Mark V. Olsen
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Born | 1962 (age 61–62) United States |
Occupation(s) | Producer, Writer, Attorney |
Mark V. Olsen (born 1962) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He was the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Big Love and Getting On along with his writing partner and husband Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot episode of Big Love.[1]
Overview
Olsen grew up in Hastings, Nebraska. He is also an attorney, and a member of the New York bar.
Olsen is openly gay; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Will Scheffer have also been married to each other.[2][3]
Prior to the television show Big Love, Olsen co-produced the independent feature-length movie Easter (2002), which was originally written as a play by Scheffer. Olsen also wrote a six-part miniseries for HBO known as Mary Chestnut's Civil War.
References
- ^ "Awards for Mark V. Olsen" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Gross, Terry (1 August 2007), "Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, Feeling the 'Big Love'", Fresh Air, retrieved 2008-10-14
- ^ Lattin, Don (10 June 2007), "Gay monogamous couple are brains behind polygamy show", San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 2008-10-14
External links
- Mark V. Olsen at IMDb
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- Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000)
- Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001)
- Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002)
- Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003)
- Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004)
- Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005)
- Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006)
- Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007)
- Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008)
- David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)
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