{"id":223,"date":"2009-06-29T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T18:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2009-06-29T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T18:48:20","slug":"writers-assistant-mark-tapson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/?page_id=223","title":{"rendered":"Writer&#8217;s Assistant &#8211; Mark Tapson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-413\" title=\"Profile Pic\" src=\"http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Profile-Pic-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Profile-Pic-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Profile-Pic.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/>Mark 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\u00a0writing movie reviews, cable TV promos, and script treatments, as well as freelancing as an editor and ghostwriter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">He became\u00a0Cyrus Nowrasteh&#8217;s\u00a0assistant and researcher for the highly regarded miniseries THE PATH TO 9\/11<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">, and subsequently for many other projects, including THE STONING OF SORAYA M.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">A Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Mark\u00a0writes frequently about\u00a0politics and pop culture\u00a0for Acculturated, FrontPage Mag, PJ Media, Big Hollywood,\u00a0and elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">As a screenwriter, he co-wrote the award-winning documentary <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">JIHAD IN AMERICA: THE GRAND DECEPTION, recently finished a feature adaption of Michael Graham&#8217;s crime thriller THE SNOW ANGEL<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">and is currently adapting Caspar Weinberger&#8217;s &amp; Peter Schweizer&#8217;s book THE NEXT WAR<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">as a feature film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Georgia;\">Find Mark at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marktapson.com\">his website here<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkTapson\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark 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\u00a0writing movie reviews, cable TV &hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/cyrusnowrasteh.com\/?page_id=223\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Writer&#8217;s Assistant &#8211; 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