'White Lotus' creator Mike White finds wide success after 25 years in the margins
As the second season of HBO's The White Lotus comes to a close, creator Mike White reflects on how it examines the dark side of sex, and how at its heart is a mix of Laverne & Shirley and Survivor.
Mike White, creator of HBO's pandemic hit comedy-drama series The White Lotus, has, in his own words, been "making stuff for a long time."
The writer, producer, director and actor got his start in the late 1990s. Early in his career, he wrote episodes of the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek. He also wrote the 2003 hit Jack Black film School of Rock, wrote and directed the films Year of the Dog and Brad's Status, and created another HBO series, Enlightened.
You may also remember him as a reality show contestant: He competed on two seasons of The Amazing Race with his father and was a runner-up on Survivor.
