Michael Blake

Biography

Born 00/00/1943

Michael Blake spent 10 years researching frontier history in order to write his novel, "Dancing With Wolves". He then adapted the novel to screenplay, including actual use of the Lakota language, and the result was a blockbuster that earned him an Oscar for his screenplay adaptation as well as...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1990, received Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
In 1990, received Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
In 1990, received Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Highlights

In 1990, Won acclaim for adapting own novel into screenplay, "Dances With Wolves"
In 1982, Wrote first screenplay, "Stacy's Knights"; first collaboration with Kevin Costner

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Family & Companions

J Y F Blake: great-grandfather (fought in South Africa's Boer War and in Apache Wars; published "A West Pointer With the Boers" in 1903)
Family: has three children

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