Michelle is a New York based filmmaker, actor, and movement specialist. She has a BFA in theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches movement to interdisciplinary artists. She is also on faculty at Parsons Graduate School of Fashion Design, and the HB Studio for Acting in New York. She was recently named among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film of 2021.
Her films have been shown at Slamdance Film Festival (Grand Jury Honorable Mention), SXSW, AFI Film Festival, New Orleans, PalmSpringsShortfest, Nashville Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Flickers RIFF, as well as having work featured on Short of the Week, NoBudge, The Bureau of Creative Works, and the Slamdance Channel.
She is currently developing a TV Series based on her short, THE ULTIMATE (by Lou Fescano), and a Feature Film based on her most recent directorial debut, SALES PER HOUR.