# Mike Werb

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2017}}
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|image = 
| name        = Mike Werb
| birth_date  =
| birth_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, United States
| death_date  =
| death_place =
| education    =
| alma_mater   = [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University)<br>[UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television](/source/UCLA_School_of_Theater%2C_Film_and_Television)
| occupation   = [Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter)
| awards       =
| notableworks = ''[Face/Off](/source/Face%2FOff)''
}}

'''Mike Werb''' is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include ''[Face/Off](/source/Face%2FOff)'',<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](/source/The_New_York_Times)|author=Maslin, Janet|authorlink=Janet Maslin|date=June 27, 1997}}</ref> ''[The Mask](/source/The_Mask_(1994_film))'', and the story for ''[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider](/source/Lara_Croft%3A_Tomb_Raider)''.

A Los Angeles native, Werb attended Stanford. He is a UCLA Film School graduate.

He has worked as a [collaborator](/source/collaboration) with [Michael Colleary](/source/Michael_Colleary).<ref name=NYT/> The duo won a [Saturn Award](/source/Saturn_Award) for Best Writing for ''[Face/Off](/source/Face%2FOff)'' in 1998. They previously worked on projects "Top Ten", "Stretch Armstrong", and "King's Ransom" (the latter one for director [John Woo](/source/John_Woo)), but none of these films were produced. He is the creator of ''[Unnatural History](/source/Unnatural_History_(TV_series))''.

==Credits==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Year !! Film !! Credit !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|''[Food of the Gods 2](/source/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](/source/The_Human_Shield)'' 
|Story by
|Co-wrote story with [Mann Rubin](/source/Mann_Rubin)
|-
|''The Disco Years''
|Story editor
|Short film
|-
|1994
|''[The Mask](/source/The_Mask_(1994_film))'' 
|Screenplay by
|Based on a story by Michael Fallon and [Mark Verheiden](/source/Mark_Verheiden)
|-
|1996
|''[Darkman III: Die Darkman Die](/source/Darkman_III%3A_Die_Darkman_Die)'' 
|Written by
|rowspan="3"|Co-wrote with [Michael Colleary](/source/Michael_Colleary)
|-
|rowspan="2"|1997
|''Things That Go Bump'' 
|Written by, supervising producer
|-
|''[Face/Off](/source/Face%2FOff)'' 
|Written by, co-producer
|-
|2001
|''[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider](/source/Lara_Croft%3A_Tomb_Raider)'' 
|Story by
|Co-wrote story with Michael Colleary and Sara B. Cooper
|-
|2006
|''[Curious George](/source/Curious_George_(film))'' 
|Story by
|Co-wrote with Ken Kaufman
|-
|2007
|''[Firehouse Dog](/source/Firehouse_Dog)'' 
|Written by, producer
|Co-wrote with Claire-Dee Lim & Michael Colleary
|-
|2009
|''[Tekken](/source/Tekken_(2009_film))'' 
|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](/source/Tarzan_(2003_TV_series))''
| 2003
| {{yes|Developer}}<!-- Credited as developer, not creator! -->
| {{yes}} (1)
| {{no}}
| [The WB](/source/The_WB)
|
|-
! scope=row|  ''[Unnatural History](/source/Unnatural_History_(TV_series))''
| 2010
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (5)
| {{yes}}
| [Cartoon Network](/source/Cartoon_Network)
|
|-
! scope=row|  ''[Extant](/source/Extant_(TV_series))''
| 2015
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (1)
| {{no}}
| [CBS](/source/CBS)
| consulting producer (3 episodes)
|-
! scope=row|  ''[Salvation](/source/Salvation_(TV_series))''
| 2017–18
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (3)
| {{no}}
| CBS
| consulting producer (19 episodes)
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Saturn Award for Best Writing 1991–2010}}

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Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Television producers from California
Category:American television writers
Category:Living people
Category:Screenwriters from Los Angeles
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male television writers

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