---
name: "Michael France"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-france"
fi1m_id: "michael-france"
imdb_id: "nm0289833"
tmdb_id: 10703
wikidata_id: "Q1658604"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 January 1962"
died: "12 April 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T03:47:14.402620+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 France

## Identity

Michael France

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-france
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-france
- **IMDb ID:** nm0289833
- **TMDB ID:** 10703
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1658604
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_France, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10703

Writer. Born 4 January 1962 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Died 12 April 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 January 1962, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 12 April 2013
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,186m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_France, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1658604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10703

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cliffhanger*](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Michael France was an American screenwriter. He received screenplay credit on *Cliffhanger* (1993) and story credit on the James Bond film *GoldenEye* (1995).

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on 4 January 1962, France graduated from the University of Florida and Columbia University's film school. His breakthrough came with the spec sale of the script that became *Cliffhanger*. He later contributed to *Hulk* (2003), *The Punisher* (2004) and *Fantastic Four* (2005), and did uncredited work on *The World Is Not Enough* (1999).

France died on 12 April 2013 in St. Pete Beach, Florida, aged 51.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Hulk* (2003), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Fi1m 78, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Screenstory — [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Writer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *The Punisher* (2004), Writer
- *Hulk* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hulk.md)
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Screenplay, Screenstory — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/michael-france