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| Popular As | Michael Baumgarten |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Age | years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | March 25, 1812 () |
| Birthday | March 25 |
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Michael Baumgarten’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Michael Baumgarten was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
A native of Key West, filmmaker Michael Baumgarten attended high school and film production classes in Orlando, Florida. His first professional year in the biz was spent doing production assistant gigs on commercials, indie film projects, an MTV Spring Break special, and the studio movies "Oscar" starring Oscar winner Sylvester Stallone, Tim Curry, and Oscar winner Marisa Tomei; "Honey I Blew Up The Kid" starring Emmy winner Rick Moranis and Golden Globe winner Keri Russell; and "Problem Child 2" starring Golden Gobe winner John Ritter and Oscar nominee Jack Warden.
Seeking bigger career challenges, Michael later moved to Los Angeles in 1995 where he did assistant director gigs, worked as an executive assistant for a Century City film finance company, and then held assistant to the producer positions on movies such as "Wedding Bell Blues" starring Paulina Porizkova, John Corbett, and Carla Gugino; and "Kiss Toledo Goodbye" starring Michael Rapaport, Oscar nominee Christopher Walken, Christine Taylor, and Oscar nominee Robert Forster.
In the late 90's, Michael also devoted over 3 years to the theatrical distribution company Legacy Releasing where he served as the Director of Acquisitions. During his time with Legacy, Michael attended the Sundance Film Festival 3 times and participated in the theatrical release of over 30 motion pictures that included the drama "Digging To China" starring Emmy nominee Evan Rachel Wood and Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon; the romance comedy/drama "The Only Thrill" starring Oscar winner Diane Keaton, Oscar nominee Sam Shepard, and Oscar nominee Diana Lane; the action film "Thursday" starring Golden Globe nominee Thomas Jane, Golden Globe nominee Aaron Eckhart, and Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke; and the inspirational boy and dog movie "Shiloh" starring Golden Globe nominee Scott Wilson, Emmy winner Michael Moriarity, and Oscar winner Rod Steiger.
After a decade of experience under his belt, Michael started writing and producing with the comedy/drama feature film "Roomies" starring A. J. Buckley, Holly Fields, Jennifer Lyons, Stephen First, Joel Michaely, Dana Barron, and Lisa Brenner.
Michael followed that up with 3 seasons of segment producing the hit show "MTV Taildaters" and moonlighted as a line producer on award-winning films such as "Exodus Fall" starring Jesse James, Devon Graye, Dee Wallace, and Golden Globe nominee Rosanna Arquette.
Wanting to make a heartfelt boy and dog movie with a positive message, Michael wrote and produced the award-winning feature "Smitty" starring 2-time Oscar nominee Peter Fonda, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr.
, Gemini Award nominee Lolita Davidovich, and Jason London.As a screenwriter and director, Michael has directed 6 features from his screenplays and is best known for writing and directing the award winning anti-bullying comedy/drama "The Martial Arts Kid" starring Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Jansen Panettiere, Kathryn Newton, Sydney Sweeney, and T.
J. Storm; and the award-winning action-comedy "Paying Mr. McGetty" starring Burbank Intl. Film Festival Best Actor winner R. Marcus Taylor and Don 'The Dragon' Wilson. Michael also wrote the screenplay for LionsGate's sci-fi/family film "Ari: The Robot Pet" (being released in early 2020) and he has ready-to-produce screenplays available that include the teen crime drama "Suburban Gangstas," the sequel "The Martial Arts Kid 2: Payback," the buddy comedy "Man Campers," the female in danger drama "Cyber Star," the teen romantic comedy "My Social Media Nightmare," and the action-packed vampire trilogy "Blood Walkers.
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