Portrait of Mark Achbar

Directing

Mark Achbar

Career

Active from 1986 to 2003, busiest in 1994 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score74/100
Highest rated
Poster for Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mark Achbar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    0.1, average 4.8
  • Romance
    0.4, average 3.8
  • Coming of Age
    0.1, average 3.0
  • Violence
    1.3, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Intellectual Discourse 4
  • Noam Chomsky 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Political Documentary 2
  • Educational 2
  • Historical Context 2
  • Critical Thinking 2
  • Political Analysis 2
  • Social Critique 2
  • Documentary 2
  • Media Critique 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
The MAD World of Harvey Kurtzman
The MAD World of Harvey Kurtzman (2026)

Executive Producer

Searching for Drug Peace
Searching for Drug Peace (2026)

Executive Producer

Fairy Creek
Fairy Creek (2025)

Executive Producer

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 71
Fractured Land
Fractured Land (2016)

Executive Producer

Marmato
Marmato (2014)

Executive Producer

Neurons to Nirvana
Neurons to Nirvana (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

Surviving Progress
Surviving Progress (2011)
GoodWatch score 69

Executive Producer

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 78
Waterlife
Waterlife (2009)

Executive Producer

Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space
Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space (2009)

Executive Producer

Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

Executive Producer

Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action
Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action (2008)

Executive Producer

WAL-TOWN The Film
WAL-TOWN The Film (2006)

Camera Operator

The Corporation
The Corporation (2003)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer, Director of Photography

Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage
Two Brides and a Scalpel: Diary of a Lesbian Marriage (2000)

Editor, Producer

1990s

9 titles ยท average score 80
Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor
Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor (1996)

Executive Producer

Ho! Kanada
Ho! Kanada (1995)

Sound Mixer

Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences
Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences (1994)

Director

Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech (1994)

Animation, Director

Concision: No Time for New Ideas
Concision: No Time for New Ideas (1994)

Animation, Producer

A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media
A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media (1994)

Director, Producer

Toward a Vision of a Future Society
Toward a Vision of a Future Society (1994)

Director, Animation

A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor (1994)

Director of Photography, Director

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Director of Photography

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 61
The Canadian Conspiracy
The Canadian Conspiracy (1986)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

There Is a Rally
There Is a Rally (1986)

Director of Photography