Biography

Michael Annetta is a multidisciplinary Producer and Experience Designer, who has worked with, among others, The Odd Gentlemen, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Imagineering, Flying Mollusk, and WEVR. At Flying Mollusk he was the VR Lead and Creative Producer of Nevermind, the world's first commercially available biofeedback-enhanced video game. That position is indicative of his career goal of working on cutting-edge projects that push technology in interesting and unexpected ways. He has presented talks on games, transmedia, and virtual reality at PAX Prime, QGCon, San Diego Comic-Con, Storyworld, NAMLE (National Association for Media Literacy Education), VR Long Beach, CalStateLA, CalState Bakersfield, and Bent-Con.

Michael holds an MFA from USC's Interactive Media & Games division (where he was the first-ever recipient of the USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association's NOGLSTP (National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals) Scholarship in Innovation). He is passionate about working with and mentoring the next generation of game makers. He has taught game design and production as an Adjunct Professor at USC, Woodbury University, and San Francisco State University.

Michael shifted into games after a long and diverse career as a performer, singer, director, and producer for stage and film. He has worked extensively in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. When prompted, he can (and will) still perform a Shakespearean monologue or 16 bars of a ballad and uptempo.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Annetta