
Mark Ellinger is an American composer raised in Ohio. Ellinger met and became friends with filmmaker Curt McDowell while studying at the San Francisco Art Institute. Between 1971 and 1987, he taught classes at the Art Institute and the Academy of Art. He worked as a recording engineer, sound designer, electronics technician, composer and actor on various independent films. In 1982, he opened the 16-track recording studio Truth and Beauty.

Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974

Beaver Fever
1974

The Devil's Cleavage
1975

Confessions
1972

Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987

Peed Into the Wind
1972

Boggy Depot
1973 · as Mean Brother

True Blue and Dreamy
1974

Pornogra Follies
1970

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"
1973

Siamese Twin Pinheads
1972

Dora Myrtle
1973

Lunch
1972 · as Dave Powers

Thundercrack!
1975 · as Charlie Hammond

Resurrection of Eve
1973 · as Swinger