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- Michael O'Rourke
- Madison, WI, United States
- [Ancestors were Irish, Welsh, English, French & German]. Michael is executive producer of Shadow FX Films. He earned a Master’s at the University of Wyoming, worked 7 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and co-founded Actors’ Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, where he served 13 years as producing artistic director. He has produced unprecedented collaboration with the American Indian Center in Oregon, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and a performing arts education program in Uptown Chicago that integrated the hearts and minds of the streetwise with the trained professional. He’s written more than 20 scripts, 18 of them produced, which include adaptations of classics, musical books, histories, and the award-winning screenplay "In the Land Where Acorns Dance." His film and video credits include script consulting on the independent feature All for Liberty, and fancy dance producer for a Native American Music Award (NAMA) music video in 2005. A recent graduate of Palm Beach Film School, he learned to write, shoot, direct, and edit short films, culminating in production of six student films, including "Refuge."