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Francine Michelle

Film Production Resume

*Member The Actor’s Studio Writer/Director Unit
*Member Film Fatales & Women in Media

TV / Film Experience

Director

Desertion (writer)Albion Entertainment (feature)
Video Baby BooksFortuity Productions (mini family documentaries)
Charlie Banana PromosFortuity Productions (commercial)
Menchie’s 101 & 102Fortuity Productions (global corporate training video)
Right Start Children’s StoreFortuity Productions (online promo videos)
SmartdivorceBern Productions (commercial)
DeceptanceNew York Film Academy (student short)
Religion: It’s Tough to SwallowNew York Film Academy (student short)
The Innovation LabWisdom Link (industrial)
Sleep and Smile (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
When the Money Comes Around (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
Just Wanna Come Home (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
Uncloseted Skeletons (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (short)
Solitary Confinement (writer)Liebling Productions (short)
A Little Somethin’ (w/ Kevin Farley)Sitcom Staged Reading
Sketch Comedy ShowMulti-camera Pilot

Writer

Pastor Jones: Sisters in SpiritNuLite Entertainment (feature)

DP / Editor

The Miracle ManNick Entertainment (feature)

Mentorship

Girlfriends (dir. Sheldon Epps / Mary Lou Belli)Paramount Pictures, UPN
Judging Amy (dir. Helen Shaver / Ken Zunder)20th Century Fox

Videographer / Documentarian

Bands: Chadwick, Sarah Tea, Dirty Mercy, The PetalStones, Siko, Tiffany Michelle, Four19, Brooke Marie, Jimi James, Lull, Niacin (w/ Billy Sheehan)
Plays: Nocturne, Barberdashers, Halevai, Sylvia, Weekly @ The Second City
Events: Red Carpet Premiere of Wonder Woman
Documentary: Jayk Gallagher Kills Hollywood, LA on a Shoestring in a Nutshell, Ice T

Artistic Consultant

The Utopian SocietyRunning Man Entertainment

Assistant Director

Theresa Michelio New CollectionNapoli Channel Television · Naples, Italy
Osanna, 30 Years of RockStream Digital Television · Naples, Italy

Education / Training

The Actor’s Studio Writer/Director Unit (Director Member)Hollywood, CA
Lee Strasberg Theatre InstituteNew York, NY
Viewpoints Workshop with Anne BogartAnn Arbor, MI
Directing Workshop with Robert Wilson
University of Michigan — BFA Directing, TV/Film ProductionAnn Arbor, MI

Graduated with High Honors, Golden Key National Honor Society

Other Related Experience

Television and Screenwriter; Own and operate Sony FS100 and FDRX300 action camera; Certified Acting Instructor (Lee Strasberg Institute–West Hollywood, New York Film Academy–Universal City, Dars Specctaculo–Salerno, Italy); Meisner, The Method, Viewpoints, and Spolin; Multi and Single Camera Directing; Script Analysis; Tri-lingual