Cyrus Nowrasteh

Writer / Director / Producer

self-portrait-bwMark Tapson began work in Hollywood as a script reader for various production companies, writing evaluations of literally hundreds of scripts and books in addition to writing movie reviews, cable TV promos, and script treatments, as well as freelancing as an editor and ghostwriter.

 

He became Cyrus Nowrasteh’s assistant and researcher for the highly regarded Disney/ABC-TV miniseries The Path to 9/11, and subsequently for numerous other projects, including The Stoning of Soraya M. and The Last Campaign.

 

As a screenwriter, Mark has written a feature film biopic of Steve McQueen, The Cooler King, on assignment, and a major network series pilot. Most recently, he has adapted a crime thriller novel for the big screen. He is currently writing a TV documentary for renowned terrorism expert Steven Emerson, as well as working on a new spec script. Mark is also a frequent contributor to Andrew Breitbart’s Big Hollywood website, and his work has also appeared on such sites as JihadWatch, the Investigative Project on Terrorism, and MovieGuide.

Mark on Big Hollywood:

Zinn 101: A Radical’s History of the United States

Political Correctness, Ft. Hood, and Hollywood

“The Simpsons,” Islamophobia and CAIR: The Price of Freedom

Honoring 9/11: They Want us to Forget

NBC’s Reality TV: To Catch a Terrorist

In Praise of American Warriors

The Whitewashing of Soraya M.

Getting Real About Torture

The Post-American President

Mr. President: War is Not a ‘Struggle’ or ‘Situation’

Hollywood Goes to Iran

The Worst Form of Terrorism

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