Michael Beard(IX)
- Writer
Michael Patrick Beard was born in Spring City, Pennsylvania. As an award-winning screenwriter, the industry recognized his work for both its commercial accessibility and artistic integrity; a seamless coalition of genre-subversion, layered characters and timeless themes - all while conveying universal truths across the cinematic landscape. His influences include Bennett Miller, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cary Joji Fukunaga, David Fincher, Kathryn Bigelow, Yasujiro Ozu, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Barry Jenkins, Max Landis, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Alejandro Inarritu, Bob Dylan and The Coen Brothers.