Michael Paxton(I)
- Producer
- Animation Department
- Director
Michael Paxton holds an M.F.A. from NYU's Graduate Institute of Film &
Television. After his thesis film, "Forbidden Fruit" won numerous
awards at the NYU film festival, he moved to Los Angeles and began
working for Walt Disney's Feature Animation Department in 1989 during
the production of "The Little Mermaid." He continued in feature
animation production until he produced and directed a number of
successful plays in Hollywood, two of which were based on the works of
Ayn Rand ("Ideal" in 1989 and "Anthem" in 1991). Moving into feature
films, he wrote, produced and directed his first documentary, "Ayn
Rand: A Sense of Life," which was nominated for an Academy Award in
1997 and won a Golden Satellite Award in 1998. He was the Associate
Producer on "Lion King 1 1/2" for Disney and "Bionicle 3: Web of
Shadows" for Miramax. He has written a number of children's books for
the Disney company, as well as, penning a companion book to "Ayn Rand:
A Sense of Life." Under Whitetail Productions, Michael continues to work on his own screenplays and productions.
