designer for feature film and television. His motion picture credits include the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights, based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway show; Jon M. Chu’s romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, the highest-grossing romantic comedy of the last decade; Robert Zemeckis’ dramatic thriller Flight, which critics Roger Ebert and Owen Gleiberman placed on their top-10 lists; and the biographical drama Antwone Fisher, which received a 2002 American Film Institute Award. Coates’ television projects include the mystery drama Home Before Dark and the second season of the drama The Morning Show, both for Apple TV+.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Wingard</span> American filmmaker (born 1982)

Adam Wingard is an American filmmaker. He has served as a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous American films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gareth Edwards (director)</span> British filmmaker

Gareth James Edwards is a British filmmaker. He gained recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed Godzilla (2014), a reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise and the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series and an immediate prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977). He returned to making original films with the science fiction thriller The Creator (2023).

<i>Godzilla</i> (2014 film) American film by Gareth Edwards

Godzilla is a 2014 American monster film directed by Gareth Edwards. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of Toho Co., Ltd.'s Godzilla franchise, and the first film in Legendary's Monsterverse franchise. It is also the 30th film in the Godzilla franchise, and the second Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, and Bryan Cranston. In the film, an American soldier attempts to return to his family while caught in the crossfire of an ancient rivalry between Godzilla and two parasitic monsters known as MUTOs.

<i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> (film) 2015 film by Sam Taylor-Johnson

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. Produced by Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions, and Trigger Street Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is based on E. L. James' 2011 novel of the same name, and serves as the first installment in the Fifty Shades film series. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle and Marcia Gay Harden, the film's story follows Anastasia "Ana" Steele (Johnson), a college graduate, who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey (Dornan).

<i>Fifty Shades Freed</i> (film) 2018 film directed by James Foley

Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, based on E. L. James's 2012 novel of the same name. Produced by Perfect World Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, and Trigger Street Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the third and final installment in the Fifty Shades film series, following Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Fifty Shades Darker (2017). The film stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively, and follows the couple as they marry, and must deal with Ana's former boss Jack Hyde, who begins to stalk them.

<i>Fifty Shades Darker</i> (film) 2017 film by James Foley

Fifty Shades Darker is a 2017 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, based on E. L. James's 2012 novel of the same name. Produced by Michael De Luca Productions and Trigger Street Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the second installment in the Fifty Shades film series and the sequel to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey. The film stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively, with Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Bella Heathcote, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Victor Rasuk, Kim Basinger, and Marcia Gay Harden in supporting roles. It follows Ana and Christian as they must decide to rekindle their relationship, this time with "no rules, no punishments, and no more secrets" terms.

Betty Tompkins is an American artist and arts educator. Her paintings revolve, almost exclusively, around photorealistic, close-up imagery of both heterosexual and homosexual intimate acts. She creates large-scale, monochromatic canvases and works on paper of singular or multiple figures engaged in sexual acts, executed with successive layers of spray painting over pre-drawings formed by text.

<i>Colossal</i> (film) 2016 film by Nacho Vigalondo

Colossal is a 2016 science fiction black comedy film directed and written by Nacho Vigalondo. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, and Tim Blake Nelson. The film follows an unemployed writer who unwittingly manifests a giant creature in Seoul while struggling with alcoholism and an abusively controlling colleague.

<i>Peter Rabbit</i> (film) 2018 film by Will Gluck

Peter Rabbit is a 2018 comedy film based upon the character of the same name created by Beatrix Potter, co-produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Animal Logic, 2.0 Entertainment, and Screen Australia, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was directed by Will Gluck, who also produced the film with Zareh Nalbandian, from a screenplay and story written by Gluck and Rob Lieber. James Corden stars as the voice of the title character, with Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in live-action roles, as well as the voices of Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, and Margot Robbie. The film's story focuses on Peter Rabbit as he deals with new problems when the late Mr. McGregor's great nephew arrives and discovers the trouble Peter's family can get into.

<i>Fifty Shades</i> (film series) 2015 to 2018 film series based on the novels by E. L. James

Fifty Shades is a British-American film trilogy series based on the Fifty Shades trilogy by English author E. L. James. It is distributed by Universal Studios, and stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as the lead roles Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the first film, and James Foley directed the second and third films.

<i>Godzilla, King of the Monsters</i> (comic book) American comic book series

Godzilla, King of the Monsters is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Running for 24 issues from 1977 to 1979, the series starred Godzilla, a Japanese monster film character licensed from Toho. The series is set in the publishers' shared Marvel Universe and was the first ongoing American comic book based on Godzilla.

References

  1. ↑ I, Robot [Full Cast & Crew], 2004-06-16, retrieved 2016-08-24
  2. ↑ Fantastic Four [Full Cast & Crew], 2005-07-08, retrieved 2016-08-24
  3. ↑ Fifty Shades of Grey [Full Cast & Crew], 2015-02-13, retrieved 2016-08-24
  4. ↑ Godzilla [Full Cast & Crew], 2014-05-16, retrieved 2016-08-24
  5. ↑ Nestruck, Kelly (1 November 2007). "Set in the US, filmed in Canada, fed up in Hollywood". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Zacharias, Yvonne. "Out- of- work set painter takes what he can get". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Area art teacher offers classes" . Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  8. ↑ טיים, פופקורן. "פופקורן טיים - שלוש עשרה רוחות". פופקורן טיים. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  9. ↑ "Freddy vs. Jason" . Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  10. ↑ "88 Minutes - April 18, 2008". movies.prettyfamous.com. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  11. ↑ "Hot Tub Time Machine - Crew / Cast @ omdb". www.omdb.org. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  12. ↑ "Elysium - Crew / Cast @ omdb". www.omdb.org. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  13. ↑ Godzilla (2014) , retrieved 2016-08-24


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.