Marlowe
A brown, Virginia, field mouse moves into the bedroom of eleven-year-old-Cole who teaches the animal to talk and wear clothes. In the end, Marlowe saves Cole and his family and a small group of humans and animals, from a virus that kills all animals globally in less than a year.
(661) 714-0976 25933 Sandalia Dr, Valencia, CA 91355 MarkMcQuown@ca.rr.com -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Produced Screenplays
“PJ” Starring John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Robert Picardo Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Patricia Rea, this film had a short theatrical opening and is available now on Netflix
Winning Screenplays
“The Rocking Horse Christmas" First Place, Santa Clarita International Film Festival Animation Genre, 1997 Second Place, The Burbank International Children’s Film Festival Animation Genre, 2001
“Dot Gone” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2002
“Safari” Quarter Finalist, Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2004
“The Cat and The Rat” Finalist, The International Family Film Festival, 2005
“Pier 21” Quarter Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1997 Quarter Finalist, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1997 Finalist, The Key West Independent Film Festival, 2002-2003
“The China Tiger” Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Screenplay Fellowship, 1998 Honorable Mention, Quantum Quest Screenplay Competition, 1998
“The Tahoe Signal” Finalist, The Telluride Independent Film Festival, 2000
“Jane, The Legend of Mountain Charley” Quarter Finalist, Scriptapalooza, 2000-2001 Winning Screenplays
“The Missing Link” Quarter Finalist, The Fade-In Magazine Screenplay Contest, 2005-2006 Semi-Finalist, The Hollywood Nexus Screenplay Contest, 2005
“Graduate School” Fourth Place, The Winter 2006 Script Showcase Contest, 2006
“The Sudan” Quarter Finalist, Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, 2007.
Launch Pad Feature (Honorable Mention) [2021]
Emerging Animation (Quarterfinalist) [2023]
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ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!The Bare Minimum
An unemployed thirtysomething turns his best friend's chaotic bachelor party into a desperate attempt to one-up the maid of honor who is hosting the bachelorette party on the same weekend.
STRANGE
A man worried about his fading relevance agrees to the wrong favor for the wrong stranger, triggering a grimly comic nightmare that turns his anniversary celebration into a violent reckoning.
Rebels and Witches
Logline In a search for the missing Major Kateo Redwolf, an army squad falls through the same wormhole into a parallel world with a 13th century technology ruled by a fierce feline species and a powerful female led religion.
Yrrem Samtsirhc from Mars
After a highly intelligent alien crash-lands in a small town before Christmas, he teams up with a fearless girl with Down syndrome to save the holiday spirit and teach their divided community that differences can be strengths.
Second Opinion
When a renowned child-abuse pediatrician’s family member is accused in an infant’s death, he’s confronted with the possibility that his certainty may have helped put innocent people in prison.
Dead Air
A washed-up, legendary basketball announcer becomes the feel-good story of March Madness when the world believes his cancer has returned.
The New Simon Harper
After a violent attack ends his surgical career, a hyper?structured dad becomes a spontaneous, emotionally open parent — leaving his wife to juggle the practical realities of raising their daughter while the family discovers a new, unexpected way to grow together.
Couples Hang
A suburban family finally finds the perfect couples-hang — until they discover the husband is a cartel witness in hiding, pulling both families into a high-stakes suburban comedy where making friends is somehow more dangerous than staying alive.
Rebels and Witches
In search of a missing Army officer a squad falls through the same wormhole he did into a parallel world with a 13th century technology.
Six Hundred Years of Love
The Fountain meets Blade Runner: A man risks his life twice to save the same woman — first in Renaissance Italy, then in a post-human future that threatens human extinction.
