Mike Gray

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Harold Michael Gray (October 26, 1935 – April 30, 2013)^[1] was an American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director.

Career

Film and TV

In 1965, Mike Gray and

After moving to California, Gray shot The Gift (1973), a documentary about the life and art of Marc Chagall then co-wrote, with T. S. Cook and James Bridges, the screenplay for the nuclear thriller The China Syndrome (1979), which film became notable for opening 12 days before the Three Mile Island accident (nuclear reactor meltdown). He also wrote and directed Wavelength (1983), an independent science fiction film starring Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie, and Keenan Wynn, with a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.

Gray next co-created the television series Starman (1986–87). Following Starman, he became series writer/producer for the 1988–89 season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Gray was a second unit director on The Fugitive (1993) and acted as Swizlard in Chain Reaction (1996). Gray scripted The Zone and Forget About Yesterday in 2008, and was working with director Andy Davis and legendary filmmaker, Haskell Wexler on an as yet untitled documentary.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• The Warning (1982), about the accident at Three Mile Island^{[citation needed]}
• Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out (1998)^{[citation needed]}
• Angle of Attack (1992), a biography of Harrison Storms which also details America's race to the moon^{[citation needed]}
• The Death Game: The Luck of the Draw (2003)^{[citation needed]}
• Busted (2004), a book about the USA's drug war^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Gray grew up in Indiana and graduated from

Gray died at his desk April 30, 2013.^[citation needed]

References

External links

• Mike Gray at
  IMDb
• Mike Gray (official website)
• Drug Crazy (official website)
• Film Group Collection, 1966-1969