MARCOS SIEGA (Director, co-producer), also an accomplished series television and award-winning music video director, made his feature film directorial debut for Miramax with the action comedy “The Underclassman” starring Nick Cannon and Shawn Ashmore, which is set for release in 2005. He is next attached to direct the musical feature “Time After Time” for Universal Pictures with Matthew Weaver and Carl Levin, his partners in production company Prospect Pictures, set to produce.
After establishing a name for himself directing music videos, Siega got his start in series television directing episodes of “Fastlane” and “Oliver Beene.” He went on to create, direct and Executive Produce VH1’s “Rock The House.” This past fall, Siega directed episodes for two new television series: ABC’s “Eyes” and UPN’s critically acclaimed “Veronica Mars.”
Always interested in filmmaking, he began developing his own style creating short films. Siega directed his first music video for the song “Can’t Wait One Minute More” by a group named C.I.V. The song and video was released by Atlantic Records, and soon after the video appeared on MTV as a “buzz clip”, going on to win Best Rock Modern Video of the Year for Billboard. Siega went on to direct numerous music videos, including Crystal Method’s “Murder and Name of the Game,” Jurassic 5’s “The Influence,” Blink 182’s “Man Overboard,” “All the Small Things” and “What’s My Age Again?,” and P.O.D.’s “The Rock Party,” “Southtown” and “Satellite.” He has consistently been one of the most nominated directors at the MTV Video Music Awards and won the MVPA Best Music Video award for System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey.” Some of his additional credits include videos for Rooney (“Pop Stars” and “Blueside”), All American Rejects (“Swing Swing”), Vanessa Carlton (“Pretty Baby”), Kelly Osbourne (“Papa Don’t Preach”), Pete Yorn (“Strange Condition”), Hoobastank (“Crawling in the Dark”), and Everclear (“Rock Star”).
Earlier, Siega was a member of a New York punk band called Bad Trip, and when they weren’t touring, he worked in production on numerous television shows and films including “Sleepless in Seattle.”
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