Mark Handley is a playwright and screenwriter.
In 1977, he and his wife moved to the Pacific Northwest where they lived in isolation in a log cabin that they built themselves.
He is best known for his play Idioglossia, which was later produced as Jodie Foster's film, Nell. Nell was co-written by Mr. Handley and British Dramatist William Nicholson (Shadowlands). Nell was the first production of Jodie Foster's company Egg Pictures and was directed by Michael Apted.