Michael J. Wilson

Michael Jay Wilson (born January 13, 1966) is an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the Ice Age movie franchise for 20th Century Fox. He became the second sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel.

Career Wilson contributed creatively to the films Little Giants and The Flintstones, and for television he co-created and executive produced the CBS series Sydney starring Valerie Bertinelli, Mathew Perry, and Craig Bierko.

Wilson subsequently collaborated on the animated Italian production of Gladiators of Rome for Rainbow/Iginio Straffi, then returned to the Ice Age franchise as screenwriter for Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).

Wilson also sold the original spec screenplay Samurai (aka Blood In Blood Out) with Gavin O'Connor to Warner Brothers, about the drug cartel money laundering world.

In 2017, Wilson wrote Crashing Star, an action-adventure comedy, now in pre-production (2019) for media giant Dalian Wanda and producer Audrey Wu/Dorra Marr Cultural Media.

In 2018 and 2019, he worked on an original musical drama motion picture with singer/songwriter/musician Jason Derulo & actress/dancer Ragon Miller to star Derulo.

Personal life Wilson is married with children and resides in a community north of Los Angeles.

Filmography Ice Age (2002) The Tuxedo (2002) Shark Tale (2004) Gladiators of Rome (2012) Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) Ice Age: Boiling Point (2027)