Michael Reaves
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Died
- March 20, 2023 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- San Bernadino, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Movie · Teleplay
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Movie · Writer
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Beast Machines: Transformers
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Spider-Man Unlimited
TV · Writer · 6 eps
Invasion America
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Godzilla: The Series
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Young Hercules
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie · Writer, Story
Sliders
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Gargoyles
TV · Writer, Story · 10 eps
Conan and the Young Warriors
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Full Eclipse
Movie · Writer
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Movie · Screenplay
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · Writer, Story, Teleplay · 5 eps
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Peter Pan & the Pirates
TV · Writer · 3 eps
The Flash
TV · Teleplay · 1 ep
The New Adventures of He-Man
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Ewoks 5: Wickett's Adventures
Movie · Writer
Ewoks 6: Battle for the Planet Endor
Movie · Writer
Monsters
TV · Writer · 4 eps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV · Writer · 16 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Bionic Six
TV · Teleplay · 1 ep
Spiral Zone
TV · Writer, Teleplay, Story · 5 eps
The Real Ghostbusters
TV · Writer · 15 eps
My Little Pony
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Centurions
TV · Writer · 9 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Star Wars: Droids
TV · Teleplay · 13 eps
CBS Storybreak
TV · Teleplay · 3 eps
Pole Position
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Transformers
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Dungeons & Dragons
TV · Writer · 7 eps
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
TV · Writer · 2 eps
The Littles
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Biskitts
TV · Writer · 14 eps
Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Smurfs
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Blackstar
TV · Writer · 5 eps
Isis
TV · Writer · 1 ep