Mark Fergus

Mark Fergus is a screenwriter, working alongside his writing partner, Hawk Ostby. They are best known for their work on Children of Men (for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay) and Iron Man. Their other work includes First Snow, which was also directed by Fergus, and Cowboys & Aliens. They are the creators and executive producers of the TV series The Expanse, which debuted on Syfy in December 2015 and ended its six-season run on Amazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Children of Men

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Release Date: 2006-09-22

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 7288

First Snow

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

Release Date: 2006-05-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 164

Consequence

A man does an identity switch to collect insurance money but finds himself in danger.

Release Date: 2003-07-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 6

Inside Out

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Untitled Shadow Tiger Film

An upcoming film adaptation of Sharad Devarajan‘s comic book.

Department: Production

Job: Producer

The Last Vermeer

A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.

Release Date: 2019-09-11

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 126

The Expanse

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Release Date: 2015-12-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 16

Vote Count: 2526

Cowboys & Aliens

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Release Date: 2011-07-29

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 5118

Tales from the Script

Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. The film was produced in tandem with the upcoming HarperCollins book of the same name.

Release Date: 2009-01-10

Character: Self

Vote Count: 38

Iron Man

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Release Date: 2008-04-30

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 26896

Stealth

A film adaptation of the superhero crime fighter comic.

Department: Writing

Job: Writer