Michael Berk (Writer)
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Works
Pamela, A Love Story
In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.
Release Date2023-01-30
Charactersd Self (archive footage)
Vote Count224
Baywatch
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
Release Date1989-04-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count7
Vote Count503
Thunder in Paradise
Thunder in Paradise was a one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which starred Hulk Hogan, Chris Lemmon, and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature film in September 1993, then ran for one season in 1994, before being cancelled. The series was later rebroadcast on the TNT cable network.
Release Date1994-03-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count40
Baywatch Nights
Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.
Release Date1995-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count37
The Wizard
The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin. The series included lessons in diversity, friendship, imagination, respect, and never giving up.
Release Date1986-09-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count9
Vote Count9
Baywatch
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
Release Date2017-05-25
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count8236
Baywatch
Daring ocean rescues, pristine beaches, and iconic red bathing suits are back, along with a whole new generation of Baywatch lifeguards, who navigate complicated, messy personal lives in this action-packed reboot that demonstrates there’s the family you’re born into and the family you find.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count1
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden who died years ago.
Release Date2003-02-28
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Vote Count76
Soul Surfer
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
Release Date2011-04-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenstory
Vote Count1196
Manimal
Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal. He used his powers to battle crime alongside pretty policewoman Brooke and Vietnam-war pal Ty.
Release Date1983-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count133
Thunder in Paradise
Terry "Hulk" Hogan stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an ex-Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. In order to save his superboat THUNDER (and ultimately, his business) Spencer is forced into a marriage of convenience with the snobby Megan Whitaker. When Megan gets kidnapped it's up to Spencer and his partner Bru to save the day or risk losing everything.
Release Date1993-09-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count29
SPF-18
18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.
Release Date2017-09-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1051
Assault on Devil's Island
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Gallindo, the SEALS face their most perilous assignment yet.
Release Date1997-10-28
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count24
Thunder in Paradise 2
Kelly is whisked off into Prince Aramour's harem and given to his enemy as tribute in this romantic tale of capture and rescue.
Release Date1994-04-27
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count15
Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier
Welcome to the bay... Mitch and his friends enter the sink or swim world that is BAYWATCH.
Release Date1989-04-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count14
Tranced
Tranced will allow audience members to truly experience the movie in a whole new way. Tranced will hypnotize willing audience members to participate with the movie in a way no other movie going experience ever has. When the characters on the screen get hot or cold, so does the audience. When they ride a roller coaster, audience members will feel as though they too are riding the same ride. The story follows single-mom Annie Bodie and her quest to find out that life really has great things to offer her other than a dead-end job where she hates her boss, pointless personal relationships, and the stress and anxieties of everyday life. It is at this crucial junction in her life where she meets billionaire philanthropist Sterling Wynns, who takes her on a mental, physical, and emotional ride unlike anything she has ever experienced. It is on this journey that she realizes that happiness is truly more attainable than she ever realized and she truly can get what she wants out of life.
Release Date2010-03-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise
The world's most popular television series moves to Hawaii for a tropical adventure. The fun and romance is threatened when Matt is stung by a fish and captured by Hawaiian villagers.
Release Date1995-06-27
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count12
The Haunting Passion
Dan and Julie Evans are looking for a fresh start after Dan is cut from his pro football team due to age. They move into a palatial, coastal house and Dan starts a new career as a sportscaster, but the loss of his career has stirred up a deep vulnerability and it has spilled over into his sex life with his wife. With no outlet for her desires, Julie begins to fantasize, but it seems alarmingly real. Soon, the fantasy man is haunting her every waking moment and coming between her and Dan, and Julie comes to fear that their home may be haunted.
Release Date1983-10-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Steel Chariots
Set in the world of NASCAR racing, a family racing team is in danger of being ripped apart by the rivalry between two brothers tempted by fame, money, and beautiful women.
Release Date1997-09-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
The Last Song
An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdropping business, were murdered, and discovers that she and her daughter are now being stalked by the killers.
Release Date1980-10-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
Release Date1979-01-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Crime of Innocence
Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
Release Date1985-10-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Release Date1980-03-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
The Wild and the Free
Two scientists involved in chimpanzee research -- one maintaining that the animals should be kept in their native habitat in Africa without human interference, the other trying to train them in sign language in a domesticated atmosphere -- join forces when they learn that the government plans to cut off the language grant and use the chimps for radiation research.
Release Date1980-11-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
Baywatch in Alaska! The crew becomes entangled with a jewel thief (she's beautiful of course) who is being stalked by a hitman.
Release Date1998-02-24
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count3