Biographie
A DGA UPM, Line Producer, Producer and Executive, Michael has worked on projects ranging from non-union indies to studio feature films.
In 1993, as Assistant to the Head of Production at Silver Pictures, Michael worked extensively on the feature film "Demolition Man" as well as "Tales From the Crypt" episodes during its fifth season. Learning under Producer Joel Silver, Michael experienced all aspects of production as well as the daily administrative operation of a major Hollywood production company.
In 1994, he returned to New York City and joined Sony Music Studios as the staff Unit Production Manager, administrating media projects from pre-production through post-production. While there, Michael worked for MJJ Productions producing specials for entertainer Michael Jackson in 1995. In the summer of 1996, Michael joined Design Build Productions and produced for MBC-TV, Korea the International mini-series, "Beautiful Vacation". Michael was named Vice President in Charge of Production and remained so for four years until leaving in the spring of 2000 to line produce and UPM on the feature, "Snipes" for Philadelphia based RuffNation Films.
Relocating back to Los Angeles in 2003, Michael became the CFO/COO at Production HQ where he produced shorts and features, including the award winning horror film, "The Slaughter" in 2005-6 and the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment cult hit, "Zombie Strippers!" in 2007. 2008 saw him executive produce and UPM, "Insanitarium", another SPHE distributed film. In the Spring of 2009, he produced the award winning, horror film "Empty Rooms" and in 2011, line produced the romantic comedy, "Shirin In Love". He spent 2012 as the staff Line Producer for WingSpan Pictures before leaving to line produce the award winning feature and Sundance favorite, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night," in the beginning of 2013. In 2014, he joined Genius Pictures and produced the critically acclaimed, award winning feature, "Love Is All You Need?" before remaining there as CFO/COO until the Fall of 2016.
In the Winter of 2018, he traveled to Romania, where he filmed "The Last Sharknado: It's About Time" for the SyFy Channel. 2019 was very busy! He began the year finishing up production as UPM on "The Night". Michael developed and consulted on numerous projects for Miramax and Ley Line Entertainment along with Line Producing, Oscar winning writer, Alex Dinelaris's directorial debut in June and Miramax's feature comedy "Silent Retreat" in late Summer/Early Autumn. In 2020, he was EP and was Unit Production Manager on Miramax's feature film, "He's All That". In 2021, he EP'd and was UPM on Miramax's "Sick" before becoming VP of Film and TV at Miramax.
At Miramax, he supervised numerous features with "The Holdovers" nominated for Best Picture and the upcoming Robert Zemeckis/Tom Hanks collaboration already receiving early Oscar buzz for 2025.
In April of 2024, Michael has left Miramax to pursue his own projects.
