Marc Nieson (born in
Brooklyn,
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
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) is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
professor. His writings span fiction, creative nonfiction, and screenwriting. He has been awarded the Literal Latte Fiction Award and a Raymond Carver Short Story Award.
He teaches on the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program at
Chatham University in
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
He studied at
New York University (
B.F.A.) and
Iowa Writers' Workshop (
M.F.A.)
Books
* ''Schoolhouse'', memoir (Ice Cube Press, 2016)
Screenplays
* '"Bottomland'", (Feature Film) Co-Writer, Co-producer. (Winner 1992 Houston Int'l Film Fest)
* "The Dream Catcher", (Feature Film), Co-Writer. 1999. (Winner 11 Int'l Film Festivals)
* "The Speed of Life", (Feature Film), Co-Writer. (Premiere/Special Jury Prize: 2007 Venice Int'l Film Fest)
References
Further reading
* ''Contemporary Authors Online''. The Gale Group, 2006.
External links
Marc Nieson faculty page
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Living people
American male screenwriters
Chatham University faculty
Writers from Brooklyn
Screenwriters from New York City
Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
Year of birth missing (living people)