Micah Wright facts for kids

Micah Ian War Dog Wright, born in 1969, is a talented Native American writer. He has created stories for many different types of entertainment. These include movies, television shows, animated cartoons, video games, and comic books.

Wright began his career at Nickelodeon, a popular TV channel. He started as an intern and later became a writer for the show The Angry Beavers. While there, he met Jay Lender, who became his writing partner for many projects. Wright first entered the world of comics with a series called Stormwatch: Team Achilles. He also became well-known for his anti-war posters, which were later made into a book. After some challenges, Wright focused more on video games. He helped write games like Destroy All Humans! and Robocalypse.

As a member of the Writers Guild of America West, he led the Video Game Writers Caucus. He also helped create the first Video Game Writing Award in 2007. In 2015, he released Duster, a graphic novel about World War II. He also worked on a virtual reality project called TheBlu. This led him to teach about making virtual reality films. In 2016, he co-directed a horror comedy movie called They're Watching. From 2017 to 2019, he managed content for the TV network First Nations Experience. He helped create its first original shows.

Early Life and Education

Micah Wright was born in Lubbock, Texas. He went to the University of Arizona. There, he earned degrees in political science and creative writing. While in college, Wright was part of a weekly comedy show. He started as a writer for the show and later became a performer.

Exploring His Career Path

Animation and Comic Books

After college, Wright moved to Los Angeles. He started working at Nickelodeon as an intern. He then became a script supervisor and a staff writer for The Angry Beavers. In the early 2000s, many writers at Nickelodeon wanted to form a union. Wright was involved in this effort.

Around that time, Wright was also working on a pilot episode for his own show. It was called Constant Payne. This show was a steampunk science fiction series. It followed a family of adventurers. The show was inspired by anime and old propaganda posters. Constant Payne would have been Nickelodeon's first action-adventure show. However, it was not picked up for a full series. This was partly due to concerns about violence after the September 11 attacks. Nickelodeon also suspected Wright was a leader in the union efforts. Wright has tried to get Constant Payne made into a movie, but it is still uncompleted. During his time at Nickelodeon, he became good friends with Jay Lender. They worked together on many projects.

In 2001, Wright, who loved comics, met editors from DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. This happened at San Diego Comic Con. He pitched an idea for a comic series. It was like G.I. Joe but with his own characters. The editors liked his idea. They asked him to change it to fit into the Wildstorm Universe. This project became a new version of Stormwatch.

Stormwatch: Team Achilles came out in July 2002. Whilce Portacio did the art for it. The comic was for older readers. It featured a team of human soldiers approved by the United Nations. This team was created because more super-powered beings were appearing in the Wildstorm Universe. Even though critics liked Stormwatch, it did not sell many copies. The series was canceled before Wright could finish his planned story.

Wright also pitched other comic ideas that were not produced. These included a revival of DV8 and a series called Joe A.I.M. for Marvel Comics. He also worked on ideas like American Cross, a revenge story set during the American Revolution. Another idea was Lifer, a military sci-fi series. He also had a rejected anime pitch called Los Diablos and an adult animated series called Thunderhead!.

Learning from Challenges

Outside of animation and comics, Wright became popular online. He created funny military posters. These posters mixed old World War II propaganda images with modern anti-war messages. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, some of these posters were put into a book. It was called You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want. Famous writers Kurt Vonnegut and Howard Zinn wrote introductions for the book.

In early versions of the book, Wright wrote about his experiences. He claimed he had been a sergeant in the United States Army Rangers. He said he had seen combat in Panama in 1989. He had also made these claims in interviews and online. However, real Rangers questioned his story. They contacted a reporter who was writing about Wright. In April 2004, Wright admitted he had never been a Ranger. He had only been in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He apologized online for his claims.

This news spread quickly in the comic book world. Many people in the industry reacted to it. The publisher of You Back the Attack removed Wright's introduction from later printings of the book. They also canceled a planned follow-up book. In 2012, Wright said that Marvel and DC Comics had privately told him he would not be hired by them anymore. This experience taught him a lot about honesty and trust.

Video Games and Writers Guild

Since 2004, Wright has mostly worked on writing for video games. He often works with his long-time partner, Jay Lender. They have written for games like Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee, and Robocalypse.

Wright is a member of the Writers Guild of America West (WGA). He leads the Video Game Writers Caucus there. In 2007, Wright and Lender were very important in creating the WGA's first ever Video Game Writing Award. This award is part of the traditional Writers Guild of America Awards for film and television. In 2011, some people criticized the Video Game Writing Award for being too exclusive. Wright responded to these concerns online.

Besides his work with the Video Game Writers Caucus, Wright also helped start the Native American and World Indigenous Writers Committee. He was also chosen to be part of the Guild Negotiating Committee in 2014.

Recent Projects (2010s)

In 2012, Wright returned to comics. He launched a Kickstarter campaign for Duster. This was a graphic novel he created with Jay Lender. The story was first planned as a movie script. It is about a female pilot at the end of World War II. She fights a group of Nazi soldiers who crash-land near her farm in West Texas. The graphic novel was published in 2015.

That same year, Wright worked as a consultant for TheBlu. This was a virtual reality game for HTC Vive. This work made him interested in VR technology. It led him to teach a course on making virtual reality films at Emerson College. In 2016, Wright and Lender directed their first feature film. It was called They're Watching, a horror comedy movie.

From 2017 to 2019, Wright was the Chief Content Manager for First Nations Experience. This is a TV network for Native American people. He oversaw the creation of the network's first original shows during this time.

Personal Life

Micah Wright is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

Film and Television Work

Television

• The Angry Beavers (script supervisor, 1997–1999; writer, 1999–2001)
• Constant Payne (writer/director/executive producer, unreleased pilot)
• Ozzy and Drix (writer, 2002)
• Aboriginal Unity Experience (executive producer, 2017–2018)
• KVCarts (executive producer, 2017–2018)
• Native Shorts (executive producer, 2017–2019)
• Smoke Signals (writer/executive producer, 2017–2019)
• First Nations Comedy Experience (executive producer, 2018)
• Studio 49 (executive producer, 2018–2019)
• Wassaja (executive producer, 2018)
• Future Proof (executive producer, 2018)
• California Pow-Wow (writer/executive producer, 2018–2019)
• The Huunam of Paakuma (executive producer, 2018)
• Native Vote 2018 (executive producer, 2018)
• Live from 3rd and Grand (executive producer, 2019)
• Sherlock & Daughter (writer, 2025)

Film

• Wonderful Days (uncredited; co-writer with Jay Lender, 2003)
• They're Watching (co-writer and co-director with Jay Lender, 2016)

Video Game Work

• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Electronic Arts
• Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004), Atari
• The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee (2004), Ubisoft
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), 2K Games
• Friends: The One with All the Trivia (2005), Warner Bros. Home Video
• The Sopranos: The Road To Respect (2006), THQ
• HUXLEY (2008), Webzen
• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (2008), THQ
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (2008), THQ
• Night at the Museum 2 (2008), Brash Entertainment
• League of Legends (2008), Riot Games
• Robocalypse (2008), Vogster
• Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid (2009), Ngmoco
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Activision
• Big League Sports Summer (2009), Activision
• Robocalypse: Mobile Destruction (2009), Vogster
• Robocalypse: Beaver Defense (2009), Vogster
• Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time (2010), Ubisoft
• PlayStation Move Heroes (2010), SCEA/Nihilistic Software
• Skullgirls (2011), Reverge Labs
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012), Activision
• TheBlu (2016), WeVR