Mark Swift and Damian Shannon are American screenwriters and film producers. They are known for their collaborative script-writing projects, in particular ''

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'' and later the 2009 reboot '' Friday the 13th''.

Early life and education

Shannon attended Bishop McNamara High School and

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."Damian Shannon '88 Hollywood Screenwriter"
''Irish Update'', Volume 34 No. 1 Fall 2015. page 18. He then enrolled at the

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, where he met fellow student and later writing partner Mark Swift. Swift went on to graduate from

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in Baltimore; he also attended the Benjamin School.

Career

Swift and Shannon wrote an adaptation of the comic book ''

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'' for

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in 2000. They were two of four writers on the 2004 animated film ''

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''. Swift and Shannon wrote a script for the film '' Friday the 13th'', which was released in 2009. They also wrote a script for a sequel before that project was canceled. They had previously written the script for the 2003 film ''

'', after several previously written scripts had been rejected by the producers at New Line Cinema. In 2011, Swift and Shannon were executive producers of the film '' Seconds Apart''. In 2012 they wrote and directed a horror film for Disruption Entertainment. They wrote the script for ''

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'' (2017), an adaptation of the TV series. In 2014, Swift and Shannon worked on an original horror project for New Line Cinema, and co-produced ''O'Lucky Day'', a comedy for Paramount Pictures starring

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. In 2015, the pair worked together on a script for a live-action ''

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'' prequel titled ''Genies''. Some of their unreleased projects include ''Vikings'' for

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, an adaptation of the

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comic ''

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'', ''Inland Saints'' for

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, and an adaptation of

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’s graphic novel ''Power & Glory''.

Filmography

Writers * ''

'' (2003) * '' Friday the 13th'' (2009) * ''

'' (2017) * '' Send Help'' (2026) Executive producers * '' Seconds Apart'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012) Documentary appearances * '' His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th'' (2012) * ''Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th'' (2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Mark Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film producers American male screenwriters Screenwriting duos