Versatile, energetic and driven, Michael’s mantra in life is to make seemingly impossible dreams possible in reality.As a television producer/director with a specialism in sport, Michael has worked and filmed in over 50 countries for some of the country’s largest organisations, including the BBC and IMG and has made documentary, factual, talk shows and sport programmes for a variety of broadcasters, including BBC 2, SKY and Channel 4.Key skills:- Comprehensive knowledge of producing long and short form reports, documentaries and films.- News and Sport Journalism. With good familiarity and knowledge in Football, cricket, F1 and basketball.- Live production experience as Producer in sport and studio programmes.- Online development of brand.- Liaising with and executing films to the briefs of commercial clients.- Leading teams effectively with a supportive and clear management style.- Achieving broadcast quality production values with limited resources.- Planning, organising and managing shoots both at home and overseas.- Substantial industry contacts base, particularly in the sports sector.- Budgeting of productions. Spreadsheets and accounting- Archive and music clearances.- Post production supervision to delivery.As a writer, Michael won the first BAFTA Focus On Talent scriptwriting competition with “Honour Amongst Thieves”. He went on to win the UK Film’s Council’s 25 Words or Less competition for his ‘teen’ movie script, “Freestyle.” The latter, backed by the UK Film Council’s, New Cinema Fund, BBC Films and Film London was released in 2010 and distributed worldwide by Revolver. Michael has also worked on television and radio drama, and is his first novel “Games Men Play,” was published by X-Press. More recently, Michael has worked as a Personal Performance Coach with individuals who want to bring about meaningful change in their lives. Trained with The Coaching Academy, Michael motivates and encourages his clients to believe that the impossible is possible.