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 the online pioneers, having launched the first e-commerce company "Telebuch" ("Telebook") in Regensburg, which, in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.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 and Cleverlearn Inc.. Both had formerly been New York City-based.

Based in Hong Kong, he retired from money management to dedicate his time to entertainment projects under the umbrella of Bigfoot Entertainment. Gleissner built both a large film production facility dubbed Bigfoot Studios and a film school called the International Academy of Film and Television in Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines.

Gleissner's credits include executive producer on films such as: "Shanghai Kiss", "Midnight Movie", "Irreversi", "3 Needles" and The 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.

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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.]