Mark Alexandre Fortin (born August 11, 1978) is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He co-writes with his life partner

Joshua John Miller Joshua John Miller (born December 26, 1974) is an American actor, screenwriter, author, and director. Miller co-writes with his life partner M. A. Fortin; the two wrote the screenplay for the 2015 horror comedy ''The Final Girls'', and the USA N ...

; together they wrote the screenplay for the 2015 horror comedy ''

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'', and the pilot of the

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drama series '' Queen of the South''.

Personal life

Fortin was born in

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, Quebec, and raised in Oakville, Ontario. He is an alumnus of

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, from which he received his

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in 2000. He graduated with a

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from the

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Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

Institute for Advanced Theater Training at

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. He is gay, and as of 2013 is in a relationship with fellow screenwriter

Career

Fortin frequently co-writes with

. Their first collaboration was on the short film ''Dawn'', which was directed by actress

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. The short premiered at the

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. The two then wrote and executive produced the horror comedy film ''

'', which was directed by

Todd Strauss-Schulson Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the comedy film '' A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011), the horror comedy film '' The F ...

and stars

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and

Malin Åkerman Malin Maria Åkerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish actress. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including ''The Utopian Society'' (2003) and ''Harold & Kumar Go to Whi ...

. The film had its world premiere at

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on March 13, 2015, and was given a

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in the United States on October 9, 2015. Fortin and Miller wrote the pilot of the

drama series '' Queen of the South'', which premiered on June 23, 2016, and for which they also serve as executive producers.

Filmography

* ''Dawn'' (2014; short film) * ''

'' (2015; also executive producer) * '' Queen of the South'' (2016–present; also executive producer) * '' The Georgetown Project'' (TBA, also director)

References

External links

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