Michael Grais

Michael Grais is an American screenwriter, best known as the co-writer of Poltergeist (1982).

This article is about the American screenwriter. For the German athlete, see Michael Greis.

He has also produced such movies as Great Balls of Fire! (1989, executive producer), Marked for Death (1990) and Sleepwalkers (1992).

Biography

After attending Emerson College and N.Y.U. Film School, Grais set out for Los Angeles, where he began a TV writing career before eventually moving into feature films.

From his association with Steven Spielberg, Grais co-wrote Poltergeist. Its success led to a sequel, Poltergeist II, which Grais co-wrote and produced. He then co-wrote and executive produced the TV pilot Visitors From the Unknown for CBS and executive-produced the film Great Balls of Fire!, starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee Lewis.

In 1990, he co-wrote and produced Marked for Death, with Steven Seagal. In 1992, he produced Steven King’s Sleepwalkers, and co-wrote Cool World for director Ralph Bakshi. In 2000, he executive-produced Who Killed Atlanta's Children? for Showtime. Grais also oversaw production on the syndicated series, The Immortal. Grais, a wild horse advocate, took a sabbatical from Hollywood in 2001 to move with his wife, singer/songwriter Jennifer Grais to San Miguel De Allende Mexico for three years and begin writing the novel Christa's Luck, a YA novel that came out in 2015 to glowing reviews. After Mexico the couple moved to Taos New Mexico with their horse Solo, the inspiration for their novel which they continued to write. Grais continued to write commercial screenplays for a slate of ready to produce projects for his new company Graisland Entertainment. In 2010 Grais moved back to Northern Calif. where he was a uncredited script doctor on several big productions and developed two television series for the streaming platforms but production was delayed due to the COVID epidemic. Crossfire Hurricane an action comedy he co-wrote and will produce is set to go into production in 2021 in New Orleans, Louisianna.

Filmography

Danny and The Deep Blue Sea (2018) director==Theater==

  • The Death of Reason (2009) director


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