---
name: "Mark Piznarski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-piznarski"
fi1m_id: "mark-piznarski"
imdb_id: "nm0686184"
tmdb_id: 1219210
wikidata_id: "Q3294204"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:54:59.194866+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mark Piznarski

## Identity

Mark Piznarski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-piznarski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-piznarski
- **IMDb ID:** nm0686184
- **TMDB ID:** 1219210
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3294204
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Piznarski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3294204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219210

Director. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 1993–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Ami Canaan Mann](https://film.one/person/ami-canaan-mann.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Jason Katims](https://film.one/person/jason-katims.md), [Patrick Norris](https://film.one/person/patrick-r-norris.md), [Scott Winant](https://film.one/person/scott-winant.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 85 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Piznarski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3294204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219210

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Veronica Mars*](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mark Piznarski is an American film and television director and producer. He is an alumnus of the University of Northern Colorado and began directing in the mid-1980s.

He has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Veronica Mars* (2004), *Everwood* (2002), *Friday Night Lights* (2006), *Gossip Girl* (2007), *90210* (2008), *iZombie* (2015), *Riverdale* (2017) and *Madam Secretary* (2014). His feature-film work includes the theatrical release *Here on Earth* (2000) and television films such as *The '60s* (1999) and *Soccer Moms* (2005). He also wrote and directed the 2006 film *Looking for Sunday*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *My So-Called Life* (1994), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-so-called-life.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Riverdale* (2017), series, Director
- *Good Behavior* (2016), series, Director
- *Pure Genius* (2016), series, Director
- *iZombie* (2015), series, Director
- *Madam Secretary* (2014), series, Director
- *Red Band Society* (2014), series, Director
- *Crisis* (2014), series, Director
- *Sundays at Tiffany's* (2010), Director
- *To Love and Die* (2008), Director
- *90210* (2008), series, Director
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director
- *Gossip Girl* (2007), series, Director
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Huff* (2004), series, Director
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, Director
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Director
- *Here on Earth* (2000), Director
- *Once and Again* (1999), series, Director
- *The '60s* (1999), Director
- *The '60s* (1999), series, Director
- *Relativity* (1996), series, Director
- *Death Benefit* (1996), Director
- *My So-Called Life* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-so-called-life.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *About Last Night...* (1986), Second Second Assistant Director

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