MARK BELTZMAN has been acting, writing, and directing since 1981. He is the Co-Founder of Maui Improv in 2014 and also one of the founding members of Improv Olympic in Chicago where he worked with the legendary group, Barons Barracudas. Mark has worked and directed at the famed Second City in Chicago. He directed many improvisational and theatrical productions at Second City in Chicago and Los Angeles, including the Second City Alumni Jam. He was also instructor/ director at The Second City Training Center, Improv Olympic West and the Upfront Comedy Showcase, as well as NYC, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Chicago, and all over the United Kingdom, London, Brighton, Bristol, and Paris, France.

Mark has also acquired a great deal of knowledge about the creative process of producing, writing and directing while performing in such notable productions as: Mo Money, Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, Speed 2, Star Maps, Lovely and Amazing, and Employee of the Month, Factory, Seinfeld, Rosanne, Norm, Curb Your Enthusiasm, According to Jim, Cold Case, House, True Jackson VP, The Young and the Restless, Pretty Little Liars, Life in Pieces, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Magnum P.I., NCIS: Hawaii, Lilo & Stitch 2025.