Mark L. Smith

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Mark L. Smith
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Notable workThe Revenant
Twisters

Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films The Revenant (2015), The Midnight Sky (2020), The Boys in the Boat (2023), and Twisters (2024).

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,[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 Writer Producer Director Notes
2006 Séance Yes No Himself
2007 Vacancy Yes No Nimród Antal
2008 Vacancy 2: The First Cut Yes No Eric Bross Direct-to-video
2009 The Hole Yes No Joe Dante
2015 Martyrs Yes No Kevin Goetz
Michael Goetz
The Revenant Yes No Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2018 Overlord Yes No Julius Avery
2020 The Midnight Sky Yes No George Clooney
2023 The Marsh King's Daughter Yes Yes Neil Burger
The Boys in the Boat Yes No George Clooney
2024 Twisters Yes No Lee Isaac Chung
2026 The Dog Stars † Yes Yes Ridley Scott Filming

Miniseries

Year Title Writer Executive
Producer 		Creator
2025 American Primeval Yes Yes Yes
Untamed Yes Yes Yes

References

  1. ^ Mark Smith Talks New Untitled Platinum Dunes / Room 101 Project
  2. ^ Mark Smith Talks Untitled Paramount/Platinum Dunes Feature
  3. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (December 21, 2017). "Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Firms The Revenant Writer Mark L. Smith As Screenwriter". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 21, 2017.


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