Mike Werb is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include Face/Off, The Mask, and the story for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
A Los Angeles native, Werb attended Stanford. He is a UCLA Film School graduate.
He has worked as a collaborator with Michael Colleary. The duo won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Face/Off in 1998. They previously worked on projects "Top Ten", "Stretch Armstrong", and "King's Ransom" (the latter one for director John Woo), but none of these films were produced. He is the creator of Unnatural History.
Credits Film Year Film Credit Notes1989Food of the Gods 2Screenplay byCo-wrote screenplay with Richard Bennett, based on a story by Richard Bennett; as E. Kim BrewsterThe Secret of the Ice Cave Written byAs Michael Werb1991The Human Shield Story byCo-wrote story with Mann RubinThe Disco YearsStory editorShort film1994The Mask Screenplay byBased on a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden1996Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Written byCo-wrote with Michael Colleary1997Things That Go Bump Written by, supervising producerFace/Off Written by, co-producer2001Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Story byCo-wrote story with Michael Colleary and Sara B. Cooper2006Curious George Story byCo-wrote with Ken Kaufman2007Firehouse Dog Written by, producerCo-wrote with Claire-Dee Lim & Michael Colleary2009Tekken Uncredited script workCo-wrote with Michael Colleary
Television The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Title Year Credited as Network Notes Creator Writer ExecutiveProducer Tarzan 2003 (1) The WB Unnatural History 2010 (5) Cartoon Network Extant 2015 (1) CBS consulting producer (3 episodes) Salvation 2017–18 (3) CBS consulting producer (19 episodes)
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