Mikey, as he is known, has been working with Shane since 2006 where they met on the film “Semi-Pro”  when he was a loader. Mike has a phenomenal eye and passion for filmmaking. He received the Emerging Cinematographer Award from the International Cinematographer’s Guild in 2008 for a short film, “Noisemaker” shot on 35mm.

Mike and Shane have worked closely together to continue to fine-tune the Canon 5D into a movie capturing machine. He routinely does the job of 7 people with accuracy. Mike has been known to pull focus, operate, adjust his own exposures, download the data, give a tutorial on camera operations, clean the gear and do 2nd AC duty by prepping for the following day. He has boundless energy, enthusiasm, a giant smile and the heart to see each task at hand as a new adventure.