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Vision

To exude our talents: acting, writing, directing, and producing in such a way that humanity will respond. We will create characters that leave an impression, writing that give dreams a voice, and directing/producing that gives an imagination a face. We are committed to tell stories through artistic eyes from a different point of view.

Mission

Our mission is to Provide Opportunities in entertainment with Purpose and Intent to Make Assurance of an overall goal with Respect and eXcellence.

Marcus Freeman is an actor, writer, director, producer and founder of PopiMarx Productions. He started acting at the age of eight.  As a latched key kid, he was a part of the after school program at MacGregor Elementary School in Houston, Texas. He signed up for Drama, thinking it was ceramics and fell in love with it. But it wasn’t until college after being cast in his professor’s play, Sisterly Love that he truly pursued it. Marcus started out in many local productions, community and regional theatres such as The Ensemble Theatre.

 

Marcus also worked as an assistant teacher for The Ensemble Theatre’s summer program for kids from 1999 to 2000 as well as a Stage Manager for Express Children’s Theatre. He also staged managed for plays such as Love and Fire and No Soldier Left Behind.

Marcus honed his chops and finally got an agent where he expanded his craft into commercials such as Mike Calvert Toyota, Captain D’s, recently Gillman Subaru, as well as industrials, and films such as The MC Hammer Story, Deceitful Storm, American Nightmare, Thug Life, and King of the World.

His acting coach/mentor, Charnele Brown who portrayed Kimberly Reese on the sitcom, A Different World encouraged him to write, though Marcus wanted to stick with acting he gave it a shot. He began using his life as well as acting experiences and putting them on paper then after many attempts in 2011 Marcus completed his first short screen play, Sneakin and the stage play My Daughter My Child. Other works include short screen plays Mate Builders, Trump, and At the Right Time. One act plays Four Men and a Letter, The Lottery and A Day at the Office.

 

He then utilized his talents for church ministries and afterschool programs writing such works as Ruthie and the Angel, A Rose out of Concrete, Communication, The Empty Egg and Empowerment. Marcus then created his own production company, PopiMarx Productions, a creative arts company which focuses on acting, writing and directing.

In 2012, Marcus decided to get back into acting appearing in the inspirational stage play, Love and Fire and in 2015, Worn out Soles. In 2013, Marcus directed and produced a short film he wrote called The Prank which premiered on August 28, 2015 to rave reviews and was selected to the Clutch Film Festival in 2017 and Houston Shorts Film Festival in 2018. The film is currently streaming on Amazon and AfroLandTV.

In March 2016, Marcus directed a short film parody called America's Least Wanted: Side Pieces based on toniwo's book, The Side Piece Handbook. In June 2016, Marcus directed and performed in a stage play he wrote called, The Robinsons. In 2017 Marcus directed and produced a new cooking show called, Culinary Conversations: Layers, Colors, Flavors. The show stars three African-American Chefs and a Food Blogger and streams on AfroLandTV.

In June of 2018, Marcus will direct/produce two short films he wrote called The Agency and Random Fate. 

“Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I’d say that film is the sculpting of time.”

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