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Mark Heyman

Mark Heyman

Writer and producer · Born November 26, 1979 (46) · Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.

BAFTA Award nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Mark Heyman (born 1979) is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for co-writing Black Swan (2010), The Skeleton Twins (2014), and The Boogeyman (2023). He also created the television series Strange Angel , which aired on Paramount+ for two seasons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Heyman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 26, 1979 (46)
From
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 9% in 30 days

What are Mark Heyman's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 4

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
4
Melancholic
3
Warm
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mark Heyman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Heyman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

10 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Pendulum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director · Writer

  • The Boogeyman(2023)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Strange Angel(2018)

    Show 17 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
  • Mother!(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Zipper(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • The Skeleton Twins(2014)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Black Swan(2010)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Wrestler(2008)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • XOXO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 7 of them dated from 2008 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 10: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting6 of 10: 4 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing5 of 10: 4 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 10: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

1 major award from 4 major nominations, 2011–2014.

WinNomination
  1. 2014
    • Sundance award, won
  2. 2011
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay (Original)
    • +2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Original Screenplay
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Screenplay, Original

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Mark Heyman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 7 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Reviewers score the dialogue 49/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mark Heyman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 76 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles23–73 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 87 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mark Heyman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Heyman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Darren Aronofsky shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers