Hey! I guess this is where I talk myself up a bit. *cringes*I'm an award-winning screenwriter and one-third of MMGG Creative, developing feature and television projects for production companies across the US, Australia, Canada and Europe. MMGG’s first produced feature, a teen thriller starring Kate Drummond (Wynonna Earp) and Carson MacCormac (Shazam!) debuted on Lifetime Movie Network in August 2024.With a focus on horror, sci-fi and dark comedy, myself and my team are passionate about examining monsters of all varieties through unexpected, timely and inclusive stories.A graduate of the Australian Film Television & Radio School, I've won and placed highly in major screenwriting competitions (WeScreenplay TV, Shore Scripts TV, Monte Miller Award, A Night of Horror International Film Festival).In 2018, I was selected for development funding from Scripted Ink, a screenwriting incubator run by showrunner Shane Brennan (NCIS, NCIS:LA) and inducted into the peer-reviewed Australian Writers’ Guild Pathways program designed to showcase exceptional local screenwriting.Since I began splitting my time between Australia and the Netherlands in 2019, I've developed TV and feature projects for the likes of Blooming Media, Rinkel Film, Pure Imagination Studios, Mint Films, Explorers of the Unfound and Reel One Entertainment, working individually and with MMGG. I've completed several residencies with Australians In Film in Los Angeles, co-funded by ScreenNSW, and worked regularly as a script editor internationally. In the UK, I've created concepts for major music videos for acts such as Trivium and Amon Amarth, now viewed over four million times.In 2022, my script 'Game' won the award for Best Unproduced Short Screenplay at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in 2022, judged by industry peers. In 2024, the resulting short film was shot in LA by Australian director/cinematographer Tony Gardiner, starring Damon Herriman, Claire Lovering and Alex England.Before committing to a life of screenwriting, I worked extensively as an entertainment journalist and touring musician internationally. As such, I'm well accustomed to long hours, little sleep, large egos and surviving on literal peanuts.See more at: www.lachlanmarks.comwww.mmggcreative.com
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