| Marcus Dunstan | |
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| Born | September 19, 1975 Macomb, Illinois |
Marcus Dunstan (born September 19, 1975) is an American screenplay writer and director.
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Dunstan was born in Macomb, Illinois. He spent his formative years working in movie theaters and studying film at the University of Iowa.
While in college Dunstan experimented with 16mm film often using himself as the guinea pig in poorly executed stunts that left him dragging behind a car, the target of flying knives, and thrice being set on fire. He holds the record for spilling the most fake blood ever in a student film.[1] Since moving to Los Angeles in 1999, Dunstan toiled in several odd jobs including a retirement home, an Optometry clinic, and a video store while spending his nights writing on a borrowed computer from fellow screenwriter, Patrick Melton.
In March 2005, Dunstan and Melton won Season Three of Project Greenlight with their screenplay, Feast. The director was John Gulager. The film starred Krista Allen and Eric Dane and was produced by Dimension Films and Neo Art & Logic.[2]
Dunstan has written the screenplays for Feast, Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds, Feast 3: The Happy Finish, The Collector, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, and Saw 3D.[3] He is also in pre-producation and post-production for several of his other screenplays.[4] In addition to writing the screenplay for The Collector, he also directed the film. He will direct the sequel to The Collector, titled The Collection. The film, produced by Liddell Entertainment and Fortress Features, began filming in January 2011.[5] [6]
In addition to writing and directing, he and writing partner Patrick Melton have made cameo appearances in Saw V, Supergator, Feast and The Collector, appearing in the later two through the same puppet show clip shown on TV screens.[7] He also co-written the Thriller novel Black Light - Don't Look Too Deep alongside Patrick Melton and Stephen Romano, which will published on October 5th, 2011 over Mulholland Books as hardcover.[8]
| Film | Release Date | Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Feast | 2005 | $3,200,000 |
| Saw IV | 2007 | $10,000,000 |
| Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds | 2008 | $2,000,000 |
| Saw V | 2008 | $10,800,000 |
| Feast 3: The Happy Finish | 2009 | $2,000,000 |
| The Collector | 2009 | $3,400,000 |
| Saw VI | 2009 | $11,000,000 |
| Saw 3D | 2010 | $20,000,000 |
| Piranha 3DD | 2012 | $20,000,000 |
| The Collection | 2012 | $10,000,000 |