An industry veteran for more than a quarter century, Mark Katz has been President of Distribution for National Geographic Studios, where he successfully launched and built one of the industry’s leading distribution companies. Prior to that, Mark was President of Distribution for nWave Pictures, Vice President of Sales for Sony Pictures Classics, and IMAX Corporation. Mark has released and distributed some of the most diverse, original, and successful films in the history of the industry over his 30+ year career. They include a wide array of highly acclaimed documentary, specialty, art and independent films, such as Jerusalem, The Human Body, Oceans, Titans of the Ice Age, U23D, Rolling Stones at the Max, Titanica, and Fires of Kuwait, as well as the highly acclaimed feature films, The First Grader, Amreeka, The Last Lions, and Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award®.