Michael B. Schwartz

Film Directing, Production, Editing and Instruction
 Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA    1987 - Present

  • Masters in Film and Video, Live Action, California Institute of the Arts
    • (Link), Valencia, 1991.
  • Writer, Director, Producer of 20 minute Master Thesis Film, 16mm B&W Reversal, "Pud's Pawn Shop.
    • (Movie)"
  • Audio Supervisor and Sound Design: "The Chair
    • " (M) 5 minute 35mm black and white dark comedy by Marcel Lanenegger. 1998.
  • Cinematographer: "Letters to the Machine
    • " (M) by Cathy Galeota. Winner Mill Valley Film Festival, 1988 and CalArts Film/Video Festival at AFI, 1988.
  • Assistant to the Producer: "Cool Blue
    • " (M) with Woody Harrelson. Producers Cassian Elwes and Brad Wyman. Smoking Gun Productions, 1988.
  • Assistant to the Producer: "The Dark Backward
    • " (M) with Judd Nelson. Producer Brad Wyman. Palisades Ent. 1988.
  • Director: "Resurrection
    • " (M) 16mm short experimental film, 1988.

Teaching - Film, Video and New Media

Art Center College of Design (L) , Pasadena, CA. 1994 - 1998.

  • Graduate Classes in Audio Design for Film, Instructor
  • Digidesign ProTools, Foley, SMPTE Locked Video

Art Institue of Seattle (L) , WA. 2000 - 2001.

  • Video Production, Editing and New Media Instructor
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Premiere 6.0
  • Final Cut Pro 2.0
  • Digital Filmaking with DVC-PRO
  • Online and Offline Editing
  • Field and Studio Lighting