What is Mark Schwahn's Net Worth?

Mark Schwahn is an American screenwriter, director and producer who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Mark Schwahn was born June 5, 1966 and is best known as the creator, head writer and executive producer of the drama television series One Tree Hill. His other credits include work on the film 35 Miles from Normal, which he received a nomination for the Grand Jury Award and for which he also won the Special Jury Award at the Florida Film Festival; Whatever It Takes (writer, director); The Perfect Score (writer), Coach Center (writer). Other television credits include Spy School for Girls (co-creator, writer, director, executive producer); Nashville (co-creator, writer, executive producer); Shelter (creator, writer and executive producer). Schwahn is credited with writing seven episodes of One Tree Hill from Season One (including the pilot; seven episodes in Season Two; nine episodes in Season Four; nine episodes in Season Five; ten episodes in Season Six; eight episodes in Season Seven; thirteen episodes in Season Eight.

He also directed eleven episodes of One Tree Hill. In looking back on his time with One Tree Hill, Schwahn says he's thankful he was given a final season after several years of having to plan finales not knowing the show's fate. "We had so many endings of the show because we were always on the bubble," he said. "Every season, because we were serialized, we had to come up with arcs that would feel substantial for the audience if it were, in fact, the end of the series." Schwahn obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and is a prominent member of the Writer's Guild.