Marcus Nispel is a feature film director and producer, as well as a director of television commercials and music videos.
He started a production company with partner Anouk (Frankel) Nora Portfolio Artists Network which later merged with RSA (Ridley Scott Associates) Black Dog Films to form Portfolio/Black Dog.
He also worked at RSA as a commercial director for several years.
He is married to singer/songwriter/commercial editor Dyan Humes-Nispel, who has written songs for various artists including Whitney Houston.In 2014, Nispel directed the ghost exorcism film Exeter, formerly titled Backmask.