Mark Panik

Creative Director

2006 – Present

• Founded the marketing agency Don’t Panik! Created brand image, marketing materials, designed website to showcase our work, and opened a brick & mortar office in West LA with 2 edit bays with full offline/online HD/5K finishing capabilities. • Extensive ad agency experience creating direct response marketing campaigns for Guthy-Renker products including ProActiv, Heidi Klum’s In An Instant, and Susan Lucci’s Youthful Essence. Wrote, produced, and edited for Y&R (Young & Rubicon) on campaigns including Dodge’s Horsepower and Craftsman’s SCREW*D, and provided post-production support on Carl’s Jr. commercials. • Wrote, produced, and edited network promos for CBS, The CW, Lifetime, NBC, ABC, OWN, Oxygen, Lifetime, FOX, and FOX Sports • Directed on-screen talent, producers, cinematographers, editors & assistant editors, audio engineers, graphic artists, visual effects artists, colorists, and production assistants in creation of projects. Managed virtual teams across the USA was well as across the globe.

Sr. Writer Producer Editor

2003 – 2007

• Wrote, produced, and edited marketing campaigns for feature films including commercials, trailers, promos, DVD special features, documentaries, EPK’s, and corporate projects for DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, LucasFilm, and Columbia Tristar. • Worked extensively in Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Avid Media Composer. • Sourced music from various sources including library, licensed, and original compositions. • Extensive ad agency experience creating promotional materials for billion dollar franchises including Shrek, Star Wars, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, X-Men, and The Simpsons. • Created localized versions in multiple languages for the Shrek franchises DVD special features as well as other DreamWorks DVD’s. • Managed team of 10 editors, 3 assistant editors, talent, audio engineers, and graphic artists in creation of projects.

Writer Producer Editor

1999 – 2002

Wrote, produced, and edited documentaries, feature films, trailers, promos, EPK’s, TV pilots, commercials, PSAs, and corporate projects. Managed editors, assistant editors, graphic artists, audio mixers, and talent. • Worked as on-set director for crews shooting live events for Sony Playstation2, Dolce & Gabanna, Bass Ale, Tanqueray, and Motorola. Delivered packages that were delivered via satellite for next morning’s news broadcast. • Developed cost-effective solutions for bringing services in-house including DVD authoring and high definition editorial and finishing. Saved the company over $400,000 by making these services available internally. • Managed team of 2 editors, 1 assistant editor, talent, audio engineers, and graphic artists in creation of projects.

Bachelor of Arts

1993 – 1998

Bachelor of Arts

Creed 3

Our graphic design package for Creed 3.

Creed 3 is the third Creed film, and follows Adonis as he has been thriving in both his career and family life. But when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Creed 3 is directed by Michael B. Jordan and stars Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and Jonathan Majors.

Women Talking - Graphic Package

Our graphics package for the film Women Talking (2022).

Based on a true story: Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.

Women Talking is written by Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, and directed by Sarah Polley. The film stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Frances McDormand. Sarah Polley won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

M3GAN - Graphics Package

Our graphic design package for the film M3GAN (2022).

M3GAN is about a robotics engineer at a toy company who builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own. Written by Akela Cooper and James Wan and directed by Gerard Johnstone, M3GAN stars Allison WIlliams, Violet McGraw, and Ronny Chieng.