---
name: "Mark Victor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-victor"
fi1m_id: "mark-victor"
imdb_id: "nm0896131"
tmdb_id: 10058
wikidata_id: "Q6770148"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1900"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:33:02.819195+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mark Victor

## Identity

Mark Victor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-victor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-victor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0896131
- **TMDB ID:** 10058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6770148
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Victor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6770148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10058

Writer. Born 1 January 1900.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1900
- **Active:** 1973–1982
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Victor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6770148, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896131/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10058

## Biography

Mark Victor is an American screenwriter and producer. He frequently collaborated with writer Michael Grais, with whom he had worked on television series including *Kojak* and *Starsky and Hutch* in the 1970s.

Victor co-wrote the screenplay for the supernatural horror film *Poltergeist* (1982), from a story by Steven Spielberg, and contributed to its sequel *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986). His other screenwriting credits include *Death Hunt* (1981), *Marked for Death* (1990) and *Cool World* (1992). He also produced several films, among them *Sleepwalkers* (1992).

Victor trained as a lawyer and was admitted to the bar in Arizona.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Poltergeist* (1982), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Poltergeist* (2015), Original Film Writer
- *Tom Holland's Twisted Tales* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *Adopt a Sailor* (2008), Producer
- *Who Killed Atlanta's Children?* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Cool World* (1992), Screenplay, Writer
- *Sleepwalkers* (1992), Producer
- *Marked for Death* (1990), Producer, Screenplay
- *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Screenplay, Producer
- *Poltergeist* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Death Hunt* (1981), Screenplay
- *Kojak* (1973), series, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mark-victor