Biography
Mike Messier is an 86 award-winning producer, screenwriter, director, TV host, and actor. He is also a playwright, acting coach, live event host, visual artist, and guest speaker. He is the author of novels A Distance from Avalon - When the Dying and the Dead Reunite and Fight or Play Basketball. Both of these stories have also been written as feature film screenplays.
Mike's other books include Bad Girls with Good Tattoos, the graphic novel Wrestling with Sanity, and Art and War of Directing Student, Low & No Budget Movies: A Primer for Creating and Participating in Independent Films, Television & Web Series.
As an actor, Mike has shared scenes with Meryl Streep & Elisabeth Shue in Hope Springs, Mario Van Peebles, Wesley Snipes & Cybill Shepherd (as her son) in Hard Luck, and Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in Olive Kitteridge. Mike's YouTube channels are Mike Messier Stuff and 1 Mike Messier.
Mike founded "Avalonia Festival of Short Films etc." in 2017 and manages the annual live events and website. Avalonia Photography Competition, All Comedy Short Film Festival, and All Horror Short Film Festival followed. Mike participated heavily in the 2017 Play in a Day four-month series of performances from Natick, Massachusetts. Three of Messier's scripts from that series became short films he also directed; The Impeccable, So, You're the Guy?, and Dalmation. From 2015 to 2019, Messier hosted and produced the interview show Messier Mantra and the six-part Messier Peace Theater out of Seekonk TV 9 in Massachusetts.
Mike and frequent collaborator Tim Labonte completed a silent short film titled Disregard, with a musical score by Tony Caramadre. A few months later, the three teamed again to complete Many Keys - The Heartbreak Monologue, derived from Messier's A Distance from Avalon novel/screenplay/stage play. Both Disregard and Many Keys premiered at the Austin Revolution Film Festival. Mike won Best Screenwriter from San Angelo Revolution Film Festival for his prison drama script Also Ran.
MIKE MESSIER ART has become a new passion, with a growing following on TikTok and InstaGram. "The Art of Mike Messier" short film won a Best Documentary Award from Couch Film Festival and a Best Art Film Award from Alternative Film Festival in 2025.
Mike continues to promote his catalog of accomplishments while also seeking new opportunities as a screenwriter, actor, and artist.
