---
name: "Michael Janover"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-janover"
fi1m_id: "michael-janover"
imdb_id: "nm0417903"
tmdb_id: 66141
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 April 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:54:21.434198+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 Janover

## Identity

Michael Janover

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-janover
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-janover
- **IMDb ID:** nm0417903
- **TMDB ID:** 66141
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66141

Writer. Born 7 April 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 April 1946, New York City, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417903/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66141

## Biography

Michael Janover is an American screenwriter and producer. He received story and screenplay credit on the comedy *Hardly Working* (1980), directed by and starring Jerry Lewis. He co-wrote the screenplay for the science fiction film *The Philadelphia Experiment* (1984).

Janover wrote episodes of the television series *Hawaii Five-O* (1969) in 1979, serving as story editor and consultant. He wrote the Disney Channel horror-comedy television films *Mr. Boogedy* (1986) and its sequel *Bride of Boogedy* (1987). He is a member of the Writers Guild of America and has taught screenwriting at UCLA Extension.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, uclaextension.edu, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hardly Working* (1980), Fi1m 45, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Bride of Boogedy* (1987), Writer
- *Mr. Boogedy* (1986), Writer
- *The Philadelphia Experiment* (1984), Screenplay
- *Hardly Working* (1980), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/hardly-working.md)
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, Writer

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