Michael McDowell

WriterActorDirectorArt Jun 1 (died age 49) Enterprise, Alabama, USA 1984–2024 (40 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Highest Rated

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Screenplay

8.0

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 · Adaptation

7.8

Amazing Stories

1985 · Writer

7.5

Known For

Film

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Adaptation

Film

Beetlejuice

Screenplay

Film

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Characters

Film

Tales from the Crypt

Screenplay

Film

Amazing Stories

Writer

Film

Thinner

Screenplay

Film

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Screenplay

Film

Tales from the Darkside

Director

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm

2011

as Himself

1.2

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

1995

Crew (20)

Movies (13)

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Characters

Cold Moon

Novel

Thinner

Screenplay

George Romero's Golden Tales 2

1995

Writer

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

Adaptation

7.8

Stephen King's Golden Tales

1993

Writer

4.2

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

Screenplay

6.2

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

Writer

6.2

Tales from the Darkside

Writer

Beetlejuice

Screenplay

Beetlejuice

Story

Attic Suite

Writer

Beetlejuice

Other

Television (7)

Bone Chillers

Teleplay

Tales from the Crypt

Screenplay

Monsters

Writer

Amazing Stories

Writer

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

Teleplay

7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Director

7.2

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Writer

7.2