Film and Television producer Terence Michael began his professional career on the Warner Brothers lot after hopping the fence and knocking on a random door, which turned out to be the office of director Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon).
Shooing him down the hall to his wife's office, Donner allowed Michael to spend one summer away from Pepperdine University, where he earned a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, to intern for producer Lauren Shuler-Donner (Free Willy).
Terence graduated with honors and ascended the ranks, moving from Assistant to Director of Development with veteran Warner Bros. producers such as John Hyde (Das Boat) and Gene Kirkwood (Rocky). After six months, Terence headed his own production company, formed by a prominent CPA firm he worked at in high school.
Having now produced or executive produced over 20 feature films under the Terence Michael Productions, Inc. banner (click film link to the left),
Terence has pursued other creative outlets in the
entertainment business, such as creating and producing content for his television company
100 Percent Terry Cloth, Inc., or servicing existing television shows for the networks as a Showrunner
Additionally, he has guest lectured and consulted on development, financing, packaging and producing panels for the Cannes Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Independent Film Project West (IFP), Film ITConference, the SXSW Film Festival, AFI, and UCLA Film Extension; has been featured in magazines and publications, such as The Los Angeles Times, MovieMaker, Moving Pictures, Back Stage West, Independent Film and Video, Screenwriters Utopia, Writers Script Network, Venice Magazine, Newsweek, Details, and The Christian Science Monitor. He separately owns a real estate brokerage company.
From 1997 to 2002, Terence formed and co-owned another production company with screenwriter-producer Richard Finney where they developed and produced six feature films and one television movie at Michael/Finney Productions.
