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Mark Achbar

Co-Founder at Invisible Hand Productions

Mark Achbar (born 1955) is a Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Speakables, a Vancouver technology startup developing speech-to-text devices to aid the deaf and hard of hearing and people working in noisy environments. He is best known for directing The Corporation (2003) — the all-time top-grossing feature documentary made in Canada — and Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992). He is also an a...

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Roles

  • Co-Founder
  • Filmmaker

Organizations

  • Invisible Hand Productions
  • Speakables

Locations

  • Vancouver, BC

Tags

  • accessibility
  • documentary
  • film
  • speech-to-text
  • vancouver