Mike Gray

Michael "Mike" Gray was an Academy Award nominated producer and director who worked as producer on the first thirteen episodes of the second season of. He also wrote the second season episode with John Mason and his name appeared in an Okudagram reference, where he was listed as a noted comedian in the episode.

Gray started to work as a producer, cinematographer and director in the late 1960s with projects such as the documentaries American Revolution 2 (1969), 8 Flags/99¢ (1970), The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971), The Gift: Four Seasons Mosaic of Marc Chagall (1974), and The Rocket Pilots (1981). As writer, he co-wrote the drama The China Syndrome (1979), the science fiction film Wavelength (1983) which he also directed, the action film Code of Silence (1985), and the television series Starman (1986-1987, starring Michael Cavanaugh). On the latter one he also worked as producer and director. On most of his projects he worked with fellow The Next Generation producer and writer John Mason.

For his work on the drama The China Syndrome, Gray earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Screensplay, a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen in 1980.

In his latter years, Gray became a campaigner for legalization of drugs, authoring the book Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out. He died on 30 April 2013. 

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