Michael Colleary

Colleary met Mike Werb at UCLA, where Werb had sold his car to cover tuition and Colleary had given him rides in his car. They collaborated on the original screenplay of Face/Off, winning a Saturn Award. Colleary's other notable writing credits include Firehouse Dog, The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and the story for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. He also created the Cartoon Network live-action series Unnatural History. As a writer-showrunner, he developed the independently financed TV series Professionals, starring Tom Welling, Brendan Fraser, and Elena Anaya, which airs on the CW network. Born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey, Colleary graduated from Montclair High School and attended Temple University before studying screenwriting at UCLA.