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name: "Michael Chabon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-chabon"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T13:53:49.369988+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Michael Chabon

Writer. Born 24 May 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 May 1963, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chabon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67758

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Unbelievable*](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Chabon is an American novelist and screenwriter. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated in 1984. He later received an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine.

Chabon's first novel, *The Mysteries of Pittsburgh* (1988), was published when he was 24. It was followed by *Wonder Boys* (1995), adapted into a film in 2000 for which he received a novel credit. His novel *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay* (2000) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. He has also written screenplays and teleplays, including for *Spider-Man 2* (2004), *John Carter* (2012) and the Netflix series *Unbelievable* (2019), which he co-created.

Chabon is married to writer Ayelet Waldman, with whom he has collaborated on television projects.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Unbelievable* (2019), Fi1m 85, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md)
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Fi1m 82, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), Fi1m 82, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Star Trek: Picard* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- *Unbelievable* (2019), series, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md)
- *Star Trek: Short Treks* (2018), series, Teleplay, Story, Writer
- *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), Thanks — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md)
- *John Carter* (2012), Screenplay
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *The Mysteries of Pittsburgh* (2008), Novel, Thanks
- *Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist* (2007), Acting
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Screenstory
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Novel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Michael Chabon (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Bob the Musical*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Michael Chabon](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-99e4eca17189.jpg) Michael Chabon — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Michael_Chabon_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Michael_Chabon_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Some have been read, some will be re-read, and some haven't been read yet but may be read in the future. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-05d019afc6e6.jpg) Some have been read, some will be re-read, and some haven't been read yet but may be read in the future. (2023) — Bill Smith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Chabon_books.jpg/1280px-Chabon_books.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Some have been read, some will be re-read, and some haven't been read yet but may be read in the future. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-c834d1ec136f.jpg) Some have been read, some will be re-read, and some haven't been read yet but may be read in the future. (2023) — Bill Smith, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Chabon_books_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Chabon_books_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of author Michael Chabon at a book signing at WonderCon in 2006.](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-844e9a3da475.jpg) Photograph of author Michael Chabon at a book signing at WonderCon in 2006. — Charlie Reiman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Chabonsigning.jpg/1280px-Chabonsigning.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Chabon](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-af863b64e4ef.jpg) Michael Chabon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominic Patten, Kirsten Beyer, Heather Kadin, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alis (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-a1a20253ed5b.jpg) Dominic Patten, Kirsten Beyer, Heather Kadin, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alis (2019) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Dominic_Patten%2C_Kirsten_Beyer%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Akiva_Goldsman%2C_Michael_Chabon%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Patrick_Stewart%2C_Isa_Briones%2C_Santiago_Cabrera%2C_Michelle_Hurd%2C_Alison_Pill%2C_Harry_Treadaway%2C_Evan_Evagora%2C_Brent_Spiner%2C_Jeri_Ryan_%26_Jona.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominic Patten, Kirsten Beyer, Heather Kadin, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alis (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/96985/gallery-e8c9906ad637.jpg) Dominic Patten, Kirsten Beyer, Heather Kadin, Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alis (2019) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Dominic_Patten%2C_Kirsten_Beyer%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Akiva_Goldsman%2C_Michael_Chabon%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Patrick_Stewart%2C_Isa_Briones%2C_Santiago_Cabrera%2C_Michelle_Hurd%2C_Alison_Pill%2C_Harry_Treadaway%2C_Evan_Evagora%2C_Brent_Spiner_%26_Jeri_Ryan.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 10 won, 8 nominated

- Sophie Brody Medal 2017: Sophie Brody Medal (won), for *Moonglow*
- Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature 2013: Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature (won)
- Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel 2009: Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (won), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Helmerich Award 2008: Helmerich Award (won)
- Hugo Awards 2008: Best Novel (won), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2008: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (won), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Nebula Award for Best Novel 2008: Nebula Award for Best Novel (won), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- BSFA Award for Best Novel 2007: BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominated), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Hammett Prize 2007: Hammett Prize (nominated), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Sidewise Award for Alternate History 2007: Sidewise Award for Alternate History (won), for *The Yiddish Policemen's Union*
- Hugo Awards 2005: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (nominated), for *Spider-Man 2*
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel 2004: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel (nominated), for *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay*
- Locus Award for Best Anthology 2004: Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominated), for *McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales*
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book 2003: Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (nominated), for *Summerland*
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature 2003: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature (won), for *Summerland*
- Locus Award for Best Short Story 2002: Locus Award for Best Short Story (nominated), for *The God of Dark Laughter*
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2001: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (nominated), for *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay*
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2001: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (won), for *The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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