Mark L. Smith is an American

United States

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 director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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.

Career

He wrote and directed his first movie in 2006, called Séance, which won the Festival Prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. Smith's writing credits include the 2007 horror film Vacancy

Vacancy (film)

Vacancy is a 2007 American horror film, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale. It was distributed by Screen Gems and was released on April 20, 2007. Production was scheduled to commence in August 2006 with Nimród Antal signing on to direct it....

and its prequel, Vacancy 2: The First Cut and the 2010 upcoming Joe Dante

Joe Dante

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 film, The Hole. Smith wrote the screenbook of an Untitled Creature Feature which is planned with an 2011 release. He created the storybook of the upcoming Martyrs

Martyrs (film)

Martyrs is a 2008 French-Canadian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It was first screened during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival at the Marché du Film. The film was released in France publicly on 3 September 2008. The U.S. rights for Martyrs were bought by The Weinstein Company, who...

remake.

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