Michael Colleary is an American film producer, screenwriter and television writer. His writing credits include ''

Face/Off ''Face/Off'' is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. It stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage as a terrorist, who undergo an experimental surg ...

'', '' Firehouse Dog'', '' The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', the story for '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,'' and the

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live-action series '' Unnatural History''. He is a frequent collaborator with Mike Werb. Together they won a

Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films bel ...

for their original screenplay of ''Face/Off''. Colleary is the writer-showrunner of the independently financed, action-adventure TV series, ''Professionals'', starring

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, and

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, which currently airs on the CW network. Colleary was born and raised in

Montclair, New Jersey Montclair is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse ...

.Hamil, Denis
"Scripted for Success; The Co-author of ''Face/Off'' Has Screenwriting in His Blood"
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'', July 13, 1997. Accessed July 20, 2017. "Last month, there was a special screening of ''Face/Off'' in Cedar Grove, N.J., followed by a party at Lotsa Pasta on Bellevue Ave. where the family and friends of co-writer Michael Colleary honored the local boy made real good. 'I grew up in Montclair,' says Colleary, who in 1990 penned the best action movie of Summer '97 with writing partner Mike Werb." He is married to screenwriter Shannon Bradley-Colleary, whose film ''To the Stars'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019.

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