Mark Smith
Mark Smith is an emerging writer and screenwriter. He has short “horror” fiction published in magazines and anthologies in Australia, the US and Canada and is an active member of the Australian Horror Writers’ Association. On the screen he is interested in developing feature films or TV series in the horror/thriller genre, but also has a passion for writing sketch comedy. He loves writing material that evokes a reaction in viewers/readers, whether it is cowering under the couch or falling off it laughing. He is looking to break into TV through comedy and is happy to work his way up from the bottom.
Preferred Genre
Horror, Thriller, ComedyPreferred Media
TV, FilmEducation History
Jack Dann, Making Better Stories seminar, 2001Diploma (Prof Writing and Editing), BRIT, 2001
Journalism Cadetship, Bendigo Advertiser, 2001 - 2004
Advanced Diploma (Prof Screenwriting), RMIT, 2006
Experience
‘Bandaid Bandit’, (short film), 2002. Co-writer/Co-director. Screened at 2002 15/15 Festival.‘Sparky and Hutch’ (short film), 2003. Co-writer/Co-director. Screened at 2003 15/15 Festival.
‘Black Muse’ (short film), 2004. Co-writer/Co-director. Screened at 2004 15/15 Festival.
‘The Wedge’, Channel 10, 2005.
Role: Featured Extra.
Bendigo Cinemas (promotional video), cameraman, co-director, 2000
Lead On: The Community Story, Co-director/Co-writer, 2001
Lead On newsletter, writer and editor, 2001
Bendigo Community Telco Internet Radio Ad, writer, 2001
Bendigo Stock Exchange magazine, writer and editor, 2001
Loop (young adult newspaper supplement), editor and writer, 2000 – 2001
Bendigo Advertiser, reporter and sub-editor, 2001 – 2004
The Wedge, mentorship, 2005.
Horrorscope, reviewer and writer, 2005 - 2006
Projects in Development
The Family Stone (30-minute sitcom series) Two ultra-competitive sisters, Jody and Sandy Stone, must learn to work together in order to win a stake of the exclusive family jewellery store they work for. The problem is that getting along is the last thing on their agendas.Midnight Express (Feature Film) An aging cop must face the evils of his past when a deadly carnival returns to town and begins cutting down the population.
Contact
screenwolf@hotmail.com0417 471907