Mark Ramsey

Producer; board member, Critics Choice Association

Mark Ramsey is an audio storyteller. Ramsey was a producer of Aftershock, a full-cast thriller with David Harbour, Sarah Wayne Callies, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He created, wrote, and narrated Inside Psycho, Inside The Exorcist, Inside Star Wars, and Inside Jaws for Wondery. He also wrote and directed POPS: The Louis Armstrong Story with Reno Wilson and co-wrote The Undercovers with Ed O’Neill. He most recently created, wrote, and directed Dark Sanctum, an AMBIE-nominated full-cast horror thriller featuring Bethany Joy Lenz, Clive Standen, and Michael O’Neill for Wondery+.  He is currently show-running a full-cast podcast version of A Christmas Carol coming next Christmas. Ramsey is a board member of the Critics Choice Association, producers of the Critics Choice Awards for Film and TV.

Mark Ramsey on KCRW

Despite having the time of his life directing his magnum opus, the pressure consumes Tarantino. Would it be great…or awful?

Ep. 4 Royale with cheese

Despite having the time of his life directing his magnum opus, the pressure consumes Tarantino. Would it be great…or awful?

from FADE IN: Quentin Tarantino & Pulp Fiction

Who would be cast in Pulp Fiction? “If I can’t cast Travolta, I’m not making the movie,” Tarantino said.

Ep. 3 No Travolta, no Pulp Fiction

Who would be cast in Pulp Fiction? “If I can’t cast Travolta, I’m not making the movie,” Tarantino said.

from FADE IN: Quentin Tarantino & Pulp Fiction

Out of work and broke, Tarantino spent his time writing. And writing. Rejected for being “too vile!” or “too vulgar!” he finally got his big break – Reservoir Dogs.

Ep. 2 Dogs who hang around the reservoir

Out of work and broke, Tarantino spent his time writing. And writing. Rejected for being “too vile!” or “too vulgar!” he finally got his big break – Reservoir Dogs.

from FADE IN: Quentin Tarantino & Pulp Fiction

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