Mark Pellington (born March 17 1962) is an American film director.
Pellington was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He directed The Mothman Prophecies, a[2002 film starring Richard Gere dealing with mysterious deaths foretold by a strange red-eyed flying creature, Mothman, as well as Arlington Road in 1999 starring Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges.
Pellington has also worked with such musical artists as Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, U2, and Bruce Springsteen. He has also made cameo appearances in The Mothman Prophecies, Almost Famous, and Jerry Maguire. He directed the landmark mini-series The United States of Poetry for PBS in 1995. It won the INPUT (International Public Television) Award in 1996.
