From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mike Werb is an American screenwriter, whose writing credits include Face/Off, The Mask and the story for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. A Los Angeles native, Werb attended Stanford. He is a UCLA Film School graduate. His frequent collaborator is Michael Colleary. The duo won a Saturn Award for Best Writing for Face/Off in 1998. They previously worked on projects "Top Ten", "Stretch Armstrong" and "King's Ransom" (the latter one for director John Woo), but neither of these films were produced. He is the creator of Unnatural History. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Werb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 21, 1977 (49)
- Los Angeles, California
- Writer and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Mike Werb's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 1
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
Casual 6 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mike Werb's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Mike Werb's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Salvation(2017)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Extant(2014)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Unnatural History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Firehouse Dog(2007)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Curious George(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider(2001)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Face/Off(1997)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all filmsThings That Go Bump (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Mask(1994)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Human Shield(1991)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Food of the Gods II(1989)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles from 1989 to 2017.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Mike Werb's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 38/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Mike Werb's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mike Werb work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mike Werb's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Colleary shares the most, 4.
Writers
- Michael CollearyShared titles: Firehouse Dog (2007), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Face/Off (1997), Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Colleary
Editors
- Daniel T. CahnShared titles: Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), The Human Shield (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel T. Cahn
Producers
- Christopher PearceShared titles: The Human Shield (1991), The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Pearce