---
name: "Michael Green"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-green"
fi1m_id: "michael-green"
imdb_id: "nm0338169"
tmdb_id: 191937
wikidata_id: "Q6830765"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "18 February 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-21T04:27:03.527771+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 Green

## Identity

Michael Green

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-green
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-green
- **IMDb ID:** nm0338169
- **TMDB ID:** 191937
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6830765
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Green_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191937

Writer and producer. Born 18 February 1973 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 18 February 1973, Mamaroneck, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Michael J. Green, 마이클 그린, مايكل غرين
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 directing, 8 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Greg Beeman](https://film.one/person/greg-beeman.md), [Harrison Ford](https://film.one/person/harrison-ford.md), [James Mangold](https://film.one/person/james-mangold.md), [Jeannot Szwarc](https://film.one/person/jeannot-szwarc.md), [Jeph Loeb](https://film.one/person/jeph-loeb.md), [Mark Verheiden](https://film.one/person/mark-verheiden.md), [Masi Oka](https://film.one/person/masi-oka.md), [Paul Shapiro](https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 67 (2), 2010s 74 (3), 2020s 67 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 67 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,573m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Green_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191937

## Coming up

- *Blade Runner 2099* (2026-11-25), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/blade-runner-2099.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Logan*](https://film.one/film/logan.md) (83), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66), [*A Haunting in Venice*](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md) (65), [*The Call of the Wild*](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md) (63), [*Jungle Cruise*](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md) (61)
- **Netflix:** [*BLUE EYE SAMURAI*](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md) (79), [*Heroes*](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Blade Runner 2049*](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Michael Green is an American screenwriter and producer. He grew up in Mamaroneck, New York, attended Stanford University, and began his career with a development role at HBO before writing for television series including *Sex and the City*, *Everwood*, *Smallville* and *Heroes*.

Green wrote or co-wrote screenplays for the films *Green Lantern* (2011), *Logan* (2017), *Alien: Covenant* (2017, story), *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), *The Call of the Wild* (2020), *Jungle Cruise* (2021), *Death on the Nile* (2022) and *A Haunting in Venice* (2023). He created the series *Kings* (2009) and co-created *American Gods* (2017–2021), and served as showrunner and producer on *Blue Eye Samurai* (2023). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Logan*, shared with James Mangold and Scott Frank, and a Writers Guild of America Award for *Heroes*.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

### Directed (1)

- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), Fi1m 79, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)

### Wrote (8) — the average rests on these

- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Jungle Cruise* (2021), Fi1m 61, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md)
- *The Call of the Wild* (2020), Fi1m 63, Executive Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md)
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *Logan* (2017), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/logan.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Blade Runner 2099* (2026), series, Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/blade-runner-2099.md)
- *BLUE EYE SAMURAI* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-eye-samurai.md)
- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Death on the Nile* (2022), Screenplay
- *Jungle Cruise* (2021), Screenplay — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/jungle-cruise.md)
- *The Call of the Wild* (2020), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-call-of-the-wild.md)
- *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017), Screenplay
- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *2048: Nowhere to Run* (2017), Writer
- *2036: Nexus Dawn* (2017), Screenplay
- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Story — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Adaptation, Creator
- *Logan* (2017), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/logan.md)
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, Thanks
- *The River* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay
- *Green Lantern* (2011), Screenplay, Screenstory
- *Green Lantern: Emerald Knights* (2011), Writer
- *Kings* (2009), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Heroes* (2006), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Jack & Bobby* (2004), series, Writer
- *Everwood* (2002), series, Writer, Producer
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Writer, Teleplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Snoops* (1999), series, Writer
- *Cupid* (1998), series, Writer
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, Writer
- *BioShock*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![This is a photo of Michael Green, film and television writer for use on his wikipedia page. Photo credit Orli Green (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-78a77f93d891.jpg) This is a photo of Michael Green, film and television writer for use on his wikipedia page. Photo credit Orli Green (2018) — Friendlyentertainmentindustryeditor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/MichaelGreenPhoto.jpg/1280px-MichaelGreenPhoto.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Green speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Plea](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-5bc75d369e49.jpg) Michael Green speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Blade Runner 2049", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Plea — 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/a5/Michael_Green_%2835397136503%29.jpg/1280px-Michael_Green_%2835397136503%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Writer Michael Green (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-5b7524aec37b.jpg) Writer Michael Green (2018) — 11ybc*, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Michael_Green_Writer_by_Orli_Green.jpg/1280px-Michael_Green_Writer_by_Orli_Green.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Green](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-1f2245f125a1.jpg) Michael Green — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Michael_Green_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Michael_Green_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Green](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-d3ecab8be44f.jpg) Michael Green — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael Green](https://film.one/media/person/15882/gallery-4a827d313bc6.jpg) Michael Green — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Logan*

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

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