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Mark Heyman grew up in New Mexico. He attended Brown University, where he majored in modern culture and media. After graduating from Brown in 2002, he enrolled in New York University's film program as a graduate student.[1][2]
After graduating from New York University, Heyman was as a director of development for Prøtøzøa Pictures, the production company of filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. He was a co-producer on Aronofsky's 2008 film The Wrestler about an aging wrestler. After working on The Wrestler, Heyman moved away from producing films in favor of writing them.[1] He went on to write Black Swan, a psychological thriller set in the world of ballet, which was directed by Aronofsky and released in 2010, based on a script called The Understudy by Andres Heinz. [3]Black Swan was well received by critics and audiences, earning 5 Oscar nominations and winning a Best Actress Academy Award for Natalie Portman. Heyman received nominations for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay.[4]
Heyman went on to create and executive produce the streaming television series Strange Angel, which was produced by Scott Free and originally developed for AMC before being put into turnaround and picked up by CBS All-Access (which later became Paramount+), as the streamer's first original series. The series ran for two seasons and starred Jack Reynor, Bella Heathcote and Rupert Friend.