Michael Beard(IX)

Michael Patrick Beard is an American screenwriter. Under the Writers Guild of America, East, he is a member of the Indie Film Caucus. The entertainment industry recognizes his work for both its commercial accessibility and artistic integrity. His material provides a seamless coalition of genre-subversion, layered characters and timeless themes. His influences include Bennett Miller, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Paul Greengrass, Adam Wingard, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cary Joji Fukunaga, David Fincher, Ti West, Roman Polanski, Kathryn Bigelow, Yasujiro Ozu, Paul Schrader, Simon Barrett, Joe Swanberg, Barry Jenkins, Max Landis, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Alejandro Inarritu, Bob Dylan, Kendrick Lamar, Eric Roth and The Coen Brothers.