Michael Colleary is an American film producer, screenwriter and television writer. His writing credits include ''

Face/Off ''Face/Off'' is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, written by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. The first Hollywood film in which Woo was given major creativ ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', the story for '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,'' and the

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live-action series '' Unnatural History''. He is a frequent collaborator with

Mike Werb Mike Werb is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include ''Face/Off'', '' The Mask'' and the story for '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider''. A Los Angeles native, Werb attended Stanford. He is a UCLA Film School graduate. He has worked as ...

. Together they won a

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for their original screenplay of ''Face/Off''. Colleary is the writer-showrunner of the independently financed, action-adventure TV series, ''Professionals'', starring Tom Welling,

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, and

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, which currently airs on the CW network. Colleary was born and raised in

Montclair, New Jersey Montclair () is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a wealthy and diverse commuter town and suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. As ...

.Hamil, Denis
"Scripted for Success; The Co-author of ''Face/Off'' Has Screenwriting in His Blood"
''

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'', July 13, 1997. Accessed July 20, 2017. "Last month, there was a special screening of ''Face/Off'' in Cedar Grove, N.J., followed by a party at Lotsa Pasta on Bellevue Ave. where the family and friends of co-writer Michael Colleary honored the local boy made real good. 'I grew up in Montclair,' says Colleary, who in 1990 penned the best action movie of Summer '97 with writing partner Mike Werb." He is married to screenwriter Shannon Bradley-Colleary, whose film ''"To the Stars"'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019.

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