Mark V. Olsen
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Mark V. Olsen (born in ???) is a U.S. TV producer and screenwriter. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Big Love along with writing and life partner Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot and first episode of Big Love.[1]
[edit] Overview
Mark V. Olsen grew up in Hastings, Nebraska. He is also an attorney, and a member of the New York bar.
Olsen is openly gay; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Will Scheffer have also been romantic partners[2][3].
Prior to Big Love, Olsen and Scheffer wrote an independent film, Easter (2002). Olsen also wrote a six-part miniseries for HBO known as Mary Chestnut's Civil War.
[edit] References
- Sources consulted
- Gross, Terry (August 1, 2007). "Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, Feeling the 'Big Love'". Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
- Lattin, Don (June 10, 2007). "Gay monogamous couple are brains behind polygamy show". San Francisco Chronicle.
- Endnotes
- ^ "Awards for Mark V. Olsen" at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Gross 2007, op. cit.
- ^ Lattin 2007, op. cit.
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