17 Facts About Mark Bunker

Mark Bunker was born on May 23,1956 and is an American politician, broadcast journalist, videographer and documentary filmmaker.

Mark Bunker won a Regional Emmy Award in 2006 from the Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

In 2020, Bunker was elected city councilman for Clearwater Florida's 2nd district, and was selected as vice-mayor on April 4,2023.

Mark Bunker is a critic of the Church of Scientology, having previously worked for Bob Minton and the Lisa McPherson Trust, and is the founder of Xenu TV, a website and YouTube channel featuring videos and commentary critical of Scientology.

Mark Bunker worked for a company doing market research for Hollywood studios, and trained as a video editor with KNBC.

Mark Bunker started Xenu TV in 1999 and moved to Clearwater, Florida, where he produced videos for the Lisa McPherson trust.

Since 2010, Mark Bunker has been producing a feature-length independent documentary film entitled Knowledge Report: Scientology's Spies, Lies, and the Eternity Prize concerning the Church of Scientology.

In 2008, Mark Bunker posted a video to YouTube critical of the Internet-based group "Anonymous" and asked them to tone down their campaign against the Church of Scientology; a movement called "Project Chanology".

Heldal-Lund and Mark Bunker went to Beghe's house, where Beghe participated in an interview about his experiences as a Scientologist.

Mark Bunker published a 3-minute portion of the 3-hour interview to YouTube in mid-April 2008, and in the video Beghe calls Scientology "very dangerous for your spiritual, psychological, mental, emotional health and evolution".

Mark Bunker had posted a 3-minute teaser video about the Beghe interview on his YouTube channel, receiving 595,000 views in just four days.

Mark Bunker was part of a group of five demonstrators walking outside the entrance to Scientology's Gold Base in Hemet, California following a meeting earlier in the day of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors where protesters and church members debated a proposed anti-picketing ordinance.

On June 21,2019, Mark Bunker announced that he would be running for Clearwater City Council in the March 2020 election.

Mark Bunker's campaign was endorsed by Scientology and the Aftermath hosts Leah Remini and Mike Rinder.

On March 17,2020, Mark Bunker was elected to the Clearwater City Council for a four-year term.

Mark Bunker ran for re-election to the Clearwater City Council, and in March 2024 he lost his council seat to Ryan Cotton.

Mark Bunker was born on May 23,1956, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.