(en) Keith Phipps, Age of Cage:Four Decades of Hollywood Through One Singular Career, Henry Holt and Company, (ISBN9781250773036, lire en ligne), Chapitre 8: Action Cage
(en) Seitz, Matt Zoller; and Sepinwall, Alan. "A Reel-Life Success", The Star-Ledger, 2 juillet 1997 via Newspapers.com. « Colleary, a 1978 graduate of Montclair High, studied journalism at Temple University before enrolling in UCLA's graduate screenwriting program. »
(en) Hamil, Denis. "Scripted for Success; The Co-author of Face/Off Has Screenwriting in His Blood", New York Daily News, 13 juillet 1997. Extrait « Last month, there was a special screening of Face/Off in Cedar Grove, N.J., followed by a party at Lotsa Pasta on Bellevue Ave. where the family and friends of co-writer Michael Colleary honored the local boy made real good. 'I grew up in Montclair,' says Colleary, who in 1990 penned the best action movie of Summer '97 with writing partner Mike Werb. »