Mark L. Smith
Mark L. Smith | |
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Occupation | Screenwriter, film director |
Years active | 2006–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 | ||
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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
- Mark Smith Talks New Untitled Platinum Dunes / Room 101 Project
- Mark Smith Talks Untitled Paramount/Platinum Dunes Feature
- 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.
- 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.
- McNary, Dave (December 21, 2017). "Quentin Tarantino's 'Star Trek' Finds Writer in 'The Revenant' Scribe". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2020.