Mark Frost (born 25 November 1953) is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, and executive producer. His work became famous in the seminal 1980s TV show Hill Street Blues. His other TV credits include Twin Peaks and On the Air. He co-wrote and directed the film Storyville, co-wrote Fantastic Four and wrote The Greatest Game Ever Played (based on his novel of the same name). November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... Twin Peaks was an American Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which first aired in the United States on April 8, 1990 and ended on June 10, 1991. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary In telecommunication, the term on-the-air can mean a station that is transmitting a carrier, whether or not the carrier is modulated. ... Fantastic Four is a 2005 movie based on the Marvel Comics comic Fantastic Four, directed by Tim Story and released by 20th Century Fox. ... Promotional poster for The Greatest Game Ever Played The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film, directed by Bill Paxton. ...

Biography

Frost is the son of actor Warren Frost, brother of writer Scott Frost and actress Lindsay Frost. He studied acting, directing, and playwriting at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh. He left his junior year and began his career in television, film, and literature. Warren Frost is an American actor, known for his role in Twin Peaks and the father of Mark Frost. ... Lindsay Frost (born on 4 June 1962 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) is an American actress. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Motto: Benigno Numine (With the Benevolent Deity) Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Allegheny Founded November 25, 1758 Incorporated April 22, 1794 (borough)   March 18, 1816 (city) Government  - Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area  - City 151. ...

In 1975, he co-wrote two episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, before returning to his hometown of Minneapolis to write stage plays for the Guthrie Theatre. Between 1982 and 1985, he co-wrote a number of Hill Street Blues episodes, and directed one. The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for the OSI, a branch of the CIA.[1] The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network as a regular series from 1974 to 1978, following a... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... The Guthrie Theater is a venue for staging plays in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ...

Frost began collaborating with David Lynch in 1986. They worked on many unproduced projects such as: Goddess, The Lemurians, and One Saliva Bubble. David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. ...

In 1987, Frost was a screenwriter for The Believers. He created and was the executive producer of American Chronicles in 1990. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... American Chronicles was a documentary television program which was run by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990 fall lineup. ...

In 1989, Lynch and Frost produced the pilot episode of Twin Peaks. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twin Peaks was an American Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which first aired in the United States on April 8, 1990 and ended on June 10, 1991. ...

The Twin Peaks series first aired on ABC in 1990 with Frost as co-creator and co-executive producer (with David Lynch). He wrote 10 episodes, directing and playing an uncredited part as a TV Newscaster in the first episode of the second season. His brother Scott Frost wrote the "spinoff" book: The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes (Paperback, 1991, ISBN 0-671-74400-3). Twin Peaks was an American Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which first aired in the United States on April 8, 1990 and ended on June 10, 1991. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

With David Lynch, Frost co-created and co-executively produced the sitcom On the Air, writer, in 1992. That year, he was credited as co-executive producer of Lynch feature prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (though his involvement was minimal^{[citation needed]}), the documentary Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time, and was co-screenwriter and director of Storyville. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary In telecommunication, the term on-the-air can mean a station that is transmitting a carrier, whether or not the carrier is modulated. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... Fire Walk With Me is a 1992 movie directed by David Lynch and starring Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Chris Isaak, Kiefer Sutherland, Mädchen Amick, Phoebe Augustine and Dana Ashbrook. ...

Frost published his first novel, The List of Seven (ISBN 0-380-72019-1), in 1993. The 6 Messiahs (ISBN 0-688-13092-5) followed in 1995. He published his third novel (Before I Wake, hardcover: ISBN 0-399-14263-0, paperback: ISBN 0-515-12353-6), under the pseudonym Eric Bowman, in 1997. The Greatest Game Ever Played (ISBN 0-7868-8800-8), his fourth book, was published in 2002. The List of Seven is a 1993 novel by Mark Frost. ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... Promotional poster for The Greatest Game Ever Played The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film, directed by Bill Paxton. ...

In 1998, Frost created, executively produced, wrote and directed the TV drama-comedy Buddy Faro.

Frost provided the story for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, that will be released in 2007.

External links

• Mark Frost at the Internet Movie Database
• Mark Frost at the All Movie Guide
• "Writer-Producer-Novelist Mark Frost", interview.
• Mark Frost Questions, FAQ at Twin Peaks Online.
• Interview on LIFETEEN.com