Michael has worked with writers all over the world on their vision, and helped uncounted stories make it out of the drawer to the screen. Thirty years of writing, collaborating and giving advice, taught Mike to look to the past and the remote when it comes to the right source of wisdom for a fellow writer to succeed. He has condensed the knowledge extracted from the most important books about screenwriting in The Toolbox. (totellastory.net/the-toolbox)
Michael has optioned rights to bestsellers in nonfiction and fiction, as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism, and has brought international partners together for development.
Michael worked as a juror for Bluecat, the Emmys and the Peter Ustinov Prize for Emerging Screenwriters, and he is a member of the selection committee for scriptwriting of the German Academy of Television.
Rose d'Or Montreux
(2008)
Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Emmy)
(2008)
UCLA
(2013-2014)
TU Berlin
(1997-2002)