Mark Hancock

Mark Hancock is Associate Producer and appears in two award-winning documentaries about "The Wave" social experiment in extremism, first Lesson Plan (2010); and then The Invisible Line (2019) with History Channel, Germany. In addition, he worked with and appeared in the German History Channel film Total Control - Im Bann der Seelenfänger (2018). Mark also supports other film projects with contemporary cultural themes, along with emerging filmmakers. Mark was a student at Cubberley High School in California in the original 1967 history class experiment in fascism called "The Third Wave" (now known simply as "The Wave" and "Die Welle"), taught by Ron Jones. With six movies and a best-selling book based on this class (as well as plays and musicals), the Wave story is used in classrooms around the world to show students the elements, appeal and dangers of extremism. As the Wave story historian, Mark speaks at film festivals, schools, theater productions and organizations worldwide. Mark is a PhD Candidate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Gratz College; and holds a Master's in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University, and BA in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley.