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Michael Lennox Blake (July 5, 1945 – May 2, 2015) was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
May 5, 2015 · Michael Blake, who had been washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant when an old friend, Kevin Costner, asked him to adapt his own novel into a screenplay, which became the Oscar-winning script for...
May 10, 2015 · Michael Blake, who has died of cancer at the age of 69, was a writer whose novel Dances With Wolves became a hit film that earned him an Academy Award for the screenplay. He wrote the book at...
May 2, 2015 · The author of several novels, including the New York Times #1 Bestseller Dances With Wolves and winner of the 1991 Academy Award.
Academy Award Winner. Best-selling Author. Dances With Wolves. Both pursuing their dreams of making movies, Michael Blake and Jim Wilson first met in 1977 while attending the Berkeley Film Institute.
May 2, 2015 · Michael Blake, who won an Academy Award for adapting the screenplay for Dances With Wolves from his own novel, has died. He was 69. Blake died peacefully after a lengthy illness on Saturday in...
May 3, 2015 · Michael Blake wrote the novel and Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1990 Western film Dances With Wolves, starring and directed by Kevin Costner. He also advocated for Native Americans and wild horses, and his family asked for donations to support their causes.
