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Michael J. Heagle

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Michael Heagle has been making movies since he was in the fifth grade, starting with Super8 he processed at K-Mart and projected on a bed sheet. He grew up in the small town of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, and claims as early influences Sesame Street, Syd and Marty Krofft, Ray Harryhausen and Scooby Doo. Inspired by the model work and animation of Star Wars, King Kong and Golden Voyage of Sinbad, he built miniatures and attempted ambitious short films loaded with special effects copped from the pages of Super8 Filmmaker magazine

Encouraged by his drama teaching parents, he performed in theater in high school while continuing to make films and music, moving to VHS and SVHS movies and producing increasingly elaborate fantasy and horror pictures with friends and family. He attended the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, from which he holds a BFA in Film. While there, he shot a film with his classmate Mark Borchardt (American Movie) called Toga Party Massacre.

Upon graduating, Michael tried his hand at a number of self-funded, independent projects, in which he filled the roles of screenwriter, director, production designer, editor, and visual effects supervisor. Michael's film work includes writing and directing the 16mm cult-movie feature Go To Hell (released by Troma in 2003), and the zero-budget sci fi western Planetfall. He is the co-creator of the puppet comedy series Transylvania Television, writing and directing the show as well as performing the character of Dwayne Frankenstein.

He holds a Masters Degree in Animation and Visual Effects from Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has taught in higher education since 2000. His students have gone on to careers at iconic visual effects studios including Digital Domain, Industrial Light and Magic, Marvel Studios, MPC, Luma Pictures and Double Negative. In 2016 he served as Animatics Editor on the Amazon Studios production of the animated series Danger and Eggs.

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Actor

3

Type

Year

Bits of Bucket: The Missing Scenes from 'A Bucket of Blood' Video2019

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010Dwayne

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999Cat's Saved Satano #1

Writer

3

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Director

3

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Editor

2

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Visual Effects

7

Type

Year

Elixir Short Film2016

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Poster

Kiss Kiss Fingerbang Short Film2015

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

13 Hours in a Warehouse Poster

13 Hours in a Warehouse Feature Film2008

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Roswell: The Unheard Broadcast Documentary2000

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Animation Department

7

Type

Year

I Give Life: A Look Back at 'Re-Animator: The Musical' Video2025

Piece by Piece: Cutting 'Re-Animator' Video2025

Re-Animator at 40: A Conversation with Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Brian Yuzna Video2025

The Horror of It All: The Legacy and Impact of 'Re-Animator' Video2025

Elixir Short Film2016

Danger & Eggs Poster

Danger & Eggs TV Series2015

That Guy Dick Miller Poster

That Guy Dick Miller Documentary2014

Producer

6

Type

Year

Helianthus Poster

Helianthus Short Film2025

Hollywood of the North Video2020

That Guy Dick Miller Poster

That Guy Dick Miller Documentary2014

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Camera and Electrical Department

2

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Art Department

1

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Editorial Department

2

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Set Decorator

1

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Sound Department

2

Type

Year

Transylvania Television Poster

Transylvania Television TV Series2010

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Composer

2

Helianthus Poster

Helianthus Short Film2025

Space Cadets: Cosmic Cookbook Poster

Space Cadets: Cosmic Cookbook Short Film2024

Production Designer

2

Planetfall Poster

Planetfall Feature Film2005

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Costume Designer

1

Go to Hell Poster

Go to Hell Feature Film1999

Makeup Department

1

Mark of the Astro-Zombies Poster

Mark of the Astro-Zombies Video2004

Special Effects

1

Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned Poster

Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned Feature Film2010

Thanks

1

Helianthus Poster

Helianthus Short Film2025

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