Michael James Love

Michael James Love is a screenwriter, film producer and director

Biography:

Michael James Love (aka Michael Love) grew up in Mexico City of American parents and attended Cal Arts at Valencia California. In 1987 Love wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award nominated Gaby: A True Story ^[1] directed by Luis Mandoki about Gabriela Brimmer ^[2], the Mexican poet with cerebral palsy, starring Liv Ullman, Robert Loggia, and Norma Aleandro ^[3]. In 1993 Love wrote the original screenplays for the ABC movie of the week Shattering the Silence ^[4] and in 1996 the Spanish language feature film Extranos Caminos ^[5]. Love has written many other screenplays, including Mavericks for Playtone, Icon and Universal Studios, and Tina Modotti for Mick Jagger’s Jagged Films and Warner Brothers. In 2010 Love wrote the screenplay for the Spanish language film La Leyenda De Las Arcas to be released in 2011. Most recently, Michael wrote the original screenplay for the English language historical epic Cristiada directed by Dean Wright and produced by NewLand Films about the Cristero War in Mexico (1926–1929), starring Andy Garcia, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Eva Longoria and Ruben Blades ^[6]. Cristiada is slated to be released in the fall of 2011.

As a writer, producer, director, Michael Love has made three feature films with his wife Tina Nubia Love with whom he formed Quastra Productions LLC, Hold it Like a Baby (2009) ^[7], and the documentaries Last Man in Paradise (2011) ^[8] and Much Ado About W. (2007) ^[9], all of which had their world premieres at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

From 1992 to 1999 Love was an instructor and Faculty Board Member at the AFI Professional Training Division. He has also been a lecturer at UCSB (2001,2002).

Michael is also a windsurfer and has a degree in music from Cal Arts.

References

1. ^ Academy Award Nominations for Best Supporting Actress, Wikipedia
2. ^ Gabriela Brimmer, Wikipedia
3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093067/
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107704/
5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249503/
6. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566501/
7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1316054/
8. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566575/
9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0982901/

External links

• Michael James Love at the Internet Movie Database

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