About Mark Whiting
A native of the Great Lake State, Mark Whiting is a three time ANNIE AWARD nominated Art Director and the Production Designer of WARNER BROS. classic film THE IRON GIANT. Whiting has had an eclectic creative career, from Writing, Directing and Producing the award winning film APPLE JACK to being the original inspiration for the lifestyle brand SHINOLA, DETROIT (no shit!). He's also been a contributing writer for magazines, illustrator, graphic designer, TV and film development artist, screenwriter, fine art photographer and gallery painter. His work has appeared round the world including the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in New York, NY.
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In the late 1970's Johnny Carson had a fascinating guest on his show named Frank Abignale Jr. who was promoting a book about his fraudulent adventures called 'Catch Me if You Can". That book inspired a bored 15 year old to make a fake Sports Illustrated press pass to get into sporting events and interview athletes. A total dork but I did my best to play the part, get past the guards and conduct dozens of brief and awkward interviews with celebrities I had no business being with (Thomas Hearns, Reggie Jackson, 19 year old Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus, etc). In the photo above I'm at the Silverdome inside the Lakers locker room trying not to pull the cord from my cassette recorder while interviewing Kareem.