Draft:Mark John Ostrowski

Mark John Ostrowski is an American writer, photographer and filmmaker (born 1971). His films include Sixty Spanish Cigarettes (2015).. , Home Movie (2014) and Le vrai film est allieurs (2018). He is listed in Paul Schrader's book Transcendental Style in Film as a leading exponent of non-narrative film.

Publications

 * Aldeanismos. Gijón: VTP Editorial, 2003. Short stories. Published in Asturian. ISBN 978-84-89880-79-5.
 * Figures. Oviedo: Ediciones Madú, 2004. Written in Spanish with photographs. ISBN 978-84-95998-44-6.
 * Paraíso matorral. Oviedo: Trabe, 2004. Written in Spanish with photographs.ISBN 978-84-8053-313-3.
 * Muse. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2006. Interviews with Charlie Roff, Luis Durante, Roy Stuart, Jock Sturges, Vlastimil Kula and Tony Keeler. English-Spanish bilingual edition. ISBN 84-611-2175-9.
 * Tratantes. Una especia en extinción. Gijón: Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies, 2006. Photographs. Text in Spanish by Xuan Bello. ISBN 84-87741-95-9.
 * Amerikana. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2010. Photographs. ISBN 978-84-613-9377-0
 * Festuki. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2011. Photographs. Text in Spanish by Diego Medrano. ISBN 978-84-614-9791-1.
 * Manifesto: tractatus analogicus. Blurb, Inc., 2023. English-Spanish bilingual edition with B&W photographs. ISBN 979-8-89-291764-3

Won

 * 2011 – Gijón International Film Festival, "Dia d'Asturies" Award for Festuki
 * 2015 – Korea Indie and Expat Film Festival, Best Expat Feature Film for Home Movie
 * 2015 – Premio Marcellino de Baggis International Documentary Film Festival, Special Artistic Director's Award for Sixty Spanish Cigarettes
 * 2016 – RushDoc International Documentary Film Festival, Best Documentary Film for Home Movie
 * 2016 – Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Best Editing Award for Sixty Spanish Cigarettes
 * 2018 – Kinomorphia Film Festival, Special Jury Award for Le vrai film est ailleurs
 * 2019 – Portoviejo Film Festival, International Experimental Feature Film Award for Le vrai film est ailleurs
 * 2019 – Salerno Film Festival, Honorable Mention (Documentary Films) for L'isola