Marcus Nispel is a German feature film director and producer, as well as a director of television commercials and music videos. He started a production company with partner Anouk (Frankel) Nora Portfolio Artists Network which later merged with RSA (Ridley Scott Associates) Black Dog Films to form Portfolio/Black Dog. He also worked at RSA as a commercial director for several years.
In 2015, Nispel directed the ghost exorcism film Exeter, formerly titled Backmask.