Mark Langthorne

Mark Langthorne was born August 4th 1962, Northallerton North Yorkshire, the sixth child of Alec and Sylvia Langthorne. He went to secondary school in Thirsk, and onward to Harrogate Arts College before embarking on his move to London.

Career
In the 1980's he worked in publishing, and throughout the early nineties promoted clubs, opening London's infamous Soho bar, Freedom

In the 1990's Mark began his career in Artist Management, working with the Icelandic band Lhooq, and then with the British singer Marc Almond , whom remains one of his longest standing clients to date. Mark continues to work within the Music Industry with a variety of Artists and on a number of different projects.

He also worked in Art Styling and Video Direction in the nineties, and it is in this period that he met Roland Mouret, whose career he would go on to manage in Fashion – Roland and Mark still work very closely to this day

Over the last decade Mark has worked as a Consultant to Simon Fuller, originally at 19 Entertainment Ltd and most recently at XIX Entertainment Ltd, and has involvement with various fashion ventures, including the Joint Venture between Roland Mouret and Simon Fuller.

Langthorne is Creative Director to several artists including Annie Lennox, whom he Directed 'Dark Road' for, and continues to work creatively with Annie on her upcoming projects

Furthermore Mark is Producing Feature Films and is also writing his first novel. In 2010 Mark set up his own Film, TV and Publishing company, LAB Entertainment, which allows him to explore the breadth of these mediums.