Mark Fergus is a screenwriter, working alongside his writing partner, Hawk Ostby. They are best known for their work on Children of Men (for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay) and Iron Man. Their other work includes First Snow, which was also directed by Fergus, and Cowboys & Aliens. They are the creators and executive producers of the TV series The Expanse, which debuted on Syfy in December 2015 and ended its six-season run on Amazon Prime Video on January 14, 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Writer and director
- 7 on MovieCove · 9 credits in all
What are Mark Fergus' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.
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 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
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 Fergus' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Mark Fergus' 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
9 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Last Vermeer(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Expanse(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Cowboys & Aliens(2011)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Iron Man(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Children of Men(2006)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
First Snow(2006)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Consequence(2003)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all filmsStealth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Shadow Tiger Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 7 of them dated from 2003 to 2019.
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 Fergus' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 7 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 66/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 6 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 Fergus' work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all 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 Fergus work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mark Fergus' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hawk Ostby shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Jon FavreauShared titles: Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Iron Man (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Favreau
Writers
- Hawk OstbyShared titles: The Last Vermeer (2019), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Iron Man (2008), Children of Men (2006), First Snow (2006), Consequence (2003)See all 6 shared titles with Hawk Ostby
Actors
- Guy PearceShared titles: The Last Vermeer (2019), First Snow (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Guy Pearce
