Transform Your Filmmaking Dreams Into Reality

Ready to take your filmmaking career to the next level? Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from Michael Feifer, an award-winning writer, director, and producer with over 120 films produced, 70 directed, and 45 screenplays written.

Michael Feifer grew up in a show business family. His father was Head of Television Research for Twentieth Century Fox in the late 60's and 70's. In fact, when Michael was born he was announced in the back pages of The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Although, Mike's father worked for Fox, the editor of Variety lived across the street, and his brother shot Super 8 films with J.J. Abrams, surprisingly Mike's interests were not yet in film, but rather photography, art, and architecture.

Mike went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Colorado at Boulder. It was in Boulder where Mike began to truly understand how perspective, color, and composition effect a visual style. Little did he know that his education in architecture would transcend so well to a career in directing movies.

After graduating college and working as a furniture and graphic designer, Mike decided to take advantage of the fact that his father was producing independent films. And, after working on only three projects, at the age of twenty-four Mike produced his first feature. It was from that point that his career in film took off. Mike continued to work for his father as Vice-President of Vista Street Entertainment where he went on to oversee all production, run the home video label, and sell films to foreign territories at Cannes, MIFED, AFM, and more. It was this experience with his father that Mike received an extremely well-rounded understanding of the entire business from production to distribution.

Eventually, Mike left the safety of his father's company and began producing films for others. In fact, Mike has now produced more than one-hundred-twenty feature films. He even went on to marry one of his directors, Caia Coley. Mike and Caia have been happily married for over twenty years and have a brilliant twenty-year-old son who attends the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

But, there was always a feeling that Mike should be doing more creatively. He knew that his background in "the business" and his interest and education in art and architecture were merging together to push him to work behind the camera. And, when a director dropped out of a film that Mike was producing, he finally got his shot to direct. The film was called Lethal Eviction and it starred Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and Judd Nelson (Breakfast Club).

Once he had the first film under his belt, Mike focused almost entirely on writing and directing. Mike then went on to write and direct a variety of smaller horror and true crime features which were great experiences that allowed Mike the opportunity to develop his visual style, master the language of film, and learn to work efficiently. He then moved on to much more commercial fare in a variety of genres from family to holiday to thriller.

Additionally, Mike is considered an actor's director because of his innate ability to collaborate with his talent yet lead them. But, he's also considered a producer's director due to his ability to bring in films on budget, on-time, and with amazing production quality.

Mike has directed stars such as Val Kilmer, Brittany Murphy, Bruce Dern, Tom Arnold, Tom Skerritt, Peter Bogdanovich, and many more. Also, Mike has worked in a producing and assistant-directing capacity with stars such as Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain, Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, and Danny Glover.

Since directing that first feature, Mike has gone on to direct 75 more features in a wide variety of genres from horror to thriller to drama to comedy. His films are seen regularly on channels such as Lifetime, Hallmark, ION, Uplift TV, streamed on platforms such as AppleTV, Amazon, Tubitv and more. Mike’s films are also sold in every territory throughout the world. Even more, his most recent westerns, Catch the Bullet (Tom Skerritt, Peter Facinelli), Last Shoot Out (Bruce Dern, Cam Gigandet) and Desperate Riders (Trace Adkins, Tom Berenger) were released theatrically recently by Lionsgate.

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For 5 immersive nights, you’ll gain insider access to the tools, techniques, and mindset that have built Hollywood careers.

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• Hands-On Training: Practical experience both on-set and off.
• Hollywood Secrets: Insider techniques from decades of proven success.
• Career-Boosting Skills: Write, direct, and produce like a pro.
• Unprecedented Access: Learn directly from a filmmaker with 30+ years in the industry. Learn essential skills in cinematography, lighting, continuity, and crew management to bring your cinematic visions to life.