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) (TV) 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.
