Mark Illsley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mark Illsley

film director

Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Mark Illsley (born June 4, 1958) is a film director best known for writing and directing the film Happy, Texas, which starred William H.
Macy and Steve Zahn, and directing Bookies. Illsley was raised in Santa Rosa, California where he made films as a teen with a Super-8 camera.
He graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television in 1981, where he met and started working relationship with Kevin Reynolds. Happy, Texas triggered a bidding war that played out at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, with Harvey Weinstein and Miramax beating out other suitors, which included Fox Searchlight, Paramount Classics and New Line Cinema.He married his wife Jill Zimmerman on September 29, 2001.