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. His feature film debut “You’re Nobody Til Somebody Kills You” was distributed by Lionsgate and Executive Produced by Spike Lee. He wrote and directed "The Trade" the Award-Winning film about sex trafficking and the pilot for “Blue Flame”, a new series about an all-female undercover police unit. His film “God Bless You” has gotten over 3.5 million views on YouTube.  Closing the year with his feature documentary "Trafficked: Survival Stories," which delves deep into the life and journey of three survivors recently premiered on TUBI. Along with directing the heartwarming Christmas movie, "He Who Findeth”, "6 Minutes to Glory," a 7-part docu-series about HBCU marching bands for Aspire TV and “Dreamhaus” the first film in his trilogy book series, which is slated for a Summer 2024 release. He also was a part of the writer’s team and directed an episode for season 3 of the anthology TV series “Terror Lake Drive” for the ALLBLK network.  Up next for Michael is the TUBI original film Killer Beat which he wrote for MarVista Entertainment and is slated to be release Fall 2024.