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Michael
MICHAEL WOHL -CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR/EDITOR
Michael Wohl is best known as one of the original designers of Apple’s Final Cut Pro software, but his accolades as a filmmaker are piling up with the completion of his first feature film, WANT, in 2003:

“An arresting debut feature probing familiar ideas with a fresh eye...Wohl’s screen future looks bright”
– DENNIS HARVEY, VARIETY

“Crafted with assurance and panache”
– DANIEL WIBLE, FILM THREAT

“Wohl has the makings of a J.G. Ballard for the information age. WANT is a fantastic, fun and frantic ride through the modern day crush of digital desire!” – DONOVAN AIKMAN, VICTORIA IND. FILM FESTIVAL

“Refreshing, funny and brilliant! An original and exciting story told in a way that not only kept me engaged, but fascinated me, made me laugh and made me cry.” – HESTER SCHELL, BAY AREA CASTING NEWS
Wohl wrote, produced, directed, and edited WANT, an “edgy, stylized, and thought provoking” film about dot-com mania and sex addiction set during the internet boom of 1999. An earlier film, Theatereality (1993) won the coveted CINE Eagle award and played in many festivals around the world.

Michael got his training at Northeastern University and San Francisco State University, achieving a B.A. Cum Laude from the latter in 1992. He then went on to work as an editor, sound mixer and finally, A.D. at Film and Video Service, a corporate video facility specializing in environmental projects and training films for companies like Chevron and British Petroleum.

After getting recruited to assist with designing digital editing and special effects software for Adobe Systems (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop) He was the second person hired to develop the next generation of editing software, Final Cut Pro for Macromedia. His role was to provide the real world experience and input to guide the engineers to create a tool that could please both professional editors as well as novices. In 1998, the team was purchased by Apple Computer where he went on to design and produce all of the demo and training material used for the software. Final Cut Pro won an Emmy Award in 2002 and has grown to be one of the most widely used tools in the filmmaking industry.

During this time, Wohl continued to hone his filmmaking skills by doing freelance editing, writing, and directing gigs including music videos, short films, documentaries, and several corporate pieces for Apple, Macromedia and Hobie Cat Sailboats.

To further develop his directing ability, he studied acting with the Bennett Theater Lab, a 3-year intensive program focusing on Stanislavski’s method of physical action. Throughout this time, he grew to be one of the world’s leading experts on digital filmmaking. In 1998 he founded Bare Witness Productions, an award-winning ensemble of actors and filmmakers using improvisation to create short films for the internet. That group’s first feature film IPO premiered at the Slamdance film festival in 2004 and has gone on to win several awards.

To help support his filmmaking endeavors, he has written several books and training DVDs on editing, digital filmmaking, and special effects techniques. In addition he has taught classes on those subjects at institutions including AFI, UCLA, San Francisco State University, University of Georgia, South by Southwest, DV Expo, MacWorld, Cinequest Film Festival as well as countless seminars around the world.