Filmmaker and educator based in Philadelphia, PA. His most recent feature documentary, IN COUNTRY, had its world premiere at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and international premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto. The film was supported by the Sundance Documentary Film Program, IFP and numerous Seattle arts foundations. Since the premiere IN COUNTRY received extensive press including an NYTimes Op-Doc and articles in Salon and the Atlantic. (see Updates/Press for more info.)

His previous film, Famous 4A was nominated for the International Documentary Association’s David Wolper Award and won CILECT’s Documentary Film Prize. He is a 2014 Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellow and was named as one of The Independent’s “10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014”.

Michael is currently an assistant professor at the University of the Arts and program director of the Film + Video department. Learn more here.