Mark Rosenthal

Mark Rosenthal
Born	Mark David Rosenthal United States
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director

Mark David Rosenthal is an American screenwriter and film director and long-time writing partner of Lawrence Konner.

Rosenthal sold the first screenplay he wrote, which came out theatrically as The Legend of Billie Jean. This was followed by such films as The Jewel of the Nile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace,Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Beverly Hillbillies, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, Mona Lisa Smile, Flicka, Mercury Rising, Mighty Joe Young and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He also did uncredited work on I, Robot and Eragon.

Rosenthal co-wrote (with Konner) and directed The In Crowd for Orion Studios.

Rosenthal is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. He was featured in Tales From The Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories and in Why We Write: 25 Top Screenwriters Share Their Stories (Sillman-James Press).

Rosenthal, working with Konner, did non-credited work on I, Robot as well. In the original draft, the Bridget Moynahan character was the "hidden robot-human hybrid". Realizing that this dilemma would explain Will Smith's antipathy towards robots, Rosenthal created a central character who had been maimed by robots. Rosenthal and Konner also wrote the sequence where Smith uncovers the escaped robot in the factory by shooting into the lines of robots.

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