Mark Swift | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer |
Damian Shannon | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer |
Mark Swift and Damian Shannon are American screenwriters and film producers. [1] [2] They are known for their collaborative script-writing projects, [3] [4] in particular Freddy vs. Jason [5] and later the 2009 reboot Friday the 13th . [6] [7]
Shannon attended Bishop McNamara High School and New York University. [8] He then enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he met fellow student and later writing partner Mark Swift. Swift went on to graduate from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; he also attended the Benjamin School. [9]
Swift and Shannon wrote an adaptation of the comic book Danger Girl for New Line Cinema in 2000. [10] They were two of four writers on the 2004 animated film Shark Tale . [11] [12]
Swift and Shannon wrote a script for the film Friday the 13th , which was released in 2009. [13] [14] [15] They also wrote a script for a sequel before that project was canceled. [16] They had previously written the script for the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason , [17] [18] after several previously written scripts had been rejected by the producers at New Line Cinema. [19]
In 2011, Swift and Shannon were executive producers of the film Seconds Apart . [20] In 2012 they wrote and directed a horror film for Disruption Entertainment. [21]
They wrote the script for Baywatch (2017), an adaptation of the TV series. [22] [23] [8]
In 2014, Swift and Shannon worked on an original horror project for New Line Cinema, [24] and co-produced O'Lucky Day, a comedy for Paramount Pictures starring Peter Dinklage. In 2015, the pair worked together on a script for a live-action Aladdin prequel titled Genies. [25] [26] [27]
Some of their unreleased projects include Vikings for Disney, an adaptation of the Image comic Hawaiian Dick , [28] Inland Saints for Paramount, [29] and an adaptation of Howard Chaykin’s graphic novel Power & Glory. [24]
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