Biography

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
- IMDb mini biography by: Seth Adam Cohen