An in-demand screenwriter whose film stories specialize in central characters who are alientated outsiders, weirdos and depressives who are nonetheless engaging, human and frequently hilarious, Mike White also enjoys a side career frequently playing the off-kilter goofballs who populate his characters' worlds.Raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, White attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut and planned on writing plays in New York upon graduation, but when a fellow Wesleyan alumnus offered him a job in Hollywood, White moved back West instead. Although his first official Hollywood
