Michael Uslan
Originator & Executive Producer of the Batman movie franchise, from 1989’s Batman to the upcoming The Batman, Part II; also Joker (11 Oscar nominations; winner of Best Actor, Best Score, and 2 Golden Globes); 1989’s Batman (winner Best Picture, People’s Choice Award); The Dark Knight Trilogy, including two top grossing movies in history, The Dark Knight (selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry and by The New York Times as the greatest comic book movie of the 21st century) & The Dark Knight Rises, 8 Oscar nominations, winner Best Supporting Actor, 5 People’s Choice Awards, winner Best Picture; Batman Begins; Batman Returns; Batman Forever; The Lego Movie; The Lego Batman Movie; The Lego Movie 2; Justice League; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; Teen Titans Go! to the Movies; Joker: Folie à Deux; Batman: Hush Part 1 & 2; Batman & Robin; Batman & Harley Quinn; Batman: Gotham by Gaslight; Super-Heroes United; Return of the Caped Crusaders; Batman v Two-Face; Batman: Ninja; Batman: Assault on Arkham; Son of Batman; Batman v Robin; Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem; Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts; The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 & 2; Batman: Year One; Batman: Under the Red Hood; Superman/Batman: Apocalypse; Gotham Knight; Superman/Batman: Public Enemies; Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, winner, Annie Award—Outstanding Achievement in Animation; Justice League Dark; Justice League Dark: Apokolips War; Justice League: Gods & Monsters; Justice League: Cosmic Clash; Lego Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom; Batman: Bad Blood; Justice League v Teen Titans; Teen Titans: The Judas Contract; Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox; Batman: The Killing Joke; Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman; Catwoman; The Batman vs. Dracula; Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero; Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Batman: Family Matters; Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash; Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1; Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2; Batman: Soul of the Dragon; Injustice; Catwoman: Hunted; Battle of the Super Sons; Aztec Batman; Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham; Justice League x RWBY Part 1 & 2; Crisis Part 1, 2 & 3; Batman v Yakuza League; Scooby-Doo Meets Superdog & Bat-Hound; Batman: Knightfall Parts 1, 2, 3; Flash: When Worlds Collide.
Next: Clayface; The Batman, Part II; Dynamic Duo; Constantine 2; Batman: The Brave & the Bold; The Swamp Thing; Bane/Deathstroke.
Producer of the Broadway-bound play based on my memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman with Nederlander Worldwide, premiered at The Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa.
Producer: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; Constantine; The Spirit; Associate Producer, National Treasure; Originating Producer: Shazam.
Winner Emmy Award for “Best Animated Series,” Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Currently, for Kartoon Studios, overseeing the Stan Lee Universe and legacy of characters created by Stan post-Marvel, beginning with the launch of Stan Lee’s The Excelsiors: Workforce.
Host for Warner Bros. of the DC Comics version of Dinner for Five, as a Batman DVD special feature.
Writer of my memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman (Chronicle Books), paperback edition published 2019, and Batman’s Batman, the sequel memoir; narrator of the Audible versions of each book. Contributing writer, Huffington Post. Co-host on-air, Turner Classic Movies: Super-Heroes in the Movies. Star of LG Electronics commercial for LG OLED Perfect Black TVs; commercial for Indiana University.
Executive Producer: Three Sovereigns for Sarah, acclaimed PBS/American Playhouse Salem Witch Trials mini-series starring Vanessa Redgrave; Turok, Son of Stone; Robin Cook’s Harmful Intent, CBS-TV movie based on the best-seller; Little Orphan Annie’s Very Animated Christmas (also writer) for Fremantle; prime-time animated series Fish Police (CBS); and creator, writer, executive producer of Dinosaucers, 65 episodes animated. Producer: Swamp Thing; The Return of Swamp Thing. Executive Producer: Swamp Thing animated series (Fox); Swamp Thing live-action TV series (USA Network/SyFy). Producer: The Marvel Super-Heroes Guide to New York City (Discovery Channel); Legends Behind the Comic Books; executive producer: historical segments, NBC Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Instructor of both the first accredited college course and correspondence course on comic books (Indiana University, 1971); creator-instructor with Stan Lee and David Uslan of the Smithsonian Institution’s first online course on The Rise of the Superheroes. Curator of the YouTube channel Stan Lee Presents.
Author of: The Comic Book in America; America at War: A History of War Comics; Mysteries in Space: A History of Science Fiction Comics; Best of Archie; The Comic Book Revolution; The Pow! Zap! Wham! Comic Book Trivia Quiz Book; and numerous introductions and collections including Superman in Action Comics Archive Vol. 3; Batman in the ’50s; Shazam Archive Vol. 3; Thunder Agents Archive Vol. 1 & 2; Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe; Mighty Crusaders Archive Vol. 1; Superman’s Greatest Stories Ever Told; Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale; Batman ’66: The TV Stories; and many others.
Also authored: Chatterbox: The Bird Who Wore Glasses; Batman: Detective #27; co-creator of The Mysterians; writer of Terry and the Pirates; Just Imagine; Batman; The Shadow; The Question; The Spirit; Archie Gets Married; Life with Archie; The Avenger Meets the Green Hornet; Undersea Agent; Batman: Black & White; Justice, Inc.; Dinosaucers: Reptilon; Farewell Betty & Veronica; Shadow 100; Archie: The Married Life; Dick Clark’s The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll; The Rock ’n’ Roll Trivia Quiz Book; The TV Trivia Quiz Book; Archie Marries; Tales of Earth-6; The Golden Age Batman Omnibus Vol. 10; The Best of Archie; and upcoming works including Syn; Stan Lee’s The Excelsiors: Workforce; Animonsters; and The Humicorns.
Recipient of numerous honors including the world’s first Doctorate of Comic Books (Monmouth University, 2012); CINE Motion Picture Industry Trailblazer Award; Inkpot Award; induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame; and many lifetime achievement awards.
Creator of museum exhibits on comic book history for institutions including the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art, Montclair Art Museum, and the Lilly Library; curator of Excelsior! The Life & Legacy of Stan Lee (Comic-Con Museum, 2023).
Motion picture production attorney for United Artists on films including Raging Bull; Apocalypse Now; Rocky I, II, III; and The Black Stallion.
Featured speaker at institutions including Indiana University, West Point, the United Nations, the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, TED, and many global conferences and film festivals.
Appointed by Joe Biden to his task force of entertainment industry executives; advisory roles with Discovery Channel, Association of Film Commissioners International, and others; professor of practice at Indiana University Media School; named to the ROI Power List for 2026.