---
name: "Michael Dougherty"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-dougherty"
fi1m_id: "michael-dougherty"
imdb_id: "nm1002424"
tmdb_id: 11012
wikidata_id: "Q771590"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "28 October 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T21:22:59.178666+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."
---

# Michael Dougherty

## Identity

Michael Dougherty

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-dougherty
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-dougherty
- **IMDb ID:** nm1002424
- **TMDB ID:** 11012
- **Wikidata ID:** Q771590
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dougherty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11012

Writer and director. Born 28 October 1974 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 28 October 1974, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 48 (1), 2020s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dougherty, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1002424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11012

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla: King of the Monsters*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Michael Dougherty is an American film writer and director. Born on 28 October 1974 in Columbus, Ohio, he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he made the short film Season's Greetings (1996). He began his career as an animator and illustrator.

Dougherty co-wrote the screenplays for X2 (2003) and Superman Returns (2006). He made his feature directorial debut with Trick 'r Treat (2007) and later directed Krampus (2015). He co-wrote and directed Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and received a story credit on Godzilla vs. Kong (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Fi1m 48, as Fighter Pilot (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Fi1m 62, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023), series, Consulting Producer
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Story — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *The Ghoul Log: Trick 'r Treat Sam O'Lantern* (2020), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base* (2019), Actor
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), as Fighter Pilot (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016), Story
- *Krampus* (2015), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: Snowmen* (2012), Writer, Director, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: The Day After* (2011), Writer
- *Trick 'r Treat Rule #4: Always Check Your Candy* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat Rule #3 - Never Blow Out a Jack O' Lantern* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat Rule #2 - Always Pass Out Treats* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat Rule #1: Wear a Costume* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: Making Friends* (2011), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: Back to School* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: Father's Day* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Trick 'r Treat: Easter Candy* (2011), Writer, Director
- *Trick 'r Treat* (2007), Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
- *Superman Returns* (2006), Screenplay, Story
- *Urban Legends: Bloody Mary* (2005), Screenplay
- *Deadtime Stories* (2003), Director, Writer
- *X2* (2003), as Surgeon · Screenplay
- *Season's Greetings* (1996), Director, Animation, Writer, Editor
- *Crayons* (1995), Writer, Animation, Director, Editor
- *Refrigerator Art: My Family*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Michael Dougherty at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California.](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-64f86c2f7e78.jpg) Michael Dougherty at the 2019 WonderCon in Anaheim, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Michael_Dougherty_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Michael_Dougherty_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-73d3c17badd8.jpg) Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Michael_Dougherty_%2847545819431%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Dougherty_%2847545819431%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-fa6c39998a9e.jpg) Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Michael_Dougherty_%2847545810791%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Dougherty_%2847545810791%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Dougherty](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-4b7aff423394.jpg) Michael Dougherty — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/SDCC_2015_-_Michael_Dougherty_%2819545020868%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Michael_Dougherty_%2819545020868%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Dougherty](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-eecbfaa6a939.jpg) Michael Dougherty — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Krampus", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please att](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-71a628b513ec.jpg) Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Krampus", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please att — 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/c9/SDCC_2015_-_Michael_Dougherty_%2819737714831%29.jpg/1280px-SDCC_2015_-_Michael_Dougherty_%2819737714831%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego,](https://film.one/media/person/4099826/gallery-409a1936be9b.jpg) Michael Dougherty speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Michael_Dougherty_%2843676450372%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Dougherty_%2843676450372%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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