Michael Berg is an American screenwriter best known as a co-writer of ''

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'' for 20th Century Fox.

Early life

Berg attended

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in New Jersey and the

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in Los Angeles.

Career

Berg’s first major credit in the movie business was as co-writer of ''New Jersey Turnpikes'' (1999) starring

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for Universal Pictures. A few years later he was hired by 20th Century Fox to work on the animated movie ''

'' where he became one of several screenwriters on the project. In 2002 ''Ice Age''—starring

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, and

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—was a box office success, received an

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nomination, and became one of animation's highest-grossing movies. Following the release of ''Ice Age'', Berg adapted the screenplay for ''Summerland'' by Michael Chabon at Miramax and worked on various writing projects at Universal, Warner Bros., and Revolution Studios. He also contributed to the animated feature ''

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'' (uncredited) and the live-action movie '' Are We There Yet?'' (uncredited). He currently has adaptations of ''Rats of Nimh'', based on the classic novel, 'Mrs. Frisby and The Rats of Nimh' and ''BAD KITTY'', based on Nick Bruel's best selling series of the same name in development at MGM Studios. Berg was also a co-writer on subsequent films in the ''Ice Age'' franchise, including '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' (2009), '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012), and '' Ice Age: Collision Course'' (2016). Berg also has written for magazines, including ''Rosebud'' and '' Details''.

References

External links

Michael Berg
at the Internet Movie Database
Michael Berg
at 20th Century Fox
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