About the screenplay writer, Mark Davis Pickup

Mark Davis Pickup is a graduate of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology,  Radio and Television Arts program, majoring in television writing. He worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as both a television commercial writer and a current affairs writer. His articles have appeared in publications such as the National Post newspaper (Canada), the  Human Life Review (New York),  Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia), The  Calgary Herald,  Edmonton Journal, Celebrate Life (Stafford Virginia), and numerous online publications. Mark writes a Christian prolife blog HumanLifeMatters which has over 1,300,000 hits.

Mark wrote, narrated and hosted the 2001 television documentary  To Be, Or Not To Be ― The Human Family. This broadcast quality half-hour program was produced at the state-of-the-art television facilities of Crossroads Communications in Toronto. It was broadcast widely by EWTN and other community cable networks across America and Canada. Now he's collaborating with the brilliant film producer Drew Martin, CEO of Mighty Motion Pictures to make TRANSCEND.

Speaking

Mark Davis Pickup has spoken across North America warning against accepting euthanasia and assisted suicide. He has addressed politicians in Canada and the United States, churches and denominational leaders, universities, high schools and community groups, hospital medical staffs, local, state and provincial pro-life conventions as well as keynote speaker to U.S. National Right to Life Prayer Breakfasts (2001, 2005, and 2010). He has appeared on innumerable radio and television programs warning against a cultural drift toward euthanasia acceptance. Mark has spoken to many audiences about a Christian perspective on suffering.  He has received numerous awards for his work including the Monsignor Bill Irwin Award for Ethical Excellence and a Governor General’s Medal for community service (Queen Elizabeth's official representive to Canada)