Mike Nguyen Le (also credited as Mike Le) is a

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screenwriter, producer, and film director.

Screenwriting

Le wrote and co-executive produced the feature horror film ''

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'' (2014) directed by

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and starring

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, Stella Maeve,

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, and

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. The film is "a stylized modern ghost story" and "follows the tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. When his mother is away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house." Le also wrote the 2014 film ''

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'' directed by

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and starring

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and

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. Le co-wrote the screenplay to the 2013 thriller war film '' W.M.D.'' directed by Richard Halpern and starring Tom Kiesche, John Posey, and

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. In 2015, Variety Magazine named Le as one of their Top 10 Screenwriters To Watch. That same year, Le sold his action feature spec script Desert Eagle to Universal Pictures. In 2017, ABC Signature hired Le to write the pilot script for Shatter Me, a TV series based on the bestselling YA novels by Tahereh Mafi. Le wrote the screenplay for the 2018 film ''

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'' starring

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, and

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. In 2018, Le was hired to write The Mechanic 3, the third film in the action franchise starring

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. Le co-wrote the screenplay to Universal's remake of ''

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'' (1994), simply titled '' River Wild'' (2023). Le is a writer on the second and third seasons of the series '' BMF''.

Directing, producing & editing

Le directed and executive produced over 18 episodes of the web series '' K-Town''. Le also directed and executive produced over 8 episodes of the "spin-off" series to ''K-Town'', a web series focusing on import car models entitled ''Roll Models''. Le was brought onto the second season of '' BMF'' as Supervising Producer. He was promoted to Co-Executive Producer for the show's third season.

Comic Book Writing

Le co-wrote, with

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, creator of '' The Walking Dead'' comic book, the bestselling comic book series '' Mayhem!'' for

Image Comics Image Comics is an independent American American comic book, comic book publisher and is the third largest direct market comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry by market share. Its best-known publications include ''Spawn (comics) ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Le, Mike Living people Vietnamese film directors American film directors of Vietnamese descent Film directors from California Year of birth missing (living people) State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota alumni