Lecturer IV; Associate Chair; Undergraduate Advisor
dkmarek@umich.eduOffice Information:
phone: 734-615-4207
Department of Film, Television, and Media; Administration
Education/Degree:
Master of Fine Arts in Film Production, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2009Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004
Dual Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing/Film Critical Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004
Newest from David Marek
Better to See You With (2021)
David Marek
Better to See You With is a psychological thriller seen through the eyes of Emily, who becomes a captive witness to her husband's descent into darkness where predator and prey aren't clear to the eye ... until it's too late. The film is based on the story "Choices" by Gayle Kunz who also wrote the screenplay.
Thaw of the Dead (2017)
David Marek
A story of survival that questions the price of a group’s humanity, where the hauntingly beautiful landscape is as dangerous as the roaming corpses it hides. Within this apocalyptic world, a waning group of survivors have found refuge in an abandoned dam. Desperate times called for desperate measures, and the only way to survive the harsh winter was to make painful choices and live by the skin of their teeth. Now, starved and torn, the group looks to the coming spring with added opportunity to search nearby towns for supplies … but at the same time, the resurgence of the living dead, released...
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Irreplaceables: Why Teachers Matter Most (2016)
David Marek
Marek's film is a 70-minute documentary entitled Irreplaceables: Why Teachers Matter Most was shot in collaboration with over a half dozen public schools in and around Detroit.
Schools and districts around the nation serving at-risk students have been on a fast track trying to fix ongoing academic failures. Numerous changes to policy, testing requirements, standards, curricula, and school models have come and gone, but the achievement gap still looms large -- and with students and teachers on test-overload, there are still no great gains to show for it. Meanwhile, the research ...
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Somewhere West (2011)
David Marek
Somewhere West is a visually breathtaking road-film that explores the human spirit with emotional breadth and quiet subtlety. After battling a terminal illness, Ian decides to forgo treatment and head West in search of solitude and a beautiful place to spend his final days. However, despite his best efforts to isolate himself, Ian becomes the center of a makeshift family of kind-hearted characters who help him in the redemptive process of letting go, opening his heart and finally reaching his undetermined destination. Somewhere West is a journey of forgiveness and friendship that...
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