Documentary Cinematography Reel

A collection of shots to be used as a showcase for Michael’s most recent projects

Protect the Tongass

Michael served as an executive producer, co-director and director of photography on this project, where he traveled to Prince of Wales Island in Alaska to partner with Haida and Tlingit leader Marina Anderson. In collaboration with over a dozen nonprofits across Alaska including Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, The Wilderness Society, the Alaska Conservation Foundation and others, this project served as one of the landmark social media promotional videos to protect the Tongass National Forest. The film resulted in over 250 signatures to a petition in 24 hours and hundreds of letters flooding the Biden Administration in the first day of office. Biden would later announce that he would reinstate environmental protections of the Tongass National Forest in 2021. He successfully applied these changes later that year, protecting over nine million acres of forest.

A Voice Above nature

Serving as director of photography, and contributing largely to the story and editing process, Michael traveled to Iceland to partner with producer Annie Moir to create the project a Voice Above Nature. The film won the short film category for World Wildlife Day at the United Nations, was an Audience Winner for the Sunday Shorts Film Festival, and won its category at The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film festival. Further, the film was used as a tool for policy advancement by the United Nations in their Sustainable Development Goals for ocean conservation.

Alaskan Remote Adventures

Partnering with Alaskan Remote Adventures, Michael spent two weeks in the remote Alaskan tundra filming a short promotional film for the Chatna Lodge.

Evolve

Michael served as a Director of Photography in Evolve. He was sent on a solo shoot to construct a lighting system and then film low light high speed footage of birds in flight in an artificial tunnel. This footage provided interesting insight into how we can reduce bird-skyscraper collisions by using bio-mimicry in window pane glass. Due to contractual reasons, this segment cannot be posted on this website, so below is the trailer.

Fly Fishing Cinematography Reel

A collection of shots from some of Michael’s fly fishing work.

A Voice Above Nature Highlight

A collection of Michael's favorite shots that he contributed to “A Voice Above Nature”

The Ocean is a Part of Me

As a close friend of National Geographic Explorer Callie Veelenturf, Michael agreed to shoot with Callie and contribute footage for the Global Landscape Forum’s “The Ocean is a Part of Me.” This short piece is used to promote Global Landscape Forum’s conservation work, and the footage was used as supplementary material for Callie’s speech to the UN where she served as the Youth Representative for the Oceans.

The Big Andrew Surf Competition and Car Classic 2019

The Big Andrew Foundation is a non-profit watermen's collective and community empowerment network dedicated to inspiring individuals to lead a purposeful, healthy and active lifestyle through their relationship with the ocean and contributing waterways. Michael was honored to film a promotional video for their annual surf and classic car competition in York, Maine to raise money for families struggling with cancer.

Northward

A short film, shot on assignment for Big Sur Granola Bars, while traveling three months through Northern Canada and Alaska