Mark Frost

Mark Frost (born November 25, 1953) is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He is best known as the co-creator of the surrealist mystery horror drama television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) which won a Golden Globe Award in 1990. He was also a writer and executive story editor of the police drama series Hill Street Blues (1982–1985). He also directed the 1992 film Storyville. He has also published novels beginning with The List of Seven as well as several non-fiction works, including The Greatest Game Ever Played (2002), which was adapted as a 2005 film.

Early life Mark Frost was born on November 25, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Mary Virginia Calhoun and actor Warren Frost. He is the elder brother of actress Lindsay Frost and writer and photographer Scott Frost. During his childhood, Frost was raised in Los Angeles, California, As a high-school student, he spent two years on an internship program studying and working at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. After his graduation, he returned to the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, where he was a literary associate until 1978.

Career Frost was a writer for the NBC television series Hill Street Blues. He co-created the ABC television series Twin Peaks with David Lynch. The show developed from the initial setup of Lynch having been hired by Warner Bros. to develop a film based on the life of Marilyn Monroe that saw Lynch and Frost write a screenplay. While it didn't lead anywhere, they became good friends and it was Lynch who eventually got an "idea of a small-town thing", before Frost expressed interest in doing "a sort of Dickensian story about multiple lives in a contained area that could sort of go perpetually." First pitched during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, the show eventually premiered in 1990. They maintained control of the show for the first season but each had varying control over the second season, in which both later expressed regret at resolving the murder. The show first ended on June 10, 1991; Frost was not involved with the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). They then developed On the Air, which aired from June 20 to July 4, 1992. He co-wrote and directed the film Storyville, co-wrote Fantastic Four (2005) and wrote The Greatest Game Ever Played, based on his 2002 book of the same name.