Michael got his start as an assistant director on films such as “Inside Man” and “Precious” as well as TV shows like “Broad City” and “Law & Order CI” before transitioning to writing and directing. Michael made his feature film debut with the Lionsgate distributed film “You’re Nobody TilSomebody Kills You”, and he has directed the digital episodic series “Sole Kings” for BRIC TV and “Black Actress” for Issa Rae Productions. He wrote and directed "The Trade”, the Award-Winning film about sex trafficking and has since directed “Blue Flame”, a new series about an all-female undercover police unit and “God Bless You” an urban drama that has gotten over 2 Million views on Youtube. Recently he’s directed “6 Minutes to Glory” the HBCU marching band docu-series for Aspire TV, the feature documentary Trafficked: Survivor Stories chronicling the stories of three human trafficking survivors in addition to directing the Christmas movie  “He Who Findeth” for Go Media.