Ken Mask is a novelist, filmmaker, and doctor who graduated with Honors in Philosophy and Art from UNC – Chapel Hill and Duke University where he received his Medical Degree. His travels to CA, NY City, New Orleans and Europe amalgamated into two recent notable films – “The Opera Game” and “Building Minds with Chess” which won the prestigious Programmer’s Award in the Short category at the 76th Annual 2023 Cannes Film Festival.