Zero Zone + Q&A with Mark Hammond

Since attending NYU Film School, Mark Hammond has worked as a director, producer and writer of film and television for the past 30 years. Mr. Hammond has extensive experience in putting together international co-productions including the feature documentaries: “The Silent Invasion”, (1989); “Mini-Dragons”, (1993); “In No Uncertain Terms”, (1996); “Pharmacide” (2012); “Red, Blue, Deport” (2022); “Zero Zone” (2023). From 2008–2018 Mr. Hammond worked as a director for the World Health Organization producing documentaries on an array of public health issues, migrant labor, fake medicine, and the challenges of containing and treating various tropical diseases. Production partners included WHO (wpro), WHO (searo), USAID, Kenan Foundation, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jacques Chirac Foundation, US Pharmacopeia, Meta-House, et al.

Mr. Hammond co-produced the Jamaican feature film production “One Love” (2003), a romantic drama starring Bob Marley’s son, Ky-Mani Marley. He also produced the multiple award-winning short films, such as “Driving Fish and Waves”, a UK/Italian co-production starring Peter Mullen and Lorenza Indovina. He also produced “L’Amour Caché”, a French-language feature starring Isabelle Huppert and Greta Scacchi, which premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival. More recently he completed “The Traitor” (2017), a 1971-set political thriller filmed on location in Ukraine.

“Zero Zone” is his newest feature documentary.