Michael James Love

Who is Michael James Love?

Michael James Love is a screenwriter, producer and director

Love grew up in Mexico City of American parents and attended Cal Arts at Valencia California. In 1987 Love wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award nominated Gaby: A True Story directed by Luis Mandoki about Gabriela Brimmer, the Mexican poet with cerebral palsy, starring Liv Ullmann, Robert Loggia, and Norma Aleandro. In 1993 Love wrote the original screenplays for the ABC movie of the week Shattering the Silence and in 1996 the Spanish language feature film Extranos Caminos. Love has written many other screenplays, including Mavericks for Playtone, Icon and Universal Studios, and Tina Modotti for Mick Jagger's Jagged Films and Warner Brothers. In 2010 Love wrote the screenplay for the Spanish language film La Leyenda De Las Arcas released in 2011. Most recently, Michael wrote the original screenplay for the English language historical epic Cristiada directed by Dean Wright and produced by NewLand Films about the Cristero War in Mexico, starring Andy García, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Eva Longoria and Rubén Blades.