Biography

Michael has worked with Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee, Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, on various TV shows, and on and off-broadway, with the greats as an actor. He has been the voice of over 150 TV commercials, and narrations. He has a Masters of Fine Art from NYU Tisch. He is a native New Yorker - his father from Spain and his mother of Irish decent.

He has collaborated and produced four feature length independent films, bringing them from pre-production, to over 15 Film Festivals and multiple awards, to theatrical release and multi-media distribution. They are available on all media. (The Weekend, The Last Day of August, Antidote, Fireworkers). He is the Founder of Sunnyside Films, a full service creative production company.

He has directed multiple commercials working with incredible brands, cutting edge corporate content, virtual graduations, music videos, web series, and brought a hit interactive web-series to over 45 episodes, international distribution, and over 1 million views. In addition to collaborating with artists steering narrative as a creative producer for four features, he was the primary cinematographer on the feature, The Weekend.

He is one of the founders of Noble Heart Films, where he has several projects in development - "Bethesda", the incredible story of Dr. Fauci and Act Up in the 1980s with Bruce Cohen (American Beauty, Milk), and Tom Heller (Precious, Foxcatcher) as Producers - "Miami Mythic" - The inspirational story and a hit-Miami-Times Article, with Jaime Davilla of Campanario (Selena) and Jorge Rivera (Betrayed), as writer, John Rogers as director, and several other projects in development.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Izquierdo

Acted in "Mother Courage" with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in the cast. Directed by George C. Wolfe in Shakepeare in the Park.

Plays "i" in ichannel, the popular interactive Web-Series.

Born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Founder of Sunnyside Films.

Off-Broadway in David Ives' new play, "New Jerusalem", with 'Richard Easton', 'Fyvush Finkle', David Garrison and 'Jeremy Strong' in the cast. Directed by Walter Bobbie.