Mark Rand Gustafson

Nov 2, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Guillermo del Toro |Mark Rand Gustafson |Alex Vo

One easy way to get that Best Picture win at the Oscars? Spend your burgeoning directing career on strange and grotesque genre pictures, then hook up with a major studio to work on Lord of the Rings, with hundreds of millions of dollars in budget. Obviously! It worked for Peter Jackson, whose Dead Alive and Meet the Feebles movies did little to suggest he would one day get the gold trophy for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Mar 17, 2023 | storybicycles.com | Mark Rand Gustafson

Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are becoming increasingly popular as a way to get around town, commute to work, or simply enjoy a leisurely ride. Some people worry that e-bikes are "cheating" and that riders are not getting as much exercise as traditional bike riders. However, a recent study suggests that this may not be entirely true.

Feb 17, 2023 | aframe.oscars.org | Mark Rand Gustafson

"I've never had a plan for my career," confesses filmmaker and animator Mark Gustafson. In the early '80s, he landed his first job as a P.A. at pioneering animation house Will Vinton Studios. "When I got that job and I was just sweeping floors and running errands, I thought, 'Well, I've made it! This is it.'""And then you work there and you wind up helping somebody do something, and you do a decent job at that, so they see you differently.

Feb 10, 2023 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Guillermo del Toro |Mark Rand Gustafson |Peter Jackson |Todd Haynes

(Photo by Sony Pictures Classics)There isn’t a whole lot that can be consistently counted on to deliver in this crazy modern world, but Cate Blanchett movies come pretty close.