Mark L. Smith
Smith is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. His screenwriting credits includes Vacancy (2007), The Revenant (2015), Overlord (2018), The Midnight Sky (2020), The Boys in the Boat (2023), and Twisters (2024), and the TV miniseries American Primeval and Untamed (both 2025).
Mark L. Smith
- Name
- Mark L.
- Birthplace
- Colorado, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Smith is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. His screenwriting credits includes Vacancy (2007), The Revenant (2015), Overlord (2018), The Midnight Sky (2020), The Boys in the Boat (2023), and Twisters (2024), and the TV miniseries American Primeval and Untamed (both 2025).
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• Name — Mark L. Smith • Birthplace — Colorado, U.S. • Occupation — * Screenwriter • film director • film producer • Years Active — 2005–present
Career
Career
Smith 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, and the 2009 Joe Dante film The Hole. 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.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Writer — Creator — Executive Producer — Notes • 2025 — American Primeval — Miniseries • 2025–present — Untamed — Co-created with Elle Smith
Film
• Year — Title — Writer — Producer — Director — Notes • 2006 — Séance — Himself • 2007 — Vacancy — Nimród Antal • 2008 — Vacancy 2: The First Cut — Eric Bross • 2009 — The Hole — Joe Dante • 2015 — Martyrs — Kevin Goetz Michael Goetz • The Revenant — Alejandro G. Iñárritu • 2018 — Overlord — Julius Avery • 2020 — The Midnight Sky — George Clooney • 2022 — Lou — Anna Foerster — Additional literary material • 2023 — The Marsh King's Daughter — Neil Burger • The Boys in the Boat — George Clooney • 2024 — Twisters — Lee Isaac Chung • 2026 — The Dog Stars — Ridley Scott • The Mosquito Bowl — Peter Berg — Post-production
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- 1.Mark Smith parle du nouveau projet sans titre Platinum Dunes / Room 101
- 2.Mark Smith parle du long métrage sans titre Paramount/Platinum Dunes
- 3.Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Firms The Revenant Writer Mark L. Smith As Screenwriter. Deadline. December 21, 2017.
- 4.Star Trek : le film de Quentin Tarantino a officiellement un scénariste. Allociné. 22 décembre 2017.
- 5."Le meilleur Star Trek" : le film de Tarantino a l'air incroyable, mais voilà pourquoi vous ne le verrez jamais. Allociné. 22 décembre 2023.
- 6.Mike Fleming Jr. The Dish: Twisters Forecast For Spring Start As Universal, Amblin Finalize Director For Sequel. Deadline Hollywood. 17 octobre 2022.
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