Mark Watters is a six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor whose diverse career spans 400 television episodes, feature films, DVDs and video games. Mark holds the distinction of serving as music director for two Olympics ('96 & '02) and in 2002, Mark was asked by John Williams to co-conduct the Academy Awards. Mark is the director of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media, named after Eastman alum and Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal.