John Brancato and Michael Ferris

John Brancato and Michael Ferris are a former American screenwriting duo, whose notable works include The Game, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, Surrogates and The Hunter's Prayer. Brancato and Ferris met while at college, where both were editors of The Harvard Lampoon.^[1] The two have also been credited pseudonymously under the names Henry Dominic and Henry Dominick. Their partnership ended in 2015. Ferris has since separately written two episodes of The Simpsons, "Paths of Glory" and "From Russia Without Love",^[2] and the video game adaptation Dead Rising: Endgame. Brancato has since received a writing credit on the Netflix original film, "Trigger Warning".

John Brancato
Born	John Dominic Brancato United States
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1990–present

Michael Ferris
Born	United States
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1990–present

Filmography

Film writers

• Watchers II (1990)
• Bloodfist II (1990) (John Brancato's uncredited story role)
• Femme Fatale (1991)
• Into the Sun (1992)
• Interceptor (1992)
• The Net (1995)
• The Game (1997)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
• Catwoman (2004)
• Primeval (2007)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Surrogates (2009)
• The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
• Trigger Warning (2024)

Credited as Henry Dominic

• The Unborn (1991)
• Severed Ties (1992)
• Mindwarp (1992)

Television

Year	Title	Writers	Executive Producers	Notes
1991	Flight of Black Angel	Yes	No	TV movie
	Married... with Children	Yes	No	Episode "You Better Shop Around: Part 1"
1995	Æon Flux	Yes	No	Episode "The Demiurge"
2000	The Others	Yes	Yes	Also creators