Michael's childhood love for horror led him to a career building haunted houses and working at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights before graduating as a directing fellow at the AFI Conservatory.

Michael's short film Magdalena won the UFVF/KODAK Gold Grant Award for Outstanding Filmmaking, was selected as one of twelve filmmakers for the 7th annual CAA Moebius showcase, won the 2022 Golden Tadpole at EnergaCamerimage, and was shortlisted for the 2023 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards. The film was recently acquired by Cinedigm to be featured on their horror platform, Bloody Disgusting. Michael's short film STALLED won the 2023 Jack Larson Southern California Filmmaker Award and is currently streaming on the PBS app.

Michael is also the producer of the WEAPONIZED podcast with filmmaker Jeremy Corbell and investigative journalist George Knapp (currently one of the top science podcast on Spotify). The podcast is currently being developed into a series.

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