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

YearFilmCreditNotes
1989Food of the Gods 2Screenplay byCo-wrote screenplay with Richard Bennett, based on a story by Richard Bennett; as E. Kim Brewster
The Secret of the Ice CaveWritten byAs Michael Werb
1991The Human ShieldStory byCo-wrote story with Mann Rubin
The Disco YearsStory editorShort film
1994The MaskScreenplay byBased on a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden
1996Darkman III: Die Darkman DieWritten byCo-wrote with Michael Colleary
1997Things That Go BumpWritten by, supervising producer
Face/OffWritten by, co-producer
2001Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderStory byCo-wrote story with Michael Colleary and Sara B. Cooper
2006Curious GeorgeStory byCo-wrote with Ken Kaufman
2007Firehouse DogWritten by, producerCo-wrote with Claire-Dee Lim & Michael Colleary
2009TekkenUncredited script workCo-wrote with Michael Colleary

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
CreatorWriterExecutive Producer
Tarzan2003DeveloperYes (1)NoThe WB
Unnatural History2010YesYes (5)YesCartoon Network
Extant2015NoYes (1)NoCBSconsulting producer (3 episodes)
Salvation2017–18NoYes (3)NoCBSconsulting producer (19 episodes)

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