Michael E. Phillips

Nascimento : 1960-03-08, Morocco

História

Michael Phillips is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, editor, and industry technologist. Michael's contributions to the industry have been for the co-invention and design of Avid's Film Composer, and Symphony product lines, which offer professional digital online and offline editing and finishing earning him a 1994 Academy Award® for Scientific and Engineering Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1999, Michael and Avid were rewarded with an Oscar® for their continued efforts in enhancing and developing the Avid Film Composer. That same year, Michael was recognized with a Massachusetts Innovator of the Year Award.

Filmes

Exeter
Executive Producer
During an all-night, drug-fueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. In an effort to find help, the group rushes to escape, only to find themselves locked inside with no means of communication. Tempers flare, trusts are broken and in attempt to save one of their friends possessed by the demon, the amateurs try to perform an exorcism. Instead of solving the problem, and unbeknownst to them, they unleash an even more powerful and vengeful spirit, one with a distinct motive and which wants them all dead. The teen's only chance of survival is to uncover the asylum's deep mysteries and find a way out before it's too late.
Missing William
Post Production Consulting
The story follows Abby, a thirty-something artist living in Rhode Island caring for her husband William after he's tragically injured in a bar fight. As she attempts to coax him back to health, James, her childhood sweetheart and unrequited love, attempts to coax her back into living life again herself. The complicated love triangle that ensues is touching, poignant, and concludes with a realization that's as profound as it is beautiful.
Dark Feed
Thanks
When a film crew moves into an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a shadowy past to shoot a low budget horror film, they get more than they bargained for. The late nights and lack of sleep begin to take a toll, and the longer this crew works, the more the leaky, wet building seems to be coming back to life, feeding off its new inhabitants. As the shoot wears on, members of the crew exhibit increasingly strange behavior leaving those still sane realizing they need to get out of this place before they too succumb to the building's infectious hold, the only problem, the old hospital is not ready to let them go.
O Homem de Gelo
Digital Intermediate
O filme conta a verdadeira história de Richard Kuklinski, o notório assassino de aluguel e homem de família. Quando finalmente preso em 1986, nem sua esposa nem as filhas imaginavam qual era a sua verdadeira profissão.
O Trapaceiro
Post Production Consulting
Um jovem batedor de carteira leva uma vida fora da lei no metrô de Nova York. Tudo muda quando uma mulher com quem ele esteve apenas uma noite reaparece, dizendo estar grávida dele.
Inkubus
Post Production Consulting
Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the demon, Inkubus, calmly walks into the station holding the severed head of a murdered girl. Inkubus toys with the crew, allowing himself to be restrained, and begins to proudly confess to his litany of crimes, some dating back to the Middle Ages. Why? Inkubus has a score to settle with the one detective that almost put him away some thirteen years ago. To their dismay, the cops quickly become pawns in Inkubus' brutal crowning achievement of murder, gore, and mayhem. They ultimately realize it's his world, they only die in it. Written by Anonymous (www.imdb.com)
Jack in the Box
Producer
Find a chair and you can stay, But if you don't you'll go away. The last survives another day... Pop Goes the Weasel. Welcome to Junior's world where six invited guests, trapped in a room, play a deadly game of musical chairs for their lives. Every ten minutes "Pop Goes the Weasel" signals the start of another round, and the horrific end of another player. Sit you live, stand you die- this is Junior's simple, twisted rule. Jack in the Box is a gripping study in psychological terror, unfolding in real-time, as Junior's desperate "guests" struggle with themselves, and each other, for survival. Seven begin the game, only one will end it. Who will it be? Grab a chair and find out. The answer will shock you.
O Dono da Festa 3 - Diversão sem Limites
Post Production Consulting
Van Wilder (Jonathan Bennett) chega à Universidade de Coolidge sonhando com muitas festas e muita pegação. O que ele encontra, no entanto, são garotas cumprindo votos de castidade e o rígido reitor Reardon (Kurt Fuller), inimigo da família Wilder, controlando tudo. Revoltado, Van fará de tudo para trazer a alegria de volta ao campus e conquistar Kaitlin (Kristin Cavallari).
Milk: A Voz da Igualdade
Thanks
Harvey Milk era considerado dessa forma pelas multidões que o acompanhavam. Capaz de cativar e mobilizar massas, Harvey foi o primeiro homossexual assumido a ser eleito a um cargo público nos Estados Unidos. E também uma das figuras mais vibrantes da política conservadora americana.
Waiting for Hockney
Thanks
A young working class Baltimore man spends 10 years on a single portrait, believing it is his means to fame and fortune. But he also believes that only one man can lead him there---the famous artist David Hockney. What happens when you finally meet the god of your own making?
All Roads Lead Home
Post Production Consulting
O filme conta a história de uma menina de 12 anos que perde sua mãe em um acidente de carro. Seu pai luta com a perda de sua esposa e tentar aumentar sua filha, que acredita que seu pai é parcialmente responsável pela morte de sua mãe. O avô materno de Belle é um homem mudado desde que perdeu a filha no acidente. Ele acha difícil ter um relacionamento com Belle já que ela é um lembrete constante de sua mãe. É Atticus o novo cachorrinho que irá mudar a vida de Belle e as vidas daqueles que ama.
Starting Out in the Evening
Post Production Consulting
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
Cinematographer Style
Post Production Supervisor
110 of the world's top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.
Lonesome Jim
Post Production Consulting
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika, whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
Sorry, Haters
Post Production Consulting
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Meet the Mobsters
Post Production Supervisor
Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch being he's given a new--and terrible--song to sing each night. Noticing that whenever he sings one a new crime is committed, Johnny gradually realizes his songwriter-benefactor is a powerful mob boss in hiding and his "Greatest Hits" are the only way the man can give orders to his crew...
Incidente em Loch Ness
Post Production Consulting
When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem.
Medo e Obsessão
Post Production Consulting
Paul é um veterano da Guerra do Vietnã. Mentalmente perturbado, ele passa o tempo circulando por Los Angeles, investigando pessoas que lhe pareçam suspeitas. Sem confiar no Governo, ele procura, desesperadamente, o novo terrorista que poderá causar uma tragédia igual à de 11 de setembro. Para isso, ele conta somente com a ajuda do mendigo Jimmy.
November
Post Production Consulting
Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.
Joana D'Arc
Post Production Consulting
O ano é 1429, a França está em convulsão política e religiosa, com os membros da família real em luta pelo domínio do trono. Mas uma camponesa de uma aldeia remota dá ao seu país o milagre que ele estava procurando. Milla Jovovich é Joana D Arc, uma jovem que inspira e lidera seus conterrâneos até sua execução aos 19 anos. Criada em uma família religiosa, Joana testemunha o estupro e morte da irmã pelas mãos de um exército invasor. Anos depois, com a guerra ainda em curso, Joana vai até seu rei levando uma mensagem que ela atribui a Deus: dar-lhe um exército e, em nome de Deus, ela reclamará seu reino de volta. Mas seria uma mensagem real ou delírio de uma garota traumatizada? Este emocionante épico de Luc Besson explora a vida de Joana D Arc, suas impressionantes vitórias, o relacionamento com Deus e a trágica morte. Co-estrelando John Malkovich e os vencedores do Oscar Dustin Hoffman e Faye Dunaway, Joana D Arc é uma visão moderna de uma santa medieval que cativa as pessoas até hoje.
O Quinto Elemento
Post Production Consulting
No século XXIII, um motorista de taxi de Nova York se envolve em uma aventura na qual tem de deter um ser demoníaco que percorre a galáxia a cada cinco mil anos. Se nada for feito, a Terra será destruída. Mas para isto, ele precisa encontrar quatro pedras antigas que representam os elementos e colocá-las em volta de uma bela mulher, que é o quinto elemento.
O Profissional
Post Production Consulting
Mathilda tem apenas 12 anos de idade mas já conhece o lado obscuro da vida: seu pai abusivo guarda drogas para policiais corruptos e a mãe a negligencia. O vizinho Léon gosta de cuidar de plantas, mas é um assassino de aluguel para o gângster Tony. Quando sua família é assassinada por um agente antidrogas desonesto, Mathilda se une a um relutante Léon para aprender o negócio mortal e vingar a morte da família.
Patriots
Editor
Based on a true story. When a handsome and mysterious gun runner draws Alexis, a young American woman into Ireland's fight for freedom, their loyalties to their countries and each other are put the the test. As a new recruit and an American, Alexis is an obvious suspect when the IRA learns that they have been infiltrated. After Alexis is ordered to bomb a British police station to prove her allegiance, her would is torn apart by her lover's dark secret and the terrorists who want her dead.