Michael Halperin

Michael Halperin escaped New Jersey and came west with his parents while

battling his brother in the back seat of the family sedan on the road to Los

Angeles. His early success selling a short story to a magazine when he was

fifteen put him on the road as a writer. Halperin's first screenplay written

while a student at USC was optioned by Warner Bros.

Halperin turned to writing, directing, producing prize-winning documentaries

followed by a career in television. He served as Story Editor, Universal

Television; Executive Story Consultant, 20th Century-Fox, Writer-Producer, MCA

Television. Halperin developed the popular iconic animated series and was

Creative Consultant, "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". (see imdb. com for

additional credits)

Books: Best-selling award-winning YA "Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story",

PenguinRandom House; "Black Wheels", National Education Assn. Best African

American Books; Editor, "Judaism: Embracing the Seeker", KTAV; "Writing Great

Characters", Lone Eagle, Writers Digest Book Club selection; "Writing the Second

Act", MWP; and "Writing the Killer Treatment", MWP.

Plays: "Major Rewrite", "Best Revenge: A Harmless Subterfuge", Theatre 40; "All

Steps Necessary", commissioned and produced, Inkwell Theater, Los Angeles,

California; "The Merchant of Amsterdam", Promenade Playhouse, Santa Monica,

California; "Dancing With William Blake", Group Repertory Theater, North

Hollywood, California; "Mela", command performance, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem;

"Freedom, Texas" and "Driving James Dean", Celebrity Series, Los Angeles.

Writers Guild of America West Award: Writer, “Star Trek: TNG”, 101 Best Written

TV Series.

Award for Excellence in Playwriting: ATHE (Assn. for Theatre in Higher

Education): “Dancing with William Blake”.

Academy of Interactive Arts & Science, D. I .C. E. Award, Best Story/Writer:

“Voyeur”, Philips Interactive.

Halperin lectured in the School of Film and Television Loyola Marymount

University, Los Angeles. He holds a BA Degree, Communications, University of

Southern California Annenberg School of Communications; PhD., Film Studies.