Mike Werb

{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox writer  |image = | name = Mike Werb | birth_date = | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = Stanford University<br>UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television | occupation = Screenwriter | awards = | notableworks = ''Face/Off'' }}

'''Mike Werb''' is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include ''Face/Off'',<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B04E1DE1231F934A15755C0A961958260|title=Good and Evil Trade Places, Body and Soul|work=The New York Times|author=Maslin, Janet|authorlink=Janet Maslin|date=June 27, 1997}}</ref> ''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 a collaborator with Michael Colleary.<ref name=NYT/> The duo won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for ''Face/Off'' in 1998. They previously worked on projects "Top Ten", "Stretch Armstrong", and "King's Ransom" (the latter one for director John Woo), but none of these films were produced. He is the creator of ''Unnatural History''.

==Credits== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Credit !! Notes |- |rowspan="2"|1989 |''Food of the Gods 2'' |Screenplay by |Co-wrote screenplay with Richard Bennett, based on a story by Richard Bennett; as E. Kim Brewster |- |''The Secret of the Ice Cave'' |Written by |As Michael Werb |- |rowspan="2"|1991 |''The Human Shield'' |Story by |Co-wrote story with Mann Rubin |- |''The Disco Years'' |Story editor |Short film |- |1994 |''The Mask'' |Screenplay by |Based on a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden |- |1996 |''Darkman III: Die Darkman Die'' |Written by |rowspan="3"|Co-wrote with Michael Colleary |- |rowspan="2"|1997 |''Things That Go Bump'' |Written by, supervising producer |- |''Face/Off'' |Written by, co-producer |- |2001 |''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' |Story by |Co-wrote story with Michael Colleary and Sara B. Cooper |- |2006 |''Curious George'' |Story by |Co-wrote with Ken Kaufman |- |2007 |''Firehouse Dog'' |Written by, producer |Co-wrote with Claire-Dee Lim & Michael Colleary |- |2009 |''Tekken'' |Uncredited script work<ref>{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Dana|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/screen-gems-taps-tekken-1117922942/?jwsource=cl|title=Screen Gems Taps ''Tekken''|date=May 16, 2005|website=Variety|accessdate=August 23, 2020}}</ref> |Co-wrote with Michael Colleary |}

===Television=== The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! colspan="3" scope="col"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Network ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- ! Creator ! Writer ! Executive<br />Producer |- ! scope=row| ''Tarzan'' | 2003 | {{yes|Developer}} | {{yes}} (1) | {{no}} | The WB | |- ! scope=row| ''Unnatural History'' | 2010 | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (5) | {{yes}} | Cartoon Network | |- ! scope=row| ''Extant'' | 2015 | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | {{no}} | CBS | consulting producer (3 episodes) |- ! scope=row| ''Salvation'' | 2017–18 | {{no}} | {{yes}} (3) | {{no}} | CBS | consulting producer (19 episodes) |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0921208}}

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