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|birthdate = [[1975]]{{birth date and age|1975|9|19}}
|birthplace = [[Macomb, Illinois]]
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'''Marcus Dunstan''' (born 1975 September 1975 in [[Macomb, Illinois]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[screenplay]] [[writer]] and director.

Dunstan was born in [[Macomb, Illinois]]. He==Biography==
===Early life===
Dunstan spent his formative years working in movie theaters and studying film at the [[University of Iowa]]. ⏎
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===Movie career===⏎
While in college Dunstan experimented with [[16mm film]] often using himself as the guinea pig in poorly executed [[stunts]] that left him dragging behind a car, the target of flying knives, and thrice being set on fire. He holds the record for spilling the most fake blood ever in a student film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demonfm.co.uk/?q=node/536|title=Marcus Dunstan - Interview by Matt Horn|publisher=[[Demon FM]]|date=10/11/2009}}</ref> Since moving to [[Los Angeles]] in 1999, Dunstan toiled in several odd jobs including a retirement home, an [[Optometry]] clinic, and a video store while spending his nights writing on a borrowed computer from fellow [[screenwriter]], [[Patrick Melton]].

In March, 2005, Dunstan and Melton won Season Three of [[Project Greenlight]] with their screenplay, ''[[Feast (film)|Feast]].'' The director was [[John Gulager]]. The film stars [[Krista Allen]] and [[Eric Dane]] and was produced by [[Dimension Films]] and [[Neo Art & Logic]].

Dunstan has written the screenplays for ''[[Feast (film)|Feast]]'', ''[[Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds]]'',  ''[[Feast 3: The Happy Finish]]'', ''[[The Collector (2009 film)|The Collector]]'', ''[[Saw IV]]'', ''[[Saw V]]'' and ''[[Saw VI]]''.<ref>[http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b16182_collector_marcus_dunston_patrick_melton.html Marcus Dunstan at FEARnet]</ref> He is also in pre-producation and post-production for several of his other screenplays, including the upcoming ''Saw VII''. In addition to writing the screenplay for ''The Collector'', he also directed the film. In addition to this, he and writing partner [[Patrick Melton]] made a cameo appearance in [[Saw V]] emerging from an elevator.⏎
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<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19733 Behind-the-Scenes Image from the Set of 'Saw 3D']</ref> Dunstan is set to direct the sequel to his directing debut [[The Collector (2009 film)|The Collector]].<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36814/a-sequel-the-collector-way A Sequel to The Collector on the Way]</ref>

==Filmography==
===Writer===
*''[[Saw VII]]'' (2010)
*''The Candidate'' (2010)
* ''[[Saw VI]]'' (2009) (screenplay)
* ''[[The Collector (2009 film)|The Collector]]'' (2009) (writer) 
* ''[[Feast 3: The Happy Finish]]'' (2009)  
* ''[[Saw V]]'' (2008) (screenplay) 
* ''[[Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds]]'' (2008) 
* ''[[Saw IV]]'' (2007) (screenplay) (story) 
* ''[[Feast (film)|Feast]]'' (2005)

===Producer===
*''The Candidate'' (2010)

===Director===
* ''[[The Collector (2009 film)|The Collector]]'' (2009)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb |1729303}}⏎
*[http://www.fearnet.com/videos/b16182_collector_marcus_dunston_patrick_melton.html Marcus Dunstan at FEARnet]

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[[Category:American film directors]]
[[Category:American screenwriters]]
[[Category:People from Macomb, Illinois]]
[[Category:University of Iowa alumni]]


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