Mark L. Smith

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Mark L. Smith
OccupationScreenwriter, film director
Years active2006–present

Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter.

Career

He wrote and directed the 2006 film Séance, which won the Festival Prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. Since then he has worked as a screenwriter. Smith's writing credits include the 2007 horror film Vacancy and its prequel, Vacancy 2: The First Cut,[1] and the 2009 Joe Dante film The Hole.[2] Together with Alejandro González Iñárritu, he co-wrote The Revenant, based in part on the novel of the same name by Michael Punke. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter. Shooting began in September 2014. The film was released on December 25, 2015.

Smith was hired by Paramount to write the script for the fourth film in the rebooted Star Trek series in December 2017.[3]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Credited as Notes
Writer Director Other
2006 Séance Yes Yes No
2007 Vacancy Yes No No
2008 Vacancy 2: The First Cut Yes No No
2009 The Hole Yes No No
2015 Martyrs Yes No No
2015 The Revenant Yes No No Co-written with Alejandro González Iñárritu
2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard No No Yes Extra special thanks
2018 Overlord Yes No No Co-written with Billy Ray
2020 The Midnight Sky Yes No No
TBA Untitled Star Trek Project [4][5] Yes No No

References
  1. Mark Smith Talks New Untitled Platinum Dunes / Room 101 Project
  2. Mark Smith Talks Untitled Paramount/Platinum Dunes Feature
  3. Fleming Jr, Mike (December 21, 2017). "Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Firms The Revenant Writer Mark L. Smith As Screenwriter". Deadline. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. Sharf, Zack (January 14, 2020). "Quentin Tarantino Hints at 'Star Trek' Exit: 'I Don't Think I'm Going to Direct It'". IndieWire. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. McNary, Dave (December 21, 2017). "Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' Finds Writer in 'The Revenant' Scribe". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2020.


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