Mark Davidson. The Writer.

Should be done soon… pickups today. Nice teeth! M A R K

Shortlist has a cool little list. Ten Best Director’s Cuts

Opinions are like assholes. Everybody’s got one, and they’re rarely pleasant. So these are MY opinions on what makes a good short screenplay. 1) Get in and out. Trust that a director can fill in some of the blanks.  This is always dangerous (someone else interpreting your intentions) because they might do it entirely bass-ackwords. [...]

You can take a look at my new short by clicking on TIME over there on the left side of the page. I wrote it for a few reasons… I ran out of non-encumbered shorts; The topic was near-and-dear to my heart; I wanted to do a proof-of-concept for a feature. I like it, because [...]

Overview of Star Wars budget from 1977 … Interesting. M A R K  

You have to have thick skin. I mean, really thick. Pumpkin pie thick. You’ll want to please everyone, even as people contradict themselves, flip-flop, are ambiguous, have different or changing goals. That’s just the way it is. The question, though, is how do you filter all of the information, get to the core of the [...]