Michael Green | |
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Born | United States |
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Language | English |
Genres | Film, television, comic books |
Spouse | Amber Noizumi |
Michael Green is an American writer and producer. In addition to writing for television, Green has written or co-written several feature film screenplays, including Logan , Alien: Covenant , Blade Runner 2049 and Murder on the Orient Express , all released in 2017. For Logan, which he co-wrote with James Mangold and Scott Frank, Green was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Green grew up in Mamaroneck, New York, the son of a real estate developer. His family is Jewish, and his mother is Israeli. [1] He attended Stanford University. After graduating, Green came back to New York and was hired for a junior development job at HBO, where he spent his workday reading other writers' scripts. [2]
Green's first television writing credit was on Sex and the City . He was the creator and writer of the 2009 NBC series Kings , a drama based on the biblical story of King David but set in an alternate present. Other television credits also include Everwood , Smallville , Jack and Bobby and Heroes .
In 2007, Green, along with the rest of the Heroes writing staff, was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series and the WGA Award for New Series. Heroes won for Favorite New TV Drama at the 33rd annual People's Choice Awards.
In 2009, Green was hired by 20th Century Fox to pen an early draft of Fantastic Four with Akiva Goldsman producing. [3]
Green's feature writing career began with Green Lantern in 2011. He wrote or co-wrote four films released in 2017: James Mangold's Logan , Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant , [4] Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 , [5] and Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express . [6]
He developed, wrote and is an executive producer for the Starz series American Gods with Bryan Fuller. It is adapted from Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name.
In November 2017, Death on the Nile , an adaptation of the novel of the same name, was reported to be in active development with Green returning as screenwriter. [7] By February 2018, Branagh and Green were both confirmed to return as director and writer respectively. [8] More recently, he signed an overall deal with Netflix. [9] As of October 2023, he is writing a film adaptation of the acclaimed video game BioShock for Netflix. [10] In November 2023, Green was hired to write a new script for Marvel Studios's Blade . [11]
A contributor to DC Comics, Green is the author and co-author of several graphic novels, including Batman: Lovers and Madmen. He co-wrote Superman/Batman and the New 52 reboot of Supergirl , with Mike Johnson as well as the Blade Runner comic series Blade Runner 2019.
Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1998 | Sex and the City | Yes | No | 1 episode |
1998 | Cupid | Yes | No | 2 episodes |
1999 | Snoops | Yes | No | 12 episodes; Also executive story editor |
2001 | First Years | No | co-producer | |
2001–02 | Smallville | Yes | Yes | 21 episodes |
2004–05 | Jack & Bobby | Yes | consulting | 21 episodes |
2002–05 | Everwood | Yes | Yes | 66 episodes; Also supervising producer, and co-executive producer |
2006–07 | Heroes | Yes | co-executive | 33 episodes |
2009 | Kings | Yes | executive | 13 episodes Also creator |
2012 | The River | Yes | executive | 12 episodes |
2015 | 87th Academy Awards | Yes | No | TV special |
2017–19 | American Gods | Yes | executive | 14 episodes Also developer |
2019 | Raising Dion | No | executive | 9 episodes |
2023 | Blue Eye Samurai | Yes | Yes | Also creator |
Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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2011 | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Christopher Berkeley Lauren Montgomery Jay Oliva | Direct-to-video |
Green Lantern | Martin Campbell | ||
2017 | Logan | James Mangold | |
Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | Story only | |
2036: Nexus Dawn | Luke Scott | Short film | |
Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | ||
Murder on the Orient Express | Kenneth Branagh | ||
2020 | The Call of the Wild | Chris Sanders | |
2021 | Jungle Cruise | Jaume Collet-Serra | |
2022 | Death on the Nile | Kenneth Branagh | |
2023 | A Haunting in Venice | Kenneth Branagh | |
2025 | Blade | Yann Demange | Pre-production |
TBA | Carry-On | Jaume Collet-Serra | |
BioShock | Francis Lawrence | In development |
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