Michael Green
Quick Facts
Biography
Michael Green is an American writer and producer. In addition to writing for television, Green has written several feature film screenplays, including Logan, Alien: Covenant, Blade Runner 2049 and Murder on the Orient Express, all 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.
Life and career
Green grew up in Mamaroneck, New York, the son of a real estate developer. His family is Jewish, and his mother is Israeli. He attended Stanford University. After graduating, Green came back to New York and hustled his way into a junior development job at HBO, where he spent his workday reading other writers' scripts.
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.
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, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, and Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express.
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. By February 2018, Branagh and Green were both confirmed to return as director and writer respectively, as well as a set release date of November 2020.
Comic books
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 reboot of Supergirl, with Mike Johnson as well as the Blade Runner comic series Blade Runner 2019.
Television credits
| Year 1966 | Title: "Lost in Space" | Role Nubu Space Circus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Writer | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Cupid | Writer | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Snoops | Writer, executive story editor | 12 episodes |
| 2001 | First Years | Co-producer | |
| 2001–02 | Smallville | Writer, co-producer and producer | 21 episodes |
| 2004–05 | Jack & Bobby | Writer, consulting producer | 21 episodes |
| 2002–05 | Everwood | Writer, producer, supervising producer, and co-executive producer | 66 episodes |
| 2006–07 | Heroes | Writer and co-executive producer | 33 episodes |
| 2009 | Kings | Creator, writer and executive-producer | 13 episodes Based on the Old Testament story of King David |
| 2012 | The River | Writer and executive producer | 12 episodes |
| 2015 | 87th Academy Awards | Writer | TV special |
| 2017–19 | American Gods | Developed by (with Bryan Fuller), writer and executive producer | 14 episodes Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman |
| 2019 | Raising Dion | Executive producer | 2 episodes |
| TBA | Y | Showrunner, writer and executive producer |
Feature film credits
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) |
| 2011 | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Screenplay (with Eddie Berganza, Alan Burnett, Todd Casey, Dave Gibbons, Marc Guggenheim, Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi) | Christopher Berkeley Lauren Montgomery Jay Oliva |
| Green Lantern | Screenplay & Story (with Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg) | Martin Campbell | |
| 2017 | Logan | Screenplay (with Scott Frank and James Mangold) | James Mangold |
| Alien: Covenant | Story (with Jack Paglen) | Ridley Scott | |
| 2036: Nexus Dawn | Screenplay (with Hampton Fancher) | Luke Scott | |
| 2048: Nowhere to Run | |||
| Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | ||
| Murder on the Orient Express | Screenplay | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | Chris Sanders | |
| Death on the Nile | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | Screenplay (with Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay) | Jaume Collet-Serra |
Awards and nominations
- Emmy Award: Outstanding Drama Series – Heroes (2007 nomination shared with Tim Kring, (executive producer), Dennis Hammer (executive producer), Allan Arkush (executive producer), Greg Beeman (co-executive producer), Jesse Alexander (co-executive producer), Jeph Loeb (co-executive producer), Bryan Fuller (co-executive producer), Natalie Chaidez (co-executive producer), James Chory (produced by), Adam Armus (supervising producer), and Nora Kay Foster
- Writers Guild of America Award: New Series – Heroes (2007)
- Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay nomination shared with James Mangold and Scott Frank for Logan (2018).
