Michael McDowell

Michael McDowell was a television and film writer. He was born in Enterprise, Alabama on June 1st, 1990. He is best known for his work on Tim Burton films such as Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. In television, he has written episodes of Monsters, Tales from the Crypt, and Tales from the Darkside. Michael passed away in Boston, Massachusetts on December 27th, 1999 at the age of 49.

As a writer[]

Television[]

• Monsters: Le Strega
• Monsters: Far Below
• Tales from the Crypt: Lover Come Hack to Me
• Tales from the Darkside: Slippage
• Tales from the Darkside: Inside the Closet
• Tales from the Darkside: The Word Processor of the Gods
• Tales from the Darkside: Answer Me
• Tales from the Darkside: Bigalow's Last Smoke
• Tales from the Darkside: Halloween Candy
• Tales from the Darkside: A New Lease on Life
• Tales from the Darkside: The Last Car
• Tales from the Darkside: Black Widows
• Tales from the Darkside: Seasons of Belief
• Tales from the Darkside: The Moth
• Tales from the Darkside: The Cutty Black Sow

Films[]

• Golden Tales
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
• Thinner

Notes & Trivia[]

• Michael McDowell wrote the "Lover's Vow" story from Tales from the Darkside: The Movie.

• Michael McDowell wrote the "Miscalculation" episode of Amazing Stories.

• Michael McDowell wrote "The Jar" episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1986.

• Michael McDowell wrote "The Word Processor of the Gods" adaptation in Stephen King's Golden Tales.

External Links[]

• Michael McDowell at IMDB