About

Mark Arbitrario is an award-winning television editor and producer and drone pilot with two decades of experience — spanning Emmy-winning broadcast television to AI-generated animation and vertical-first social content. He is the recipient of a 2026 Telly Award in Directing for Outstanding Television.

TELEVISION & BROADCAST

Mark began his career editing Emmy-winning series The Voice, Survivor, and The Contender, and has worked across every major broadcast/cable network plus Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Peacock, and YouTube. He is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild and has cut The Weakest Link, American Gladiators as well as docudramas such as Selling Sunset, Love Island USA and competition sports for the WWE. Mark transitioned to producing and directing and often produces and edits on the same show. He was Executive Producer and Director of Asia's Next Top Model 4.

MODERN & EMERGING MEDIA

Mark has directed vertical dramas for activewear and lifestyle brands, produced corporate social media videos, and creates longer-form YouTube content for brand clients. He has integrated AI animation using Higgsfield AI into his workflow for faster, cost-efficient stylized visuals . He also runs a YouTube channel teaching cinematic film production with FPV drones to over 33,000 followers.

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION

For Korea, Mark directed the unscripted show, Money Game, for Naver based off the popular Webtoon. He is familiar with the K-Pop ecosystem and also created a executive produced the series, Short Notice for CJ Entertainment/Mnet.

In Singapore, for Fremantle Media Asia, Mark directed Asia's Next Top Model 4, How Do I Look Asia? featuring Jeannie Mai and Canon Photo Face-Off, and produced Asia's Got Talent (Best Format Adaptation, 20th Asian TV Awards). In international modeling competitions, he directed Elite New Face: for Elite Model Management and Look of the Year for Star. Mark was also the Supervising Producer for the documentary, The House of Dancing Water: Uncovered, the world famous show at the City of Dreams.

CINEMATIC DRONE & FPV PILOT

Mark has his FAA Part 107 license and piloted on Broadcast shows: World's Toughest Race on Amazon and The Contender. He has 5 years experience in FPV and is versed in Betaflight and ESC software along with PID tuning and Blackbox Analysis and an understanding of UAV components.

TECHNICAL PROFIECIENCY

Expert in Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, CapCut, Photoshop, After Effects.

AFFILIATIONS

Producers Guild of America • Motion Picture Editors Guild • Television Academy • FAA Part 107