Michael Blake Net Worth
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Updated on May 14, 2026
Michael Blake net worth is
$7 Million
Michael Blake Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Michael Blake was born on July 5, 1945 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA as Michael Lennox Webb. He was a writer, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Stacy's Knights (1983) and Winnetou. He was married to Marianne Mortensen. He died on May 2, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | Characters do not come out of the thin air. I think writers acquire characters by living a life in which something is risked. It's only by being defeated, rejected, exalted, by going through all the peaks and valleys, that you can acquire anything worth writing down. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Was homeless for a period in the mid-1980s while struggling to make it as a screenwriter and writing the novel Dances with Wolves. He lived out of his car and slept on friends' couches, eventually giving up on Hollywood and moving to Bisbee, Arizona. He was living there, working as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant, when the novel was published and his old friend Kevin Costner asked him to return to Los Angeles to write the screenplay, for which he later won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| 2 | After staying with Kevin Costner for several months, he wrote Dances with Wolves (1990), that he was reading to Costners' 3 year old daughter before moving out to Arizona. |
| 3 | Survived bouts with Hodgkin's disease in 1990 and 1992. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galloping Ghosts | 2016 | Documentary inspired by | |
| Dances with Wolves | 1990 | novel / screenplay | |
| Stacy's Knights | 1983 | screenplay |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughing Horse | 1986 | TV Movie |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American West: On the Road with Michael Blake | 2008 | Documentary producer |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| West of Thunder | 2012 | creative consultant |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| West of Thunder | 2012 | very special thanks | |
| Inside Story: Dances with Wolves | 2011 | TV Movie special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| Wild Horses and Renegades | 2010 | Documentary | Speaker |
| The American West: On the Road with Michael Blake | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Poison Wind | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The 63rd Annual Academy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay |
| The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Screenplay |
| The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | 1990 | TV Short documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | Spur Award | Western Writers of America | Best Motion Picture | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | WGA Award (Screen) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay - Adapted | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Screenplay | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
| 1991 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | Dances with Wolves (1990) |
Known for movies
Dances with Wolves (1990)
as Writer
Stacy's Knights (1983)
as Writer
Winnetou
as Writer
Galloping Ghosts (2016)
as Writer
