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Vernon E. Mortensen

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Vernon Mortensen

Biography from TheMovieDB

Vernon has led an amazing life. The son of Christian Missionaries, he was born in Thailand and has traveled to over 83 countries around the world. He served as a US Navy SWCC (pronounced "swick") commando in the Navy's elite Special Boat Teams deploying with platoons from SEAL Teams 1, 3 and 5 to war-zones around the world. He has also worked as a college professor, an engineer, an EMT, a bodyguard and as private investigator who went undercover at a major US airport to take down an international smuggling ring.  An award winning filmmaker, Vernon is know for writing, producing and directing movies and television with some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Oscar winners Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), legends like Martin Sheen (NBC's The West Wing) and Michael Madsen (Kill Bill 1&20, as well as supermodel/actress Cara Delevingne (DC's Suicide Squad). Behind the camera, Vernon has collaborated with Oscar winning director and TV writer Robert David Port (CBS' Numb3rs, Twin Towers), legendary studio director Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Thirteen), and the amazingly talented Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures, Fox's Empire).  Vernon has an MFA in Screenwriting from USC where he studied under world renowned script guru Syd Field and received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Fellowship, as well as an MBA from USIU.

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Film Production

Co-Executive Producer:
2009  Gloves of Stone

Director:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

Editor:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight

Executive Producer:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2022  Dakota

Line Producer:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2022  Dakota
2022  Tell It Like a Woman

Producer:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2016  Army Dog
2022  Dakota
2022  Tell It Like a Woman

Writer:
2000  Brothers
2008  The Picnic
2009  Gloves of Stone
2013  A Sierra Nevada Gunfight
2016  Army Dog
2022  Dakota
2022  Tell It Like a Woman

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