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Mike Van Waes

Biography

Mike Van Waes

Mike Van Waes began his career as an assistant at the Jim Henson Company before becoming a story analyst for movie studios like DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. He also writes screenplays. His feature Grave Hearts was an Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting finalist, his feature Hammerspace placed on the film industry's coveted Black List and was purchased by Warner Bros, and he's writing a pair of movies for New Line Cinema as well as a feature adaptation of PEEVES for 20th Century Fox Animation. He's originally from New Fairfield Connecticut, but now calls Los Angeles, California home.

Mike Van Waes

Books by Mike Van Waes