Mark Spano – Ghostwriter

Mark Spano’s feature documentary Sicily: Land of Love and Strife released in 2018 has had a limited theatrical release in the US and Canada. It was warmly received at the Toronto Italian Film Festival and has aired on selected public television stations and in E.U. markets. He has also published a companion book to his film. Both are available on amazon.com.

Mark recently produced a short video tribute to Sicily during the COVID-19 pandemic entitled Dreaming of Sicily. He is presently developing two film projects, one on the participation of African-American soldiers in the Civil War and another on Sicilian wines.

Mark’s novel, a page-turning murder mystery entitled Midland Club, was recently published by Thunderfoot Press. Midland Club has received two awards and significant critical acclaim. In January 2018, he adapted Midland Club for the screen at an artist’s residency in Seaside, Florida. He is presently putting together a development team for the film “Midland Club.”

Mark is also is a contributing editor for the online magazine Times of Sicily. His fiction and reviews frequently appear in Ovunque Siamo. A current list of all the short fiction, nonfiction articles, and book reviews that Mark has had published is available on his website( under the heading “Short Works.”

For more than 12 years, he has operated his own business, Mark Spano Communications, Inc., through which he produced “Carolina Countryside,” a weekly public television series. After airing across North Carolina, Discovery Home and Leisure picked up the series for national broadcast.

Mark Spano also produced, directed, and written a variety of broadcast television programs including:
“The Quality of Light: A Biography of Claude Howell,”
A television series in cooperation with Preservation North Carolina,
Several successful pledge specials for public television,
Live events for television,
Corporate marketing videos,
A variety of television and radio spots for retail advertising, political candidates, and public service announcements.
For the greater portion of his career, Spano has been actively engaged in securing funding for film, television, community, and art projects.

Mark Spano holds advanced degrees from the American University in Washington DC and Marymount University in Arlington Virginia. Spano is a frequent lecturer on Sicily, film history, and literature. He holds both US and Italian citizenship.