Michael blake biography dances with wolves

Both pursuing their dreams of making movies, Michael Blake and Jim Wilson first met in 1977 while attending the Berkeley Film Institute. After leaving the school, they each went their separate way but a chance meeting reunited them in Los Angeles in 1981where Wilson pitched an idea for a "gambling" movie to Blake.

Michael blake biography dances with wolves

Soon, Blake was hired and Double Down, later changed to Stacy's Knights, was written. An young, unknown actor, Kevin Costner, was cast in the male lead and, although the movie, released in 1983, had no major impact, a friendship between Blake, Wilson and Costner was forged.

In 1988, Blake approached Costner with an idea for a movie about Native Americans.

Costner, already a star, urged Blake to write a book instead of a screenplay which Blake reluctantly did. A year later, the novel Dances With Wolves was completed and Wilson took on the job, not only of getting the book published, but also to make Costner read it.