---
name: "Mike Van Waes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-van-waes"
fi1m_id: "mike-van-waes"
imdb_id: "nm7625761"
tmdb_id: 2032020
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:29:15.333595+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."
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# Mike Van Waes

## Identity

Mike Van Waes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-van-waes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-van-waes
- **IMDb ID:** nm7625761
- **TMDB ID:** 2032020
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7625761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2032020

Writer. Born in Connecticut, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** مايك فان ويس,  迈克·范·韦斯
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7625761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2032020

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Lilo & Stitch*](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Mike Van Waes is an American screenwriter. He received a screenplay credit on the live-action remake of *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, and co-wrote the screenplay and story for *Dear David* (2023).

A Connecticut native, Van Waes developed an early story pitch for the *Lilo & Stitch* remake in 2018. He was the first writer on the project before Chris Kekaniokalani Bright contributed to rewrites.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *Dear David* (2023), Story, Screenplay

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