Mark St. Germain is an American playwright, author, film and television writer.
Mark St. Germain has written Camping With Henry And Tom (Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards), Out of Gas On Lover’s Leap, Forgiving Typhoid Mary (Time Magazine’s “Year’s Ten Best”), Ears On A Beatle, The God Committee, The Collyer Brothers At Home, The Gifts of The Magi (co-written with Randy Courts), The Book of the Dun Cow(co-written by Randy Courts), Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer (winner of an AT&T “New Plays For The Nineties Award”), Jack’s Holiday, and Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story.
His television credits include The Cosby Show (Writer/Creative Consultant), Crime and Punishment and The Wright Verdicts. He co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard’s Duma. He was also a script writer on the CBS Daytime serial As the World Turns.
As a personal project, he directed and co-produced the documentary "MY DOG: An Unconditional Love Story", featuring, among others, Richard Gere, Glenn Close and Lynn Redgrave.
As a dramatist, St. Germain shows a strong preference for historical fiction, bringing to life historical events and personalities with vivid, imagined dialogue.
Recent works include:
- Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah, premiering in August, 2013, explores an evening at Los Angeles' notorious Garden of Allah apartments with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.