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Became a member of the Directors Guild of America this summer as an Assistant Director.  In the fall Michael worked on the new Clint Eastwood film "Flags of Our Fathers" as a Second Assistant Director which shot in Iceland, Los Angeles and Chicago. 

Currently, Michael and his wife, Jessica, are producing the low budget comedy "Carts" starring Douglas Spain (Band of Brothers), Ted Lange (The Love Boat), Warren Stevens (Forbidden Planet) and Mo Collins (Mad TV, 40 Year Old Virgin).

Words of Wisdom: Move to Los Angeles!

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Right after graduation, I became a Video Production Assistant at CNN Headline News in Atlanta, Georgia.  Coming from such an encouraging environment such as WGVU-TV, I soon realized that this was a place I didn’t want to be in and couldn’t see myself in long term.  I moved back to Michigan with hopes of getting into the local TV news industry but what I thought would help me, seemed to somewhat over qualify me. I eventually stumbled into law enforcement as a hobby and found myself intrigued with it, especially 911.  I started as a 911 Dispatcher at the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in 1995 and am now a Supervisor and 800 MHz radio instructor.  Although I’m not doing video work full time, I’ve actually found a great outlet to still pursue this passion by working with various non-profit groups providing videography on historical topics.