Mike BoniferObituary: Mike BoniferBonifer, age 70, of Los Angeles, died unexpectedly in a freak accident on his birthday, December 31, 2023, it was announced today by his…6 min read·Dec 31, 2023--1--1
Mike BoniferThe Headline GameA friend of mine from Manhattan used to play this game called ‘Who Makes Money? Who Loses Money?” The way the game is played is with the…3 min read·Mar 7, 2022----
Mike BoniferTron Came True — Now What?One of the defining experiences of my working life was Disney’s 1982 motion picture, Tron, the first motion picture in history to use CGI…4 min read·Feb 19, 2021----
Mike BoniferA Story in 233 NicknamesRubber Lips asks Bulldog for the Straight Skinny on the Smoke from his Chopper.3 min read·Jan 20, 2021----
Mike BoniferStory SeductionI got a question today from a colleague about whether our story science accounts for the ‘seduction’ that’s inherent in stories. It does…4 min read·Jan 15, 2021----
Mike BoniferGiving Thanks for SakagaweaI have quite a few friends who called out Thanksgiving yesterday as a day of mourning, which it understandably is for many Native…4 min read·Nov 27, 2020----
Mike BoniferGiving Thanks for Mindy KalingI was at a business dinner in Beverly Hills with half a dozen people that went long, with necessary and truthful talk about our work…5 min read·Nov 26, 2020----
Mike BoniferLook WithinWhen I began working with at Disney Studios in the early 1980s, it was, as a friend of mine would needle me, “The Land that Time Forgot.”…7 min read·May 31, 2020----
Mike BoniferBrian SpeaksYou never know when or how a story might continue.10 min read·May 24, 2019----
Mike BoniferRed and White — A Love StoryRed and White met in a Keith Haring painting in 1981 when Black introduced them. They realized they had the Swiss flag in common, and Red…4 min read·Feb 22, 2018----