Mark Alexander Herz was born September 24 1976 in the city of Orange California and was raised in Los Angeles. His father was a professional soccer player from Germany, and his mother a hairstylist from Poland. Mark learned both foreign languages quite fluently from years of schooling and frequent summer European travels . He was constantly filming family events and travels with the camcorder as a child. He lived for two years in southern Germany where he played soccer trying to follow in his father's footsteps. After returning to Los Angeles, Mark first set foot on the Steven Spielberg film...
