Mike Reiss

Writing

Mike Reiss

Born September 15, 1959 · Bristol, Connecticut, USA (age 66)

Michael "Mike" Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer. He served as a runner, writer, and producer on the animated series The Simpsons and co-created the animated series The Critic. He created and wrote the online cartoon Queer Duck and also worked on screenplays that include: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Horton Hears a Who!, The Simpsons Movie, and My Life in R…

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Yellow Mirror
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Yellow Mirror · 2026
Yellow Mirror
7.52026
MovieAnimationComedy
A defective lamp reveals a heartbreaking truth about what Homer believes is reality, and an AI-powered tablet befriends and controls Maggie. The Simpsons struggle to find the light through two dark tales of the curious and bizarre.
Ice Age: Continental DriftIce Age: Continental Drift · 2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift
6.42012
MovieAnimationComedy
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Ice AgeIce Age · 2002
Ice Age
7.42002
MovieAnimationComedy
Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.
Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs · 2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
6.82009
MovieAnimationComedy
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
The Simpsons MovieThe Simpsons Movie · 2007
The Simpsons Movie
7.02007
MovieAnimationComedy
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Despicable Me 2Despicable Me 2 · 2013
Despicable Me 2
6.92013
MovieAnimationComedy
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
The LoraxThe Lorax · 2012
The Lorax
6.52012
MovieAnimationFamily
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
RioRio · 2011
Rio
6.82011
MovieAnimationAdventure
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

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Queer DuckQueer Duck · 2000
Queer Duck
4.92000
SeriesComedyAnimation
Queer Duck is an animated series produced by Mondo that originally appeared on Icebox.com and later moved to the American cable television channel Showtime in 2002, where it aired as a follow-up feature of the American version of Queer as Folk. Although far from being the first gay cartoon character, Queer Duck was the first animated TV series to have homosexuality as its predominant theme. Like several later television cartoons, Queer Duck was animated in Macromedia Flash. The show was created, written and executive produced by Mike Reiss, executive producer of network cartoons The Simpsons and The Critic. The animation was directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg. The theme song for the cartoon was performed by the drag-queen celebrity, RuPaul. Despite the suggestive content, there is no graphic language or any sexual content, but the latter is heavily implied throughout the series and the movie.

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