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Mark Munk Ross is a Jardwadjali/Wotjobulak man who has been working in the music industry for 40 years. Mark has a production house known as Munk Funk Productions. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame for his contribution to First Nations music. He has also been nominated several times thoughout the years at the Deadly Awards. For decades Munk has been producing, writing songs, mentoring & working with countless artists & bands in Australia & internationally including some of the world’s biggest artists. Munk is also a revered mixing & mastering engineer with his own mixing & mastering studio. He also plays bass, rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards and drums. From 1987 till 1990, Mark worked at Festival Records as part of the production team working on many recordings including Warumpi Band's Go Bush album. Munk is also a producer at Yil Lul Studios at the ANU School of Music in Canberra, including the Space To Create program. He was previously a producer/engineer at Kameygal Studios for many years. Since 2013, Mark has been producing and co-writing songs internationally including multiple hit singles. He has worked with various artists over the last 40 years including Blackpink, Beyonce, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Vitamin A, Toni Janke, Canisha, Rob Hirst, Fred Leone, Jimblah, L-FRESH the Lion, Yothu Yindi, Nabarlek Band, Thirsty Merc, Grinspoon, Hard-Ons, Microwave Jenny, Pat Powell, Shellie Morris, Stiff Gins, Poppy Kelly, Bang Sue Electrix, Yellow Fang, The Foolest, Zeadala, Gii Music, Daniel Johns, Anne Kirkpatrick, Eric Grothe Jnr, Heathermae, Wilma Reading, Warren H. Williams, South West Syndicate, his cousin Kutcha Edwards and a host of others. Mark was also a feature composer on ABC Classical, being part of the ARIA nominated Ngarra Burria Indigenous Composers program. Mark was awarded the Ensemble Offspring composer in residence for 2025-26. Since 2006, he has hosted various programs on 93.7FM Koori Radio, ABC Radio, Channel V, Deadly Sounds & won a Community Broadcasting Asscoiation of Australia award in 2008. Mark is also a visual artist at Munkimuk Arts, having been a feature artist for both Google (Lionel Rose tribute) and YouTube (NAIDOC 22). Munk has also worked on community educational projects for many years. Creating, mentoring and working on various events. As a B-Boy, Munk has been breakdancing since 1982/3 and still is active.