Michael Green | |
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Born | United States |
Occupation | Screenwriter, television writer, comic book writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Genres | Film, television, comic books |
Michael Green is an American television, film and comic book writer.
Green was born to a Jewish family and grew up in Mamaroneck, New York.
Green is 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. Green's other television credits include Everwood, Smallville, Jack and Bobby, Sex and the City, and Heroes. In 2012, he wrote and executive produced a pilot for ABC entitled Gotham and was an executive producer on the ABC series The River.
Green's feature credits include Green Lantern. In 2007, Michael, 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 the award for Favorite New TV Drama at the 33rd annual People's Choice Awards.
He has written or co-written four films which are set to be released in 2017, which are Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express and James Mangold's Logan.