Michael W. King (USA)--Director, Screenwriter, and Producer
 
Michael King is currently producing, writing and directing a feature documentary titled, “The Rescuers: Heroes of the Holocaust”, featuring Sir Martin Gilbert and HRH Prince Charles. Production began in March 2009.
 
Mr. King has produced, directed and written documentaries, music videos and feature films for the last seventeen years. In 1991, his MTV music video on Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “ I Have A Dream” received national recognition. He later produced, directed and wrote a PBS documentary in 1995 called “ Making A Living: the African-American Experience” featuring Joe Morton. In 1997, he directed and wrote his first feature film “Vanity Kills” in the Czech Republic.
In 1999, King’s PBS documentary on youth violence in America, entitled “Bangin” won the 1999 Emmy and International Television and Video Association Award for ‘Best Documentary’ and ‘Best Editing’ featuring Chuck D of Public Enemy. In 2007, he directed and produced a feature documentary entitled “Rapping with Shakespeare” shot at Crenshaw High School in South Central Los Angeles and was nominated for 2008 A&E Indie Film Spotlight Award. Also in 2008, he produced an American Film Institute film, “Crenshaw Nights” starring Vondie Curtis- Hall and Judd Nelson.
 
Mr. King is a graduate of Connecticut College, BA in Government; University of Amsterdam, MA in Film Studies; and the Amsterdam School of the Arts (Maurits Binger Film Institute), Postgraduate Degree in Feature Film Directing. He taught ‘Screenwriting and Novels into Film’ for two years at Emerson College, Recently, was the Filmmaker-in- Residence and Professor of Film at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL. Mr. King is a former board member of the International Documentary Association.