Michael Wiese

Michael Wiese is a producer, director, author, and publisher. After producing the highly popular "Hardware Wars" (a Star Wars parody), Wiese was an entertainment executive with Showtime and later Vice President of Vestron Video where he launched comedy lines with Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal and over 300 other videos. He was responsible for creating video lines for National Geographic, Smithsonian, NOVA and PBS. He oversees Michael Wiese Productions (mwp.com) which publishes a line of over 140 professional filmmaking books (including The Writer's Journey, Shot by Shot, Directing Actors, Save the Cat, Cinematic Storytelling) that are used in the major motion picture studios and in over 600 film courses throughout the world. For over 25 years, he has presented filmmaking seminars for Kodak (at the Cannes Film Festival), The AFI, The International Film & TV Workshops and many others throughout the world. He recently released The "Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas" (Tibet), "The Shaman and Ayahuasca" (Peru) and is in post production on "Talking With Spirits" (Bali). He lives in Cornwall England with his family.