Mark Borchardt is an American independent filmmaker, actor, and writer best known as the cult DIY filmmaker featured in the acclaimed documentary American Movie, which chronicled the making of his horror short Coven. A longtime icon of Midwest indie cinema, he most recently served as the narrator for the indie film Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa.

Filmography

• 2022Bitcon — Damon
• 2020Faith Based — Mark
• 2020Small Town Wisconsin — Store Clerk
• 2019At the Park by the Creek — Radio Show Host
• 2019Black Licorice — Martin Milo
• 2019The Field — Cashier
• 2018Lycanimator — Spencer Del Graves
• 2018Through the Eye Root — Mouth / Bugleman
• 2017California Dreams — Mark
• 2017Silently Steal Away — Narrator
• 2017The Dundee Project — Himself, Director, Writer
• 2016Here Comes Rusty — Oren
• 2014Hamlet A.D.D. — Gravedigger
• 2011The Amateur Monster Movie — Mr. Englan
• 2011The Hagstone Demon — Douglas Elmore
• 2010Dozers — Gawker
• 2010Modus Operandi — Dallas Deacon
• 2009Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever — Herman
• 2009Living Arrangements — Paul
• 2009Tapioca — Harve
• 2007Mutilated Movies — Director
• 2007The Devil's Muse — Floyd
• 2005The Godfather of Green Bay — Skeeter
• 2005Zombie Island — Al, the drunk at the bar
• 2003Abby Singer — Mark Borchardt
• 2002Britney, Baby, One More Time — Dude Schmitz
• 2001The One — Cesar
• 2001The Tunnel — Lincoln
• 1999American Movie — Filmmaker
• Family Guy — Mark Borchardt
• 1997Coven — Mike, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 1989Toga Party Massacre — Cinematography
• 1982I Blow Up — Dave, Director, Writer
• Legal ThreaT — Reese Kelly
• Once Upon a Time in Carroll County, Iowa — Narrator

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2021Who Is Bill Rebane? — Self
• 2006Night of the Living Dead: Live from Wisconsin - Hosted by Mark & Mike — Self
• 2005Horror Business — Himself
• 2002Mark Borchardt Was in 'The One' with Jet Li — Self
• 2002The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees — Self
• I Am An Alien — Himself