Mark’s scripts are character-driven thrillers that explore how people act when the stakes are high and the protagonist must confront a moral dilemma. Before screenwriting, he spent years in the courtroom as a public defender, prosecutor, and then as a lawyer leading complex toxic-tort, personal injury and business dispute cases.

More than twenty jury verdicts taught him much about character, conflict, and human nature under pressure. His legal background sharpened his storytelling instincts: how to build tension, reveal motivation, and craft emotional truth through testimony and dialog.

Now, instead of juries, he writes for audiences – bringing the folly, grit and humanity of life for feature films. A graduate of Kansas State University (Journalism) and Washburn University School of Law, Mark is based in Manhattan, Kansas, developing screenplays grounded in authenticity, redemption, and moral complexity.