Creative Spark Of Mike White

Michael Christopher “Mike” White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, director, actor, and producer for television and film and the winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for Chuck & Buck. He was the co-creator, executive producer, writer, director and actor for the HBO series Enlightened. White was a writer and producer on Dawson’s Creek and Freaks and Geeks and wrote and acted in the films Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, Orange County, School of Rock and Nacho Libre. He also had a role in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives, and the 2008 film Smother. Chuck & Buck was named the best film of 2000 by Entertainment Weekly. Read more at Wikipedia.

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Mike White is a writer, director, actor and producer, known for School of Rock (2003), Nacho Libre (2006) and The Good Girl (2002). White takes you inside his creative process in an exploration of where his creative spark and ideas come from. He describes his process:

“You’re impregnating your brain with an idea and it needs to gestate. Almost like I’m waiting as long as I can before I actually start writing. All that looks like, from the outside, is me sitting on the couch or watching TV or watching movies or reading books or walking around the neighborhood. I see the cycles of being really productive and then going through these periods where it just seems like I’m sitting around my house literally staring at the walls.”