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Mark Frost is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 25 november 1953 at New York City (USA)
Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, director and film producer, best known as a writer for the television series Hill Street Blues and as the co-creator of the television series Twin Peaks.
En 1975, il débute à la télévision en signant les scénarios de deux épisodes de L'Homme qui valait trois milliards. Il rejoint quelques années plus tard la série policière Hill Street Blues, sur laquelle il officie en tant que scénariste pendant trois ans.
Il quitte le programme en 1985, au terme de la cinquième saison, pour participer au lancement d'une nouvelle série policière d'action, The Equalizer.
En 1986, il entame une collaboration avec le réalisateur David Lynch, mais sur des projets qui n'aboutirent pas (Goddess, The Lemurians et One Saliva Bubble). Parallèlement, il s'essaie au cinéma en livrant les scripts des films d'horreur Scarred Stiff, et Les Envoûtés, qui sortent en 1987. Ce second projet lui permet de s'essayer à la production.
En 1990, il créé et produit American Chronicles, un documentaire pour la télévision. La même année, il est aussi crédité en tant que co-créateur, scénariste et producteur exécutif de la série dramatique Twin Peaks, aux côtés de David Lynch. Le programme connait un énorme succès critique, et commercial, jusqu'à une baisse des audiences conduisant à son arrêt au bout de deux saisons.
Il renouvelle néanmoins sa collaboration avec Lynch pour une série comique, On the Air, qui disparait en 1992 au bout de seulement 6 épisodes.
La même année, les routes des deux partenaires se séparent au cinéma : Frost se contente d'un titre de producteur sur le film Twin Peaks, Fire Walk with Me, que Lynch scénarise et met en scène. De son côté, il sort en effet son premier film en tant que scénariste/réalisateur, le thriller Storyville, avec James Spader dans le rôle principal.
Le long-métrage ne fonctionne pas comme prévu, et Frost ne revient qu'en 1998 à un projet hollywoodien : il créé la série dramatique Buddy Faro, qui dure 12 épisodes jusqu'à 2000. Parallèlement, il signe le pilote d'un projet de série, Forbidden Island, du drame The Repair Shop, et du téléfilm romantique The Deadly Look of Love.
Il se concentre ensuite sur le cinéma. À l'exception d'un scénario pour la première saison de la série Les Âmes damnées, il accepte de scénariser un blockbuster : Les Quatre Fantastiques, qui sort en 2005, et dont le succès commercial lui vaut d'écrire une suite, Les Quatre Fantastiques et le Surfer d'argent, en 2007.
Après une absence de presque dix ans, durant laquelle il privilégie la littérature, il revient à Hollywood en 2017 pour une troisième saison de Twin Peaks, marquant son retour à la télévision en tant que scénariste et producteur exécutif, aux côtés de Lynch.
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Mark Frost est le fils de l'acteur Warren Frost, frère de l'écrivain Scott Frost et de l'actrice Lindsay Frost.En 1975, il débute à la télévision en signant les scénarios de deux épisodes de L'Homme qui valait trois milliards. Il rejoint quelques années plus tard la série policière Hill Street Blues, sur laquelle il officie en tant que scénariste pendant trois ans.
Il quitte le programme en 1985, au terme de la cinquième saison, pour participer au lancement d'une nouvelle série policière d'action, The Equalizer.
En 1986, il entame une collaboration avec le réalisateur David Lynch, mais sur des projets qui n'aboutirent pas (Goddess, The Lemurians et One Saliva Bubble). Parallèlement, il s'essaie au cinéma en livrant les scripts des films d'horreur Scarred Stiff, et Les Envoûtés, qui sortent en 1987. Ce second projet lui permet de s'essayer à la production.
En 1990, il créé et produit American Chronicles, un documentaire pour la télévision. La même année, il est aussi crédité en tant que co-créateur, scénariste et producteur exécutif de la série dramatique Twin Peaks, aux côtés de David Lynch. Le programme connait un énorme succès critique, et commercial, jusqu'à une baisse des audiences conduisant à son arrêt au bout de deux saisons.
Il renouvelle néanmoins sa collaboration avec Lynch pour une série comique, On the Air, qui disparait en 1992 au bout de seulement 6 épisodes.
La même année, les routes des deux partenaires se séparent au cinéma : Frost se contente d'un titre de producteur sur le film Twin Peaks, Fire Walk with Me, que Lynch scénarise et met en scène. De son côté, il sort en effet son premier film en tant que scénariste/réalisateur, le thriller Storyville, avec James Spader dans le rôle principal.
Le long-métrage ne fonctionne pas comme prévu, et Frost ne revient qu'en 1998 à un projet hollywoodien : il créé la série dramatique Buddy Faro, qui dure 12 épisodes jusqu'à 2000. Parallèlement, il signe le pilote d'un projet de série, Forbidden Island, du drame The Repair Shop, et du téléfilm romantique The Deadly Look of Love.
Il se concentre ensuite sur le cinéma. À l'exception d'un scénario pour la première saison de la série Les Âmes damnées, il accepte de scénariser un blockbuster : Les Quatre Fantastiques, qui sort en 2005, et dont le succès commercial lui vaut d'écrire une suite, Les Quatre Fantastiques et le Surfer d'argent, en 2007.
Après une absence de presque dix ans, durant laquelle il privilégie la littérature, il revient à Hollywood en 2017 pour une troisième saison de Twin Peaks, marquant son retour à la télévision en tant que scénariste et producteur exécutif, aux côtés de Lynch.
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Faust: Love of the Damned (2001)
, 1h38Directed by Brian Yuzna
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Superhero films
Actors Jeffrey Combs, Andrew Divoff, Mark Frost, Monica van Campen, Junix Inocian, Michelle Jenner
Rating44%
An artist, John Jaspers (Mark Frost) sells his soul to the mysterious M (as for Mephistopheles) (Andrew Divoff) in order to avenge the death of his girlfriend. However, the deal has an unexpected price, and he is periodically transformed into a horned demon with a passion for killing. He discovers that M plans to release a giant monster called the Homunculus, thereby opening the gates of Hell, and sets out to stop him.
Director
Storyville (1992)
, 1h53Directed by Mark Frost
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren, Piper Laurie
Rating57%
Cray Fowler, a young candidate for congress, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some family secrets involving his father and their political careers.
Scriptwriter
, 1h32Directed by Tim Story
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington
Roles Story
Rating56%
As Reed Richards and Sue Storm prepare for their wedding, a silver object enters Earth's atmosphere, creating 1 mile wide craters across the Earth. General Hager asks Reed to track and identify its movements. He initially refuses, to appease Sue, who feels he is again neglecting her for his work. However, he secretly builds a radar tracker to locate the object, as the Army requests.
Fantastic Four (2005)
, 1h45Directed by Tim Story
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington
Roles Writer
Rating57%
Physicist Dr. Reed Richards is convinced evolution was triggered millions of years ago on Earth by clouds of cosmic energy in space, and has calculated that one of these clouds is soon going to pass near Earth. Together with his friend, astronaut Ben Grimm, Reed convinces Dr. Victor Von Doom, his former classmate at MIT and now CEO of Von Doom Industries, to allow him access to his privately owned space station to test the effects of a biological sample of exposure to the cloud. Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. Reed brings aboard his ex-girlfriend and Von Doom's chief genetics researcher Susan Storm and her ex-astronaut brother Johnny.
, 2hDirected by Bill Paxton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Golf films, Children's films
Actors Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Josh Flitter, Peter Firth, Peyton List, Elias Koteas
Roles Writer
Rating73%
Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was then a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. Ouimet watches an exhibition by legendary British golf pro Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) as a 7-year-old boy, and becomes very interested in golf. He begins as a caddy at The Country Club, a posh enclave located across the street from his home in suburban Brookline, Massachusetts, while making friends with the other caddies. He works on his own golf game at every chance, and gradually accumulates his own set of clubs. Francis practices putting at night in his room. He wins the Massachusetts Schoolboy Championship.
Storyville (1992)
, 1h53Directed by Mark Frost
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards, Charlotte Lewis, Michael Warren, Piper Laurie
Rating57%
Cray Fowler, a young candidate for congress, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some family secrets involving his father and their political careers.
, 2h15Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Dana Ashbrook, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Characters
Rating73%
FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole (David Lynch) sends Agents Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) and Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) to investigate the mysterious murder of Teresa Banks in the town of Deer Meadow. They receive mysterious clues from Lil the dancer, most of which Desmond later explain to Sam. However he declines to explain the blue rose pinned to Lil's red dress. After difficulty with the local sheriff's department, Desmond and Stanley view Teresa's body at the morgue. They realize that her ring is missing and the letter "T" has been placed under her fingernail. The Agents question the town residents about Teresa, but come up with few clues. Stanley leaves Deer Meadow, while Desmond remains behind. Desmond discovers Teresa's missing ring under a trailer. As he reaches out to it, the screen fades to black.
The Believers (1987)
, 1h50Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion
Actors Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Richard Masur
Rating60%
The film opens to the death scene of Lisa Jamison (Janet-Laine Green). She is electrocuted when she touches a malfunctioning coffeemaker while standing barefoot in a pool of spilled milk. Following the accidental death of his wife by electrocution in Minneapolis, psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) moves to New York City with his son Chris (Harley Cross). He finds employment as a police psychologist for the New York City Police Department. One of his patients is officer Tom Lopez, who worked undercover in infiltrating a cult and now lives in fear of the cultists.
Producer
, 2hDirected by Bill Paxton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Golf films, Children's films
Actors Shia LaBeouf, Stephen Dillane, Josh Flitter, Peter Firth, Peyton List, Elias Koteas
Roles Producer
Rating73%
Set mainly in 1913, the film is about Francis Ouimet, the first amateur to win a U.S. Open. Amateur golf in that era was then a sport only for the wealthy, and Ouimet came from an immigrant family that was part of the working class. Ouimet watches an exhibition by legendary British golf pro Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) as a 7-year-old boy, and becomes very interested in golf. He begins as a caddy at The Country Club, a posh enclave located across the street from his home in suburban Brookline, Massachusetts, while making friends with the other caddies. He works on his own golf game at every chance, and gradually accumulates his own set of clubs. Francis practices putting at night in his room. He wins the Massachusetts Schoolboy Championship.
, 2h15Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, David Bowie, Dana Ashbrook, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Executive Producer
Rating73%
FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole (David Lynch) sends Agents Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) and Sam Stanley (Kiefer Sutherland) to investigate the mysterious murder of Teresa Banks in the town of Deer Meadow. They receive mysterious clues from Lil the dancer, most of which Desmond later explain to Sam. However he declines to explain the blue rose pinned to Lil's red dress. After difficulty with the local sheriff's department, Desmond and Stanley view Teresa's body at the morgue. They realize that her ring is missing and the letter "T" has been placed under her fingernail. The Agents question the town residents about Teresa, but come up with few clues. Stanley leaves Deer Meadow, while Desmond remains behind. Desmond discovers Teresa's missing ring under a trailer. As he reaches out to it, the screen fades to black.
The Believers (1987)
, 1h50Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion
Actors Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia, Jimmy Smits, Richard Masur
Roles Associate Producer
Rating60%
The film opens to the death scene of Lisa Jamison (Janet-Laine Green). She is electrocuted when she touches a malfunctioning coffeemaker while standing barefoot in a pool of spilled milk. Following the accidental death of his wife by electrocution in Minneapolis, psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) moves to New York City with his son Chris (Harley Cross). He finds employment as a police psychologist for the New York City Police Department. One of his patients is officer Tom Lopez, who worked undercover in infiltrating a cult and now lives in fear of the cultists.