Michelle Somruthai D'Angelo

The daughter of a Thai immigrant and granddaughter of Silician immigrants, Michelle originally hails from Bangkok, Thailand as a U.S. citizen born abroad. She is one of seven children with two Thai siblings, three Colombian half-siblings, and one Puerto-Rican half-sibling. Growing up she spent her school years in Longmeadow, Massachusetts and many summers back in Bangkok where her mother's family still resides today. In college her pragmatism caused her to major in business, while her love of stories and the human condition led her to minor in history, psychology, and Spanish. She spent summers in Colombia, Argentina, and Spain where she absorbed different cultures, histories, and the Spanish language. It was her specific combination of language skills - native fluency in English and Thai, and conversational Spanish - acquired through these life experiences that helped her gain entry into the film industry. Beginning her film career as an assistant to producers and an A list actor on a Hollywood film shot in Thailand and Spain, she has since worked on multiple features and television shows in various roles ranging from production assistant to director's assistant to script coordinator. She has written four feature length films, multiple shorts, and dozens of comedy sketches. In addition to having studied at several renowned acting and comedy schools, she has performed stand-up comedy, in improv shows, short films, and a feature. Despite being a writer/performer at heart, she has also directed two short films and a documentary. Her short film about identity and assimilation won a national award in Thailand, and her feature script about the chess match between power and sexuality has placed in several notable screenwriting competitions. Michelle currently resides in New York, but returns to Los Angeles from time to time.