Michael W. King
Michael W. King was born in Connecticut on April 29th, 1952 and is the Film Producer. At the age of 72, Michael W. King biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Michael W. King Is an American filmmaker, producer, director, and a writer of music videos, documentaries, and film.
King is the founder of Michael King Productions, LLC.
and lives in La Quinta, California, with his wife and son.
He is a former board member of the International Documentary Association (IDA), and a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
Life
King attended and graduated high school at New London High School (New London, Connecticut), and went on to college at Connecticut College, graduating with a BA in Government in 1975. King also later received an MA in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and a postgraduate degree in Feature Film Directing from the Amsterdam School of the Arts, Maurits Binger Film Institute.
Michael W. King also taught screenwriting and film from 2000-01 at the European Center of Emerson College in the Netherlands, and was the Filmmaker-in-Residence and Professor of Film at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida (2007–08).
Career
Michael W. King, a musician from 1991, produced an MTV music video based on Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream." King produced, directed, and wrote Making A Living, the African-American Story, which included American actor Joe Morton in 1995. He produced and wrote his first feature film in the Czech Republic, Vanity Kills, in 1997. King produced Bangin', an Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary that explored youth violence in America in 1999.
He directed Rapping with Shakespeare (2008), which followed the life of five South Central Los Angeles teenagers and Shakespeare's characters.
In 2008, Michael King executive produced Crenshaw Nights, starring Vondie Curtis-Hall and Judd Nelson, which was also produced for the American Film Institute.
In 2010, King produced, directed, and wrote The Rescuers, a film about 13 brave World War II diplomats who helped save the lives of tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Sir Martin Gilbert, a historian and Holocaust specialist, and Rwandan anti-genocide activist Stephanie Nyombayire appear in The Rescuers, as well as Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.