Ever since Michael picked up his father's 8 mm camera at the age of 10 years old, he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Michael has always been fascinated by the cinema and the art of storytelling. Michael is a visual artist by nature and enjoys every aspect of filmmaking from writing and directing to cinematography and editing. Michael studied film at the USC school of cinema and is best known as the writer, producer and director for Connected.