Biography

Michael Edens was born in Portland, Tennessee, in 1951 and grew up in the Nashville area. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Master's degree in Modern British History in 1978. In the mid-1980s, while living in Knoxville, Tennessee, he began his professional writing career working in television animation for such shows as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tailspin, and The Real Ghostbusters. In 1990, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on series such as Beetlejuice, X-Men: The Animated Series, Exosquad, Wing Commander Academy, Mummies Alive, and Young Hercules. As writer and story editor, he has created over 200 hours of animated and live-action entertainment for major studios like Disney, Universal, Warner Brothers, and Sony. He has been married to Cindy Lietzke Edens since October 1, 1983. They have two children.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael