ROOFTOP PICTURES
Production Service
For Film and TV
For Seoul and South Korea
About
ROOFTOP PICTURES was founded by Mark Siegmund in 2024, to provide production service to international film productions planning to shoot in Korea, and Korean film productions planning to shoot outside Korea.
During his over 20 years working in Korean film industry, Mark has gathered experience as production coordinator/fixer, production and location manager, researcher and translator for scripted and non-scripted content for big screen as well as TV. From 2007 to 2015, he was in charge of supporting international productions shooting in Seoul at Seoul Film Commission. In 2015, he joined the Korea Film Commissions & Industry Network to build up the international department there. From 2016, he was part of the BODA Media Group and its production service branch Cine Everywhere. From 2022 until 2023, Mark worked under the roof of Flying Tiger Pictures.
He worked on projects for NETFLIX, HBO, Discovery Network, JTBC, MBC, arte, ZDF, NPO, YLE, BBC.
Testimonials
Mark has been pivotal to preparing, coordinating, translating, and navigating us to meetings with producers in Seoul since 2018. He knows the industry players in commercials, features, TV, and streamers, and how to secure meetings criss-crossing town with precision. His local industry insights have improved our understanding of the South Korean media industry and positioned us to generate new business. We’re looking forward to our next visit.
Michael Moffett and Cristina Mateo-Yanguas
Production Service Network
Working with Mark as our producer for two 45-minute documentaries on South Korea for Arte in 2023 was a delight. He was reliable, highly competent in terms of content, team-oriented, highly organized, cost-conscious, and always in a good mood. It couldn't have gone any better. We could never have managed four weeks of continuous filming across the entire country without him. I found his friendly and empathetic approach to the protagonists particularly remarkable.
Nicola Graef
CEO and Director, Graef Screen Productions
I was looking for somebody who knew the Korean film industry well. I got to know Mark, who turned out to be a perfect match: within only 3 days, he perfectly managed to squeeze in as many meetings with relevant players in the industry as the logistics of such a big city would allow. I can't wait to work with him again.
Einar Tómasson
Film Commissioner, Film in Iceland
Thanks to Mark, we were able to finish the shoot in Ireland for our JTBC drama Reflection of You safely and without much difficulty, despite the extremely challenging circumstances for overseas filming due to COVID in 2021.
Na-Hyun CHO
Executive Producer, Celltrion Entertainment
An extra warm-hearted thank you for all the work Mark has done for Kamikaze since I first reached out in 2019. If we hadn't had such precise, thorough, and dedicated help from his side, I am sure we would have been very frustrated in this whole COVID situation with all the uncertainty and changed plans. We have always felt very safe and confident with Mark as our contact in Seoul: every time we ask a question, a well-thought-out and well-researched answer came back. I want to personally thank him for accepting the challenge of being in front of the Korean shoot of Kamikaze – such a well-organised and ambitious job, and the result was just perfect. If we ever need to film in South Korea again, we promise that we will be in touch.
Ditte Milsted
Producer & CEO, Profile Pictures
Service
ROOFTOP PICTURES provides a wide range of production services for feature and documentary film, theatrical an TV/streamer.
Production coordination
Production management
Location scouting/location management
Content research
Translation/interpretation
Work
ON IMDB
Year | Work |
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2023 | Production Service Network Korea Promotion Tour Coordinator and Translator South Korea: Natural Treasure Documentary / Germany (in post-production) Production Manager Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Foreign Press Coordinator Modern Pets Documentary / Germany (in development) Researcher Korea |
2022 | Driving Plates Seoul Metropolitan Area shoot Location Coordinator Film in Iceland Korea Promotion Tour Coordinator and Translator Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Foreign Press Coordinator Seoul Searching Feature Singapore (in development) Location Scouting Coordinator Heat of Barbarism Fiction series / South Korea (discontinued) Production coordinator Russia Untitled YBE Project Documentary / USA (discontinued) Research South Korea Thomas Feature / South Korea (in production) Translation sceenplay |
2021 | Sinan with Magnum Photos: Mark Power, Bruce Gilden Documentary series / South Korea (MBC) Production Manager The Quiet Migration Feature / Denmark (Berlinale) Location Scouting (initial location scouting) Reflection of You Fiction series / South Korea (JTBC/Netflix) Production Coordinator Ireland |
2020 | Kamikaze Fiction series / Denmark, USA (HBO Nordic) Producation Manager / Location Manager South Korea Divided and Dividing Documentary, South Korea (MBC) Production Manager Remember Me Documentary series, South Korea/China (MBC) Production Manager episode ‘Crested Ibis’ ABOVE AND BELOW – How Cities can grow Sustainably Documentary series / Germany (BR/ARTE) Location Manager |
2019 | Save and Quit? Documentary Finland (YLE) Production Coordinator / Translator / Subtitles 1989 Berlin, Seoul Now Documentary / South Korea (DMZ Int'l Documentary Film Festival) Production Manager Smiling Jockey Documentary / Brazil, South Korea (It’s All True – Int'l Documentary Festival) Production Manager South Korea |
2018 | I’m A Legend Documentary / South Korea (MBC) Production Manager Foodmakers Go Global - Episode 'Sauerkraut and Kimchi' Documentary series/ Italy, Germany (ARTE/MDR) Production Manager South Korea Meet the Millennials Documentary series / The Netherlands Location Manager Seoul |
2017 | Beauty and the Feast Documentary / Singapore (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific) Production Manager / Production Coordinator Dollar Heroes Documentary / Germany, South Korea, Denmark (ARTE/BBC) Field Producer South Korea Home Away from Home – The world of Do Ho Suh Documentary / The Netherlands (NPO AVROTROS) Coordinator Jungle School Documentary / South Korea (MBC) Production Manager Beyond the ZOO Documentary / South Korea (MBC) Production Manager The Primate Citizen Documentary / South Korea (in post-production) Production Manager Vanishing Asia Documentary series / USA, Hong Kong (Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific) Production Coordinator |
2016 | Stammering Ballad Documentary / China, South Korea Post Production Manager God BLISS Our Home Documentary / The Philippines, South Korea Post Production Manager The Return Hybrid documentary / Denmark Co-Producer / Production Manager / Location Manager The Run Documentary / Germany (ZDF) Production Coordinator / Research South Korea / Translator Dus Ik ben TV Reality Show / The Netherlands (NPO) Coordinator |
Contact
@: [email protected]
Mobile/Whatsapp/Telegram: +82-10-6323-3892
SKYPE: mark_siegmund