Biography

Michael Baez is an award-winning writer, director and producer and founder of Baez Entertainment, Inc, that has produced over 300 television commercials that have been seen on MTV, VH1, BET, Nickelodeon, MSG and CNN. Michael has produced and directed 3 feature films and 7 short films and "Nude in New York", the award winning one-woman show by Jonisha Rios, which has received critical acclaim on both the East and West coasts.

His next 3 next features will be the supernatural / horror trilogy: "De La Cruz", "Muertos" and "Butterfly in the Fire" (Top 5 Finalist in the HBO New York Latino International Film Festival's Screenplay Competition)

Michael has been a member of the Independent Feature Project, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and a graduate of the New York Film Academy, where he was awarded 2 scholarships.

He's written the feature screenplays: "Racket", "Brush With Death", "Dragon Quest" & "Spanish Harlem".

Michael has also Assistant Directed the Pulitzer Prize Winning play Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz for the South Coast Repertory Theatre and the independent films, How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer (official selection of the Sundance film festival), Neighborhood Watch, and East Side Story.
- IMDb mini biography by: Julia Bonilla

Michael Baez is a also a 2nd degree black belt and an 800 hour certified yoga teacher trainer and founder of the Awakened Warrior Yoga Teacher Training.