A WRITER/DIRECTOR

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An award-winning writer-director, has been working in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. With a lifelong passion for films that started when his father insisted on taking him to see a re-release of “Lawrence of Arabia”, Micheal lives and breathes to tell stories. Trained in New York, Micheal has stuck true to his independent roots by pursuing projects that he finds important. Having worked in all facets of production from big budget studio work to micro-budget pictures, Micheal knows what it takes to complete high-quality films without compromising the integrity of the story. Primarily a writer-director, Micheal loves to work with new and emerging talent and is an advocate and mentor to emerging storytellers everywhere.

Micheal is also a founder and creative director of Absolute Independence Pictures, a full-service production company dedicated to producing stirringly entertaining movies that are “out-of-the-box” yet commercially appealing. Absolute Independence is the place where films and movies come together to create a bastard offspring.

as writer & director

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Wrecker

WRECKER, the bone-chilling story of an unseen tow truck driver terrifying two women on a remote desert highway.

EMBEDDED

In an attempt to find a missing boy in the woods, a news team is EMBEDDED with a group of hunters before all goes awry.

THE DEVIL'S GROUND

Traveling on a deserted road through the forests of Maine, Carrie Mitchel almost runs over frightened college student Amy Singer. The only survivor of a massacre, Amy describes the horrifying events that took the lives of her classmates during a field trip to the site of a mine disaster and an ancient Indian burial ground known as the Devil's Ground. But, Carrie discovers that Amy's story isn't over yet, and she holds another dark secret.

11:11 Hell's Gate

Eighteen years after the murder of her parents, Sara Tobias searches for the meaning of the numbers '11:11' that was scratched in blood beside her mother's body. Following three sudden murders, supernatural events are unleashed as she gets closer to the truth...

The Barber

In The Barber, when the perfect murder is foiled by an unexpected twist and darkness descends on a small Alaskan town, a madman's hunger for blood grows. As a blanket of darkness settles over Revelstoke, AK, for a period of 24 hours, local barber Dexter Miles and the rest of the citizens realize that winter's chill is soon to follow. No one would suspect a man like Dexter Miles to be a cold-blooded killer, but a chain of events makes him quickly realizes that his dark secret is about to break wide open.

For a Few Lousy Dollars

A few amateur robbers, a few professional and one not so professional assassin, two crime bosses and a hillbilly homicidal couple - they all meet in this pulpy crime caper in the pursuit of a Few Lousy Dollars.