Mark Ezra

Mark Ezra
Occupation	Film writer, producer, director, actor, children's author
Years active	1978–present

Mark Ezra is a film writer, producer, director, actor and published children's author. He is most noted for films such as Slaughter High, Steal, and Waking Ned.

Ezra's horror movie, Slaughter High (1986) (originally April Fools Day), was picked up by Vestron at the Cannes Film Festival for ten times its production costs. He has directed several films, including Savage Hearts (1995), which featured Richard Harris, Julian Fellowes and Jerry Hall. Waking Ned Devine (1998), which he co-produced, was picked up by Fox Searchlight and grossed over $100 million. He wrote the screenplay for Steal (2002), which opened in the number 1 spot in France during the Cannes festival. His film House Swap (2010) won at the Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood.

The Nth Doctor by Jean-Marc Lofficier includes a chapter on Ezra's Doctor Who script The Return to Varnax.

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