Mark Ricches film career spans over 25 years as a writer director actor producer educator and now owner and CEO of Cryptic Pictures In 2010 his work captured the attention of the American Film Institute which subsequently screened eight of his short subjects Marks industry experience includes associations with Sony Pictures Dimension Films and Disney He won the 1995 Wisconsin Screenwriters Forum Screenplay festival with his original screenplay Point Imperial and is a twotime MidAtlantic region Best Actor recipient He currently resides in suburban Maryland