Mike White

Mike White

Mike White was born Michael Christopher White on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021). He wrote and produced the HBO series Enlightened (2011), and wrote and co-produced Year of the Dog (2007) in which he made his directorial debut. Earlier works include Chuck & Buck (2000), Orange County (2002), The Good Girl (2002) and School of Rock (2003). He also wrote the NBC series Freaks and Geeks (1999).

Movies

The White Lotus
  • Oct 29, 2022
  • English
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.
The One and Only Ivan
  • Aug 21, 2020
  • English
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.