Michael Patrick Dougherty born October 28 1974 is an American writer director animator and producer known for his work in a variety of genre films both big and small Beginning his career as an animator and illustrator Doughertys animated work was featured on MTV Nickelodeon and a line of twisted greeting cards published by NobleWorks He then cowrote the blockbuster films XMen 2 and Superman Returns before making his directorial debut with the horror comedy Trick r Treat 2009 Dougherty then directed and cowrote the holiday horror comedy Krampus 2015 Dougherty cowrote and directed the blockbuster Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019 and cowrote the story for its sequel Godzilla vs Kong 2021 Collectively Doughertys work has grossed over two billion dollars at the box office Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Dougherty licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia