Mike White ’88
Mike White ’88 is an award–winning writer, director, producer, and actor, and a graduate (and lifer) of Polytechnic School.
He is the creator of HBO’s The White Lotus and co-creator of Enlightened. His film work includes writing School of Rock, Migration, Nacho Libre, and The Good Girl, writing and starring in Chuck & Buck, and writing and directing Year of the Dog and Brad’s Status.
Known for blending humor with an incisive understanding of human nature, White has built a distinctive career telling stories about ambition, belonging, and the contradictions of contemporary life. He has also competed twice on Survivor, and twice on The Amazing Race with his father, Mel.
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Known for blending humor with an incisive understanding of human nature, White has built a distinctive career telling stories about ambition, belonging, and the contradictions of contemporary life. He has also competed twice on Survivor, and twice on The Amazing Race with his father, Mel.
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