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- White was a writer and producer on Dawson's Creek and Freaks and Geeks and wrote and acted in the films Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, Orange County, School of Rock and Nacho Libre. He also had a role in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives, and the 2008 film Smother.
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Mike White was born Michael Christopher White on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021) .
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Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, actor, and producer for television and film. He has won numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for the 2000 film Chuck & Buck , which he wrote and starred in. [1] He has written the screenplays for films such as School of Rock (2003) and has ...
He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021). He wrote and produced the HBO series Enlightened (2011), and wrote and co-produced Year of the Dog (2007) in which he made his directorial debut.
- June 28, 1970
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- Year Of The Dog (2007) - 6.0. While the scripts White wrote for Dead Man On Campus and Beatriz at Dinner share the exact same IMDb rating, his directorial debut, Year of the Dog, holds a special place on his resume.
- Orange County (2002) - 6.2. White also wrote the amusing 2002 coming-of-age comedy Orange County, in which Stanford hopeful and aspiring writer Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is rejected from the school of his choice when the wrong application is sent by his counselor.
- Cracking Up (2004) - 6.3. White began his long-running working relationship with Molly Shannon on Cracking Up, a 12-episode sitcom on Fox he created in 2004.
- The Good Girl (2002) - 6.4. Released the same year as Orange County, The Good Girl is a whimsically moving and underrated romantic comedy written by White.
- Senior Features Writer
- Enlightened (2011-2013) The White Lotus isn't the first show created by Mike White to find success on HBO. From 2011-2013 he had another hit show on the network starring Laura Dern called Enlightened.
- School of Rock (2003) White wrote the screenplay for this box-office hit and teamed up with Jack Black for the first time in the process. The hilarious and inspirational flick about a floundering musician who stumbles into a job teaching children music at a very posh private school earned $132 million in theaters and proved that White was capable of inking some clever and funny stories that also could be successful commercially.
- Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) Freaks and Geeks was a popular show around the turn of the century that was cancelled way too soon. White was a supervising producer and writer for the show back in 2000.
- Year of the Dog (2007) White wore many hats on the set of Year of the Dog including his first time as director. The comedy/drama starring Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Regina King, and John C. Reilly also saw him take on the roles of writer and producer for the story about a woman (Shannon) whose love for her dog and animals sees her make some big life choices, including becoming an animal rights activist and also a vegan.
Sep 5, 2022 · Fox. Pasadena was canceled after one season, however, it’s still one of White’s highest-rated projects. The story centers around Lily McAllister (Alison Loham), who is a woman embroiled in a...
Dec 5, 2022 · Mike White, creator of HBO's pandemic hit comedy-drama series The White Lotus, has, in his own words, been "making stuff for a long time." The writer, producer, director and actor got his start...
