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Teen Wolf is a ___MASK43___ American fantasy - comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman . The film stars Michael J . Fox as a high school student who discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself transforming into a werewolf . Michael Andrew Fox , OC ( born June 9 , ___MASK21___ ), known as Michael J . Fox , is a Canadian - American actor , author , producer , and activist . With a film and television career spanning from the 1970s , Fox is best known for such roles as Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom " Spin City " ( 1996  2000 ), for which he won an Emmy , three Golden Globes , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . Other notable roles have included Marty McFly from the " Back to the Future " trilogy ( 1985  1990 ); and Alex P . Keaton from NBC ' s " Family Ties " ( 1982  1989 ), for which he won three Emmys and a Golden Globe . Joseph " Jeph " Loeb III is an American film and television writer , producer and comic book writer . Loeb was a producer / writer on the TV series " Smallville " and " Lost ", writer for the films " Commando " and " Teen Wolf ", and a writer and co - executive producer on the NBC TV show " Heroes " from its premiere in ___MASK77___ to November 2008 . In 2010 , Loeb became Executive Vice President of Marvel Television . Rod Daniel ( born Rollin Augustus Daniel III , August ___MASK4___ , 1944 in Nashville , Tennessee ) is an American television and film director . He has directed the films Teen Wolf ( 1985 ) , Like Father Like Son ( 1987 ) , K - 9 ( 1989 ) , The Super ( 1991 ) , Beethoven ' s 2nd ( 1993 ) and Home Alone ___MASK4___ : Taking Back The House ( 2002 ) . A werewolf ( from , " man "), man - wolf , or lycanthrope (" lykánthropos ": , " lykos ", " wolf ", and , " anthrpos ", " human ") is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or a therianthropic hybrid wolf - like creature , either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction ( e . g . via a bite or scratch from another werewolf ). Early sources for belief in lycanthropy are Petronius ( ___MASK68___  66 ) and Gervase of Tilbury ( 1150  1228 ). Rollin Augustus " Rod " Daniel III ( August ___MASK4___ , ___MASK71___  April 16 , 2016 ) was an American television and film director , active from the late 1970s to the early 2000s . He is best known for his comedy films , including the 1985 Michael J . Fox comedy film " Teen Wolf ", which was a considerable box office success .