Left for dead in rural America, a woman fights to survive while searching for her missing partner and a vanished migrant child, exposing a system of disappearance hidden in plain sight.
A taut survival thriller set in rural America. Produced independently on a micro-budget, the film earned multiple jury awards on the festival circuit before being acquired by Indie Rights Movies for distribution across major platforms.
Feature Documentary · Director · 2022 · 112 min
A feature documentary tracing the lineage of Southern stock car racing in Chattanooga and the drivers who helped shape the sport before it reached national prominence.
From moonshine routes in the mountains surrounding Chattanooga to short tracks across the Southeast. Captures a generation of drivers operating at the edge of national recognition during NASCAR's formative years.
Freddy Fryar, Joe Lee Johnson, Bob Burcham, Friday Hassler, Harold Fryar, Charlie Griffith
Before filmmaking, Michael worked as a Registered Nurse in intensive care units across the United States specializing in neurotrauma, burns, thoracic, open heart recovery and orthopedic surgery. That experience informs his character-driven approach to crisis, endurance, and the psychological cost of survival.
His writer-directorial debut Cicada Song was produced independently on a micro-budget, completed a full festival run with multiple Best of Fest honors, and secured distribution across major platforms, demonstrating his ability to deliver disciplined, performance-centered work under constraint.
His original screenplays have received recognition from the Academy's Nicholl Fellowship competition. He is currently developing independent features and limited-series projects.
Focused on disciplined storytelling and actor-led production; partnering with investors who recognize projects with the capacity to scale.
Available for feature film and limited series projects. Open to collaboration and representation inquiries.
Currently developing new narrative projects at the independent feature, studio feature and limited-series level.
