Mark Orner:
CLASS OF 1973

Bunnell High SchoolClass of 1973
Stratford, CT
University of Massachusetts - CommunicationsClass of 1994
Amherst, MA
Southern Connecticut State UniversityClass of 1984
New haven, CT
Wooster Middle SchoolClass of 1969
Stratford, CT
Garden Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Stratford, CT
Mark's Story
I always wanted to be a pilot when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a dangerous idea. As it turns out, they were wrong and proud of me when I earned my wings.
Best way to relax is to listen to music or play one of my guitars or go fly fishing on the Snake River in Idaho for cutthroat trout. There's another place I love to go and relax and that's Tilloo Cay in the Abaco Sound of the Bahamas. There's nobody to be seen all day and to drop anchor and skinny dip snorkel is a blast.
Wildest thing I ever did in school I still cannot tell.
My inspiration comes from my father, who was the best man I ever knew. I miss him more than I can ever say.
I live in Orange CT. It's a great town and near everything. I have wonderful neighbors and the dogs love the acre of yard to run and play.
I have an obsession for collies. I have two from the same breeder. One is a Blue Merle named Katie and the other is a Tricolor called Wilsie. They both share the same grandparents. I also love Shelties. Had two of them. One was Shelby and the other Emma.
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the biggest surprises in my life was to discover my talent for university teaching. I graduated first in my major during Undergraduate and continued on to my Master's and then my Doctorate. I teach scriptwriting, documentary production, multi-camera studio switched production, single camera film style production, and created a course in nature documentary production. I wrote the most extensive text on nature documentary history dating from the beginning of the film medium to current day. For many years I worked as a freelance writer and production member. Eventually I decided to share my talents with others. I love teaching at the university level and many of my students have gone on to win Emmy's and one has won best editor at Sundance Film Festival. Now as a tenured senior faculty I have the flexibility to move into other areas of production. The most interesting area is my current involvement in health communication production. My goal is to make life easier for patients, hospital staff, and physicians through the use of this medium.
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