Mark Vicente
Author, speaker, NXIVM whistleblower and award-winning director Mark Vicente was behind the sleeper hit WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?! Growing up during the Apartheid era in South Africa, Mark learned early on to question fundamental assumptions and beliefs about human behavior. While that curiosity served him well, it also led him into direct contact with truly malignant personalities masquerading as forward-thinking philosophical leaders teaching self-improvement while inflicting unthinkable damage to their followers.
His defection from the NXIVM cult was chronicled in the HBO series THE VOW. Mark and a few courageous whistleblowers exposed the criminal activities of this organization, resulting in multiple arrests and indictments. Mark is currently in production on a number of films including one on Narcissism, called “Empathy Not Included” On his podcast; “WTF is on my Mind?!” he unpacks cults, coercion, trauma, spirituality, science, consciousness and media.
His defection from the NXIVM cult was chronicled in the HBO series THE VOW. Mark and a few courageous whistleblowers exposed the criminal activities of this organization, resulting in multiple arrests and indictments. Mark is currently in production on a number of films including one on Narcissism, called “Empathy Not Included” On his podcast; “WTF is on my Mind?!” he unpacks cults, coercion, trauma, spirituality, science, consciousness and media.