Mark Thomas McGee

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Mark Thomas McGee (born 1947) is an American actor, writer and director. He has written a number of screenplays, most notably for Fred Olen Ray. He also wrote the cult classic Equinox (1970) when only a teenager.[1]

He is also the author of a number of books, including ones on American International Pictures, Roger Corman, Robert Lippert and Sam Katzman.[2]

Select Screenplay Credits

Select Books

  • J. D. Films: Juvenile Delinquency in the Movies with R.J. Robertson (1982)
  • Fast and Furious: Story of American International Pictures (1987)
  • The Little Shop of Horrors Book with John McCarty (1988)
  • Faster and Furiouser: Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures (1996)
  • Roger Corman: The Best of the Cheap Acts (1998)
  • Beyond Ballyhoo: Motion Picture Promotion and Gimmicks (2001)
  • The Rock and Roll Movie Encyclopedia of the 1950s (2002)
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The Making of a Classic (2012)
  • You Won't Believe Your Eyes: A Front Row Look at the Sci-Fi Horror Films of the 50s (2013) with R.J. Robertson
  • Talk's Cheap, Action's Expensive - The Films of Robert L. Lippert (2014)
  • Katzman, Nicholson, Corman Shaping Hollywood's Future (2016)

References

  1. "Monster of his dreams; Teen created an FX classic Producer made it commercial" by Peter Howell, Toronto Star 10 August 2006
  2. "The hypnosis horror films of the 1950s: Genre texts and industrial context", Journal of Film & Video, 1 July 2003

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