---
name: "Michael Grais"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-grais"
fi1m_id: "michael-grais"
imdb_id: "nm0334457"
tmdb_id: 10056
wikidata_id: "Q6830725"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:32:21.492234+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 Grais

## Identity

Michael Grais

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-grais
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-grais
- **IMDb ID:** nm0334457
- **TMDB ID:** 10056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6830725
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334457/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10056

Writer. Born 1 January 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1982
- **Active:** 1973–1982
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334457/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10056

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Kojak*](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) (80)

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Poltergeist* (1982), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Poltergeist* (2015), Original Film Writer
- *Behind the Wall* (2008), Producer
- *The Immortal* (2000), series, Creator
- *Who Killed Atlanta's Children?* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Cool World* (1992), Screenplay, Writer
- *Sleepwalkers* (1992), Producer
- *Marked for Death* (1990), Screenplay, Producer
- *Great Balls of Fire!* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Screenplay, Producer
- *Poltergeist* (1982), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Death Hunt* (1981), Screenplay
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Writer
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Writer
- *Kojak* (1973), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.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-grais