Education
City College of New New York University of Texas at Austin. Jesuit High School.
City College of New New York University of Texas at Austin. Jesuit High School.
He is the brother of director, writer, and actor Jay Duplass. Together, the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions, and have directed films such as The Puffy Chair (2005), Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2012). Mark and Jay co-created the Home Box Office television series Togetherness in 2015.
The two brothers later wrote, directed, and produced the films Baghead (2008) and Cyrus (2010) together and have a unique style which consists of a great deal of ad-libbing off of the original script, shooting a number of takes, and editing scenes down 15 to 20 times.
Their films Jeff, Who Lives at Home and The Do-Deca-Pentathlon were released in 2012. In 2015, the Home Box Office series Togetherness debuted, which was created by and stars Duplass.
That same year, Duplass co-starred with Evan Peters and Olivia Wilde in David Gelb"s thriller film The Lazarus Effect.