Mark Hartley got one of his first film credits, as
music video director, on
David Parker's 1993 cult film
Hercules Returns. He is also a
film editor and
screenwriter. He has said that he "direct[s] as an editor", as his background is also in editing. In 2008 he produced the documentary film
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, followed by another documentary,
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010), In 2013, he made
Patrick, a remake of the 1978 supernatural "
Ozploitation" classic of Australian cinema, also named
Patrick. The film was produced by
Antony I. Ginnane. He also wrote and directed the documentary film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, released in 2014. Hartley directed the thriller feature
Girl at the Window, starring
Radha Mitchell and
Vince Colosimo, released in 2022. The film was written by Terence Hammond and Nicolette Minster, and produced by
Antony I. Ginnane. ==Select filmography==