Mark A. Altman is a showrunner/executive producer, director and writer. His bestselling two-volume book, The 50 Year Mission: The Complete Uncensored History of Star Trek, was released by St. Martin's Press in 2016 in hardcover to unanimous critical acclaim including raves in The Wall Street Journal, Booklist and Publishers Weekly. His oral history of the James Bond films, Nobody Does It Better, was released in 2020 in hardcover, paperback, digital and audio by Macmillan as well as Secrets Of The Force in 2021 chronicling the entire Star Wars saga and, most recently, They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog about the John Wick films and gun-fu which debuted in Summer 2022. In 2019, Altman launched the Electric Surge video podcast network with producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate). These popular podcasts include The 4:30 Movie and Inglorious Treksperts (which Trek Movie called "The Best Star Trek Podcast of 2021,") which he co-hosts, along with Best Movies Never Made, as well as several others including the Leverage After Show and is also available on the streaming OTT platform, Electric Now, as well as through traditional audio podcast providers. Altman is also a former journalist as well. In the past, Altman has contributed to such newspapers and magazines as The Boston Globe, Written By, L'Cinefage, The Guardian, The Boston Edge, Cult TV, Computer Player, Geek, Brandeis Magazine and many others, including Cinefantastique for which he launched their independent film division, CFQ Films, which produced numerous successful genre features for DVD and VOD release. Altman has spoken at numerous industry events and conventions, including ShowBiz Expo as well as the Variety/Final Draft Screenwriters Panel at the Cannes Film Festival. He has also been a frequent guest and panelist at Comic-Con held annually in San Diego, CA and a two-time juror for the Comic-Con Film Festival. In addition to being a graduate of the Writers Guild of America Showrunners Training Program, he is a member of the Television Academy.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Producer, writer, director and actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Mark A. Altman's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 12
Light 11 · Serious 4 · Dark 1
Grounded 10 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 4 · Intense 6
Steady 11 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 4
Casual 8 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous7
- 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 A. Altman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021) · actor, producer · free
- Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024) · director, writer, producer · free
- Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint (2016) · director · free
- The Librarians (2014) · writer · free
- The Darkroom (2006) · writer, producer · free
- Earthquake: (Practice) The Secret Files of Earthquake (2022) · director · free
- Dead & Deader (2006) · writer, producer · free
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) · producer · free
- Room 6 (2006) · writer, producer · free
- House of the Dead 2 (2005) · writer, producer · free
- Porthole (2018) · director, writer · free
- House of the Dead (2003) · writer, producer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mark A. Altman'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
23 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Pandora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Porthole(2018)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
50 Years of Star Trek(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Librarians(2014)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Caught on Tape(2013)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Femme Fatales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Thirst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Dead & Deader(2006)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Room 6(2006)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
DOA: Dead or Alive(2006)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
House of the Dead 2(2005)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Darkroom(2006)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
House of the Dead(2003)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Specials(2000)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Free Enterprise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
To Boldly Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.
Biggest box office
House of the Dead (2003)
Highest rated
The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
Most popular right now
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
Film career
- 2000Screen debut· The Specials
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Mark A. Altman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th9
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 16 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned3
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the dialogue 33/100 and the plot and story 33/100 in their films, across 11 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 A. Altman'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 A. Altman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark A. Altman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Gottwald shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Michael HurstShared titles: Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Hurst
Actors
- Ellie CornellShared titles: Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), House of the Dead (2003), The Specials (2000)See all 5 shared titles with Ellie Cornell
- John BillingsleyShared titles: The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021), Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006)See all 3 shared titles with John Billingsley
- Manny CotoShared titles: The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021), Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Manny Coto
- Sticky FingazShared titles: Caught on Tape (2013), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Sticky Fingaz
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Joe KraemerShared titles: Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024), 50 Years of Star Trek (2016), Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 7 shared titles with Joe Kraemer
- Raymond StellaShared titles: Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Raymond Stella
- Alan PaoShared titles: Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024), Caught on Tape (2013), Dead & Deader (2006), The Darkroom (2006)See all 4 shared titles with Alan Pao
- Jon BerryShared titles: Best Christmas Movies Ever! (2024), Porthole (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Berry
Producers
- Mark GottwaldShared titles: Porthole (2018), Caught on Tape (2013), Dead & Deader (2006), DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005), House of the Dead 2 (2005), House of the Dead (2003), The Specials (2000)See all 10 shared titles with Mark Gottwald
- Chuck SpeedShared titles: Caught on Tape (2013), Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005), House of the Dead 2 (2005)See all 6 shared titles with Chuck Speed
- Brian Volk-WeissShared titles: Earthquake: (Practice) The Secret Files of Earthquake (2022), The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021), 50 Years of Star Trek (2016), Aries Spears: Comedy Blueprint (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Brian Volk-Weiss
- Danny WayneShared titles: Dead & Deader (2006), Room 6 (2006), The Darkroom (2006), All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Danny Wayne
Mixed roles
- Ian RoumainShared titles: The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021), 50 Years of Star Trek (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Roumain
- Steven KriozereShared titles: Dead & Deader (2006), The Darkroom (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Steven Kriozere
- Jeremy KastenShared titles: All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005), The Specials (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Jeremy Kasten
- Michael RoeschShared titles: House of the Dead 2 (2005), House of the Dead (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Roesch