Mark V. Olsen (born 1962) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He was the co-creator and

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of the

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series ''

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'' and '' Getting On'' along with his writing partner and husband Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV

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for the pilot episode of ''

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Overview

Olsen grew up in

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. He is also an attorney, and a member of the

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bar. Olsen is openly gay; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Will Scheffer have also been married to each other. Prior to the television show ''Big Love'', Olsen co-produced the independent feature-length movie ''

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'' (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''.

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