My name is Mark Wills and I’m a Thai-Australian writer and director (2024 MIFF Accelerator Lab Alumni) based in Sydney, Australia. Growing up, the critique of images and the investigation of tone and punctuated my early years, with a strong focus on using atmosphere as my primary cinematic tool.
In my work, I like making things people might find dark or strange, beautiful; the overlapping clash that happens when opposing elements are juxtaposed to form one unified idea. It is the contrast between the arresting depth in the visuals and the actual content of what is being displayed which fascinates me, a world where the overall palette contradicts its thematic tone.
I like asking what beauty can be, and in turn, hope to use my unique, cross-cultural lens to explore cinema in fresh and unexpected ways. I am currently in development for my debut feature film, a Thai-Australian horror titled Women of Mist.