Mike Akel

Movies

The Tiny Life of Butcher Duke
Writer
A comedy about retired tennis legend attempting to win his life back by competing in a tennis rematch to win his very own tiny home.
The Tiny Life of Butcher Duke
Director
A comedy about retired tennis legend attempting to win his life back by competing in a tennis rematch to win his very own tiny home.
The Tiny Life of Butcher Duke
Butcher Duke
A comedy about retired tennis legend attempting to win his life back by competing in a tennis rematch to win his very own tiny home.
A Perfect Host
Executive Producer
A group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness obsessed man with mysterious intentions.
An Ordinary Family
Writer
Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation... with his boyfriend.
An Ordinary Family
Director
Thomas Biederman is blindsided when his estranged brother, Seth, shows up unannounced to the annual family vacation... with his boyfriend.
Bindlestiffs
Executive Producer
Three high school virgins, suspended from school on a bogus graffiti charge, flee to the inner city in an attempt to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye - a book they neither have read nor understand. BINDLESTIFFS documents their struggles along the way as they surrender their virginities to vagrants, prostitutes, and crack fiends. Hot on their tail is Charlie, the deranged school security guard. Under the impression that the boys are planning a school shooting, he takes the law into his own hands to stop them and save America.
Chalk
Director
Three rookie teachers and one unenthusiastic assistant principal face a rambunctious student body, a cantankerous set of colleagues, embarrassing rumors, equipment malfunctions and various absurdities at Harrison High, a typically provocative and volatile (although fictional) public school in Austin, Texas. The documentary-style comedy won several awards, including Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival.