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Mark Schwahn

Mark Schwahn

Writer and producer

Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
5 on Motif · 10 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 24% in 30 days

What are Mark Schwahn's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
34%
Society
27%
Morality
22%
Bonds
17%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Hopeful
2
Romantic
1
Joyful
1
Cathartic
1
Other
1

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 Schwahn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Schwahn's titles on Motif; 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, 5 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Royals(2015)

    Show 9 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Coach Carter(2005)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • The Perfect Score(2004)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • One Tree Hill(2003)

    Show 161 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Producer · Supervising Producer · Teleplay · Writer · as Max

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • Whatever It Takes(2000)

    Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • 35 Miles from Normal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Writer

  • Colin Fitz (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    as Venice Beach Fan

  • Nowhere Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Technician

  • Joseph in Egypt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    as Israelite (voice)

  • Nashville (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Show Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 1992 to 2015.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 10: 3 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting3 of 10: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting6 of 10: 2 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdProducing3 of 10: 1 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 10: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

10 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew2000s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew2010s1 · crew

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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mark Schwahn's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 43/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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 Schwahn's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 Motif titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Mark Schwahn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Schwahn's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Robbins shares the most, 2.

Producers