Mark Rosenthal
Mark Rosenthal (born 15 January 1950; age 75) was credited as a co-writer of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, along with Leonard Nimoy and Lawrence Konner. He and Konner have been writing partners since 1985.
Nimoy later alleged, in his memoirs I Am Spock, that Konner and Rosenthal actually had nothing to do with the finished script, but the studio gave them credit for political reasons. Most ironically, Nimoy had, one year earlier, delved into the matter at far more length and in far more detail for co-star William Shatner's memoirs Star Trek Movie Memories (1995, pp. 340-396) than he had in his own memoirs. As it so happened, Shatner had also, independently from Nimoy, interviewed the movie's Director/Co-Script Writer Nicholas Meyer for his memoirs, who, even though he had a strained relationship with Nimoy at the time, because of the studio politics surrounding this issue, fully corroborated Nimoy's allegation, even claiming that not even a single syllable of the Konner/Rosenthal story outlines had been used.
Career
Mark Rosenthal made his writing debut alongside established television writer Lawrence Konner The Legend of Billie Jean (1985, starring Christian Slater, with Dean Stockwell). This was followed by such films as The Jewel of the Nile, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, with music by Star Trek: The Original Series composer Alexander Courage), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993, starring Diedrich Bader, with Lea Thompson), and Mercury Rising (1998, featuring Kevin Conway).
Rosenthal and Konner later worked on Mighty Joe Young (1998, featuring [[]Naveen Andrews], Lawrence Pressman, David Paymer, Robert Wisdom, Scarlett Pomers, Richard Riehle and Tracey Walter, cinematography by Don Peterman, and music by James Horner), Planet of the Apes (2001, featuring Cary-Hiroyuki, David Warner, Erick Avari, Michael Jace and Deep Roy), Mona Lisa Smile (2003) and Flicka (2006).