Biography
Mike Fleiss, also credited as Michael Fleiss, is an American television and film producer, writer and director. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, and founded Next Entertainment in 1999. He created and produced the reality series The Bachelor (2002–2023) and The Bachelorette (2003–2021), as well as earlier shows including Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000) and High School Reunion (2003–2010).
Fleiss produced the films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Hostel (2005) and Poseidon (2006). He directed the documentaries God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011) and The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir (2014).
