Born in Los Angeles California in 1955, Michael attended UCLA then
entered the film industry in the early 1980s through the booming visual
effects industry. Becoming first a Visual FX supervisor and coordinator
his work was commended with an Emmy award in 1985 for
The Hugga Bunch (1985) which
launched his career as a visual effects art director, then later an art
director.
He then became a production designer on "Mianmi Vice", a job which he
continues to work at to this date. He also worked closely with famed
director John Frankenheimer and was his 2nd Unit Director during the
mid 90s.