Person
Mike Werb
Writing · Born 1977-06-21 · Los Angeles, California
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. His frequent collaborator is 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 neither of these films were produced. He is the creator of Unnatural History. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Werb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Mask
Screenplay

Extant
Writer

Salvation
Writer

Face/Off
Hospital Dad

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Story

Curious George
Story

Unnatural History
Writer

Firehouse Dog
Producer

The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
Himself

The Human Shield
Story
Filmography
- 2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryHimself
- 2017SalvationWriter
- 2014ExtantWriter
- 2010Unnatural HistoryWriter
- 2007Firehouse DogProducer
- 2006Curious GeorgeStory
- 2005Return to Edge CitySelf
- 2001Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderStory
- 1997Face/OffHospital Dad
- 1997Things That Go BumpWriter
- 1996Darkman III: Die Darkman DieWriter
- 1994The MaskScreenplay
- 1992The Human ShieldStory
- 1989Food of the Gods IIScreenplay
- 1989The Secret of the Ice CaveWriter
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