Marcus Dunstan

Marcus Dunstan: Biography in Details

Who is Marcus Dunstan?

Marcus Dunstan is an American screenwriter, director, and novelist.

Marcus Dunstan is well known for co-writing the screenplay for the 2005 film Feast which was the winner of Season Three of the filmmaking competition reality TV series Project Greenlight.

Dunstan and Melton have also been tapped to write the next “Final Destination” film for New Line, coming nearly 20 years after the original movie.

How old is Marcus Dunstan?

Dunstan was born in Macomb, Illinois on September 19, 1975. As of 2023, he is 47 years old.

He studied at the University of Lowa, Lowa, US where he studied film and worked in movie theaters. 

While in college Dunstan experimented with 16mm film where he often used himself as the guinea pig in poorly executed stunts like dragging behind a car, the target of flying knives, and thrice being set on fire.

He holds the record for spilling the fakest blood ever in a student film.

In 1999, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked in several places including a retirement home, an Optometry clinic, and a video store and spent his nights writing on a computer borrowed from fellow screenwriters, Patrick Melton.

Professional Career of Marcus Dunstan

Marcus as Screenwriter

In March 2005, Dunstan wrote the screenplay for the Feast along with Patrick Melton which was directed by John Gulager.

The movie won Season Three of Project Greenlight.

The film starred Krista Allen and Eric Dane and was produced by Dimension Flims andNeo Art & Logic.

Then Dunstan wrote the screenplays for Feast, Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds, Feast 3: The Happy Finish, The Collector, Saw 4, Saw 5, Saw 6 and Saw 3D.

He is also in pre-production and post-production for his other screenplays.

Dunstan co-wrote with Melton a screenplay for the potential eleventh film of the Halloween Franchise.

In 2013, Melton and Dunstan were enlisted to perform uncredited rewrites on Pacific Rim when their spec script Monstropolis caught Guillermo Del Toro’s attention and then were attached to a film version of God of War.

In October 2016, Dunsten, along with partner Melton, was selected to write for the adaptation of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings.

He also wrote additional dialogue for the Saw Escape Room in Las Vegas.

Marcus as Director

 In addition to writing the screenplay for the 2009 movie The Collector, he directed the film as well.

He also directed the sequel to The Collector, titled The Collection and the 2016 movie, The Neighbour.

Novel by Marcus

Dunstan, Melton, and Stephen Romano co-wrote the thriller novel Black Light – Don’t Look Too Deep, which will be published on October 5, 2011.

The novel will adapt in a feature film written by Patrick Melton and Dunston, under the direction of Stephen Romano, Michael De Luca will produce for Warner Bros.

What is Marcus Dunstan’s net worth?

Dunstan’s net worth is around $16 Million US. His average salary as a screenwriter is $62,401 annually.

He is active on twitter than any other social media platform with 2668 followers on the Twitter account.

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