Director
Michael is a Los Angeles based director, producer, editor and cinematographer who began his career in Boston in 2004, where he created music videos and documentary content for some of the city's best known musical acts (Guster, Dropkick Murphys, Mission of Burma, Dispatch, State Radio, Piebald, The Explosion, Amanda Palmer, and many others). He has edited 3 narrative feature films including 2013 Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection, "Fat" (for which he also served as co-director of photography and co-producer) and Cinequest/IFFB 2017 Official Selection "Hedgehog," (for which he also served as post-production supervisor) which garnered 'Best Feature' awards from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles Independent Film Festivals. He has worked as an editor and project manager with Boston based video production company Shave Media since 2015. Since 2011, he has been intermittently working on his 2nd feature length documentary (after 2010's direct to DVD release "Nobody's Robots: a Farewell to Piebald") The Road to Ruane, about legendary Boston music promoter and impresario Billy Ruane, which he aims to finally complete in 2020.
