Marque Case Chantal
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Marque Chantal is an ex-Police Officer who was obsessed with the film
industry and the art of filmmaking. During his time at the Hidalgo
County Police Academy, Marque finished #4 in his graduating class and
scored # 23 in the history of Texas Police Officer's on the state wide
Police Officer's exam. Marque began his career as a Deputy Constable in
Hidalgo County Texas. Within one year he rose to the position of Asst.
Chief Deputy Constable. After two years with the Constable Department,
Marque was recruited by the Pharr City Police Department. Marque worked
seven months as a patrolman then tested for detective. Marque scored
highest of all those that tested and was promoted to the Pharr Police
department C.I.D. Division. He was also a member of the departments
volunteer S.W.A.T. Team and had advanced Anti Terrorist Tactical
Training. In 1985 Marque took an option for early retirement from the
police department and moved to California to begin a career in the film
industry. Marque started working as a make-up artist and hair
stylist.He worked for Rick Baker, the first make-up artist to ever win
an academy award. He worked for Tony Gardner, Gabe Bartolis and others
creating special effects makeup for big budget and low budget film and
television projects. Marque went from doing make-up FX to building
miniatures for studio films. During his time as an FX artist he was
often asked to build miniatures and create special FX for lower budget
films. Part of his deal doing low budget projects would include being
allowed to work as a producer and second unit director. After several
films as a producer and second unit director, it was a natural
progression for Marque to begin producing & directing his own projects.
Marque has successfully written, produced and directed two of his own
screenplays and produced and directed another screenplay written by
someone else. Two of his films have been distributed at the three major
film markets and have been aired on pay cable. The third is scheduled
to be released soon. Besides the scripts he's written, Marque has
produced four other feature film projects as well as producing and
directing 12 music videos, 4 commercials, and five television projects.
Marque has three completed screenplays available for production, two
action adventure & one psychological thriller, as well as three
episodes of a 1/2 hour "shock" comedy show. Because of Marque's
experience as a police officer, his attention to detail and character
development is refreshing. He has a very quick wit and a sarcastic
sense of humor which is reflected in his work. His scripts are a
combination of intense action, compelling drama, and sarcastic humor.
For 2 & 1/2 years Marque acted as the supervising producer and C.E.O.
for an independent film and music studio located in Palmdale Ca.
(1997-1999). The studio was sold to developers in 1999. In November of
1999 until January 2001 Marque worked as supervising producer and
C.E.O. for The Stogie Group, an independent film and music studio in
San Diego Ca. Marque has supervised as many as seventy plus employees
during his time as studio C.E.O. and has been responsible for the
production and completion of features, television projects, music
video's, and music production. Marque is also a published poet and
worked as the writer of a regular column for Garage Band Magazine.