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Michael Reaves
San Bernadino, California, USA
James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s a…
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James Michael Reaves (September 14, 1950 – March 20, 2023) was an American writer, known for his contributions as a script writer and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including Gargoyles and Batman: The Animated Series. He also wrote media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction, and was one of four credited screenwriters for the animated feature Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. His work was often done collaboratively, notably with his then-wife Brynne Stephens (for numerous TV episodes in the 1980s and 1990s), and with Steve Perry, Neil Gaiman, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, and his daughter Mallory Reaves for various novels. Reaves won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for his work on Batman: The Animated Series. Reaves had Parkinson's disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects, which included difficulty typing and loss of coherent speech. In 2013, Reaves raised $85,000 in a Kickstarter campaign to fund the filming of a feature-length script he had written called Blood Kiss, with the picture set to star Neil Gaiman in his acting debut. Despite exceeding the stated fundraising goal, the film was never made. Reaves died in Los Angeles on March 20, 2023, at the age of 72. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Reaves, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
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2014
Toy Masters
Movie Self
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2006
40 Years of Star Trek
Movie Self
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2004
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Movie Teleplay
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2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Movie Writer
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2002
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
TV show Writer
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1999
Spider-Man Unlimited
TV show Writer
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1999
Beast Machines: Transformers
TV show Writer
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1999
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
TV show Writer
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1998
Godzilla: The Series
TV show Writer
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1998
Young Hercules
TV show Writer
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1998
Invasion America
TV show Writer
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1995
Sliders
TV show Writer
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1995
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie Writer
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1994
Gargoyles
TV show Writer
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1994
Conan and the Young Warriors
TV show Writer
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1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Movie Screenplay
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1993
Full Eclipse
Movie Writer
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1993
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
TV show Writer
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1992
Batman: The Animated Series
TV show Writer
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1990
The Flash
TV show Teleplay
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1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV show Writer
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1990
Peter Pan & the Pirates
TV show Writer
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1990
The New Adventures of He-Man
TV show Writer
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1989
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
TV show Writer
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1988
Monsters
TV show Writer
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1988
Ewoks 5: Wickett's Adventures
Movie Writer
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1988
Ewoks 6: Battle for the Planet Endor
Movie Writer
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1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV show Writer
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1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV show Writer
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1987
Spiral Zone
TV show Writer
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1987
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
TV show Writer
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1987
Bionic Six
TV show Teleplay
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1986
My Little Pony
TV show Writer
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1986
The Real Ghostbusters
TV show Writer
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1986
The Centurions
TV show Writer
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1985
The Twilight Zone
TV show Writer
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1985
Star Wars: Droids
TV show Teleplay
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1985
CBS Storybreak
TV show Teleplay
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1984
The Transformers
TV show Writer
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1984
Pole Position
TV show Writer
