Career
He is best known as the creator/director of Yakkity Yak (2002/2003), an Australian/Canadian co-production. Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie, He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon Network production of Casper"s Scare School. Gravas also co-owns the creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia.
Mark has lived in Sydney Australia for most of his life.
He left school at the end of year 10 and studied fine art, and later graphic design at Randwick Tafe. He traveled to London in his 20s and worked at various animation studios.
He directed a short film for Nickelodeon Ego from Mars in 1999 and also worked with Bradley Trevor Grieve BTG on Agent Green. Mark created, designed and directed Yakkity Yak a 52 x 11 mins children"s television series for Music Television Networks International in 2003.
He designed and directed Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie in 2005 and Casper"s Scare School in 2006.
He co-created (and designed and directed) CJ the DJ with Stu Connolly, a 52 x 11 mins children"s television series shown on American Broadcasting Company 3 in 2009. Mark has also designed and directed music videos including Everyone Seems to be Out to Get You selected for Annecy Animation Festival and Tickle shown at Pictoplasma Berlin 2013.