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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 ''
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'', all in 2017. For ''Logan'', which he co-wrote with
James Mangold James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the films ''Cop Land'' (1997), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), ''Walk the Line'' (2005), '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), '' The Wolverine'' (2013) and '' Logan'' ...
and
Scott Frank A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Out of Sight'' (1998) and ''Logan'' (2017). His film work, c ...
, Green was nominated for an
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.


Life and career

Green grew up in
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, the son of a real estate developer. His family is
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, and his mother is
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i. He attended
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. After graduating, Green came back to New York and hustled his way into a junior development job at
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, where he spent his workday reading other writers' scripts. Green's first television writing credit was on ''
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''. He was the creator and writer of the 2009
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series '' Kings'', a drama based on the biblical story of King David but set in an alternate present. Other television credits also include ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Jack and Bobby'' and ''
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''. In 2007, Green, along with the rest of the ''Heroes'' writing staff, was nominated for an
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for Outstanding Drama Series and the WGA Award for New Series. ''Heroes'' won for Favorite New TV Drama at the 33rd annual
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. In 2009, Green was hired by
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to pen an early draft of ''
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'' with
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producing. Green's feature writing career began with ''
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'' in 2011. He wrote or co-wrote four films released in 2017:
James Mangold James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the films ''Cop Land'' (1997), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), ''Walk the Line'' (2005), '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), '' The Wolverine'' (2013) and '' Logan'' ...
's '' Logan'',
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's '' Alien: Covenant'', Denis Villeneuve's '' Blade Runner 2049'', and
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's ''
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''. He developed, wrote and is an executive producer for the Starz series '' American Gods'' with Bryan Fuller. It is adapted from
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's novel of the same name. In November 2017, ''
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'', 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. More recently, he signed an overall deal with
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.


Comic books

A contributor to
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, Green is the author and co-author of several graphic novels, including ''Batman: Lovers and Madmen''. He co-wrote ''
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'' and the reboot of ''
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'', with Mike Johnson as well as the ''Blade Runner'' comic series ''Blade Runner 2019''.


Filmography


Television


Feature films


Bibliography

* ''Batman: Lovers and Madmen'' (2008) * ''Superman/Batman: The Search for Kryptonite'' (2008) * ''Superman/Batman: Finest Worlds'' (2009) * ''Supergirl, Volume 1: Last Daughter of Krypton'' (2012) * ''Supergirl, Volume 2: Girl in the World'' (2013) * ''Blade Runner 2019'' (2019) * ''Blade Runner 2029'' (2020)


Awards and nominations

*
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: Outstanding Drama Series – ''Heroes'' (2007 nomination shared with
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, (executive producer),
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(executive producer),
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(executive producer),
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(co-executive producer),
Jesse Alexander Jesse Alexander is an American television writer and producer. He was a co-executive producer and writer on '' Heroes''. Originally from Santa Barbara, California, Alexander attended Sarah Lawrence College and AFI Conservatory. At Sarah Lawrenc ...
(co-executive producer),
Jeph Loeb Joseph "Jeph" Loeb III () is an American film and television writer, producer and comic book writer. Loeb was a producer/writer on the TV series ''Smallville'' and ''Lost'', writer for the films '' Commando'' and ''Teen Wolf'', and a writer and ...
(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) *
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: Best Adapted Screenplay nomination shared with
James Mangold James Allen Mangold (born December 16, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the films ''Cop Land'' (1997), '' Girl, Interrupted'' (1999), ''Walk the Line'' (2005), '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), '' The Wolverine'' (2013) and '' Logan'' ...
and
Scott Frank A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Frank has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for ''Out of Sight'' (1998) and ''Logan'' (2017). His film work, c ...
for ''Logan'' (2018).


References


External links

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Official ''Kings'' site

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