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Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplays for the films The Revenant (2015), Overlord (2018), The Midnight Sky (2020), and The Boys in the Boat (2023).
Mark L. Smith is known for The Revenant (2015), The Midnight Sky (2020) and Séance (2006).
- Writer, Producer, Director
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Jan 7, 2016 · Mark L. Smith, screenwriter of 'The Revenant,' talks about his co-writing rituals with Alejandro González Iñárritu, the challenges of visual storytelling, and the absurdity of a certain pesky rumor.
The screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu is based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel The Revenant, which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823, and which is based on the 1915 poem The Song of Hugh Glass. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
Dec 19, 2023 · Screen Rant interviewed screenwriter Mark L. Smith about his new movie, The Boys in the Boat. He discussed how this is more than the average sports movie and his collaboration process with Clooney. Smith also explained why they felt it was important to incorporate Jesse Owens more prominently into the movie.
- Joe Deckelmeier
- Joel Edgerton
- George Clooney
Directed by George Clooney, The Boys in the Boat is about the “University of Washington’s rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. ” With most of the plot laid out, Smith could focus on character and dialogue.
The Boys in the Boat is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film produced and directed by George Clooney from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, based on the 2013 book of the same name by Daniel James Brown.
