Michael A. Weiss

Michael grew up in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. He became interested in film at the age of 12 when longtime friend and filmmaker Robert Palmer showed him the film "Do The Right Thing". Throughout high school Michael collaborated with Robert on such films as "Robespierre", "Murder at the Cathedral", and "Turnip Farm". From 95'-99 Michael attended Kutztown University Michael where he studied Film & Television. In 1997 Michael got his first job in the industry on the feature film "Train Ride" Directed by Rel Dowdell. After college Michael moved out to Los Angeles where he worked in commercials and music videos. In 2004 he began his journey through the Post Production & Camera Departments on a number of Reality Tv Shows such as Paradise Hotel, The Ultimate Fighter & Pimp My Ride. In 2005 Michael completed work on his short film "Waking" which made it into the top 50 on the reality series "On the Lot" from director Steven Spielberg. He also Co-wrote the horror screenplay "The Patch" which was optioned later that year. In 2007 Michael began working for Nomad Editorial soon becoming the Lead Assistant Editor collaborating with artists such as Apple, Michael Bay, David Fincher, Mark Romanek, Kinka Usher & Derek Cianfrance. Since 2012 Michael has been working as a Commercial and Film Freelance Editor. Michael's passion for film can be seen on the big screen in 2015 in his first Co-Production with long time collaborator and friend Director Robert Palmer in their film I Am Alone starring Gareth David-Lloyd.