- Michael J.G. Gleissner
Michael J.G. Gleissner (born in 1969) is a German businessman,
film producer ,actor ,photographer ,musician , and director.Gleissner was born in
Regensburg , Germany, and is one of theonline pioneers, having launched the firste-commerce company "Telebuch" ("Telebook") in Regensburg, which, in 1998 was acquired byAmazon.com , where he served two years as vice president.Gleissner also started one of the first webhosting companies in Germany, "WWW-Service GmbH", which was acquired by Verio (later NTT), and was a large shareholder in public companies like J2 Communications (NASDAQ:JCOM) and United Internet AG (German Stock Exchange:DE0005089031)
He relocated to the United States in 1996 where he spent most of his professional life, but moved to Asia in 2001 where he set up a large presence for several of his companies, among them
Bigfoot Communications andCleverlearn Inc. . Both had formerly beenNew York City -based.Based in
Hong Kong , he retired from money management to dedicate his time to entertainment projects under the umbrella ofBigfoot Entertainment . Gleissner built both a large film production facility dubbed Bigfoot Studios and a film school called theInternational Academy of Film and Television inMactan Island,Cebu ,Philippines .Gleissner's credits include
executive producer on films such as: "Shanghai Kiss", "Midnight Movie", "Irreversi", "3 Needles" andThe Curiosity of Chance .Currently he is directing a new action movie ""Deep Gold"" that started filming in 2007 starring Bebe Pham and Kersten Hui. The film has experienced production delays due to the technical difficulty of underwater action scenes. However, his production company assures that the movie is near completion.
References
External links
* [http://www.seovista.com/post/sina-bigfoot.html Michael Gleissner on Seo Vista Blog]
* [http://www.teamasia.com/pr/PR_media.asp?art_no=120 Michael Gleissner biography on Team Asia]
* [http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2004/01/29/bus/bigfoot.owner.to.open.film.school.in.mactan.html Michael Gleissner biography in Sunstar Cebu]
* [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=161241 Bigfoot Entertainment Press Release]
* [http://www.filmschool.ph International Academy of Film and Television]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/fashioni Michael Gleissner on youtube.com]
* [http://www.mickgleissner.com/ Michael Gleissner's photography]
* [http://www.mickmeister.com/ Michael Gleissner's music]
* [http://www.thecuriosityofchance.com/ "The Curiosity of Chance" official movie website]
* [http://www.3-needles.com/ "3 Needles" official movie website]
* [http://www.bigfoot.com Bigfoot Entertainment]
* [http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=161241 Bigfoot Entertainment Combines forces with Fashion TV]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0782047/ "Irreversi" film on imdb.com]
* [http://www.cleverlearn.com Cleverlearn Inc.]
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