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PATRICK MELTON hails from Evanston, Illinois and attended the University of Iowa, where he met his writing partner, Marcus Dunstan. After moving to Los Angeles and working for various film companies, Patrick attended Loyola Marymount University, where he received his MFA in Screenwriting. In 2004, Patrick won the filmmaking contest Project Greenlight for the script he co-wrote with Marcus Dunstan titled FEAST. Since then, Patrick and Marcus have become household names in the horror genre with such films as SAW IV, SAW V, SAW VI, the two FEAST sequels, and THE COLLECTOR, which Dunstan also directed. They have provided rewrites for the successful MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D and the recently released PIRANHA 3D. Currently, Patrick and Marcus are writing a film version of THE OUTER LIMITS for MGM and they are preparing to film THE COLLECTOR 2 this fall with Dunstan returning to the director's chair.

MARCUS DUNSTAN hails from Macomb, IL and attended the University of Iowa, where he met his writing partner Patrick Melton. After moving to North Hollywood in January of 1999, Marcus attempted to stay in shape by jogging in a nearby park. He found a gun in that park, ran back to his apartment and shortly thereafter gained 50 pounds. Odd job after odd job followed as Mr. Dunstan watched his youth dim under the mocking gaze of his Communications Degree. A fateful call from Patrick Melton began with, “What if we took a shot at writing a horror film?” That script became FEAST, which was selected by Project Greenlight and released by Dimension Films. The success of FEAST led to the creation of two sequels that so offended one viewer, Dunstan was asked not to reproduce. In 2007, Marcus co-wrote SAW IV with Patrick Melton, during which time, Dunstan, fearing kidney stones, endured an ultrasound only to discover that his jeans were so tight they had pinched a nerve under his ribcage. With shame intact, Marcus co-wrote SAW V, SAW VI and SAW 3D for director Kevin Greutert. Dunstan's next offering as director will be THE COLLECTION, a sequel to his directorial debut, THE COLLECTOR, which is based, once again, on a script co-written by his college bud, Patrick Melton. The screenwriting duo are currently working on the film adaptation of the sci-fi series THE OUTER LIMITS which will hopefully bring Dunstan one step closer to realizing his lifelong dream of living on the moon…or within walking distance of a Jimmy John’s Subs…whichever comes first.

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