Michael Blake (author)

Michael Blake
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	May 2, 2015(2015-05-02) (aged 69) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Author and screenwriter
Alma mater	University of New Mexico Eastern New Mexico University

Michael Lennox Blake (July 5, 1945 – May 2, 2015) was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Biography

Early in his life, Blake's family lived in Texas, before moving to Southern California, where they moved frequently. He began writing while serving in the

based on the novel. He went on to do humanitarian work, and continued to write.

Michael Blake had three brothers, James A. Webb, David Webb and Dan Webb, former principal of John Muir High School in Pasadena, California.^[2]

He died on May 2, 2015, after a long illness in Tucson, Arizona.^[3]

Works

Screenplays

• Stacy's Knights (1983)
• Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Winding Stair (1998) also directed
• The One (in development)
• The Holy Road (in development)
• Winnetou (in development)

Novels

• ISBN 0-449-13448-2
• Airman Mortensen (1991) Seven Wolves Publishing
  ISBN 0-9627387-7-8
• Marching to Valhalla (1996)
  ISBN 0-679-44864-0
• The Holy Road (2001) Villard Books
  ISBN 0-679-44866-7
• Dances with Wolves, 20th Anniversary (2011 eBook) ZOVA Books
• ISBN 978-0-615-51057-6
• Into the Stars (2011) ZOVA Books
  ISBN 978-0-615-51053-8

Non-fiction

• Like a Running Dog (2002) Autobiography
• Indian Yell (2006)
• Twelve the King (2009)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
• Writers Guild of America Award
  for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
• Spur Award for Best Motion Picture
• Cancervive Victory Award^[4]
• Eleanor Roosevelt Award for work with minorities and the environment^[5]
• Animal Protection Institute’s Humanitarian of the Year^[5]
• Air Force Sergeants Association’s Americanism Award (1992)^[5]
• Amanda Blake Award^[6]
• American Library Association's Library Hero Award^[6]
• Environmental Media Award^[6]
• Golden Quill^[6]

References

1. ^ Michael Blake: Fiction, Nonfiction and Screenplays The Authors Road. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
2. ^ Last, T.S. (May 5, 2007). "'Dances With Wolves' author Blake gives LLHS students a big surprise". Valencia County News-Bulletin. Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
3. ^ Fleming, Mike (May 3, 2015). "Oscar-Winning 'Dances With Wolves' Author/Screenwriter Michael Blake Has Died". Deadline. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
4. ^ Loper, Mary Lou (November 19, 1992). "Banker Gets Big Pat on the Back". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
5. ^ ^{a b c} "Michael Blake Press Release" (PDF). WFLF Humanion Films. February 5, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2012.
6. ^ ^{a b c d} Blake, Marianne Mortensen (2009). "Michael Lennox Blake". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michael Blake.

• "Official Website of Michael Blake". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
• Michael Blake at
  IMDb