Mark Brown

Unique traits: I can work within any genre and can knock out. first draft in a week.

• Mark's website
• Guardians Official Website
• Dead on the Vine trailer

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  Celestial Budget: $1M - $5M | Fantasy ⋄ Family In the battle to save her youth centre from corporate development teen activist Celeste discovers an amulet that imbues her with the power to see the truth of a person and the strength to act when she needs to. 

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  Mudlark Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror A horrifying figure from the past is given new life when a mudlarker finds a white ribbon and ring on the banks of the Thames.

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  The Grateful Budget: $100K - $1M | Horror ⋄ Crime A man and his daughter have lived a peaceful decade in an isolated and magical Scottish community that exist symbiotically alongside the elemental beings, The Urisk, who keep the land in return for their gratitude. But when the man's past comes back to violently haunt him the danger comes not only from intruders seeking retribution but also the Urisk who switch from benevolent to malevolent when they see ingratitude.

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  Dead on the Vine (2020 - 2023)
  Film by Dan Films / Recoil Films (Comedy, Drama and Thriller) Writer/Director When two men are forced to pull into a vineyard after one has a seizure it throws their lives and those of the two female owner into chaos. 'Boundary-testing thriller that weaponises the horror of humanity under pressure' - Dead Northern 'A taut thriller' - Barry Ryan (Producer - Agatha Raisin) 'Strong Work' - Filmwax Radio

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  Guardians (2017)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Comedy and Thriller) Writer/Director A comedy thriller about two highly unqualified men trying to defend a 200 yr old house in East London from unseen forces.

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  Stained (2015)
  Film (Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery and 1 More) Writer When Harris runs out of toilet paper, a nightmare is unleashed from which he may never escape.

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  Corinthian (2014)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Action, Drama, Sport and Short) Writer/Director Two people fight for more than glory in the brutal world of bare knuckle boxing.

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  Somebody to Love (2013)
  Film (Short) Writer When Sebastian brings Cassandra home he thinks he has found perfection. The fact that she was dead was only the first clue that perfection is rarely, if ever, attained.

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  Heckle (2013)
  Film (Comedy and Drama) Writer Stacy Mitchell, a supermarket cashier living in Selby, hides her misery and upset with a happy persona. To the outsider her life is carefree, but her husband has left her. She wrestles with the pain by joking about it. Out for a works drinks night in a local pub, the pub comic Wilton Johnston heckled by her, invites her up to try it for herself. To the comic's amazement, she gets more laughs than him. Afterwards Wilton asks Stacy for a date but she turns him down. A few days later Wilton shows up at the supermarket and gets Stacy to agree to go with him to an open-mike club. She insists its not a date, she just wants to see if he uses the same material twice. At the club, Wilton gets Stacy to take the mike. This time its not so easy to get the audience to laugh. Afterwards she realises that there is more to being a stand-up than just getting up. Stacy starts to sketch out a stand-up routine that allows her to explore what she wants from life. By trial and error as a stand-up, the ... Written by Anonymous

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  The Ballad of the Lonely Highwayman (2012)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Adventure, Drama, Romance, History and 1 More) Producer Written and Directed by Jonathan Brown. A rich landowner is escorted to a lavish ball by a lady of the night. On the journey, she tells him The Ballad of the Lonely Highwayman. But all is not what it seems as myth and reality blur.

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  Beard (2011)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Comedy and Short) Writer A comedy about the nature of facial hair and its impact on our lives. Starring Matt Prendergast and David Whitney

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  Too Loud (2011)
  Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Mystery) Writer Two men meet on a park bench. It's been three days. But what does it mean? Why was the plane too noisy? Where is the dog? And what's wrong with cats?

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  A Political Life (2011)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Comedy and Short) Producer A comedy about the absurdity of nothingness. Written by and starring Mike Shephard (BBC Radio 4, Talk Sport, Tin Can Podcast)

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  I Am Lonely (2011)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror and 1 More) Producer Being the last man alive is hell - especially if you're as annoying as Chris. Following a zombie apocalypse and the death of his close friend, Chris has to learn to live with himself. WINNER - Best Film - Cannes SFC 2011

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  Stalker (2009)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Drama, Thriller and Short) Writer Knowledge, enlightenment, pain. You never know what you might find in the shower. Starring David Whitney and Jenny Harrold (Winner - Best Actress - Van D'Ors 2011)

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  The Grocer (2008)
  Film by Braine Hownd Films (Comedy and Short) Writer Vic used to mingle with royalty, topple dictators and generally defeat evil. But one mistake and your biggest worries suddenly become the rising price of lettuce and running low on stocks of toilet roll. Directed by Phil Haine

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• Crackpot - Honorable Mention - Best Screenplay - A Royal Chance Film Festival
  (2024)

• Dead on the Vine - Best Film - Unrestricted View Film Festival
  (2023)

• Dead on the Vine - Best Director - Unrestricted View Film Festival
  (2023)

• Birth of a Demon - Best Screenplay - Night of Comedy Shorts
  (2023)

• Limpet - Best Horror Screenwriter - Horrified Film Festival
  (2022)

• Whirlpool - Finalist - Manchester Film Festival
  (2022)

• Dead on the Vine - Best Film - Smodcastle Film Festival
  (2022)

• Whirlpool - Top 10% - Nicholls Fellowship
  (2021)

• Limpet - Best Writing - Albuquerque Iindie Film Festival
  (2021)

• Guardians - Best Feature - HB Film Festival
  (2019)

• Guardians - Best Comedy Feature - Take It Easy Film Festival
  (2019)

• Guardians.- Best Comedy - Rome Independent Cinema Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Comedy Feature - Saints and Sinners Film Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Director - Unrestricted View Film Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Screenplay - Ramsgate International Film Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Feature - Midwest Action & Comedy Film Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Comedy Feature - Strasburgh Film Festival
  (2018)

• Guardians - Best Screenplay - Genreblast Film Festival
  (2017)

• Stained - Best Horror - Pennine Film Festival
  (2016)

• Stained - Best Sound Design - Skyline International Film Festival
  (2016)

• Stained - Best Director - Horrorquest Film Festival
  (2016)

• Stained - Most Entertaining Short - Middlesbrough International Film Festival
  (2016)

• Stained - 3rd Place - Funniest Short - Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
  (2016)

• Corinthian - Best Film - Indieburgh Film Festival
  (2015)

• Corinthian - Special Mention - Winchester Short Film Festival
  (2015)

• Corinthian - Special Mention - SWIFF
  (2015)

• Corinthian - Best Director - Reading Fringe Film Festival
  (2015)

• Stained - Best Horror - Best Film Festival
  (2015)

• Corithian - Special Commendation - Canada Shorts Film Festival
  (2015)

• Somebody To Love - Best Film - Film blood awards
  (2014)

• Stalker - Best Actress - Van D'Ors
  (2011)