MARK MARABELLA is an Emmy® nominated executive producer and founder of Marabella Productions. For 25 years, he has developed, funded, sold, written, produced, and directed more than 300 hours of comedy, concerts, talk shows, documentary specials and non-fiction series for VH1, Discovery, I.D., Science, History, National Geographic, MSNBC, HLN, Travel, PBS and HBO Max. In 2009, Mark also helped launch heritageradionetwork, an on-line podcast network composed of more than two-dozen shows. While there, he co-hosted the Q-Report. Mark is also a long-time member of the Producers Guild of America having served as National Board Member, Delegate for the Producers Council, Vice Chairman of PGA East and Chairman of its Documentary and Non-Fiction Committee. In 2015, after writing, producing, and directing the series DO NOT DISTURB for Investigation Discovery with award-winning executive producer Joel Schumacher, Mark completed 5 episode scripts for MAKING OF THE MOB: Chicago for Stephen David Entertainment that premiered on AMC. He returned with a new series that he developed and sold to ID with Stephen David, THE INTERROGATOR featuring preeminent homicide detective Fil Waters, which premiered in 2020. Prior to founding Marabella Productions, Mark was the show runner and writer of 60 hours of Discovery's top-rated prime-time true crime procedural series THE FBI FILES for three and half seasons. Through his storytelling, the award-winning series became number one on Discovery two years running, remaining among Discovery's top-rated shows of all time. Those episodes were also key to the launch of Discovery's, I.D. The series can now also be streamed on Netflix and Amazon. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Mark began his television career at VH1 working on comedies, talk shows, and music documentaries many of which were nominated for Cable Ace Awards. He went on to become Director of Production and Development for the award winning, independent television and documentary company Globalvision, where he supervised many investigative human rights programs for PBS, the last titled GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS hosted by award winning journalist and civil rights pioneer, Charlayne Hunter-Gault. The one-hour documentary won top honors at the World Film Fest in Houston. His work has been broadcast internationally in over 120 countries. Mark has also written for numerous independent newspapers and magazines, and worked closely with top literary and talent agents in New York City.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, director and writer
- 8 on Motif · 14 credits in all
Known for
What are Mark Marabella's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mark Marabella's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on discovery+ (6).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Marabella's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 8 with a Motif page.
The Visitors (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Jane Doe Murders (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
A Time to Kill(2020)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
Diabolical(2013)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Shadow of Doubt(2016)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Do Not Disturb: Hotel Horrors (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)
Over My Dead Body(2015)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Most Likely to...(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Where Did We Come From? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Coming Home from Space: The Challenge of Re-Entry (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles from 1998 to 2022.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
Who does Mark Marabella work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Marabella's Motif titles; Antony Berrios shares the most, 2.
- Antony BerriosShared titles: Alien Encounters: Declassified (2021), Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Antony Berrios
- Lori SiegelShared titles: Rifkin on Rifkin: Private Confessions of a Serial Killer (2021), Most Likely to... (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Lori Siegel