Biography
Mark Steilen is an American writer, producer and director. He graduated from Gonzaga Prep in Spokane in 1977 and attended the University of Washington, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Southern California and the UCLA film school. He worked as a script doctor on films including There’s Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994).
Steilen wrote episodes of the series Shameless (2017–2018), Divorce (2019), Madam Secretary (2017) and Mozart in the Jungle (2014). He received a screenplay credit and served as producer on the film Tag (2018). Earlier credits include writing and directing The Settlement (1999) and directing Wieners (2008). He has also worked as a second-unit director on films such as Hall Pass (2011).
Steilen won a Golden Globe for his work on Mozart in the Jungle.
