Age: 50
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Michael Dougherty is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his work with Dan Harris on the scripts for Bryan Singer's films X2 and Superman Returns. He's also known for writing and directing the cult horror film Trick 'r Treat. On October 28, 2013 at a special screening, it was announced to the surprise of the audience that a sequel will be produced by Legendary Pictures. He also directed, co-wrote, and co-produced the horror/comedy Krampus (2015).
Dougherty was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and attended the Tisch School of Arts at New York University in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, which is where he produced Season's Greetings (1996). His mother is Vietnamese.
His directorial debut, Trick 'r Treat, is based on his own script, and was produced by Bryan Singer. It played at several film festivals, before being released on DVD on October 6, 2009 in the US and Canada. In December 2014, he began work on his horror film Krampus, which was released in December 2015, and co-wrote the script for X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), with Singer, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg, with Singer once again as director.
Dougherty is an artist and some of his artwork is displayed on his official website.
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Other | Notes |
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1996 | Season's Greetings | Yes | Yes | |||
2003 | X2 | Yes | ||||
2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary | Yes | ||||
2006 | Superman Returns | Yes | ||||
2007 | Trick 'r Treat | Yes | Yes | Yes | executive producer | |
2010 | Making Friends | Yes | Yes | Yes | executive producer | |
2015 | Krampus | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Yes |
Bryan Singer, Dougherty and Dan Harris provided the plots to four comic book prequels to Superman Returns. The four forty-page comic book prequels were published by DC Comics throughout the month of June 2006 and bridged the gap between the second Superman film and Superman Returns.