Michael Reaves

Known for WritingBorn 1950-09-14Died 2023-03-20San 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Batman: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Peter Pan & the Pirates

Gargoyles

Beast Machines: Transformers

Godzilla: The Series

Dungeons & Dragons

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Tiny Toon Adventures

The Transformers

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Spider-Man Unlimited

Spiral Zone

The Real Ghostbusters

The Twilight Zone

Sliders

The Centurions

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

The Flash

Pole Position

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Bionic Six

CBS Storybreak

Invasion America

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

The Smurfs

Blackstar

Monsters

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

The Littles

My Little Pony

Isis

Conan and the Young Warriors

Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince

Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet

The New Adventures of He-Man

The Biskitts

Young Hercules

Toy Masters

Star Wars: Droids

Full Eclipse

Dink, the Little Dinosaur

40 Years of Star Trek

Ewoks 5: Wickett's Adventures

Ewoks 6: Battle for the Planet Endor