
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.
- November 26, 1979 (46)
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
- Writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Mark Heyman's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
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
- 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)

The Boogeyman(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Strange Angel(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Mother!(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Zipper(2015)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
The Skeleton Twins(2014)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Black Swan(2010)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Wrestler(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsThe Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
XOXO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 7 of them dated from 2008 to 2023.
Awards
1 major award from 4 major nominations, 2011–2014.
- Sundance award, won
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Darren AronofskyShared titles: Mother! (2017), Zipper (2015), Black Swan (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Darren Aronofsky

Cinematographers and editors
- Andrew WeisblumShared titles: Mother! (2017), Black Swan (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Weisblum

- Matthew LibatiqueShared titles: Mother! (2017), Black Swan (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Libatique

Producers
- Ari HandelShared titles: Mother! (2017), Zipper (2015), Black Swan (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Ari Handel

- Scott FranklinShared titles: Mother! (2017), Zipper (2015), Black Swan (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Scott Franklin

