Michael Blake (author)

Michael Blake (author)
For other people named Michael Blake, see Michael Blake (disambiguation).
Michael Blake

The author speaking in Washington, 2007.
Born July 5, 1945 (1945-07-05) (age 66)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Michael Lennox Blake (born July 5, 1945) is an American author, best known for his film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves.

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Biography

Early in his life, Blake's family lived in Texas, before moving to Southern California, where they moved frequently. He began writing when he was stationed at Walker Air Force Base, when he wrote for the base newspaper. He studied journalism at the University of New Mexico, and later studied at a film school, in Berkeley, California. He also attended Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. In the late 1970s he moved to Los Angeles; during the eighties only one of his screenplays was produced, called Stacey’s Knights. The movie starred Kevin Costner, who later convinced him to write Dances with Wolves, and then a screenplay for the film based on the novel. He has since gone on to do humanitarian work, and continued to write.

Michael Blake has two brothers, one of whom is Dan Webb, former principal of Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, NM.[1]

Works

Screenplays

  • Stacey’s Knights (1983)
  • Dances with Wolves (1990)
  • Winding Stair (1998) also directed
  • The One (In development)
  • The Holy Road (In development)
  • Winnetou (In development)

Novels

Non-fiction

  • Like A Running Dog (2002) Autobiography
  • Indian Yell (2006)
  • Twelve the King (2009)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Last, T.S. (May 5, 2007). "'Dances With Wolves' author Blake gives LLHS students a big surprise". Valencia County News-Bulletin. http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/71062-05-05-07.html. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  2. ^ Loper, Mary Lou (November 19, 1992). "Banker Gets Big Pat on the Back". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1992-11-19/news/vw-605_1_big-day. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  3. ^ a b c "Michael Blake Press Release". WFLF Humanion Films. February 5, 2009. http://www.savingamericashorses.org/Michael_Blake_PressRelease_02_05_10.pdf. 
  4. ^ a b c d Blake, Marianne Mortensen (2009). "Michael Lennox Blake". http://www.hrymfaxe.com/untitled3.html. 

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v · d · eAcademy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 1981–2000

Ernest Thompson (1981) · Costa Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982) · James L. Brooks (1983) · Peter Shaffer (1984) · Kurt Luedtke (1985) · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) · Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987) · Christopher Hampton (1988) · Alfred Uhry (1989) · Michael Blake (1990) · Ted Tally (1991) · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Eric Roth (1994) · Emma Thompson (1995) · Billy Bob Thornton (1996) · Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) · Bill Condon (1998) · John Irving (1999) · Stephen Gaghan (2000)
Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020)
v · d · eGolden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (1981–2000)

Ernest Thompson (1981) · John Briley (1982) · James L. Brooks (1983) · Peter Shaffer (1984) · Woody Allen (1985) · Robert Bolt (1986) · Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe and Enzon Ungari (1987) · Naomi Foner (1988) · Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic (1989) · Michael Blake (1990) · Callie Khouri (1991) · Bo Goldman (1992) · Steven Zaillian (1993) · Quentin Tarantino (1994) · Emma Thompson (1995) · Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996) · Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997) · Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998) · Alan Ball (1999) · Stephen Gaghan (2000)

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