Michael Dwyer

Dwyer is debuting his first feature film HOSTILE BORDER, which he directed and shot on location in México and Los Angeles over nine weeks, which won the Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature and a Jury Prize in Directing. Dwyer began his work in music videos, shooting the first ever iTunes video of the week, EVERYBODY, featuring Kanye West and André 3000. Dwyer shot the forthcoming music documentary on the world famous DJ Steve Aoki, I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD. His commercial work has included clients such as Mercedes Benz, Adidas, Marriot, Samsung, and Royal Caribbean – for which his ‘Shellphone’ spots aired during the 2012 Superbowl and London Summer Olympics. Dwyer brings a unique combination of skills to any set, being both a trained cinematographer and steadicam operator while also coming from a solid foundation in storytelling and working with actors through intensive training at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. His work on BULLY (Released by the Weinstein Co.) and THE SHORT GAME (Netflix’s first Original) has been seen in theaters worldwide; the ITVS documentary XMAS WITHOUT CHINA - which he produced and shot - premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival, before a U.S. national broadcast on PBS and an international broadcast on Al Jazeera. Much of Dwyer’s work can be found on www.veracityproductions.com - the production company he owns and operates in Los Angeles.