Biography
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. They divorced in 2016.
Filmography
all 5
Movies 5
Director 4
![Bookies](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/59761-bookies.jpg)
Bookies (2003)
![Happy, Texas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36457-happy-texas.jpg)
Happy, Texas (1999)
![Rapa Nui](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/24001-rapa-nui.jpg)
Rapa Nui (1994)
![Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/8241-robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.jpg)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
![Proof](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/400630-proof.jpg)
Proof (1980)
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GenderMale
Birthday1958-06-04 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceUnited States of America, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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