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Michael Cusack O'Connell

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
  • Producer
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Citizen activists from southern Appalachia struggle to preserve their communities and culture from the damage caused by Mountain Top Removal Coal mining.
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Mountaintop Removal (2007)
Michael Cusack O'Connell is known for Mountaintop Removal (2007), Bimblebox (2012) and The Courthouse (2016).
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Mountaintop Removal
    9.2
    • Director
    • 2007
    Bimblebox
    • Director
    • 2012
    The Courthouse
    • Director
    • 2016
    Norman's Awesome Experience (1988)
    Norman's Awesome Experience
    5.3
    • Sound Department
    • 1988

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard in Night Moves (2013)
      Night Moves
      6.1
      • additional cinematography: activist film
      • 2013
    • Bidder 70 (2012)
      Bidder 70
      7.0
      • additional aerial photography
      • 2012
    • The Last Mountain (2011)
      The Last Mountain
      7.7
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2011
    • Dirty Business
      6.4
      Video
      • aerial cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future (2009)
      Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future
      8.1
      • additional cinematography
      • 2009
    • Crimes Against Nature
      • additional cinematography
      • 2008
    • Flow: For Love of Water (2008)
      Flow: For Love of Water
      7.5
      • additional camerawork
      • 2008
    • Greensboro: Closer to the Truth
      7.6
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2007

    Director

    • New Bern Spirit of Freedom
      TV Special
      • directed by (as Michael O'Connell)
      • 2020
    • The Courthouse
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Childe Hassam and the Isle of Shoals
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Bimblebox
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Mountaintop Removal
      9.2
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Grassroots Stages
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005

    Producer

    • New Bern Spirit of Freedom
      TV Special
      • producer (as Michael O'Connell)
      • 2020
    • The Hammocks
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2018
    • The Courthouse
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Childe Hassam and the Isle of Shoals
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Bimblebox
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Mountaintop Removal
      9.2
      • producer
      • 2007

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    Mountain Top Removal
    Trailer 1:09
    Mountain Top Removal

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Haw River Films
    • Alternative name
      • Michael O'Connell

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