Mark A. Altman
Birthday: Born in in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Deathday: Alive
MARK A. ALTMAN is a showrunner/executive producer, director and writer. His bestselling two-volume book, The 50 Year Mission: The Complete Uncensored History of Star Trek, was released by St. Martin's Press in 2016 in hardcover to unanimous critical acclaim including raves in The Wall Street Journal, Booklist and Publishers Weekly. His oral history of the James Bond films, Nobody Does It Better, was released in 2020 in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio by Macmillan as well as Secrets Of The Force in 2021 chronicling the entire Star Wars saga and, most recently, They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog about the John Wick films and gun-fu which debuted in Summer 2022. In 2019, Altman launched the Electric Surge video podcast network with producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate). These popular podcasts include The 4:30 Movie and Inglorious Treksperts (which Trek Movie called "The Best Star Trek Podcast of 2021,") which he co-hosts, along with Best Movies Never Made, as well as several others including the Leverage After Show and is also available on the streaming OTT platform, Electric Now, as well as through traditional audio podcast providers. Altman is also a former journalist as well. In the past, Altman has contributed to such newspapers and magazines as The Boston Globe, Written By, L'Cinefage, The Guardian, The Boston Edge, Cult TV, Computer Player, Geek, Brandeis Magazine and many others, including Cinefantastique for which he launched their independent film division, CFQ Films, which produced numerous successful genre features for DVD and VOD release. Altman has spoken at numerous industry events and conventions, including ShowBiz Expo as well as the Variety/Final Draft Screenwriters Panel at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also been a frequent guest and panelist at Comic-Con held annually in San Diego, CA and a two-time juror for the Comic-Con Film Festival. In addition to being a graduate of the Writers Guild of America Showrunners Training Program, he is a member of the Television Academy.
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Character: Self
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and productio...
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Character: Self
In honor of the sci-fi franchise’s 55th anniversary this year and produced by The Nacelle Company, the project will feature interviews with cast, crew and experts as it explores pivotal moments in the franchise’s history, from its inception at Lucille Ball’s production company Desilu to recent film and television adaptations....
Greatest Geek Year Ever! 1982
Character: Self
Look back at the greatest geek year in films ever - 1982 - featuring stars, directors, writers, producers and pop culture historians sharing their insights about legendary movies that year....
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The People vs. George Lucas
Character: Self
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This hilarious, heartfelt documentary delves deep into Lucas’s cultural legacy, asking all the tough questions. Has Lucas betrayed his masterwork? Should he just have left the original trilogy alone? Is The Phantom Menace so bad it should carry a health warning? Utilizing interviews taken from...
50 Years of Star Trek
Character: Self
Over the last fifty years, America has been fascinated by Star Trek since it first aired in September of 1966. This 2-hour documentary celebrates the 50th anniversary through interviews with cast and crew members from every television series and the original films....
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
Character: Self
In celebration of Star Trek's 50th anniversary, this two-hour documentary explores this enduring franchise by offering viewers an unprecedented, candid exploration into the original series cancellation and subsequent resurrection as one of the most successful series of motion pictures in Hollywood history. Features new interviews with key creative and production people as well as never before seen images from the production of all six classic Star Trek films along with details on all the un-prod...
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Character: Self
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and productio...
Festival in Cannes
Character: Self (uncredited)
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he loses his star, Tom Hanks. Is Kaz for real? Can Rick sweet-talk Alice and sabotage Kaz to keep Millie from taking that deal? Millie consults with Victor, her ex, about which picture to make, Rick needs money, an ingenue named Blue is discovere...
The Specials
Character: Hazmat Recovery Team
America's seventh best superhero team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. Lifelong fan Nightbird joins the group just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart....