Mark V. Olsen

American television producer and screenwriter

Mark V. Olsen
Born	1962 (age 61–62) United States
Occupation(s)	Producer, Writer, Attorney

Mark V. Olsen (born 1962) is an American television producer and screenwriter. He was the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series Big Love and Getting On along with his writing partner and husband Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot episode of Big Love.^[1]

Overview

Olsen grew up in Hastings, Nebraska. He is also an attorney, and a member of the New York bar.

Olsen is openly gay; since the early 1990s, he and professional partner Will Scheffer have also been married to each other.^[2]^[3]

Prior to the television show Big Love, Olsen co-produced the independent feature-length movie Easter (2002), which was originally written as a play by Scheffer. Olsen also wrote a six-part miniseries for HBO known as Mary Chestnut's Civil War.

References

^ "Awards for Mark V. Olsen" at the Internet Movie Database
^ Gross, Terry (1 August 2007), "Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, Feeling the 'Big Love'", Fresh Air, retrieved 2008-10-14
^ Lattin, Don (10 June 2007), "Gay monogamous couple are brains behind polygamy show", San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 2008-10-14

External links

Mark V. Olsen at IMDb

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama (2000–2009)

Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000)
Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001)
Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002)
Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003)
Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004)
Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005)
Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006)
Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007)
Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008)
David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)