Mark L. 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).
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,Mark Smith Talks New Untitled Platinum Dunes / Room 101 Project and the 2009 Joe Dante film The Hole.Mark Smith Talks Untitled Paramount/Platinum Dunes Feature 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.
Filmography
Film Year TitleWriterProducer Director 2006 Séance Himself 2007 Vacancy Nimród Antal 2008 Vacancy 2: The First Cut Eric Bross 2009 The Hole Joe Dante2015 Martyrs Kevin GoetzMichael Goetz The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu 2018 Overlord Julius Avery 2020 The Midnight Sky George Clooney2023 The Marsh King's Daughter Neil Burger The Boys in the Boat George Clooney 2024 Twisters Lee Isaac Chung2026 The Dog Stars Ridley Scott Peter Berg
Additional literally material Lou (2022)
Television Year TitleWriterCreatorExecutiveProducer Notes 2025 American Primeval Miniseries 2025–present Untamed
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