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Mark A. Altman

Alias:
마크 A. 알트먼

Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography from TheMovieDB

MARK A. ALTMAN is a showrunner/executive producer, director and writer.  His bestselling two-volume book, The 50 Year Mission: The Complete Uncensored History of Star Trek, was released by St. Martin's Press in 2016 in hardcover to unanimous critical acclaim including raves in The Wall Street Journal, Booklist and Publishers Weekly. His oral history of the James Bond films, Nobody Does It Better, was released in 2020 in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio by Macmillan as well as Secrets Of The Force in 2021 chronicling the entire Star Wars saga and, most recently, They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog about the John Wick films and gun-fu which debuted in Summer 2022.  In 2019, Altman launched the Electric Surge video podcast network with producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate). These popular podcasts include The 4:30 Movie and Inglorious Treksperts (which Trek Movie called "The Best Star Trek Podcast of 2021,") which he co-hosts, along with Best Movies Never Made, as well as several others including the Leverage After Show and is also available on the streaming OTT platform, Electric Now, as well as through traditional audio podcast providers.  Altman is also a former journalist as well. In the past, Altman has contributed to such newspapers and magazines as The Boston Globe, Written By, L'Cinefage, The Guardian, The Boston Edge, Cult TV, Computer Player, Geek, Brandeis Magazine and many others, including Cinefantastique for which he launched their independent film division, CFQ Films, which produced numerous successful genre features for DVD and VOD release.  Altman has spoken at numerous industry events and conventions, including ShowBiz Expo as well as the Variety/Final Draft Screenwriters Panel at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also been a frequent guest and panelist at Comic-Con held annually in San Diego, CA and a two-time juror for the Comic-Con Film Festival. In addition to being a graduate of the Writers Guild of America Showrunners Training Program, he is a member of the Television Academy.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Author:
2006  Room 6

Executive Producer:
2003  House of the Dead
2006  Room 6
2013  Caught on Tape

Producer:
1998  Free Enterprise
2000  The Specials
2003  House of the Dead
2005  All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
2006  DOA: Dead or Alive
2006  Dead and Deader
2006  House of the Dead 2
2006  Room 6
2006  The Darkroom
2007  The Thirst
2013  Caught on Tape

Screenplay:
1998  Free Enterprise
2000  The Specials
2003  House of the Dead
2005  All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
2006  DOA: Dead or Alive
2006  Dead and Deader
2006  House of the Dead 2
2006  Room 6
2006  The Darkroom
2007  The Thirst
2013  Caught on Tape

Writer:
1998  Free Enterprise
2000  The Specials
2003  House of the Dead
2005  All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
2006  DOA: Dead or Alive
2006  Dead and Deader
2006  House of the Dead 2
2006  Room 6
2006  The Darkroom
2007  The Thirst
2008  House of Dead: Director's Cut
2013  Caught on Tape
2018  Wedding Swingers
2022  1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Creator:
2011  Femme Fatales
2019  Pandora

Director:
2011  Femme Fatales
2019  Pandora

Executive Producer:
2011  Femme Fatales
2019  Pandora

Story:
2011  Femme Fatales
2019  Pandora

Writer:
2011  Femme Fatales
2014  The Librarians
2019  Pandora

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