“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world”

Philip Pullman

Marc Jobst I Director I Writer I Producer

Marc started in theatre, co-founding Three Monkeys Theatre Company as actor/director. He performed a long running, and critically acclaimed, one-man show in London, based on a contemporary version of the Alan Sillitoe novel, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner.

He worked at the BBC for 10 years where he wrote, produced, and directed many documentaries, comedies, and dramas. In 2000 he left to go freelance and has since become a sought-after director, working internationally on award winning work that ranges from powerful, character-led dramas to some of the world’s biggest action shows. Whatever genre he works in, story and character lie at the heart of his work.

Recently Marc was Director/Exec Producer on the pilot episodes of the biggest selling comic book of all time, ONE PIECE. It is credited as being the first successful live action adaptation of a Japanese manga and anime. On launch it broke all streaming records for Netflix. It was number one in the world in 84 territories for several weeks and nominated for 11 Family Emmy awards.

Other credits include NBC’s cult hit Hannibal with Mads Mikkelson, Laurence Fishburne & Gillian Andersen; Netflix’s global hit The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill; Sky/Amazon/HBO’s Tin Star with Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks; and Marvel Studio’s Daredevil, Luke Cage, and The Punisher for Netflix 

He directed Andrew Davies’ feature adaptation of Sleep With Me, and Peter Moffat’s multiple award-winning BBC series, Criminal Justice, starring Matthew MacFadyen, Sophie Okonedo & Maxine Peake.   

Working with Richard Jenkins, Rhys Ifans, Ashley Judd and James Cromwell he directed the finale episodes of Epix/Paramount’s high-octane spy thriller Berlin Station.  

He is attached to write/direct the movies Home, Ninth Fortress and Sugar, as well a number of television series. 

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