THE LIFE AND MIND OF MARK DEFRIEST

consulting editor

Once known as Houdini for his multiple and improbable jailbreaks, Mark DeFriest was condemned to Florida’s toughest prison after a lone psychiatrist declared he was faking mental illness. When that doctor reaches out 30 years later, DeFriest finds an unlikely ally willing to examine his infamous past and offer new insights to the Parole Commission.

http://defriest.com

*2014 Los Angeles Film Festival Official Selection
*2014 DOC NYC Official Selection
*Winner, Top Ten Audience Favourite, 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
*Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 2014 Lone Star Film Festival 
director Gabriel London