Michael Patrick Dougherty (born October 28, 1974) is an American writer, director, animator, and producer known for his work in a variety of genre films, both big and small. Beginning his career as an animator and illustrator, Dougherty’s animated work was featured on MTV, Nickelodeon, and a line of "twisted" greeting cards published by NobleWorks. He then co-wrote the blockbuster films X2 and Superman Returns before making his directorial debut with the horror comedy Trick ‘r Treat (2009). Dougherty then directed and co-wrote the holiday horror comedy Krampus (2015). Dougherty co-wrote and directed the blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and co-wrote the story for its sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). Collectively, Dougherty's work has grossed over two billion dollars at the box office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Dougherty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 202610 Days till Halloween — Director
• 2026Goodbye Sam — Director
• 2026HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Sam & Friends — Director
• 2026KILLING TIME with Sam — Director
• 2026Pumpkin Carving with Sam — Director
• 2026Sam's Halloween Safety Tips Part 1 — Executive Producer
• 2026Sam's Halloween Safety Tips Part 2 — Executive Producer
• 2026Sam's Halloween Safety Tips Part 3 — Executive Producer
• 2026Sam's Harvest — Producer
• Sam: The Soul of Halloween — Director, Creator, Executive Producer
• Horror's Greatest — Self - Director, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Self - Director, Krampus
• Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — Consulting Producer
• 2021Godzilla vs. Kong — Story
• 2020The Ghoul Log: Trick 'r Treat Sam O'Lantern — Writer, Executive Producer
• 2019Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base
• 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters — Fighter Pilot (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story
• 2016X-Men: Apocalypse — Story
• 2015Krampus — Director, Writer, Producer
• 2007Trick 'r Treat — Screenplay, Executive Producer, Director
• 2006Superman Returns — Screenplay, Story
• 2005Urban Legends: Bloody Mary — Screenplay
• 2003X2 — Surgeon, Screenplay
• 2000Deadtime Stories — Director, Writer
• 1996Season's Greetings — Director, Animation, Writer, Editor
• 1995Crayons — Writer, Animation, Director, Editor
• Refrigerator Art: My Family — Director

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2024Directors of the Monsterverse — Self
• 2019Creating Ghidorah — Self
• 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0 — Self
• 2019Making Mothra — Self
• 2019Monsters are Real — Self
• 2019Reimagining Rodan — Self
• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• 2014We Come In Pieces: The Rebirth of the Horror Anthology Film — Self
• 2006Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman — Self
• 2006Requiem for Krypton: Making 'Superman Returns' — Self
• 2006The Science of Superman — Self
• 100 Scariest Movie Moments — Self
• 2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 — Self