Mark Pinkosh(I)

In addition to his film and television work, Mark Pinkosh is the founder of the Starving Artists Theatre Company, one of the earliest LGBTQ focused theatre companies in the United States. Heading the company since 1984, Pinkosh has produced over sixty shows, directed twenty-two and performed in several of them. Born in Frankfurt Germany, raised in Hawaii from the age of 8, Pinkosh started working and living in the UK in 1988. Since 1993 Mark has worked with writer Godfrey Hamilton, his partner (on stage and off). Their work together has taken them around the world performing at a variety of International Festivals in Toronto, New Zealand, Edinburgh, Vancouver and Miami. Some of his UK work includes performances at Manchester Royal Exchange, Tron, Traverse, Paisley Arts Centre, Eden Court, Lyric Hammersmith, Finborough, Drill Hall, Komedia (Brighton), Theatre Royal Plymouth (Drum), Hull Truck, Sheffield Crucible, The Tobacco Factory (Bristol) and The Brewery Arts Centre (Kendal).

Mark was named a Presidential Scholar in The Arts by President Reagan, performing at Kennedy Center for the awards ceremony. Other awards include two Fringe First Awards, three Hawaii State Theatre Awards, the Manchester Evening News Award (for his work at the Royal Exchange) and the inaugural Stage award For Acting Excellence at Edinburgh, which he shared with Lynn Ferguson.

Mark wrote and directed the recent film FOREIGN which has been screened at 34 film festivals around the world winning awards for Best Director (Red Dirt Film Festival), Best Comedy (Copenhagen International Film Festival) and best LGBTQ+ film in Ontario Canada.