Michael Beard

Michael Patrick Beard was born on December 8, 1997 in Spring City, Pennsylvania. As an award winning screenwriter, the industry recognized his work for both its commercial accessibility and artistic integrity; a seamless coalition of genre-subversion, layered characters and timeless themes - all while conveying universal truths across the cinematic landscape. His influences include Bennett Miller, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher, Roman Polanski, Yasujiro Ozu, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Barry Jenkins, Max Landis, Alejandro Inarritu, Bob Dylan and The Coen Brothers.