Biography

Mark F. Roling was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, he headed off to Hollywood on the tail of his first original screenplay, "Internal Affairs", a version of which was later produced by Paramount Pictures. Mark wrote the script while he was an actual Police Officer back in Wisconsin right out of college.

Mark has written television series episodes for Paramount, New World Television, FOX Television and Warner Bros. Television. He has held script analysis/editor positions in the past with New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and many others.

From 1988 to 2006, Mark was also Director of Film Studio Operations for Warner Bros. Studios (WBTV, Warner Bros. Features, Warner Independent Pictures, Village Roadshow, Morgan Creek, etc.), all while maintaining his writing and development career. While at WB, Mark helped producers of multi-million-dollar feature productions, Indie Features, and long-running TV shows complete production on the Warner Bros. properties. While some projects are listed on his IMDB page, the producers he assisted and was assigned to are too many to list, but some of the more noteworthy persons are; Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Robert DeNiro, Ivan Reitman, Kurt Russell, Tommy Lee Jones, Joel Schumacher, Mel Gibson, The Zucker Brothers, Spike Lee, Paris Barclay, Aaron Sorkin, Joel Silver, Mark Gill, Annie Liebowitz and many others, whom he still maintains industry relationships to this day.

After a short term as a Producer for TapOut Films, Mark formed Hungry Dragon Films in 2012, and has developed numerous Feature, TV and Live Event productions. In 2013, Mark and Hungry Dragon Films were part of the producing team that won critical international acclaim for the short film, "Mirage At Zabul Province", which grabbed Best Short Film and Best Director awards at film festivals Domestic and International.

Hungry Dragon's current projects include the Latino themed comedy feature, UNDERCOVER BARISTA, MOON OVER LANAI, the rock musical dramedy RAIN FOR DAYS, and the romantic comedy, MAN-DOUGH-LYNN. Mark has created and written the TV/streaming Episodic thriller, APOSTLE 21, as well as the series OKLAHOMEN (Toby Keith & Trace Adkins) and comedy series, SINCLAIR CITY.

Mark was also a Project manager and an Executive Member of The Literary & Projects Review Board for NATIONAL TALENT LA (Los Angeles), a WGA/SAG/AFTRA Signatory Talent Agency located in Malibu, California.

Recently as of May 2022, he has taken a position as VP of Uprising Global with HQ operations out of NYC, concentrating on developing & financing feature and TV series projects from his studio offices in Chicago. His latest project for Uprising he participated as Executive Producer on the feature, PAST LIFE, with Jeremy Piven, for end of 2025 release.

Mark's extended profile and resume for production and screenwriting can be seen on IMDB Pro under Mark F. Roling.
- IMDb mini biography by: MFR