Michael Eric Stein is a versatile veteran screenwriter, television writer, playwright, editor, novelist, and video producer whose television episodes have been produced by major studios and networks; whose television movie premiered on a major network in prime time; whose journalism has been published in Los Angeles, New York and Hawaii; and whose play was produced at the Fringe Festival in New York.
FILM AND TELEVISION
MIAMI VICE, 1984 episode “The Maze”.
KNIGHT RIDER and TRUE BLUE – story editor and episode writer.
HIGHER GROUND, 1988 television movie for CBS.
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, episode story co-writer.
Developed international co-production treatments with Heartstone Productions. Had several feature screenplays optioned or commissioned and developed numerous true story treatments and other projects.
THEATER
Book for the rock musical ALL GOOD THINGS: THE STORY OF THE REMAINS, produced at the 2004 Fringe Festival in New York.
NONFICTION & NOVELS
FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY published by CreateSpace/Streetlight Books, 2017
CATS’ EYES published by CreateSpace/Streetlight Books, 2014.
CONTINUOUS TRAUMA published by Dr. Leisure, 2002.
Purchase CONTINUOUS TRAUMA on Amazon
JOURNALISM
Managing Editor (2001-2002) and principal and contributing writer for MAUI NO KA OI magazine, one of the top twenty travel magazines sold by Barnes & Noble, writing on travel, culture, nature, business and other topics. Won first place and third place Hawaii Publishers Association Pa’i Awards for the magazine for two articles for two consecutive years.
MAUI NO KA OI ARCHIVE WEBSITE LINKS
www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/September-October-2006
Maui Polo, Makahiki
Maui No ka Oi Magazine, September-October 2006
www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/Summer-2002
Sliding Sands, 7th Voyager
Maui No ka Oi Magazine, Summer 2002
www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/Fall-2002
Lavender, Maluhia
Maui No ka Oi Magazine, Fall 2002
www.mauimagazine.net/Maui-Magazine/Summer-2003
Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey’s personal trainer, Kahoolawe, New Language of Healing
Maui No ka Oi Magazine, Summer 2003
Film reviews for the catalog of the Maui Film Festival.
Wrote the Introduction to the internationally published fine art photography book GAIA II: SONG OF THE VANISHING TRIBE, by Paige DePonte
Bi-weekly columnist/photojournalist MAUI NEWS Living Section
Columnist, “For Your Entertainment,” for OUR TIMES, the LOS ANGELES TIMES Westside/Santa Monica supplement.
Contributing writer for The Daily News and Films In Review in New York, the former magazine of the National Board of Review in New York.
Op-Ed, Wake NYC up already: The city’s future hangs in the balance, The Daily News.
VIDEO
Writer-Director-Producer of HEALTHWATCH NEW YORK, a proposed pilot for cable television. Director-Producer promotional video for TAYLOR WELLNESS ARTS. … Documentary writer POWER OF OUR FORKS for Gardenchef Paul Company.
HEALTHWATCH NEW YORK LINKS
MEMBER WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST
Represented by Roger Jellinek, The Jellinek and Murray Literary Agency