He is a member of AMPAS, co-founder of Electric South & Encounters Documentary Festival and the founder of the African Screen Network.
[16] In 2008, he produced the acclaimed feature documentary Behind the Rainbow on South Africa's ruling party, directed by Jihan El-Tahri[17] for ZDF/Arte, SBS, SVT, VPRO, SABC and ITVS (USA).
In 2009 Markovitz completed the documentary omnibus Congo in Four Acts which travelled to over 50 festivals including Berlin,[19] IDFA, Hot Docs 2010; and the documentary State of Mind, directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, investigating trauma and healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[20] Markovitz co-produced the Congolese-French-Belgium crime thriller Viva Riva!,[21] directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2010[22] and Berlin International Film Festival 2011 and won the MTV Movie Award for Best African Movie.
He is a founding member of the Independent Producers Organisation and has sat on various international film juries and selection panels, including Cinemart, Rotterdam,[32] IDFA Bertha Fund[33] and Silverdocs.