Michael came up with the Creative Artists Agency and the William Morris
Agency before stints at Prism and the early years of Miramax, where he
established the West Coast office and was he was VP of acquisitions. He
went on to run Monument Pictures, which included co-producing South
Central with Oliver Stone amongst its successes.
In addition, Michael was a Production/Acquisitions Executive for
numerous companies over the years, including Fox/Lorber Home Video,
Alpine Pictures and The Matthau Company. Recently Michael has earned a
Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology - become a Certified Kundalini
Yoga Teacher - and a successful corporate sales trainer in the Real
Estate Industry.
During this time Michael has also been developing his Writing and
Directing skills. His short film, Election Day - premiered at the Santa
Barbara Film Festival in 1997 - and also played the Wine Country Film
Festival and Athens Film Festival in Greece, and was finalist for
Cannes 1997 International Critics Week. Michael is now developing a
feature - Final Night - based on the short, as well as preparing to
launch a new entertainment company