bio

Marc caught the film bug while sitting in a friend’s dark living room watching “John Carpenter’s The Thing”. By the time the lights came back on he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up - a filmmaker. Not long after, Marc talked his dad into buying a Super 8 camera, projector and splicer, and started making films with his friends.
Marc went on to study film at Humber College in Toronto, and then attended The New York Film Academy’s inaugural first year, where he was the only Canadian amongst an international student body.

Marc has spent the last 10 years working as an assistant editor on TV series', several TV movies and feature films. Marc has directed, written and edited the short films “Dear Barry”, “Dead Clown”, “Sweet Tooth” which won 3rd Prize at the 24hr Toronto Film Challenge in 2006 and "Alchemy", a Mobifest and Wildsound Feedback Film Festival winner .
He has also worked closely with fellow Toronto filmmaker Mark Sanders and together wrote and produced "The Hardest Job", which won a Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston Film Festival 2008. Marc also cut Mark's Bravofact "Boyfriend Latte", also screening at Worldfest-Houston where Marc won a Remi for Best Editing.
Marc has created a new company called Red Sneakers Media with his "Alchemy" co-producer/actor Ron Basch. Their latest film REMOTE is now out to festivals and has screened at Great River Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival where it won a PLATINUM REMI for Best Short Screenplay, Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in LA, Seattle True Independent Film Festival where it won a "Edge of Your Seat" STIFFY award and the Nickel Independent Film Festival.

The Final Trailer for REMOTE:


Here's a PROMO we shot for MOBIFEST's 2008 Fest:


You can also check out the trailer for our latest short film "Cellar":


Check out both of the blog posts related to Marc!
Mobifest and Red Sneakers Media at the Bite TV Studio
Lunch at Fynn's with Marc Roussel

tools

Sony XDCAM EX PMW-EX1
Final Cut Pro
Treo 755p